Who funds them, what they fund and how to apply.
A follow-on, bridging round of the Short-Term Incentive Program that extended incentive funding to 39 protocols on Arbitrum after STIP Round 1 concluded, approved via Arbitrum DAO governance to avoid a funding gap while a longer-term incentive framework was designed.
ARIA committed £100 million to recruit up to ten organizations for its second Activation Partners cohort. Applications are closed and ARIA says it will announce the selected partners later in 2026.
The Artificial Superintelligence Alliance offered $50,000 for development of an AI-native IDE for ASI:Chain. Proposals were submitted through DeepFunding by February 13, 2026.
Who Let The Docs Out runs the Automation & Humanity Documentary Fund for independent nonfiction films examining AI safety, alignment, autonomous systems, and their social effects. Its 2026 research grants offer $8,000 for feature projects and $4,000 for short films, alongside monthly virtual sessions.
Avalanche Build Games 2026 was a six-week online builder competition for solo developers and small teams creating new products on Avalanche. It offered a $1 million prize pool, including a $100,000 grand prize and category awards.
AWS's 2026 AI & ML Scholars program offered free foundational AI training globally, followed by fully funded Udacity Nanodegrees for the top 4,500 Challenge participants. Applications closed on June 24, 2026.
Amazon Research Awards' Spring 2026 call supported academic post-training research using AWS Trainium. The May 13 submission deadline has passed, with decisions scheduled for August 2026; selected teams may receive up to $50,000 or $250,000 and beyond in AWS promotional credits.
AWS Imagine Grant is an annual program for registered nonprofits using cloud technology to advance their missions. The 2026 U.S. cycle offers three award categories, including up to $200,000 in unrestricted support and $100,000 in AWS credits for the Pathfinder Award. Public applications closed June 5 and the selection process continues through December 2026.
Base announced Base Batches 003 as a funding and mentorship program for onchain builders, with Startup, Student, and Robotics tracks and up to $50,000 in funding per selected participant. The recorded Startup Track application window closed in March 2026; no current general application page has been confirmed.
13-week remote part-time program building Black leadership in AI Safety, AI Governance, and AI Security, with mentorship and research projects.
A two-stage Bittensor builder competition for new subnet concepts and working prototypes. The program ran from December 2025 through its March 31, 2026 demo day and awarded listed prizes plus discretionary investment opportunities.
BNB Hack: AI Trading Agent Edition was an online builder competition for AI-driven trading agents on BNB Chain. The DoraHacks submission window closed June 21, 2026.
BNB Hack: US College Edition was a four-week online hackathon for U.S. college students building DeFi, AI, and platform projects on BNB Chain. The $10,000 competition closed April 20, 2026.
Buildathon for AI-native applications for autonomous systems and machine-to-machine economies on Casper; no prior Web3 experience required. Casper's standing Accelerate Grant Program is currently suspended, making this the network's active funding vehicle.
The Confidential Computing Consortium's 2026 Research Fund supported practical academic research in confidential computing. Applications closed June 1 and the two recipients were announced July 1.
A Google Chrome-run fund, fiscally hosted by Open Source Collective, that paid out to 10 open-source projects in the "advanced apps" space (progressive web apps and related web-platform capabilities) in a single distribution window in October 2022.
3-month part-time fellowship (7 positions) building open-source civic data systems, OSINT, and structured transparency data in South Africa ahead of elections.
12-month paid fellowship placing early-career AI talent with US nonprofits; hosts receive a $10,000 implementation grant plus up to $2,500 in Claude licenses/API credits per fellow. The first cohort closed applications on 17 July 2026; Anthropic has not published a later cohort.
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