Prompt Academy Fellowship at Mercor

Prompt Engineering Fellowship | $100 Flat Fee | 4 Hours | Worldwide Remote

Mercor is launching the Prompt Academy, a paid fellowship designed to bridge the gap between human expertise and Artificial Intelligence. Get paid to learn advanced prompt engineering and unlock access to high-paying AI expert projects ($50–$100/hr).

What You Will Learn

This is a paid upskilling opportunity. Complete a two-part interactive course designed to turn your subject-matter expertise into high-quality AI data:

• Part 1: The Architecture of a Strong Prompt – Master the "Context, Clarity, Constraint" framework to write prompts that eliminate ambiguity
• Part 2: Inducing Model Failure – Learn to craft complex, reasoning-heavy tasks that challenge frontier models like ChatGPT and Gemini, distinguishing between retrieval errors and deep reasoning failures

Who We Are Looking For

We seek deep domain experts in any field—historians, accountants, electricians, nurses, creative writers, physicists, and more. If you possess unique knowledge that's difficult to find on the open web, we want you.

• Deep Expertise: You understand the nuance of your field and the difference between textbook answers and real-world expert insights
• Critical Thinking: You can identify logic gaps and subtle hallucinations in AI-generated content
• Curiosity: You're interested in testing the boundaries of current AI capabilities

Fellowship Details & Compensation

• Stipend: $100 flat fee upon successful completion of Academy assessments
• Time Commitment: Approximately 4 hours (self-paced)
• Future Opportunities: Successful Fellows gain priority access to ongoing Expert Contributor roles with long-term projects benchmarking AI capabilities
• Requirements: No paid AI subscriptions required—complete tasks using publicly available tools

Why Apply?

• Get Paid to Upskill: Learn advanced prompt engineering, a highly valuable skill becoming essential across all industries
• Shape the Future of AI: Your contributions help research labs understand model limitations, directly improving AI reasoning
• Unlock High-Value Work: This Academy is the required entry point for Mercor's specialized, high-hourly-rate expert projects

Apply today to become a Prompt Academy Fellow and translate your human expertise into machine intelligence.