Careers
OpenRefinery STEM Research Program
Description of Duties
What we ask
No need to spend extra time on evaluations or assigned tasks. Just use AI tools such as ChatGPT Codex, Claude Cowork, or other AI tools as you normally would in your regular work.
One thing: roughly 5-10 “traces” where AI models have failed to give you the perfect answer, or where they needed your detailed guidance to arrive at the correct answer, or anything you feel would be helpful for understanding that subject.
A “trace” is the raw record of a session with Codex/Claude Code: your prompts, tool calls, model outputs, and files touched. You review what already exists from real work and choose what to share.
PhD or PhD in Progress with STEM majors (including Medicine)
Type of position
Paid Voluntteer
Salary
$2400/Year
Benefits
What we offer
$2,400 annual ($200 per month) AI tool grant. Use it for Codex and Claude Code subscriptions, or any other study- or research-related tools.
AI workshops. A hands-on workshop on practical agentic coding workflows, prompt patterns that work for research tasks, and how strong PhDs are using frontier models today. Recorded sessions, live Q&A, and office hours.
Opportunities to collaborate with AI researchers. Program participants are first in line for future opportunities with OpenRefinery and our frontier AI lab partners.
Location
Remote, San Francisco, CA 94112,
Closing Date
12/31/2030
Date Position Available
OpenRefinery
About OpenRefinery
OpenRefinery is a data infrastructure company focused on improving AI for Science.
We aggregate real-world data from tools, experts, and operational environments, then refine them into evaluation data, training sets, and reward signals to train AI models in helping with scientific discovery.