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Organization Profile
Cooperative AI Foundation
aka CAIF, cooperative ai
CAIF funds research that improves the cooperative intelligence of advanced AI -- addressing multi-agent and cooperation problems among AI systems and between AI and humans -- alongside PhD fellowships, conference workshops, seminars, and prizes. Research grants run in periodic rounds (typically GBP 10,000-385,000, median ~GBP 150,000) via a two-stage pre-proposal and full-proposal process, open to applicants globally, including disciplines outside computer science.1,2,3,4
Programs
3 programs on fileCAIF Research Grants
22 grants tracked
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Cooperative AI PhD Fellowship
0 grants tracked
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Multi-Agent Safety Fund
0 grants tracked
2026 call for proposals: closed, closes 2026-08-08
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Awards
52 on fileShowing 26-50 of 52, newest dated evidence first
RecipientProgramAmountDateEvidence
- Jennifer Za Nzambi (MATS)ProgramCooperative AI PhD Fellowship 2026Amount–Date–
- Joseph Bejjani (Harvard University)ProgramCooperative AI PhD Fellowship 2026Amount–Date–
- Joshua Ashkinaze (University of Michigan)ProgramCooperative AI PhD Fellowship 2026Amount–Date–
- Julia Karbing (University of Oxford)ProgramCooperative AI PhD Fellowship 2025Amount–Date–
- Karim Abdel Sadek (University of Amsterdam)ProgramCooperative AI PhD Fellowship 2025Amount–Date–
- Kiriaki Fragkia (Carnegie Mellon University)ProgramCooperative AI PhD Fellowship 2026Amount–Date–
- Machine Learning in Multi-Agent Settings, University of Oxford (Jakob Foerster and Christian Schroeder de Witt)ProgramCAIF Research GrantsAmountGBP 166,370Date–
- Mark Bedaywi (UC Berkeley)ProgramCooperative AI PhD Fellowship 2025Amount–Date–
- Marwa Abdulhai (UC Berkeley)ProgramCooperative AI PhD Fellowship 2025Amount–Date–
- Matīss Apinis (University of Latvia / Tilde)ProgramCooperative AI PhD Fellowship 2026Amount–Date–
- Measuring Cooperation Among Competing AI Algorithms, University of Michigan (Mithun Chakraborty and Michael P. Wellman)ProgramCAIF Research GrantsAmountUSD 347,424Date–
- Michelle Si (Harvard University)ProgramCooperative AI PhD Fellowship 2026Amount–Date–
- Nathaniel Sauerberg (UT Austin)ProgramCooperative AI PhD Fellowship 2025Amount–Date–
- Niklas Lauffer (UC Berkeley)ProgramCooperative AI PhD Fellowship 2025Amount–Date–
- Other-Regarding Goals, Center on Long-Term Risk (Mia Taylor)ProgramCAIF Research GrantsAmountGBP 74,344Date–
- Policy Aggregation, Harvard University (Ariel Procaccia)ProgramCAIF Research GrantsAmountUSD 233,264Date–
- Prerna Ravi (MIT)ProgramCooperative AI PhD Fellowship 2026Amount–Date–
- Quick and Safe Adaptation to New Teams, New York University (Eugene Vinitsky)ProgramCAIF Research GrantsAmountUSD 150,974Date–
- Rachel Freedman (UC Berkeley, Center for Human-Compatible AI)ProgramCooperative AI PhD Fellowship 2025Amount–Date–
- Ratip Emin Berker (Carnegie Mellon University)ProgramCooperative AI PhD Fellowship 2025Amount–Date–
- Scaling Opponent Shaping, University College London (Akbir Khan)ProgramCAIF Research GrantsAmountGBP 10,000Date–
- Shashank Reddy Chirra (University of Oxford)ProgramCooperative AI PhD Fellowship 2026Amount–Date–
- Strategic Compression for Adaptive Coordination, University of California, Berkeley (Sandy Tanwisuth)ProgramCAIF Research GrantsAmountUSD 15,000Date–
- Sumeet Ramesh Motwani (University of Oxford)ProgramCooperative AI PhD Fellowship 2025Amount–Date–
- The Habermas Machine: a public tool to help humans find common ground, University of Oxford (Christopher Summerfield)ProgramCAIF Research GrantsAmountGBP 366,070Date–
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Programs
52
Awards
52
Grantees
$3.6M
Known USD
0
Live rounds
no open or announced rounds on file
Active
Status
Focus Areas
cooperative AI, multi-agent systems, AI safety, AI alignment, cooperation, multi-agent security, collusion prevention.
Typical sizeGBP 10,000-385,000 (median ~GBP 150,000); Early-Career Track up to GBP 100,000
CadencePeriodic research grant rounds (e.g., the 2025 round); future deadlines TBC.