Research Internship, Open Ecosystem
The Allen Institute · Seattle, WA
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**Research Internship — Open Ecosystem (Ai2)** **Location / Work setup** - Expected to work from Ai2 offices in **Seattle** (on-site requirements vary by position/team). If you have questions, ask your recruiter. **Compensation** *(dependent on current degree enrollment)* - **Undergrad Research Intern:** **$94,320/year** - **Masters Research Intern:** **$106,110/year** - **PhD Research Intern:** **$140,000/year** **About the role** Ai2 is seeking **Research Interns** to join our **Open Ecosystem** team, working on fully open foundation models like **Olmo** and **Molmo**. This internship is a chance to contribute to cutting-edge AI research in a fast-paced environment. **What you’ll do** - Define and lead a **high-impact research project** - **Train and release** leading models - Collaborate with and learn from Ai2 team members - Build **open-source software** for the research community - **Author scientific papers** for publication in a high-profile conference or journal **Internship details** - **Duration:** 12 weeks - **Start date:** Flexible - **Hiring for:** start dates in **2027** - **Apply by:** **January 8, 2027 at 11:00pm Pacific Time** (for Spring/Summer 2027 internships) - Questions: **olmo-careers@allenai.org** **Who you are (qualifications)** - Pursuing a **PhD** in Computer Science (or similar) with research experience in ML/NLP/language & vision (or related areas) - Strong **software engineering** skills, especially with deep learning frameworks (e.g., **PyTorch**) **Bonus qualifications** - Publication record at AI venues (e.g., **NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML, COLM, ACL, EMNLP**) - Experience with foundation model research areas (training dynamics, scaling laws, efficiency, data curation, post-training like **SFT/DPO/RL**, agentic training/infrastructure, scientific applications) - Contributions to open-source research libraries (e.g., **PyTorch, Hugging Face Transformers, olmo-core, AllenNLP**) **Why Open Ecosystem?** - Interns are paired with **one or more mentors** from the Open Ecosystem team - Encourages **open collaboration** on intern projects (including with external institutions) - **Competitive pay** and **visa sponsorship available** - Strong commitment to **open science** and supporting students publishing papers **About Ai2** - Seattle-based non-profit AI research institute (founded in 2014) - Mission: building breakthrough AI to solve major world problems through large-scale open models, data, robotics, conservation, and more **Benefits (high level)** - Medical/dental/vision and employee assistance program - Health savings and reimbursement plans; flexible spending accounts - **$125/month** commuting/internet support; **$200/month** fitness/wellbeing - Sick time per Seattle requirements; paid holiday coverage when applicable **Equal opportunity** - Ai2 is an Equal Opportunity employer and participates in **E-Verify**. *Note: This description is not exhaustive; additional job-related duties may be assigned.*
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