KAP 2024-2025 - Research Assistant - The Abundance Institute - Stand Together
Washington, DC 20001
About the Job
The Koch Associate Program (KAP) is a career accelerator for early to mid-career professionals with a drive to tackle our country's most pressing challenges in more effective, principled ways. KAP equips associates with the tools, mindsets, and community to succeed as social entrepreneurs—individuals excited to find new and better ways to break barriers and eliminate injustice. Associates spend one day each week engaging in experiential learning with Stand Together Fellowships and work at one of our many partner organizations the rest of the week. Our curriculum is designed to supercharge your development and equip you for long-term success as you seek to have an impact on the problems that prevent people from realizing their potential.
The Abundance Institute is a mission-driven nonprofit dedicated to creating an environment for emerging technologies to germinate, develop, and thrive in order to perpetually expand widespread human prosperity and abundance.
The problem is that fear is costing us our future. While technology holds the power to transform our economy and lives, we often throttle technological breakthroughs before they can fulfill their life-changing potential. Fueled by a mix of cultural anxieties, tech-wary regulators, and established players protecting their turf, this fear-based approach risks denying Americans an abundant future.
Our vision is to create an environment for emerging technologies to grow, develop, and thrive long before these technologies capture the public's attention—giving us a first-mover advantage to shape the future in a positive way.
If this sounds exciting to you, please apply to this position. The Abundance Institute is looking for a Koch Associate to primarily assist the Head of AI Policy and the Creator in Residence complete their research projects, writing projects, communication efforts, and other work that advances our vision at the Abundance Institute. Experience in artificial intelligence (AI) and technology policy is not necessary. However, a strong interest in AI, technology and innovation issues, and a belief in their potential for massive positive transformative impact are required.
Location is negotiable, however, Washington, DC is preferred.
Primary responsibilities include:
- Helping the Head of AI Policy and Creator in Residence get their projects across the finish line.
- Researching and summarizing various components of technology and innovation policy at the federal and state level to support our AI policy team, Head of AI Policy, and Creator in Residence.
- Attending events, hearings, and other opportunities to better inform strategy and to represent the Abundance Institute.
- Support team operations.
- Opportunity to write short-form and co-authored longer pieces on relevant topics.
- Occasional travel is required.
Desired Experience & Qualifications:
- Ability to quickly learn, summarize, and communicate issues and events with minimal oversight.
- Excellent skills in research, exceptional ability and comfort working independently.
- A strong interest in learning more about the technology and innovation policy space.
- Skills and a personality that can handle wide parameters for success and discovering new things.
- Alignment with the Abundance Institute's mission.
About Stand Together Fellowships
Learn more about Stand Together Fellowships.
Stand Together Fellowships believes that diversity in experiences, perspectives, knowledge and ideas fuels creativity, broadens knowledge, and helps drive success. Our admissions office treats all program participants and applicants with honesty, dignity, respect and sensitivity. We welcome all qualified applicants regardless of color, race, religion, religious creed, sex, gender or gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, ethnicity, ancestry, age, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy (including medical needs which may arise from pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), military and veteran status, genetic information, marital or familial status, political affiliation, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances.
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