Center for AI Safety
A three-month fellowship examining societal impacts of advanced AI, institutional responses, and policy development; application deadline historically March 24.
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CIFAR - Pan-Canadian AI Strategy
CIFAR program providing short-term, flexible funding to catalyze new interdisciplinary machine-learning research collaborations across domains including AI safety and alignment, misinformation/information integrity, trustworthy and interpretable LLMs, real-world deployed-system safety, AI auditing and fairness, and privacy-preserving techniques. Awards have run annually since at least 2020; a recent call funded the program's first AI-safety-specific Catalyst Grants under the national strategy. Apply by contacting CIFAR directly; no standing application URL found.
HRF AI for Individual Rights Fund
Grants to activists, researchers, and open-source developers building privacy-preserving, freedom-enhancing AI tools and exposing authoritarian AI uses; also runs the AI Hack for Freedom hackathon series.
AI Grant
No-strings grants of $5,000-$50,000 (compute or cash) for open-source AI/ML projects, distinct from AI Grant's main $250k accelerator.
OpenAI Foundation
Grants across four focus areas -- bio-resilience, cyber-resilience, AI model safety, and impact on children/youth from AI tools -- led by co-founder Wojciech Zaremba, part of the Foundation's broader $1B+ annual deployment from its $25B commitment.
GiveWell
GiveWell's All Grants Fund lets donors support the full range of GiveWell's grantmaking in global health and well-being, including incubating newer programs alongside its top charities.
Apple Scholars in AI/ML
Apple Scholars in AI/ML is a PhD fellowship providing roughly two years of stipend, tuition coverage, a travel grant, and mentorship to doctoral students in AI/ML fields nominated by partner universities.
Arc Institute
Arc Institute's Ignite Award gives a one-time $100,000 gift to kickstart ambitious research ideas that are difficult to fund through traditional grant mechanisms.
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Awards AWS Promotional Credit to researchers building cloud-hosted tools, running proof-of-concept tests, or training communities on cloud research workloads. Open to full-time faculty and enrolled graduate or PhD students at accredited research institutions; applications are reviewed on a rolling 90-120 day cycle, with student awards capped at $5,000 and faculty/staff awards uncapped.
BARDA (Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority)
The BARDA Accelerator Network offers proof-of-concept funding opportunities year-round with rolling application submissions and priority deadlines, part of BARDA's DRIVe partnering approach for health-security innovation.
Cooperative AI Foundation
The Cooperative AI Foundation's research grants fund work that improves the cooperative intelligence of advanced AI, addressing multi-agent and cooperation problems among AI systems and between AI and humans. Grants run GBP 10,000-385,000 (median ~GBP 150,000, Early-Career Track up to GBP 100,000) in periodic rounds via a two-stage pre-proposal and full-proposal process; projects run up to 2 years with indirect costs capped at 10%.
BlueDot Impact
BlueDot Impact's Career Transition Grants provide 6-12 months of runway for people transitioning into AI safety work, including introductions, check-ins, and a community of grantees. Applications are rolling.
Cohere For AI
Free Cohere API access (not cash) for academic partners, civic institutions, and impact-focused organizations working on education, healthcare, climate, sustainability, LM safety, and values alignment; rolling applications.
CEPI (Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations)
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.
ChainGPT
ChainGPT offers up to $1 million in tiered Web3-AI Grants, including research grants up to $5K in API credit, to accelerate AI-powered blockchain projects.
Anthropic
Anthropic launched Claude for Startups, offering API credits, early model access, and priority support to early-stage founders integrating Claude, plus community events, hackathons, and direct technical support. Applications are rolling with no fixed deadline. Duplicate signal: 9991 (claude.com/programs/startups).
Cooperative AI Foundation
The Cooperative AI Foundation's recurring PhD fellowship supporting doctoral researchers working on cooperative AI, with cohorts announced for 2025 (16 scholars) and 2026 (14 fellows).
Digital Freedom Fund
The Digital Freedom Fund funds three types of activity — litigation, pre-litigation, and post-litigation — advancing digital rights through strategic litigation in Europe, with open calls reviewed by community peers.
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