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Current Projects

These current Fellowship projects are seeking collaborators and financial sponsorship. See Current Projects for detailed calls for contributors and further information for supporters. To understand our project strategy, see this recent report: Post-Davos Report and Announcement on Aula Convenings.

Expression of Interest

If you are already working on AI for the good of society, you are welcome to submit your expression of interest to join the Fellowship. You will be asked to provide a link to showcase your work. [Expression of Interest to join a Fellowship Orientation Session →]

Fellowship Commitment:

– 4 affiliated works per year

– 2 hour self-led onboarding of the Qualification Badges

– be available to other Fellow’s for requests, including adding your works to the database and your bio to the Fellow’s list, so that people can find you. You may refuse. 

– bring opportunities to Fellows, as they arise.

Fellowship advantages:

– Professional development

– Collaboration opportunities

– Access to Fellowship projects and events

– Access to Impact team and amplification channels

– Access to all Fellows for special requests (they may refuse)

– Join the mission as part of a global collective.

Impact Team

In addition to applied work with partners and collaborators in our network, our Impact Team is available to Fellows and supporters, and can assist with amplifying, coaching, training, formatting, editing, translation, publication, conference support, speaking opportunities, and distribution across our networks. Impact Team includes a managing editor, a policy specialist, a documentary producer, public relations, inclusion, and cultural specialists and others, to help prepare and amplify work for increased impact, in service to the mission to ensure that everyone can access the conversation on AI.

Collaborate on Research or Policy

Research and action belong to all of us.

If you’re working on something that intersects with AI, we want to hear from you. We co-develop projects in applied research, civil action, institutional change, and AI literacy. We cover scholarly research but also journalistic, legal, policy, trade and other forms.

We support collaborators in several ways. For example:

• Co-developing research and action projects
• Infrastructure, communications, and operational support
• Amplifying existing work that aligns with public-interest AI

[Propose a Collaboration →] 

Our Funding Model

We are a Mission-focused non profit, working to facilitate public education and dialogue on AI.

Third Party Support: We are fortunate that many Fellows hold positions in academic, legal, journalistic, or other professional institutions that support their participation in collaborative, mission-aligned work. With their employers’ knowledge, Fellows may allocate time or cover certain costs related to Fellowship initiatives. Fellows retain intellectual independence from one another and from the Fellowship as an organization.

Foundational / Philanthropic: we are a registered non profit with a civil society mission. We are gently seeking to build relationships with Foundations and Philanthropists, so that we can work together on common goals. We build philanthropic relationships grounded in getting to know each other, on shared values and respect. We’ll be happy to hear from you and set up a conversation with a Senior Fellow who is familiar with your field and with the capacities of the Fellowship and Fellows.

Institutional: over the mid term, we are designing our organization as an Institute. The principle feature of this is our current professional development program, which is structured in multi-skilled groups that build up the capacities of skilled members and empowers any Fellow to do the same. One example among others: apprenticeship is open to all Fellows, in every aspect of the work of the Fellowship. This structure strengthens our ability to support independent and inclusive research, civic engagement and interdisciplinary dialogue on AI governance.

Projects: the operations team and Fellows seek out opportunities to do projects that align with our mission. Projects are structured to align with our mission and, where appropriate, contribute to publicly accessible dialogue or knowledge development. You can see more on this by looking at the drop down menu of the Works & News page.

Services: The Aula Fellowship partners with organizations and individuals for specific, mission-aligned events and services, when the work is in the public interest and the agreements and output are publicly transparent.

Fellow’s Professional Work: The Fellowship does not negotiate, manage, or receive compensation for private engagements undertaken by individual Fellows. Fellows are independent of the Fellowship. Fellows making use of Fellowship infrastructure may do so for their own projects, but they must comply with Canadian law and refrain from partisan, illegal, or defamatory activity.

Support the Mission

Our Mission is to put our specialties to the service of the global community, to ensure that everyone can access the conversation on AI. Here are some of the ways you can join the mission as a Sponsor:

Sponsor a convening

We are building convenings in global tech policy. Your support and participation are welcome. They are:

Aula Africa: Expanding the Conversation

AI Sustainability Council

Civil Society Convening on Military AI

AI House Davos 2027

AI Comedy Council

The reasoning for these specific events is presented in this report: Post-Davos Report and Announcement on Aula Convenings.

Please see Current Projects or email us for more information, including the budgets.

Financial Contribution

Your money is hard earned, and we will put it to good, efficient use. This money goes 100% towards providing for public outreach, and can be ear-marked to a specific project or team. For example, you can choose to sponsor Fellowship operations or support a specific project. To find a project, see the Current Projects. To request a project, see our Works & News page, and select a Hard Questions Sector or Research Topic, or specific Fellow, and get in touch.

If you are a Foundation funder, please consider supporting our mission directly. This ensures that we can continue to connect people to the conversation, world-wide. It’s a big project, and we need some big support.

Sponsor a Fellow from your organization:

It can be difficult to be the go-to AI person in an organization when AI is such a wide and interdisciplinary field. You can sponsor your staff to work on a collective project with Aula Fellows, or to train with us. They join as a Fellow. You can sponsor a specific project, or they can join existing teams.