Who funds them, what they fund and how to apply.
A $30 million Google.org challenge for nonprofits, social enterprises, and academic institutions working with governments to improve public services using generative or agentic AI. Applications closed on April 3, 2026; selected organizations receive $1 million to $3 million and technical support through a multi-month Google.org Accelerator.
Google.org's $30 million AI for Science open call supports nonprofits, social enterprises, and academic institutions using AI to accelerate scientific work. Awards range from $500,000 to $3 million and may include accelerator support, Google technical assistance, and Cloud credits. Applications closed May 1, 2026 and are under review.
Three-month bipartisan fellowship for AI governance/policy research, with DC and London (UK GovAI) tracks; London track fully funded with up to GBP 12,000 stipend, travel support, and visa sponsorship, running Jan-Apr 2027.
grantmaking.ai, in partnership with Manifund, opened a launch round distributing $5k-$50k grants per applicant from a $1M total round for projects reducing x-risk from AI. One short application creates a public project/funding ask reviewed by experienced AI safety grantmakers. Deadline is July 13, 2026.
Open call for artists using AI in creative projects, run with compute partner Modal: $2,000 honorarium, up to $5,000 production funding, and up to $20,000 in Modal compute credits.
Horizon Europe call topic (HORIZON-CL4-2026-04-HUMAN-02) funding work on a Web 4.0 architectural framework and an open internet stack, run through the EU Funding and Tenders portal. The call deadline was April 15, 2026.
A practitioner program for mid-career nuclear-policy professionals combining an in-person AI bootcamp, virtual seminars, and applied policy labs. Applications for the inaugural cohort closed on February 28, 2026, and IST announced the 26 selected participants in April.
Meta's second Llama Impact Grants call awarded more than $1.5 million to 10 companies, startups, and universities using open-source Llama models for social and economic impact. Applications for that round closed in November 2024, and recipients were announced in April 2025.
$10M fund jointly run by Google DeepMind, Schmidt Sciences, the Cooperative AI Foundation, ARIA, and Google.org, kick-starting independent research on multi-agent AI safety. The 2026 call closed 8 August 2026.
Schmidt Sciences funded research studying the safety of large networks of interacting AI agents, offering up to $1M over 1-2 years. The 2026 SM Apply portal closed 8 August 2026.
A $10M fund co-backed by Schmidt Sciences, Google DeepMind, ARIA, and Google.org, supporting 1-2 year research grants ($300k-$1M, or up to $300k for smaller projects) on safety risks from large-scale multi-agent AI systems. The 2026 call for proposals closed 8 August 2026.
A $50 million fund for 2026 from the OpenAI Foundation making unrestricted, one-time grants to US 501(c)(3) nonprofits with annual budgets between $500,000 and $10 million (priority $1-8 million; select regranters under $15 million), across community support services, community arts and cultural organizations, and community journalism and media. Grants run up to 10% of an organization's annual budget with light-touch reporting, and do not require use of OpenAI products.
Principles of Intelligence runs PIBBSS as a three-month interdisciplinary AI safety research fellowship for about 20 researchers. The Winter 2026-2027 Cape Town cohort closed applications on 20 July 2026. The program page is collecting expressions of interest for later cohorts.
IVADO's 2027-2030 call invests up to C$20 million in roughly 8-12 AI research clusters. Letters of intent closed July 31, 2026. Invited full proposals remain an internal step for teams that already submitted an LOI, not a public intake.
A Longview Philanthropy request for proposals supporting research and applied work on digital minds. The 2026 round closed July 24, 2026.
Coefficient Giving (formerly Open Philanthropy) ran a 2026 RFP expecting to allocate $10-30 million to research, policy development, implementation, and field-building aimed at ensuring AI improves human health and wellbeing, with attention to the global poor. Applications closed August 21, 2026. Review continues on a rolling basis for submissions already received.
The Center on Long-Term Risk's SPI Fundamentals Program is an online course on AI conflict, bargaining, and safe Pareto improvements. The August 2026 cohort includes an optional paid capstone project and accepts applications through July 24.
Cybersecurity call within ARIA's GBP 59M Safeguarded AI programme, allocating GBP 20M across Blue Team awards (3-6, production-grade security-critical software with machine-checked proofs) and one Red Team for adversarial evaluation.
Status describes whether a program is running. Application methods are recorded separately. Read the funder’s terms before applying.