AI-BOOST
AI-BOOST's 2026 AI Challenge Competition runs four generative AI challenges in two application windows. Each challenge awards five EUR 28,500 Spark prizes, a EUR 100,000 final prize, and two EUR 12,500 special awards.
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Grant programs across
crypto, AI and open source.
Who funds them, what they fund and how to apply.
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Arc Institute
Arc Institute's Ignite Award gives a one-time $100,000 gift to kickstart ambitious research ideas that are difficult to fund through traditional grant mechanisms.
Foresight Institute
$10,000 Secure AI / usable-security prize for work that helps users make wise security decisions.
XPRIZE Foundation
$119 million incentive prize competition for breakthrough water scarcity solutions.
XPRIZE Foundation
$11 million incentive prize competition for breakthrough wildfire detection/suppression solutions.
Status describes whether a program is running. Application methods are recorded separately. Read the funder’s terms before applying.