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Every grant and fellowship for AI builders

Name: Every grant and fellowship for AI builders
Published: 2026-10-28T20:04:55Z

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Every grant and fellowship for AI builders, with amount, eligibility, deadline and website

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Name	Provider	Website	Amount	Eligibility	Deadline
Artificial Intelligence (AI) – NSF SBIR/STTR	National Science Foundation (NSF) – America's Seed Fund	https://seedfund.nsf.gov/topics/artificial-intelligence/	Up to $2M total (Phase I up to $305,000; Phase II up to $1,250,000); non-dilutive	U.S. small business (<500 employees) located in the U.S.; at least 50% equity owned by U.S. citizens/permanent residents; not majority-owned by multiple VC, PE or hedge funds; all work performed in the U.S.; PI legally employed ≥20 hrs/week and committing ≥1 month (173 hrs) per 6 months of project duration; project must focus on a new high-risk AI technical innovation.
U.S. National Science Foundation State and Regional Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Hubs: Expanding Access to Compute for Scientific Discovery (AI Infrastructure Hubs)	U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)	https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/us-national-science-foundation-state-regional-artificial/nsf26-513/solicitation	$4,000,000–$12,000,000 total budget over 5 years; approximately $100M available, ~10 awards per cycle	U.S.-accredited 2- and 4-year institutions of higher education (including community colleges) and non-profit, non-academic organizations (museums, observatories, research labs, professional societies) forming a state or multi-state regional consortium; one proposal per organization and per PI/co-PI/Senior Key Personnel; only one award per state or region	2026-11-04
NAIRR Pilot Resource Requests to Advance AI Research	US National Science Foundation (NSF), US Department of Energy (DOE), and private/non-profit partners	https://nairrpilot.org/opportunities/allocations	In-kind access to computing, model, platform and educational resources (no cash award)	US-based researchers and educators from US-based institutions: academic institutions (incl. graduate students with a support letter from a faculty advisor), non-profits, federal agencies or federally funded R&D centers, state/local/tribal agencies, and startups/small businesses with federal grants; institutional email required
NAIRR Pilot Start-Up Project Request	NAIRR Pilot (National AI Research Resource)	https://nairrpilot.org/opportunities/startup-project	Non-cash compute allocations: up to 2,000 GPU-hours on PSC Bridges-2 GPU, Purdue Anvil AI, SDSC Expanse AI, or TACC Vista; up to 128,000 SUs on Indiana U Jetstream-2; up to 480,000 SUs on Texas A&M ACES; up to 500 node-hours on DOE ANL AI Testbed; or up to 50 CS-2 hours on PSC Neocortex	Open to meritorious proposals by US-based researchers and educators from US-based institutions: academic institutions (including graduate students with a support letter from a faculty advisor), non-profits, federal agencies or federally funded R&D centers, state, local, or tribal agencies, and startups and small businesses with federal grants; must use an institutional email address
NAIRR Pilot Classroom Request	NAIRR Pilot (National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource)	https://nairrpilot.org/opportunities/education-call		Open to US-based educators and researchers teaching undergraduate or graduate courses or shorter training sessions to US-based students that include AI subject matter and require advanced computational resources; courses from any discipline eligible; participants must not be non-US-based. Research and development requests are out of scope.
AI for Science & Safety Nodes - Request for Proposals	Foresight Institute	https://foresight.org/grants/ai-science-safety-nodes-rfp/	$30,000–$100,000 (larger amounts possible for the right project); plus office space in SF and Berlin and access to private compute clusters	Open to individuals, teams, and organizations; both non-profit and for-profit organizations welcome (for-profits should motivate why they need grant funding). Projects must be AI-first and aligned with one of the three RFP calls (Local Compute; Coordination and accountability; AI-first science: Bio, Neuro, Nano); work product must be open-sourced.	2026-10-31
AWS Activate Credits	Amazon Web Services (AWS)	https://startups.aws.com/lp/aws-activate-credits	Founders package: $1,000 USD AWS Credits; Portfolio package: up to $100,000 USD AWS Credits	Startups founded in the past 10 years, self-funded or pre-Series B (most recent funding round within the last 12 months, if applicable), with a fully functioning company website. Founders package: not yet associated with an Activate Provider and new to AWS Activate Credits. Portfolio package: already associated with an Activate Provider, have an Organizational ID, and have not previously received AWS Activate Credits of equal or greater value.
Google for Startups Cloud Program	Google Cloud	https://cloud.google.com/startup	Up to $350,000 in Google Cloud credits over two years (Start tier $2k, Scale $200K, Scale AI $350K)	Startups with verifiable Pre-Seed to Series A funding founded within the last 3-5 years for Funded tiers; Start tier for startups founded in the past 2 years with a working MVP and clear business model. Must be located in a region where Google Cloud is generally available; no IPO'd/acquired companies, educational institutions, government entities, nonprofits, dev shops, consultancies or agencies.