Applications are Open for Metascience and AI Postdoctoral Fellowship by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Name of the Event: Metascience and AI Postdoctoral Fellowship

Date: September 2025

Last Date of Application: 10 April 2025

Link to Apply:

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This is a postdoctoral fellowship program for grants of up to $250,000 USD to support early career researchers in the social sciences and humanities (with particular emphasis on philosophy, sociology of science, and metascience) who are interested in building a career in understanding the implications of AI for the science and research ecosystem.

Who is eligible to apply:

• The funding opportunity is open to early career researchers who will have completed their PhD by the start date of the fellowship or who can demonstrate equivalent research or innovation experience, and who do not yet hold a permanent or tenure-track academic position. 

  
  

• This fellowship program is intended for researchers who are uniquely interested in AI’s impact on science, rather than general AI ethics, safety and society-related topics (as these are covered substantially elsewhere). 

Who is not eligible to apply:

• This program will not fund fellows whose primary research objective involves working directly on scientific AI tool development. 

  
  

• UK-based applicants should apply through UKRI, who is funding a parallel cohort of fellows to be funded by the UK Metascience Unit.

Eligible host institutions include non-profit two-and four-year institutions, institutional systems or consortia of institutions, university-affiliated research centers or laboratories, and independent nonprofit research organizations. While open to international applicants, particular consideration will be given to applicants whose host institution will be based in the US and Canada. Submissions led by women and Black, Indigenous, and Latine individuals are strongly encouraged.

Duration:

The duration of this award is up to 2 years, not to extend beyond Summer 2027. Fellowships must start by September 30, 2025.

We are not the official organisers of the program. If you have any queries regarding it, kindly contact the organisers at - technology@sloan.org (titled “Metascience and AI”)