AI Governance Career Accelerator

About the program

The AI Governance Career Accelerator program supports fellows’ career transitions into AI governance. Fellows will gain an understanding of key federal institutions and career paths into AI governance, improve their application materials, and build connections and mentorship to help their transition into working directly on AI policy.

“Given the high stakes, pursuing this career path could be many people’s highest-impact option.”
-80,000 Hours

Dates of upcoming cohorts TBD

  • See “curriculum overview” section below for more information about the weekly program topic areas.

  • Fellows are expected to complete about ~2 hours of readings per week, and to attend a 90-minute facilitated cohort call each week.

  • As a not-for-profit organization focused on reducing global risks from advanced AI, we are running this program for free.

Curriculum Overview

    • Introduction to policy careers

    • Pathways into policy

    • Testing your fit for policy careers

    • Policy institutions

    • Making a career plan

    • Professional development for policy careers

    • Policy skills to work on

    • Working through uncertainties

    • Career cruxes

    • Receiving advice

    • Policy cover letters

    • Using Linkedin for policy roles

    • Policy resumes

    • Pitching yourself in policy contexts

    • Networking in policy

    • Reaching out & 1-on-1s

    • Publishing in policy outlets

    • Upskilling/applications plan

    • Accountability & support

This program focuses on both learning and tangible outputs (such as actionable career plans and improved application materials). The curriculum is designed to clarify fellows’ career plans and improve their application process in just a handful of hours.