Institute for Progress (IFP)

The Institute for Progress (IFP) is a think tank working to accelerate scientific, technological, and industrial progress through policy research, idea development, and targeted funding of high-impact projects, especially in AI resilience, AI-for-science, and institutional adaptation. It operates the Launch Sequence RFP, offering $10k honoraria for published proposals, and connects ideas to major funders; it runs on philanthropic support with active pitching and matchmaking, and its programs are expanding in the AI policy and funding-coordination space.^1,2