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Fellows

AIO Fellows & Researchers

A fellows program to build the next phase of AIO Framework research together. We are recruiting researchers from academia, industry, and civil society.

Role

What fellows do

  • Extending AIO 20003 to new domains and designing evaluation methodology
  • Drafting RFCs for domain-specific vocabulary extensions
  • Designing, writing, and reviewing case studies
  • Serving as academic chair of the quarterly consensus meetings
  • Presenting AIO's positions at international conferences and policy debates
Tracks

Six tracks

  • A. Research Fellow — Faithfulness group
  • B. Domain Specialist — Consensus group
  • C. Policy Analyst — Alignment group
  • D. Business & Partnership — cross-cutting
  • E. Communications — Consensus + cross-cutting
  • F. Engineering — Faithfulness group

Fellow is the entry point into AIO. Path: Fellow → Member → Partner → Advisor.

Eligibility

The researchers we are looking for

Academia

Researchers in ethics, cognitive science, and AI policy

PhD students, postdocs, and faculty who are familiar with Schwartz's theory of values, Walton's argumentation, and evaluation methodology.

Industry

AI developers, MLOps, and AI Safety engineers

Practitioners who have operated guardrail, alignment, and evaluation systems in production, contributing to standardizing AIO Framework adoption.

Domain

Clinicians, lawyers, finance professionals, and educators

Extending domain vocabularies and writing case studies. An academic research background is not required.

Terms

Commitment, compensation, and term

  • Term: 6 or 12 months (renewable)
  • Time commitment: at least 4 hours per week (including the quarterly consensus meetings)
  • Location: remote-first, with one in-person meeting per quarter (Switzerland, Seoul, or elsewhere).
  • Compensation policy TBD · 구조 확정 후 게시
  • Co-authorship: every fellow is credited as a co-author on the RFCs and papers they contribute to.
Apply

How to apply

We are currently preparing our first call for fellows. If you would like to express your interest before the official call is posted, please sign the Vision first and then email secretariat@aioq.org with a one-page introduction about yourself.

Fellows & Researchers — Call for Applications | AIO