How to apply

The Policy Reading Group is still taking applications, and its form is the whole of it. We read the responses and place you into the group from them.

Fundamentals and the Research Fellowship are closed for the fall. Both open again in spring 2027.

Vals AI talk: how frontier models get benchmarked, with Nikil Ravi (Math & CS '23): Wed 9 Sep
How it runs: The Policy Reading Group form. It is the only step.
We read it and write back with the next meeting.

The calendar

Come and learn more.

Sat 22 Aug: Recruitment posters go up campus-wide
Sun 23 Aug: Quad Day tabling
Wed 2 Sep: Research Fellowship applications closed, having been read as they arrived
Wed 2 to Sun 6 Sep: We may reach out to strong Fellowship applicants for an interview
Fri 4 Sep: Fundamentals applications are due
Sun 6 Sep: Research Fellowship decisions communicated
Week of Mon 7 Sep: Full-group meeting, cohorts assigned
Wed 9 Sep: Vals AI talk: how frontier models get benchmarked, with Nikil Ravi (Math & CS '23)
Mon 14 Sep: Cohorts begin running independently

Do I need a machine learning background?
No. Fundamentals assumes none, and it is where new members start.
Which majors is this for?
All of them. The Policy Reading Group needs no tech background, the Singularity Reading Club is open to anyone who reads, and Fundamentals assumes nothing.
How much time does it take?
A monthly general meeting of 60 minutes, plus your track. Fundamentals and the Research Fellowship meet weekly, and the Policy Reading Group meets weekly to biweekly.
Can I be in more than one track?
Yes, once you are past Fundamentals. If you are new, Fundamentals comes first, and it ends with a capstone discussion that helps place you.

Vals AI talk: how frontier models get benchmarked, with Nikil Ravi (Math & CS '23) on Wed 9 Sep.

Fundamentals and the Research Fellowship are closed for the fall. Both open again in spring 2027.