Artificial Intelligence

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Roosevelt Institute Good Life Residents Program — AI and Finance Cohort 2026–2027: A $3,000 Stipend and Six Months of Senior Mentorship to Publish One Policy Essay on Who Controls the Capital Flowing Into Generative AI

The Roosevelt Institute, with Data & Society, is recruiting three part-time residents for a six-month remote program running September 2026 to February 2027, paying a $3,000 stipend plus travel to a public culminating event, to write a roughly 1,500-word policy essay on shaping capital flows into generative AI.

Status: Deadline Passed Type: Fellowship Amount: $3,000 stipend, plus travel and accommodations for the culminating event if needed Deadline: Aug 12, 2026 Location: United States and Remote

Scaling AI Safety for a Multi-Agent World 2026: A $10 Million Joint Fund From Schmidt Sciences, Google DeepMind, ARIA and the Cooperative AI Foundation, With Awards up to $1 Million Closing 8 August 2026

A joint $10 million call funding one- to two-year research projects on the safety of large ecosystems of interacting AI agents, with Tier 1 awards up to $300,000 and Tier 2 awards from $300,000 to $1 million, closing 8 August 2026 at 11:59pm Anywhere on Earth.

Status: Deadline Passed Type: Grant Amount: Tier 1: up to $300,000 for 1–2 year projects. Tier 2: $300,000 to $1,000,000 for 1–2 year … Deadline: Aug 8, 2026 Location: Global

South African Reserve Bank Data Science and Machine Learning Scholarship 2027: Full Master's Funding for Financial Analytics

The South African Reserve Bank is inviting South African citizens under 35 with provisional acceptance to named full-time master's programmes in data science, machine learning, artificial intelligence or related financial analytics fields to apply for a full 2027 scholarship.

Status: Open Type: Scholarship Amount: Full scholarship; the official advert does not publish a rand value or itemised allowance Deadline: Oct 31, 2026 Location: South Africa

Supporting STISA 2034: SGCI Multilateral Research Call 2026 — CAD $50,000 to CAD $300,000 per Consortium Member for Multi-Country African Research, Expressions of Interest Closing 25 September 2026

The Science Granting Councils Initiative in sub-Saharan Africa, managed by IDRC, is accepting expressions of interest for collaborative research consortia spanning at least three of nineteen participating African countries, with CAD $50,000 to CAD $300,000 available per consortium member across five thematic streams, closing 23:59 EDT on 25 September 2026.

Status: Open Type: Grant Amount: CAD $50,000 to CAD $300,000 per consortium member, subject to per-country funding ceilings Deadline: Sep 25, 2026 Location: Botswana, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe

Transfyr AI Fellowship 2026–2027: $125,000 Plus Benefits, GPUs, and Compute for One Year of Full-Time Machine Learning Research on How Science Is Actually Executed

Transfyr is funding a one-year, full-time research fellowship in Boston/Cambridge paying $125,000 plus benefits and compute for graduate students, recent PhDs, and postdocs who want to lead a frontier machine learning project on multimodal scientific-execution data.

Status: Deadline Passed Type: Fellowship Amount: $125,000 annual compensation plus benefits, compute, GPUs, and data access Deadline: Aug 15, 2026 Location: United States and Boston, Massachusetts

Truist Foundation Inspire Awards Year 4 (2026): A $250,000 Top Grant, $10,000 for Every Semifinalist, and a Six-Month MIT Solve Support Program for Nonprofits Preparing Adult Workers for the AI Economy

Truist Foundation and MIT Solve are running the fourth annual Inspire Awards, offering more than $1 million in grants and in-kind support to 501(c)(3) nonprofits headquartered in Truist's 16-state-plus-DC footprint that deliver career pathways, upskilling, AI literacy, and wraparound services for adult workers, with applications closing August 7, 2026 at noon ET.

Status: Deadline Passed Type: Grant Amount: $10,000 capacity-building grant for each of 15 semifinalists Deadline: Aug 7, 2026 Location: United States

UKRI Next Generation AI: Explainable AI 2026: Up to £482,000 for High-Risk AI Research Projects

The UKRI and EPSRC Next Generation AI: Explainable AI grant supports speculative, high-risk fundamental research that could produce a step change in the explainability of future artificial intelligence systems, with applications due 20 October 2026.

Status: Open Type: Grant Amount: Up to £482,000 of UKRI funding per project, representing 80% of a maximum £602,500 full economic … Deadline: Oct 20, 2026 Location: United Kingdom

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.

Status: Open Type: Grant Amount: Up to £602,500 full economic cost; UKRI funds 80% of the full economic cost Deadline: Nov 10, 2026 Location: United Kingdom

UKRI Translation: MRC Impact Acceleration Award 2026: £50,000 to £300,000 for One High-Risk Development Step Toward a New Medicine, Device, or Diagnostic — Applications Close 11 November 2026

The Medical Research Council funds a single, tightly scoped package of translational development work — £50,000 to £300,000 at 80% full economic cost, over six to 18 months — to generate the critical data that decides whether a medical product idea progresses or stops.

Status: Open Type: Grant Amount: £50,000 to £300,000 full economic cost (MRC funds 80% of FEC plus 100% of permitted exceptions) Deadline: Nov 11, 2026 Location: United Kingdom

UNESCO/Japan Young Researchers' Fellowships Programme 2026 (Keizo Obuchi): Up to US$10,000 for a Three-to-Nine-Month Research Stay in Japan for Early-Career Scholars

UNESCO and the Government of Japan award ten fellowships of up to US$10,000 each for young researchers from invited Member States to carry out a three-to-nine-month research project at a Japanese host institution in 2027.

Status: Open Type: Fellowship Amount: Up to US$10,000 lump sum per fellowship; 10 fellowships available Deadline: Sep 30, 2026 Location: Japan