# Mercor Research Fellowship — APEX at Mercor

- Company: Mercor
- What the company does: Mercor is organizing human intelligence to power the AI economy. We are powering frontier research, AI benchmarks, and AI agent training at scale for the top AI labs and enterprises. Backed by General Catalyst and Menlo.
- Company website: https://mercor.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $40K to $80K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-22
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/mercor/a0a98be0-d856-4129-b500-c0a3e412ef01
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/mercor-mercor-research-fellowship-apex/

## About the role

Propose and scope a new benchmark evaluation technique, or economic study in an area not covered well by existing work

## What they're looking for

- Genuine interest in evaluation as a research discipline — not just a stepping stone to a model-building role
- Background in economics, CS, ML, statistics, or an adjacent field (measurement, psychometrics, HCI, social science)
- A specific, well-scoped idea for a benchmark, eval technique, or empirical study you want to build — the fellowship is built around your pitch
- Comfortable in a startup environment: fast iteration, direct access to real customer problems, less hand-holding than an academic lab
- Able to commit at least 30 hours/week for the duration of the fellowship — during a leave, over a summer, or a flexible stretch of a PhD
- Bonus: experience with agentic evaluation, RL environments, or domain expertise in law, finance, medicine, or a scientific field

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