AI Grants
Find AI grants, responsible AI funding, machine learning research grants, startup programs, fellowships, and prizes.
AI grants and funding programs now cover a wide range of work: frontier model research, AI safety, responsible deployment, data infrastructure, humanities and social science questions, health applications, climate tools, education, startups, and public-sector innovation. Because the field moves quickly, source verification is especially important.
Start by identifying the funder’s intent. Some AI opportunities want technical research. Others want governance, evaluation, safety, applied prototypes, workforce training, nonprofit tools, or commercial pilots. A strong application matches that intent directly instead of using AI language as a decoration.
For technical programs, prepare evidence: team background, prior work, model or system architecture, data plan, evaluation approach, safety considerations, compute needs, and realistic milestones. For policy or social-impact programs, explain who is affected, what changes, how risks are handled, and why the project is accountable to real users or communities.
AI funding can also include restrictions on data, open-source release, privacy, export control, human subjects, institutional review, or commercial use. Use the listings below to discover current options, then read the official source closely enough to understand both the opportunity and the obligations.
Current matching opportunities
These listings are limited to open, rolling, or upcoming opportunities that match this guide. Check the official source before applying.
Amazon Research Awards Fall 2026: Agentic AI CFP
Fall 2026 research call supporting agentic AI research and open-source tools or work with impact for the wider AI community.
NSF 26-504: Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB), 2027 Application Round
NSF's PRFB program supports early-career researchers applying AI to biological systems through 24-month individual fellowships with research and training support.
MBZUAI Global Research Internship Program 2027: Fully Funded AI Research in Abu Dhabi
The 2027 MBZUAI Global Research Internship Program (MGRIP), formerly UGRIP, is a four-week, fully funded AI research residency in Abu Dhabi for eligible penultimate-year STEM undergraduates and master’s students. Applications open 1 January 2027 and close 28 February 2027.
UKRI Enabling AI Adoption Across Science and Engineering 2026: Up to £250,000 for Exploratory AI Research
An upcoming UKRI grant for UK research teams that combine artificial-intelligence expertise with domain science or engineering to test responsible AI applications in engineering biology, advanced materials, quantum technologies, medical research, or fusion energy.
Boise State RISE AI Research Traineeship 2027: $37,000 Stipend and Tuition Support for STEM Graduate Students
Boise State University's RISE NSF Research Traineeship supports eligible U.S. citizen and permanent-resident STEM graduate students pursuing artificial intelligence research with a $37,000 living stipend, tuition and health-insurance support, and professional-development funding.
Avangrid Technology, Cyber and Data Internship 2027: Paid 10-Week Program at $28–$37 per Hour
Avangrid's 2027 Technology, Cyber and Data Internship is a 10-week paid summer placement for eligible bachelor's and master's students working on technology, cybersecurity, analytics, artificial intelligence, and digital projects in the U.S.
UKRI AI, HPC and Quantum Computing Grant 2026: Up to £3.75 Million for Hybrid Workflows
UKRI's EPSRC and STFC grant supports UK research teams developing end-to-end hybrid workflows that integrate artificial intelligence, high-performance computing and quantum computing around a defined real-world use case.
NHS Fellowship in Clinical AI Cohort 6 2027: Funded Clinical AI Training and 0.4 FTE Salary Cover
The NHS Fellowship in Clinical AI Cohort 6 offers eligible NHS clinicians a 12-month, two-days-per-week fellowship beginning in August 2027, with salary cover for funded competitive posts, clinical AI training, project matching, and professional development.
UKRI Transformative Sustainable AI Technologies Grant 2026–2027: Up to £602,500
UKRI supports speculative, high-risk research that could produce a step change in the sustainability of future AI systems, with projects starting in February 2027.
Claude Corps Host Organization Program 2027: Fully Funded AI Fellow Plus $10,000 Grant for U.S. Nonprofits
Anthropic's Claude Corps places a fully paid, AI-trained fellow with eligible U.S. nonprofits for 12 months and provides each selected host organization with a $10,000 implementation grant, Claude licenses and API credits, and covered travel for program convenings.
Canada–Japan 3+2 Call on AI and Automation for Agriculture 2026: Up to ¥58.5 Million per Japanese Team and CAD $600,000 per Canadian SME, With Canadian Registration Closing 26 August 2026
JST's SICORP programme and the National Research Council of Canada will fund about three Japan–Canada industry–academia consortia to apply AI, robotics and automation to agricultural productivity and resilience, with Canadian registration closing 26 August 2026 and the joint consortium proposal due 30 November 2026.
SSHRC Knowledge Synthesis Grants December 2026: Up to CAD $78,000 for a One-Year Synthesis on the Changing Nature of Security and Conflict, Closing 3 December 2026
SSHRC, with NordForsk on the international stream, is funding up to 31 one-year grants of CAD $10,000–$78,000 for social sciences and humanities syntheses of existing research on hybrid threats, Arctic security, AI in defence, and whole-of-society resilience, with applications due 3 December 2026 at 8:00 p.m. Eastern.
Application guidance
Use the listings above as a shortlist, then build your application from the official instructions. Save the source page, deadline, eligibility rules, required documents, contact details, and any program-specific scoring criteria. If the deadline is rolling, apply early enough for review queues and budget limits. If the deadline is fixed, work backward from the closing date and leave time for recommendations, institutional approvals, financial documents, and portal errors.
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AI Grants FAQ
What types of AI funding are included?
AI funding can include research grants, safety fellowships, startup programs, prizes, public-sector innovation calls, and applied technology funding.
Do AI grants require a technical team?
Many do, especially research and product grants, but some policy, humanities, safety, and education programs support interdisciplinary teams.
What should AI applicants verify?
Check technical scope, eligible applicants, data and compute rules, safety or ethics requirements, budget limits, and official deadlines.