At Mercor, we connect PhDs and researchers with high-paying, high-impact work training shaping the future of frontier AI models. This year, we expanded that mission with the Mercor Graduate Fellowship, awarding $50K to students doing extraordinary work. We’re excited to introduce one of our 2025 fellows: Neil Band. Neil is a third-year Stanford CS PhD student researching how to make language models safer and more reliable. His work tackles hallucinations, uncertainty calibration, and advanced reasoning in LLMs. With the support of this fellowship, Neil can focus on pushing the boundaries of trustworthy AI, taking on more ambitious, forward-looking research. We're proud to support Neil as he builds the future of trustworthy AI.