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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. Mark Hamalainen (Longevity Biotech Fellowship / LBF)
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  2. Mark Miller (Agoric)
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  3. MATS Research
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  4. Maximillian Schons (Eon Systems)
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  5. Mayank Varia
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  6. Michael Shadpour (Wyss Institute at Harvard University)
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  7. Nathan Cheng (Vitalism Foundation / LBF)
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  8. Nima Asghari (Y Cluster)
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  9. Nora Ammann (PIBBSS)
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  10. OpenMined
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  11. Ozzie Gooen
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  12. Pascal Berrang (Zeroth Research)
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  13. Patrick Seebold (North Carolina State University)
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  14. Paul Schneider
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  15. Philip Shiu (Eon Systems PBC)
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  16. PK Douglas (Neurotrust AI)
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  17. Richard Csaky (Independent)
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  18. Richard Mallah (Center for AI Risk Management & Alignment)
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  19. Richie Kohman (Eon Systems)
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  20. Rob Sison (UNSW Sydney)
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  21. Roland Pihlakas (Simplify / Macrotec LLC)
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  22. Roman Bauer (University of Surrey)
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  23. Sean Simonini (University of Massachusetts Lowell / Harvard University)
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  24. Shirin Vafaei
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  25. Shucong Li (Georgia Institute of Technology)
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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