Currently 3 active ai and ai safety grants, fellowships and residencies open to applicants in the US. Hand-curated and updated weekly. Every entry is funded, no exposure-only calls. Browse the list below, or use the interactive desk for filtering and shortlisting.
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Fully-funded nine-week research program for undergraduate, graduate and PhD students working on AI safety and alignment. Focus areas with AI Objectives Institute: AI political economy, gradual disempowerment, multi-agent institutional design. Programme covers interpretability, multi-agent safety, formal verification, civilisational resilience and more. Weekly 1-on-1 mentorship, 24/7 access to Harvard Yard offices. Particularly encouraged for students and researchers at Harvard, MIT and the wider Boston area, but open more broadly.
Top-tier track of the 2026 AWS Imagine Grant for US nonprofits with strong data practices, in the planning phase of incorporating frontier AI (generative AI, agentic AI, autonomous systems) as a core workload. Up to $200K cash + $100K AWS credits, plus hands-on project implementation support from the AWS Generative AI Innovation Center, training, and ongoing access. Two-round selection: Round One (open call) closes 5 June 2026; Round Two opens 10 August (invitation-only) and closes 14 September 2026; results mid-November; public announcement 1 December 2026. Eligibility: registered 501(c) nonprofits headquartered in the US. Educational institutions are explicitly excluded. NOTE: this is a nonprofit-only programme and is not open to individual artists, researchers, or for-profit studios.
Award track for US nonprofits running highly innovative cloud projects that leverage advanced services such as AI/ML, HPC, or IoT. Up to $150K cash + $100K AWS credits, plus AWS technical specialist guidance and training access. Round One closes 5 June 2026; Round Two by invitation, with full proposals 10 August to 14 September 2026. Eligibility: registered 501(c) nonprofits in the US. Educational institutions are excluded. NOTE: this is a nonprofit-only programme and is not open to individual artists, researchers, or for-profit studios.