SPAR (Supervised Program for Alignment Research)

Terms from the program's own pages

2027 terms

• Undergrad, grad, PhD and professionals; no research experience required; fully virtual. source
• Minimum age: 13 source
• Fee: Unpaid; SPAR covers approved project expenses such as compute and API access source
• Remote OK source
• Attendance: online source

This round

Opened in July this year; not confirmed for next year

Past editions

• 2027 spring

  Applications expected to open around December 2026; dates not announced

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• 2026 fall

  Mentee applications 2026-07-28 to 2026-08-18 (AoE); Demo Day 2026-12-19; mentee decisions 2026-09-07

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  Applications opened Jul 28, 2026

  Deadline Aug 18, 2026

  Starts Sep 14, 2026

  Ends Dec 14, 2026