Who funds them, what they fund and how to apply.
CEPI's Calls for Proposals invite vaccine and biosecurity innovators worldwide to apply to its scientific programs, funding R&D across a diverse portfolio of vaccine candidates against epidemic threats.
The Future of Life Institute's grantmaking, which funds research and projects reducing large-scale risks from powerful technologies -- advanced AI safety and governance, biotechnology/bio-risk, and nuclear weapons -- via targeted Requests for Proposals and Contests published on a regular but irregular basis. FLI does not accept unsolicited requests; applicants must respond to an open RFP, Contest, or fellowship call.
Grants to civil society organizations working to reach zero-dose and under-immunised children, expand HPV vaccine rollout, and integrate COVID-19 vaccination into routine immunisation. Delivered via country-specific calls for proposals through the Grantelope grant management system, administered by MannionDaniels/Oxford Policy Management on Gavi's behalf.
Meta funds academic research through a requests-for-proposals (RFP) mechanism; the research.facebook.com site links research award opportunities and publishes lists of past research award recipients.
An active NSF Dear Colleague Letter encouraging PESOSE proposals on secure, open protocols for AI agent ecosystems. Proposals may address interoperability, scalability, security, open science, partnerships, education, and training, and must follow the underlying PESOSE solicitation.
IFP's rolling request for proposals on high-impact projects in AI resilience, AI-for-science, and institutional adaptation. Pays a $10,000 honorarium to authors of published proposals, plus $1,000 bounties for successful referrals and for new ideas that get published. No fixed deadline; those without a specific idea can join IFP's talent database instead.
BARDA's DRIVe division uses EZ-BAA to partner with early-stage companies on health-security innovations. The official EZ-BAA page currently reports no open Areas of Interest and directs applicants to other active DRIVe opportunities.
Deep Funding is an AI public-goods mechanism listed by Gitcoin. The 2025 challenge submission window ran February 10 to May 10, 2025. There is no current public apply form as of 2026-08-29.
Status describes whether a program is running. Application methods are recorded separately. Read the funder’s terms before applying.