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Foresight Institute

FoundationAI Safety & Existential Risk FundingActiveforesight.orgX ↗
A long-running foundation advancing frontier technologies -- nanotech, longevity, AI safety, neurotech -- through grants (~$3M annual pool, $10k-$100k typical), fellowships, prizes, workshops, and physical AI Nodes hubs in San Francisco and Berlin (launching early 2026) that provide funding, office space, and compute. Its AI for Science & Safety grants have monthly deadlines and prioritize safety, with a strong emphasis on early-career researchers and high-impact projects.1,2,3

Programs

3 programs on file
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AI for Science & Safety Nodes
0 grants tracked · Paused · In rounds
2026 RFP: Deadline ahead, deadline 2026-10-31
Foresight Fellowship
0 grants tracked · Active · In rounds
2027 cohort: Closed, deadline 2026-07-31
Norm Hardy Prize
0 grants tracked · Active · In rounds
2026: Closed, deadline 2026-07-31

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  1. Eva Dyer (University of Pennsylvania)
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  2. Florian Tramer (ETH Zurich)
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  3. Furkan Aydin (mithrilAI Corp.)
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  4. Gernot Heiser (UNSW Sydney)
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  5. Harriet Farlow (Mileva Security Labs)
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  6. Herbie Bradley (University of Cambridge)
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  7. Isaak Freeman (Boyden Lab)
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  8. Jamie Joyce (The Society Library)
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  9. Joel Pyykkö (Independent)
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  10. John Liagouris
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  11. Jonas Emanuel Müller (Convergence Analysis)
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  12. Joshua Johnson (University of Colorado Boulder)
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  13. Joshua McMenemy (East America Science)
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  14. Kathleen Finlinson (Independent)
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  15. Keenan Pepper (Salesforce)
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  16. Kola Ayonrinde (MATS)
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  17. Konrad Kording (Kording Lab)
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  18. Kris Kowal (Decentralized Cooperation Foundation / DCF)
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  19. Leonardo Christov-Moore (Institute for Advanced Consciousness Studies)
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  20. Liam McNamara
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  21. Logan Thrasher Collins (Washington University)
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  22. Lovkush Agarwal (University of Cambridge)
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  23. Luca Arnaboldi (Zeroth Research)
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  24. Manuel Collado (CNB-CSIC, CIMUS-USC)
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  25. Marc Carauleanu (AE Studio)
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Focus Areas

AI safety, AI for security, private AI, decentralized & cooperative AI, AI for science & epistemics, neurotech / brain-computer interfaces, longevity biotech, molecular nanotechnology.

Typical size$10,000 to $100,000 (higher amounts to AI safety-oriented areas); ~$3M awarded in total annually
CadenceRolling, reviewed monthly until nodes are at capacity; deadline the last day of every month.
Sources
  1. foresight.org
  2. airtable.com/appyVXc5SMPAvIKpP/pagzBRWeiG3HjH6Qn/form
  3. foresight.org/grants/grants-ai-for-science-safety