Description: A special, accelerated 3-week taught introduction to technical AI alignment, with an emphasis on broad coverage of the field. The August 2026 Iliad Intensive will take place immediately after the ILIAD 2026 conference at Lighthaven.
Description: A 3-month mentored research fellowship in applied mathematics for AI alignment. It will launch concurrently with the September 2026 Iliad Intensive, also at LISA; Iliad Fellows will have the opportunity to drop in on Intensive lectures. The November 2026 Iliad Intensive will take place concurrently with the last weeks of the Fall 2026 Iliad Fellowship, at LISA.
Description: A 4-week taught introduction to technical AI alignment, with an emphasis on broad coverage of the field. It will run concurrently with the first month of the Fall 2026 Iliad Fellowship, also at LISA.
Travel-and-Housing Support: $5,000 (USD) total travel-and-housing allowance
Application Deadline: September 28 EoD AoE; open now
Description: A 4-week taught introduction to technical AI alignment, with an emphasis on broad coverage of the field. The tail end of the Fall 2026 Iliad Fellowship will run concurrently with the November 2026 Iliad Intensive.
I thought Anywhere on Earth is the last time at which the clock changes to the next day anywhere on earth, and End of Day is just by the end of the day in whichever time zone you're in?
Anywhere on Earth (AoE) is a calendar designation that indicates that a period expires when the date passes everywhere on Earth. It is a practice to help specify deadlines such as "June 9, 2026, End of Day, Anywhere on Earth (AoE)" without requiring time zone calculations or daylight saving time adjustments.
Maybe "EoD" is then redundant. To my eyes, though, it disambiguates "AoE," as in the Wikipedia quotes. When I google "AoE" by itself, I get information on the video game Age of Empires. When I google the phrase "EoD AoE," I instead get explainers of Anywhere on Earth deadlines.
In any case, I'll link an explainer to the AoE usages in the post.
Hey! Do you know when the outcome notifications for the November 2026 Iliad Intensive will be out? (Just for visa planning purposes)
Also, are we supposed to get an email that our application has been successfully submitted? I did not receive anything, and I am wondering if my application came through
We notify people about their application outcome within 2 weeks of the deadline (for deadline see our website). The November Intensive deadline is the 28 September.
There was a bug with out email confirmation triggering. This should now be fixed. If you have any questions about your application please email admissions@iliad.ac
We'll do early admits for strong candidates. But if you think your resume will become materially stronger closer to the program you're interested in, it's also fine to wait a bit and apply closer to the deadline.
Reapplied to the Intensive(s) since there's been some further ones announced, if there is any confusion. Any info on how far in advance of an Intensive we'd hear back?
The April 2026 Iliad Intensive cohort, at LISA
Iliad, an umbrella organization for applied math for AI alignment, is running several additional programs through the end of the year!
Applications to all of them are now open, here. Applicants will be selected on the basis of estimated mathematical strength.
August 2026 Iliad Intensive
Fall 2026 Iliad Fellowship
September 2026 Iliad Intensive
October 2026 Iliad Intensive
November 2026 Iliad Intensive
Iliad's forthcoming summer and fall 2026 programs