Potential volunteers, interns, fellows, mentors, partners, funders, and open-source contributors.
Structured pathways to contribute, learn, partner, mentor, fund, and steward open work.
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Institute Programs turn interest into participation through volunteer, internship, mentorship, fellowship, partnership, philanthropy, grants, and open-source pathways. All programs are open to people of any background and familiarity level.
Volunteering is the broadest on-ramp for participation. Volunteers contribute to learning groups, projects, operations, writing, analysis, media production, and community support according to available time, background, and skills. No prior expertise in Active Inference is required — many volunteers begin by attending meetings, watching recordings, and contributing in whatever way fits their current capacity.
Internships provide structured engagement for participants who want to contribute more deeply to specific projects or functions. Interns work on defined deliverables — documentation, analysis, code, educational materials, or operational support — and develop skills through project practice and community engagement. Learning is built into the process regardless of prior experience.
Mentorship connects experienced participants with people earlier in their engagement with Active Inference or the Institute. Mentors support the development of mentees through guidance, feedback, shared project work, and professional connection. Mentorship can be formal — with defined goals and regular check-ins — or informal, emerging naturally from community participation.
The Fellowship pathway supports contributors who provide regular progress reports and develop research, applications, or public resources aligned with the Institute and Ecosystem. Fellows make sustained commitments to specific projects or areas of work, share updates with the community on a regular schedule, and produce public outputs — papers, software, educational materials, or project deliverables.
The Institute supports grant proposals and funding efforts aligned with Active Inference research, education, and application. Participants and projects can seek Institute support for grant preparation, institutional affiliation, and collaborative funding proposals. The Institute tracks funding opportunities and shares them through its regular communications.
Partnerships align organizations, research groups, funders, and collaborators around concrete shared work. Partner organizations may co-host events, co-author publications, share resources, provide infrastructure, or collaborate on research and education projects. Partnership is a practical exchange of time, attention, expertise, funding, and institutional support.
As a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit, the Active Inference Institute accepts tax-deductible donations from individuals and organizations. Philanthropic support funds public education, research infrastructure, events, community tools, and ecosystem stewardship.
Open-source contribution is an ecosystem support function: publish reusable work, improve project infrastructure, and make shared technical resources discoverable and maintainable. The Institute hosts and contributes to open-source repositories for Active Inference implementations, tools, datasets, ontologies, and educational materials.
Key surfaces
Contribute to learning groups, project support, operations, writing, analysis, or media.
Structured contribution pathway with learning, documentation, and project practice.
Support participant development, or find a mentor to guide your own engagement.
Develop research or applied work with regular reporting and public outputs.
Institute support for grant preparation, affiliation, and collaborative funding proposals.
Align organizations and collaborators around concrete shared research or education work.
Support public education, research infrastructure, and ecosystem stewardship as a 501(c)(3) donor.
Publish reusable work, improve project infrastructure, and contribute to shared Active Inference tools.
Related resources
External links are resolved from the shared registry so visitor-facing destinations stay centralized and checkable.
Audience: Newcomer
Primary public community channel for conversation, coordination, and newcomer orientation.
Audience: Newcomer
Recurring public update surface for activity orientation and current work.
Audience: Developer
Public GitHub organization for Institute repositories and open-source work.
Audience: Developer
Project repository for multiagent Active Inference modeling work.
Audience: Developer
Generalized Notation Notation project repository for model communication.
Audience: Developer
Geospatial modeling repository connected to ecological and bioregional applications.
Audience: Supporter
Donation pathway for supporting public education, events, infrastructure, and stewardship.
Audience: Newcomer
Public organization profile for professional updates.
Audience: Contributor
Public Fellows pathway for structured Institute participation.
Audience: Contributor
Public mentorship pathway for guided participation and learning.
Audience: Contributor
Public Project Preparation shortlink for making proposed work legible and actionable.
Audience: Contributor
Public project measurement shortlink for reporting progress and outputs.
Official pages
Audience: Partner
Official symposium page.
Audience: Developer
Official Knowledge Engineering page.
Audience: Developer
Official Active Blockference page.
Audience: Contributor
Official get-involved entry point, currently resolving to participation.
Audience: Contributor
Official participation page.
Audience: Contributor
Official internship page.
Audience: Contributor
Official fellowship page.
Audience: Partner
Official partnership page.
Repositories
Audience: Developer
Notebook-based applied Active Inference work connected to blockchain-adjacent and generative modeling examples.
Audience: Developer
Python models and materials for ant-inspired multiagent Active Inference.
Audience: Developer
Public ants repository in the ActiveInferenceInstitute GitHub namespace.
Audience: Developer
ATLAS
Audience: Developer
Public Biofirm repository in the ActiveInferenceInstitute GitHub namespace.
Audience: Developer
Public Bots repository in the ActiveInferenceInstitute GitHub namespace.
Audience: Developer
Python codebase for cognitive and Active Inference-oriented modeling work.
Audience: Developer
Entropy Based Sampling and Parallel CoT Decoding