Who funds them, what they fund and how to apply.
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.
Base runs its own retroactive Builder Grants (1-5 ETH per shipped project, 20+ cohorts since 2024) for developers shipping live on the Base mainnet; note this is distinct from Coinbase Developer Platform's separately-registered CDP Builder Grants program, so check for overlap before promoting.
Base Ecosystem Fund is Base's strategic investment arm with Coinbase Ventures. It invests in pre-seed and seed-stage startups building on Base. This is venture intake, not a public grant.
NIH PAR-27-024 funds late-stage optimization and sustainable dissemination of research technologies and software via the RM1 mechanism. Recurring receipt dates run through 2029: 29 Sep 2026, 28 Jan 2027, 28 May 2027, 28 Jan 2028, 26 May 2028, and 29 Jan 2029.
BlueDot Impact Rapid Grants funds concrete AI safety and biosecurity projects, including research, events, tooling, compute, and travel. Grants range from $50 to $10,000 and the program reports that most applicants receive a decision within one week.
An ongoing BNB Chain Foundation program that supports qualifying BNB Chain assets through direct token purchases and targeted liquidity initiatives. The foundation continued making purchases from the $100 million program in 2026; selection timing remains discretionary.
BNB Chain Grants funds developers building open-source initiatives and projects on or migrating to BNB Chain, part of a wider set of builder support programs.
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%.
Annual global challenge mobilizing developers to build AI solutions to urgent global issues (climate, public health, justice/human rights), run with UN Human Rights and The Linux Foundation. Winning solutions are recognized at the United Nations and supported through deployment in communities worldwide.
The Canton Foundation has launched the Protocol Development Fund to support the Canton Network ecosystem. This fund allocates 5% of future network supply through governance to key areas including core protocol R&D, developer tooling, security audits, reference implementations, critical infrastructure, and early DeFi liquidity. The initiative aims to bolster the network's growth and innovation by funding essential development and infrastructure projects.
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.
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.
Coinbase Developer Platform's grant program for developers building real, user-facing onchain applications using CDP tools (Wallets, AgentKit, the CDP SDK, Onramp, and the Swap API). Runs in quarterly/seasonal rounds ($3,000-$10,000 per grant, ~$30,000 per round); a project must be at MVP stage with a public demo video. CDP also funded prize tracks at the "Agents in Action" hackathon (Best Use of x402 + CDP Wallet, Best Use of CDP Wallet, Best Use of x402), each with 1st/2nd/3rd place awards.
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 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.
A Google Chrome-run fund, fiscally hosted by Open Source Collective, that backs web framework and build-tool projects working on performance: reducing initial bundle size, progressive resource delivery, meta-framework improvements (e.g. Next.js, Nuxt), breaking up JavaScript tasks, and underlying build tools (webpack, parcel). The 2022 cohort is historical. Open Collective now says submissions are in review, not that a new open intake is available.
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).
$1M distribution fund supporting open-source projects and maintainers; roughly $700K already contributed as of June 2026.
Status describes whether a program is running. Application methods are recorded separately. Read the funder’s terms before applying.