We help you turn your ideas into high-impact research projects.
Our two bespoke research programs to accelerate your journey into AI safety.
For those who want to explore their ideas and potential fit for research
This 8-week program is designed for Sprint participants who want to test their fit in the AI safety space, are excited by their hackathon idea, and want to make the most of it.
While polishing your hackathon work, and ideating onimpactful research directions, you will learn from experienced colleagues in AI safety. As a member of Apart Lab, you will have access to our resources and be part of our global community.
If your work here is a great fit for our Fellowship—which offers a deeper dive into your topic—you may be invited to our Apart Lab Fellowship program.
For those ready to start their impactful AI safety research career
This 4-6 month program is for developing your research proposal into a fully realized, high-impact research project.
In the fellowship, you'll dive deep into your project, and develop fundamental skills for AI safety research, including experimental design, and scientific communication, as well as expertise tied to your specific project, like LLM evaluation design, or working directly with model internals.
You will draft a research paper, receive feedback from peers and Apart's community of researchers, and polish your work before submitting to top conferences.
The Lab has hosted 80 researchers to date, with over 30 active researchers at any given time. Our talented team focuses on high-impact research areas such as evaluation methodologies, benchmarking, interpretability, and AI control. Most of their work aims for peer-reviewed publications, and some of their research has been utilized by prominent organizations like the former OpenAI Superalignment team, the UK AI Safety Institute, and Anthropic.
Meet some of our fellows below and explore our publications here.
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The Lab is a research accelerator that helps you fast-track your career in AI safety research. We provide access to top-notch advisors, project management support, and research assistance to ensure the success of your research projects.
Our ultimate goal is to help you publish your work in leading peer-reviewed academic conferences and journals, such as NeurIPS, ACL, and ICLR, where you can receive valuable feedback and witness the impact of your research on the AI safety community and get valuable career capital for your next steps. Below, you'll find answers to all your questions about our program:
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Apart Lab is a research accelerator that helps fast-track careers in AI safety research through two core programs: Apart Lab Studio and the Apart Lab Fellowship. We specialize in rapidly transforming promising weekend hackathon projects into impactful research contributions. Our programs provide immediate expert support and a flexible path to maximize the impact of your work - whether that's through a compelling blog post, technical demo, or peer-reviewed paper.
The fellowship aims for efficiency and timeliness, but the exact duration will depend on capacity of the involved team members and difficulty of the research project. We aim to complete the project (typically, with a publication-ready draft) within three to six months.
The entry point is participating in an Apart Sprint (our weekend research hackathon). Outstanding teams are immediately invited to Apart Lab Studio - no separate application needed. From there, promising projects that are a great fit for deeper research may be invited to the Apart Lab Fellowship. We welcome participants from any country and actively support professionals looking to explore a transition into AI safety research.
Our progressive structure lets you explore AI safety research at the pace and commitment level that works for you - from a weekend hackathon to the 8-week studio program to a multi-month research fellowship.
Our researchers produce impactful work across multiple formats:
Apart Lab members have published 13 peer-reviewed since 2023 (6 main conference papers, 9 workshop acceptances). Our work has been cited by OpenAI's Superalignment team and Apart team members have contributed to Anthropic's "Sleeper Agents" paper
Studio is an 8-week program that provides immediate expert support to promising hackathon teams. It consists of two phases:
The Studio is designed to help you quickly determine the best format and scope for your work while building valuable research skills.
The Fellowship is our high-investment research incubation program (3-6 months) focused on producing conference-quality research output. Fellows get full access to Lab resources and comprehensive support throughout their research journey.
Both programs include:
The Fellowship additionally provides:
Both programs are designed to be compatible with full-time employment and operate across all time zones. They require a minimum of 10 hours per week for meaningful progress, with:
We particularly welcome experienced professionals who want to explore AI safety while maintaining their current roles. Our flexible, asynchronous structure enables participation from anywhere in the world, with our current lab members spread across the globe.
Both programs operate remotely and asynchronously via Discord and other collaboration tools. We hold regular online meetings for project teams and cohort-wide discussions, with flexible scheduling that accommodates all time zones. Our collaboration model is specifically designed to support working professionals and participants from any geographic location.
Lab participants own their research and serve as lead authors on resulting publications. Authorship is shared based on substantial contributions, following standard academic practice.
We focus on core AI safety topics including:
Apart Lab aims to enable global participation in AI safety research based on capability rather than credentials. We actively work to support participants from diverse backgrounds and welcome discussions about additional support needs (contact@apartresearch.com).
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Yes, Apart Lab supports collaboration and co-authoring with external researchers, subject to the relevance and alignment with the research project.
We do not offer stipends but support you with API credits, cloud compute, as well as travel and conference participation support.
Additionally, our Research Managers will actively help you to apply for funding for your research project.
Participants will receive recognition for their involvement primarily via authorship on any publications. Participants will also be able to list Apart Research as their affiliation on lab-related publications.
Apart Lab helps setting up teams for efficient collaboration, with clear roles and responsibilities, owned and driven by the lab member themselves but with support and guidance from Apart Lab mentors.
Progress is monitored through written updates and regular check-ins, project milestones, and feedback sessions.
Feedback at Apart Lab happens in meetings with Apart Lab mentors as well as peer-to-peer within the project teams and the lab community.
There is no application. To join the lab, join one of our Apart Sprints. We invite the most promising teams to join the Apart Lab.
The fellowship is open to individuals with a strong interest in AI safety research and the required skills, as demonstrated during one of our Apart Sprints. No formal credentials are required.
