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Frontier labs need people who can tell a plausible-sounding answer from a correct one at the edge of a field. That is what a research training builds, and it pays substantially better than most academic side work.
The work
Not data entry, and not a job. It is expert review, done through a web dashboard, paid by the hour for the hours you log.
You judge model output on questions where the answer is not in a textbook — derivations, experimental design, interpretation of results — and explain precisely where the reasoning breaks.
You author questions in your subfield that require real expertise: a multi-step derivation, a subtle methodological flaw, a result that contradicts the obvious intuition.
Checking whether a model has represented a paper, a method or a statistical result correctly. Anyone who has refereed a paper already knows this work.
Pay
Every figure here is read from the platform's own listing. Where a listing shows no rate, it is not counted rather than estimated. Based on43 hourly listings open today.
Rates are the starting figure on each listing. The top of a range usually goes to the most senior applicants, and some listings pay per task or per project instead — the board marks which.
Eligibility
Platforms verify credentials, so apply where you genuinely fit. This is who these listings are written for:
Honest caveats
The parts people find out after they have already spent an evening on an assessment:
Getting accepted
The screening is the whole gate. These are the things that decide whether a strong applicant gets matched to a project.
Not "physics" but "condensed matter, computational, DFT methods". Listings are scoped narrowly enough that the subfield determines whether you match at all.
List them where they show depth in the specific area a project needs. A single closely relevant paper beats a long list of tangential ones.
Explaining why an answer is wrong at the right level is exactly this job. If you have taught or supervised, say so — it maps directly onto the work.
Open now
STEM and social-science research roles for PhDs and grad students. Refreshed Sep 25, 2026.
FAQ
No. Many listings accept current PhD candidates, typically past the qualifying exam, and some accept strong masters students in technical fields. The requirement is on the listing.
Live rates for research listings are shown above, straight from the platform. Rare technical specialisms command the top of the range; broader review work sits lower but is more consistently available.
Mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology and statistics carry the most consistent volume. Economics and quantitative social science appear regularly. Humanities work exists but is thinner.
It depends entirely on your visa and institution, and getting it wrong has serious consequences. US F-1 and J-1 holders in particular face tight restrictions on outside employment. Ask your international office before applying, not after.
Usually not, since it is unrelated to your research and done on your own time. Institutions vary and some have broad outside-activity or IP policies. Check yours.
It is contract work, not a hiring pipeline, and should not be treated as one. It does give real exposure to how frontier models fail, which some people have found useful in later applications.
No. Project content is confidential and you will typically sign terms saying so. You can say that you do contract AI evaluation work; you cannot discuss specific projects or which lab they are for.
Most projects cap weekly hours, commonly between 10 and 20. It is designed as a supplement to a research position rather than a replacement for one.
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