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Research Fellow / Senior Fellow, Artificial Intelligence

Foundation for American Innovation

Role at a glance

Category: AI Governance
Work arrangement: Hybrid
Location: Washington, DC
Salary range: $75,000 to $175,000
Posted: Jun 16, 2026

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Foundation for American Innovation is hiring a Research Fellow / Senior Fellow, Artificial Intelligence in Washington, DC. This is a AI Governance role in the governance, risk, and compliance field, with a posted range of $75,000 to $175,000. Review the full details below and apply directly with Foundation for American Innovation.

The Foundation for American Innovation, a nonprofit technology-policy think tank, is hiring Research Fellows and Senior Fellows in Artificial Intelligence to advance pragmatic AI governance at the federal and state levels. Fellows conduct original research, shape policy debates, and convene experts across cybersecurity, AI diffusion, technology competition, societal impacts, and public-sector

Full responsibilities and requirements are on Foundation for American Innovation's application page.

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Location and market context

This role is based in Washington, DC on a hybrid schedule. Local candidates benefit from being close to Foundation for American Innovation's teams and regional hiring market, while the hybrid arrangement offers some flexibility. Confirm the exact in-office expectation and any relocation support with the employer.

About AI governance roles

AI governance sits at the intersection of policy, risk, and engineering. Teams are standing up model inventories, use-case intake and review, risk classification, and control monitoring as regulation and board scrutiny of AI intensify. Roles like this one are typically evaluated against frameworks such as NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001, the EU AI Act, and internal model-risk and privacy practices.

How to position yourself for this AI governance role

Strong candidates emphasize experience translating policy into operational controls, working across legal, compliance, security, product, and data teams, documenting AI system risks, and supporting governance processes. In your resume and outreach, tie your experience to how Foundation for American Innovation would apply NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001, the EU AI Act, and internal model-risk and privacy practices, and lead with concrete outcomes rather than duties.