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The Organizer Support Program (OSP) is a three-week mentorship program (with the potential for semester-long mentorship) aimed at EA university group organizers to help them prepare for the start of the semester. It offers regular meetings with an experienced mentor, various workshops, and useful resources to run an effective group.
If you’re a student at a university without an EA group (or looking to revive an existing group), you can now apply directly to OSP to get support in starting a new group.
In the past, students wanting to start a new group would need to go through the University Group Acceleration Program (UGAP), but we’ve now merged this program with OSP, bringing in resources like:
Applications for next semester are open! Learn more and apply here by 11:59pm UTC, on June 24th.
As has been the case in previous rounds, please note that OSP does not currently offer a stipend for organizers. However, if this impacts your ability to apply, we would appreciate hearing from you here as we continue to assess this aspect of the program.
We’re also adding a new sister program to OSP, the Fieldbuilder Support Program (FSP). FSP offers support to new and existing organizers of university groups focused on AI Safety. This program was designed based on our experience running OSP AI Safety for a year, an invite-only pilot mentorship program that was designed with the help of various experienced AI Safety group organizers. We’re excited to launch this program as we near the spin-off of AI Safety group support.
See here for more details on the program and apply here. As with OSP, apply by 11:59pm UTC, on June 24th.
For both programs, we are also looking for people with organizing experience to serve as mentors. You can find out more about and apply to become a mentor here.
If you have any questions about OSP or FSP, please send an email to [email protected].
We hope to see you apply!
