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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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.
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Amazon Research Awards (amazon.science)
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.
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Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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.
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BASE Research
13-week remote part-time program building Black leadership in AI Safety, AI Governance, and AI Security, with mentorship and research projects.
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Coefficient Giving
Coefficient Giving's Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness team sought expressions of interest for work preventing engineered biological threats and improving response capacity. The May 11, 2026 deadline has passed and proposals are under review.
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Deep Funding
A GG24 data-science contest that awarded $20,000 for models estimating the relative value of 98 Ethereum repositories and 3,677 dependencies. Submissions closed on May 10, 2026, and the model outputs informed a $350,000 Deep Funding allocation.
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DARPA DICE
Broad Agency Announcement soliciting proposals for the DICE program's research into theory, algorithms, and multi-agent systems for scalable, resilient decentralized AI collectives under human control. Contract-style awards rather than traditional grants.
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Digital Brain Project
Funds PI-led teams at accredited institutions up to $500,000 over 36 months to acquire and share neuroimaging data for foundational models of intelligent behavior.
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Longview Philanthropy
Longview Philanthropy announced a request for proposals for research and applied work on digital minds, seeking applications for project grants, research fellowships, and career development fellowships on the potential consciousness, sentience, moral status, and legal position of AI systems.
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OpenAI Foundation
Open call for external researchers in applied causal inference, labor economics, and productivity to run empirical studies on AI's economic impact via structured collaborations with OpenAI's Economic Research division; research support and data access, no fixed grant figure published.
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