Residency Program - Fall 2025 Cohort
Apply NowCompany: Astera
Location: Emeryville, CA 94608
Description:
About us:
Astera is a 501(c)(3) private operating foundation on a mission to help lead humanity's transition to a scientifically advanced, abundant future. In service of this mission, we support the creation of public goods for science and technology. You can read about our mission and vision here.
Astera's residency cohort:
Astera is opening a call for the Fall 2025 cohort of our major science residency program, a one-year, fully funded program centered on the creation of public goods. We plan to welcome 8-10 new residents, who will join the 6 from our Spring 2025 cohort in Emeryville, California, where we are building a hub for open science, data and technology.
We will provide residents a salary of $125,000-$250,000, commensurate with experience, to explore an important problem of their choosing, along with an additional budget for a team and other operational expenses, as necessary; a chance to pitch us and others in our network for longer-term, larger-scale support; medical benefits; and access to substantial compute and programmatic resources.
A full writeup of the program is available here; applicants should review it thoroughly before proceeding.
Application process:
Residents will be selected for a combination of personal fit, their project's potential for impact, and Astera's ability to support them in ways other funders will not. We expect to invite approximately 1/4 of applicants to an initial interview based on their written applications, which will in most cases be followed by a technical review by domain experts for those who continue to the next round. We may ask for additional written materials at this stage.
The deadline for applications for our Fall cohort (start dates in October) is May 2.
To Apply:
Please attach a resume and answer all the questions in the application form.
All questions other than the first one have a 1000-character limit. Please ensure your application conforms to this requirement - applications that don't may be rejected. Aim for clear, concise answers - bullet points are fine.
Location:
This role is in-person in Emeryville, California. Please confirm that you are located in the Bay Area or willing to relocate if selected for this program.
If you would have applied for this program but for the location restriction, please fill out this form to register interest - we may opt to run a cohort with a remote option in the future.
Astera is a 501(c)(3) private operating foundation on a mission to help lead humanity's transition to a scientifically advanced, abundant future. In service of this mission, we support the creation of public goods for science and technology. You can read about our mission and vision here.
Astera's residency cohort:
Astera is opening a call for the Fall 2025 cohort of our major science residency program, a one-year, fully funded program centered on the creation of public goods. We plan to welcome 8-10 new residents, who will join the 6 from our Spring 2025 cohort in Emeryville, California, where we are building a hub for open science, data and technology.
We will provide residents a salary of $125,000-$250,000, commensurate with experience, to explore an important problem of their choosing, along with an additional budget for a team and other operational expenses, as necessary; a chance to pitch us and others in our network for longer-term, larger-scale support; medical benefits; and access to substantial compute and programmatic resources.
A full writeup of the program is available here; applicants should review it thoroughly before proceeding.
Application process:
Residents will be selected for a combination of personal fit, their project's potential for impact, and Astera's ability to support them in ways other funders will not. We expect to invite approximately 1/4 of applicants to an initial interview based on their written applications, which will in most cases be followed by a technical review by domain experts for those who continue to the next round. We may ask for additional written materials at this stage.
The deadline for applications for our Fall cohort (start dates in October) is May 2.
To Apply:
Please attach a resume and answer all the questions in the application form.
All questions other than the first one have a 1000-character limit. Please ensure your application conforms to this requirement - applications that don't may be rejected. Aim for clear, concise answers - bullet points are fine.
Location:
This role is in-person in Emeryville, California. Please confirm that you are located in the Bay Area or willing to relocate if selected for this program.
If you would have applied for this program but for the location restriction, please fill out this form to register interest - we may opt to run a cohort with a remote option in the future.