Non-Trivial is an online summer research program that provides funding, mentorship, and a community for young people to make a difference.
Our programs are designed to bridge the gap between theory and practice, helping you apply cutting-edge concepts to tackle real-world challenges.
In our 4-week Finalist Program, you'll set the stage for your fellowship project. This foundational phase helps you clarify your goals and identify a high-impact problem to address.
In our 4-week Finalist Program, you'll set the stage for your fellowship project. This foundational phase helps you clarify your goals and identify a high-impact problem to address.
Compile a list of pressing problems in the world.
Compare your list of problems to tackle.
Identify your strengths and explore career paths to create a project that supports your goals.
Turn your ideas into reality. If selected, you’ll do 8 weeks of focused work (solo or in a team) and receive individual mentorship from a facilitator.
Connect with peers who share your passion for solving similar issues.
Analyze your chosen problem to understand its components, causes, and potential solutions.
Get feedback from your peers, facilitators, and any experts in the field you reach out to.
Test key assumptions and gather initial data to validate your project's approach.
Refine your project through regular feedback and incremental improvements.
Share your innovative solution and learn from fellow participants' diverse projects.
A guided step-by-step process to help you plan your project and develop your idea.
Meet once a week with your facilitator to get resources and advice to improve your project.
Develop your toolkit of critical thinking skills form various academic disciplines.
Join a regularly active Discord to get support or discuss topics you’re interested in.
Get matched for a call with another fellow who shares your passions and interests.
Attend exclusive Q&A sessions with people addressing some of the world’s most pressing problems
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Peter Singer is one of the most influential living philosophers and the Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University.
He is often credited with sparking the modern animal rights movement and contributing to the rise of effective altruism through his books The Most Good You Can Do and The Life You Can Save.
His research such as Famine Affluence and Morality and Practical Ethics are taught in philosophy classes the world over. Previously, Singer co-founded Animals Australia, the country's largest animal organization, and established The Life You Can Save, which promotes effective giving to improve the lives of those in extreme poverty.
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Rachel Glennerster is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago and is a faculty director of the Market Shaping Accelerator which aims to accelerate innovation towards solving global challenges.
Previously, she helped to establish Deworm the World, which has helped provide 1 billion deworming treatments to children worldwide, served as chief economist for the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, and was the executive director of J-PAL until 2017.
She has also written on strategies to stimulate innovation, promoting more equitable access to vaccines, and the response to Ebola and COVID-19 pandemics.
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Recognized as one of the leading experts in artificial intelligence, Yoshua Bengio is most known for his pioneering work in deep learning, earning him the 2018 A.M. Turing Award, “the Nobel Prize of Computing,” with Geoffrey Hinton and Yann LeCun. He is a professor at the Department of Computer Science and Operations Research at the Université de Montréal and scientific director of the Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms (MILA).
Concerned about the social impact of AI, he has written on Managing AI Risks in an Era of Rapid Progress, AI and catastrophic risk, and chairs the UK Government's International Scientific Report on Advanced AI Safety.
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Matt Clifford is the co-founder of Entrepreneur First (EF), the world’s leading startup talent investor, the Chair of ARIA, the UK’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency. Matt also serves on the board of Code First Girls, which he co-founded in 2013.
In 2023, he took a sabbatical from EF to serve as the UK Prime Minister's Representative, leading preparations and negotiations for the AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park. Clifford has also been involved in shaping the UK's AI strategy, having led the design work for the UK Frontier AI Taskforce and currently serving as Vice Chair of the Advisory Board for the UK AI Safety Institute. He is a co-author of How to be a Founder (2022) with Alice Bentinck.
Learn and apply concepts from diverse academic disciplines, for example:
