Anthropic has launched applications for its fresh Anthropic Residency programme, offering academics, technical founders, and staff-level engineers , a fixed short-term research project at their San Francisco based headquarters with salary compensation upto $500,000/year.
Anthropic clarified that it does not expect the prospective resident scholars, under this programme, to be machine learning (ML) experts and are rather looking for professor in a quantitative discipline, a technical founder, or a staff-level engineer, looking for full-time transformation into making AI safer and better for all.
In a post made on X and LinkedIn, Anthropic AI, the creators of Claude, said that the selected researchers under Anthropic Fellowship Programme will be given work on critical research problems in transformative AI under the leadership of the company’s technical team.
Applications are now open for the Anthropic Residency, a paid, fixed-term research program for academics, technical founders, and staff-level engineers who want to make AI safe and beneficial for everyone. No ML background is required.
Apply by November 22: https://t.co/uhcXhKTgnO
— Anthropic (@AnthropicAI) November 2, 2026
“We are looking for people who have led ambitious work in a technical field (a professor in a quantitative discipline, a technical founder, or a staff-level engineer), are motivated by making sure AI is safe and beneficial for society as a whole, are excited to transition into working on empirical AI research full-time. thrive in fast-paced, collaborative environments, can implement ideas quickly and communicate clearly. You don’t need a PhD, prior ML experience, or published papers, ” read a statement from Anthropic.
According to Anthropic, the placements can last anywhere between 6 weeks to 6 months for the residents and post the project tenure, they will be free to either continue working at Anthropic or for another AI related institution/company. The company will also offer remote opportunities to residents outside U.S. under the programme and the last date to apply is November 22, 2026.
The selected participants will collaborate with the research teams at Anthropic working on important issues related to AI, like AI safety, alignment, cybersecurity, interpretability of AI models, and model reinforcement. The residents are to mentor a researcher from Anthropic, have scheduled self-study hours, and receive access to the state-of-the-art AI models and computing facilities.
Another notable feature is the Anthropic pay package granted to the residents, who will receive remuneration of around $350,000 to $500,000 worth an annual salary depending on their experience level.
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