Simons Institute Law and Society Fellowship

Funding: Stipend to cover living expenses (exact figure not published); travel to Berkeley reimbursed. Who can apply: Junior and senior researchers (postdocs, senior graduate students, assistant professors eligible for 'Law and Society Fellow'; more established researchers eligible for 'Senior Law and Society Fellow'). Length: One semester (tied to the Simons Institute program's term). Shared office in Calvin Lab at UC Berkeley; embedded in a Simons Institute semester-long technical program alongside computer scientists; expected outputs include a white paper and potential participation in a documentary series. Field: Law, ethics, and policy implications of a specific technical research program each cohort (Fall 2027 program topic: Diffusion Generative Modeling); prior cohorts have paired with AI-relevant technical programs.