BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The Grant Desk//Calendar//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH NAME:The Grant Desk - AI & Safety\, Worldwide X-WR-CALNAME:The Grant Desk - AI & Safety\, Worldwide deadlines X-WR-CALDESC:Paid open calls\, fellowships and residencies in AI\, tech\, r esearch\, and digital and mixed-media arts\, sorted into the right pile. U pdated as new calls land on the desk. Filtered to: AI & Safety\, Worldwide . REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT12H X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT12H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:heinrich-boll-global-majority-ai-fellowship-2026@artificialnouveau.gith ub.io DTSTAMP:20260529T184014Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260518 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260519 SUMMARY:Deadline: Heinrich Boell Foundation: Global Majority AI Fellowship 2026 (UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance) DESCRIPTION:Fellowship from the Heinrich Boell Foundation Washington\, DC s upporting Global Majority civil society experts to participate in the firs t session of the UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance in Geneva (6-7 July 2 026)\, with continued engagement through the second session in New York in May 2027. The Global Dialogue\, established by the UN General Assembly in August 2025 under the Global Digital Compact\, is a new multilateral foru m to ensure AI governance reflects the priorities of all nations and that the benefits of AI are shared broadly. THEMATIC CLUSTERS at the Global Dia logue: AI opportunities and implications (social\, economic\, ethical\, cu ltural\, linguistic\, technical dimensions)\; bridging AI divides (capacit y-building\, access\, digital foundations)\; safe\, secure and trustworthy AI (interoperability and compatibility of approaches)\; respecting\, prot ecting and promoting human rights (transparency\, accountability\, human o versight). The fellowship aims to amplify Global South voices on issues of core relevance to the global green movement - human rights\, bias\, ecolo gy\, labor\, conflict - and to improve gender balance in global AI governa nce. ELIGIBILITY: emerging or experienced leaders working on AI governance \, digital rights\, data justice\, environmental and climate justice or re lated fields with a focus on the global dimensions of AI policy - activist s\, local officials\, students\, researchers and technologists - based in a country receiving Official Development Assistance. WHAT IS EXPECTED: tra vel to Geneva and active participation on 6-7 July 2026\; fellows are enco uraged to participate in activities ahead of the 2027 New York session\; p rovide a short statement on the issues they hope to see addressed at the D ialogue and reflect on the experience\; engage actively with the Foundatio n over social media before\, during and after the Dialogue\; be part of an emerging network of civil society experts working to strengthen AI govern ance globally. PROCESS: applicants must (1) apply to the official UN AI Di alogue 2026 Call for Participation Support\, AND (2) send application mate rials to the Foundation via Drew.Mitnick[at]us.boell.org and Mariama.Balde [at]us.boell.org. Materials: standard resume/CV (max 2 pages\, including c ountry of residence and gender\; no photo or marital status) plus a motiva tional statement (max 300 words) on the biggest challenge for AI governanc e right now\, how to address it\, current steps being taken\, and how Dial ogue participation will advance those goals.\n\nOrganisation: Heinrich Boe ll Foundation Washington\, DC\nLocation: Geneva\, Switzerland (first sessi on)\; applicants must be civil society experts based in countries receivin g Official Development Assistance (ODA)\nAward: Travel and logistics reimb ursement only: international flights\, airport transfers\, and up to three nights of accommodation in Geneva. Conference registration\, accreditatio n and access facilitated\; promotion on the Foundation's social-media chan nels before the Dialogue. NO artist fee\, stipend or honorarium.\nDuration : First session 6-7 July 2026 in Geneva (2 days)\, with continued engageme nt through the second session in New York in May 2027\n\nMore: https://us. boell.org/en/2026/05/12/global-majority-ai-fellowship URL:https://us.boell.org/en/2026/05/12/global-majority-ai-fellowship LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland (first session)\; applicants must be civil so ciety experts based in countries receiving Official Development Assistance (ODA) END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:schmidt-sciences-trustworthy-ai-2026@artificialnouveau.github.io DTSTAMP:20260529T184014Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260517 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260518 SUMMARY:Deadline: Schmidt Sciences: Science of Trustworthy AI RFP 2026 DESCRIPTION:Open global RFP from Schmidt Sciences for technical research th at improves the ability to understand\, predict\, and control risks from f rontier AI systems while enabling their trustworthy deployment. Three conn ected research aims: (1) Characterise and forecast misalignment in frontie r AI systems\; (2) Develop generalisable measurements and interventions\, including evaluations with construct/predictive validity and interventions that control what AI systems learn (not just what they say)\; (3) Oversee AI systems with superhuman capabilities and address multi-agent risks. St rong proposals (especially Tier 2) take a clear stand on a small number of core questions and pursue them deeply rather than addressing many agenda items superficially. Schmidt Sciences is most interested in ambitious Tier 2 proposals that could materially shift what the field believes is possib le\; for Tier 2 preference is given to multi-PI/multi-lab collaborations a nd to projects that are demonstrably the lead investigator's primary focus . Beyond grant funding\, the programme provides software engineering suppo rt via the Virtual Institute for Scientific Software\, API credits with fr ontier model providers\, and access to community convenings/workshops. Eli gibility includes individual researchers\, research teams\, universities\, national laboratories\, institutes\, and non-profit research organisation s\; cross-geographic collaboration encouraged. Common reasons for non-comp etitive proposals: lack of core focus\, vague methods\, no validity argume nt for proposed tools/benchmarks\, no clear statement of what would be lea rned on success or failure. Deadline 17 May 2026 at 11:59pm AoE\; notifica tion of decision Summer 2026. Free to apply.\n\nOrganisation: Schmidt Scie nces\nLocation: Worldwide (global call\; individual researchers\, research teams\, research institutions\, and multi-institution collaborations all eligible)\nAward: Tier 1: up to $1M (1-3 years). Tier 2: $1M-$5M+ (1-3 yea rs). Indirect costs must be at or below 10%. Applicants may request either funding for compute or access to Schmidt Sciences' computing resources (G PUs/CPUs\, large-scale data storage\, high-speed networking).\nDuration: 1 -3 years per project for both tiers.\n\nMore: https://schmidtsciences.smap ply.io/prog/science_of_trustworthy_ai_rfp_2026/ URL:https://schmidtsciences.smapply.io/prog/science_of_trustworthy_ai_rfp_2 026/ LOCATION:Worldwide (global call\; individual researchers\, research teams\, research institutions\, and multi-institution collaborations all eligible ) END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai-futures-challenge-2026@artificialnouveau.github.io DTSTAMP:20260529T184014Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260630 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260701 SUMMARY:Deadline: AI Futures Challenge 2026 (Worldbuilding Competition) DESCRIPTION:Worldbuilding competition asking entrants to build and argue a grounded vision of a 2035 in which AI went well\, submitted as text plus m edia. A speculative\, constructive counterpoint for artists and writers en gaging critically with AI and synthetic media. ELIGIBILITY: open internati onally to anyone aged 16 or over (prizes paid by international bank transf er)\; entrants must first complete a free course of roughly 1.5 hours. Ind ividual or team entries. Deadline 30 June 2026 (23:59 anywhere-on-earth).\ n\nOrganisation: Existential Hope (Foresight Institute)\nLocation: Online (worldwide)\nAward: $10\,000 prize pool: $5\,000 for the best world plus f ive $1\,000 bounties. No entry fee.\nDuration: One-off competition\n\nMore : https://worlds.existentialhope.com/ URL:https://worlds.existentialhope.com/ LOCATION:Online (worldwide) END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR