ZKsync
ZKsync's first Community Activation RFP funded community events during Devconnect Buenos Aires. The submission window closed October 17, 2025, and two recipients received a combined 170,000 ZK.
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ZKsync
ZKsync's second Community Activation RFP funded an eight-week ZK Stack content experiment. The submission period ended December 3, 2025 and ZKnomist was selected to receive 300,000 ZK.
ZKsync
ZKsync's third Community Activation RFP funded an institutional narrative experiment. The March 20, 2026 deadline has passed and Rally was selected to receive 833,000 ZK for an eight-week program.
Mozilla Foundation
Mozilla's 2026 Fellowship program offered up to 10 fellowships across embedded and independent tracks. Nominations closed January 30, 2026; embedded fellows received a $75,000 stipend and $25,000 project budget, while independent fellows received a $100,000 stipend and $25,000 budget.
Adobe Research
A 12-month fellowship from Adobe Research for full-time PhD candidates enrolled at recognized universities in India with at least 12 months remaining in their PhD, working in AI-related fields such as computer vision, NLP, machine learning, and human-computer interaction. It awards a ₹12,00,000 stipend disbursed upfront, one year of Adobe Express Premium, Creative Cloud, and Firefly access, and optional mentorship from Adobe researchers; the 2026 recipients have been selected and applications are currently closed.
Anthropic
Anthropic's Claude Science program offered up to 50 biology and life-sciences projects as much as $30,000 in Claude credits, plus up to $2,000 in Modal compute for select projects. The inaugural application deadline was July 15, 2026, and submissions are now under review.
Horizon Institute for Public Service
The Horizon Institute for Public Service opened the AI Rapid Response Fellowship on 2026-07-01, a funded fellowship placing AI security experts into US executive branch roles at $170K-$250K+. Applications close July 22, 2026.
AI x Animals Pooled Fund
AI x Animals Pooled Fund is a targeted, experimental pooled fund supporting projects that help animal advocates respond to AI. The 2026 request for proposals had more than $300,000 available, expected to support 5-20 projects, and prioritized advocate tools, field-building, and actionable research.
Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs
The Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs posted the Artificial Intelligence for American Competitiveness and Economic Security (AI-ACES) in South Asia opportunity (#DFOP0018586) on grants.gov, with a deadline of August 2, 2026.
Animal Microgrants
Animal Microgrants was a 2026 funding-circle call for individuals and very small organizations working on farm-animal advocacy. Typical grants were £500-£2,500, with exceptional requests up to £5,000; applicants were expected to hear back by the end of March.
Arbitrum Foundation
An Arbitrum Foundation program that subsidized third-party smart contract audits with $10M in ARB over 12 months. Applications opened 1 August 2025 and closed 31 July 2026. The Foundation has proposed a successor Arbitrum Security Program. That successor is not yet accepting applications.
Arbitrum Foundation
Arbitrum Open House London combined a three-week online Buildathon with a three-day Founder House, technical workshops, mentorship, product sessions, and live pitches. The combined prize and grant pool was $415,000 across general, Robinhood Chain, agentic AI, and milestone-based grant tracks.
Arbitrum Foundation
A one-time, DAO-approved incentive round that distributed roughly $50M in ARB across around 30 protocols on Arbitrum to bootstrap usage and liquidity. Recipients committed to incentive-distribution plans (e.g. liquidity mining, fee rebates) rather than open-ended grants; funded via an Arbitrum DAO governance proposal.
Arbitrum Foundation
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 (Advanced Research and Invention Agency)
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.
Artificial Superintelligence Alliance
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
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 Foundation
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.
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