Who funds them, what they fund and how to apply.
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.
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Legacy record created from a general NLnet call announcement. Its August deadline related to the funds named in that notice. Its identity as a separate funding program is unresolved; see the named program records for current intake.
Legacy general intake record spanning multiple NLnet funds. Its former even-month cadence is outdated. The scope of the Other route and any distinct general fund need verification before this is presented as an independent opportunity.
NSF FINDERS FOUNDRY announces planning grants for K-12 educators, technologists, researchers, and parents/guardians to develop and scale evidence-based tools for an AI-driven future. Eligible teams may apply for planning grants to prepare for larger implementation projects. The deadline is May 27, 2026.
Small grants to help NumFOCUS's fiscally sponsored and affiliated open-source scientific computing projects improve usability, grow their communities, and speed release cycles. Calls for proposals normally run 3x/year; applications are currently closed while NumFOCUS updates its financial and administrative systems.
Cloud/hardware/software research grants (e.g. up to 30,000 H100 80GB GPU-hours, RTX PRO 6000, or DGX Spark units) for full-time faculty at accredited PhD-granting institutions, across simulation & modeling, AI training, and AI inference/agents/systems software. Currently not accepting new applications.
Milestone-based funding framework for the Obol Collective across three tracks: contributor work on Obol Collective SQUAD Goals, retroactive funding for community workshops/meetups/onboarding sessions (proof of attendance), and open research/technical contributions advancing distributed staking. Grants are issued in OBOL tokens negotiated at USD-equivalent value; applications went through Questbook with no fixed deadlines while live. Per Obol's own docs, the program is currently paused.
The Open Source Initiative announced a new fellowship at UN Open Source Week to bridge open source practices and global AI policy, sponsored by organizations including Google and Red Hat. OSI is absent from the org registry.
Multi-donor fund administered by Renaissance Philanthropy, seeded with support from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Biohub, and Wellcome Trust, funding open-source software infrastructure for science. The inaugural 2026 OS4LS call is closed. The apply page shows no open opportunities as of 2026-08-29.
Inaugural OS4LS RFA of the Open Source for Science Fund. LOI due 2026-06-08; full proposals due 2026-07-21. Submissions are closed. Award notifications expected October 2026.
The OpenAI Foundation's AI Resilience program funds work in bio-resilience, cyber-resilience, AI model safety, and research on AI's effects on young people. As of June 1, 2026, the Foundation said it was finalizing more than $130 million in grants and had not announced a public application route.
The Optimism Governance Fund funds Missions — scoped funding requests reviewed by the Developer Advisory Board and the Foundation Mission Team — for measurable, onchain contributions across the Superchain. Individual missions specify budgets in OP tokens; recent cycles include Season 7 and cross-chain infrastructure mission requests.
Season 7 contribution program for Optimism governance operations. Core contributors and trainees supported voting cycles, governance communications, documentation, onboarding, and Retro Funding while an open bounty system funded discrete community tasks.
Optimism Grants Council Cycle 28 allocated a remaining 15,000 OP budget through Season 6 mission requests and introduced a Token House-approved audit mission process. The cycle has ended and is retained as a historical governance funding round.
Intent 3: Grow Application Developers on the Superchain Objective : Establish a comprehensive repository of open-source, on-chain contracts for the Optimism ecosystem. This repository will serve as a critical resource for developers building on the Superchain, providing backend solutions for DeFi products and NFT marketplaces.
Optimism Grants Council Season 6 funded mission requests for Superchain growth, developer adoption, experimental applications, and subsidized smart-contract audits. The season concluded in November 2024 after receiving 91 applications and approving 22.
Optimism Grants Council Cycle 49 awarded multiple grants, including a Growth Grant to ArcadiaFi for automated liquidity management, one-click concentrated liquidity positions, leverage, and yield optimization on Optimism Mainnet. The full Cycle 49 report detailing all awarded projects is available at https://gov.optimism.io/t/cycle-49-grants-council-report/10630.
Status describes whether a program is running. Application methods are recorded separately. Read the funder’s terms before applying.