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Foresight Institute Grants (AI for Science & Safety)

$10,000–$100,000 in cash grant funding, plus unvalued office and compute support · Foresight Institute

Foresight Institute grants fund projects that use AI to advance science and safety across security, privacy, decentralized/cooperative AI, epistemics, neurotechnology, longevity biotechnology, and molecular nanotechnology. Grants support project funding, office space, and compute access, with a strong preference for participants active in person at the SF or Berlin hubs. Current lifecycle: unknown. Real economics: $10,000–$100,000 in cash grant funding, plus unvalued office and compute support.

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Key facts

FunderForesight Institute
Amount$10,000–$100,000 in cash grant funding, plus unvalued office and compute support
Decision timeNo dependable comparable application-to-decision interval was published in the reviewed public corpus.
EligibilityIndividuals, teams, and organizations (nonprofit or for-profit). Strong preference for applicants planning active in-person participation at the San Francisco or Berlin hubs; AI-first projects prioritized.
RestrictionsAwardees should expect agreement, milestone, expenditure, progress and final reporting plus record-retention or audit obligations; the executed terms control. Support is restricted to the approved project, research, prototype, commercialization, personnel, equipment, vendor or programme costs; unsupported and duplicate-funded costs are excluded.
Statusopen

Always confirm on the official page before applying — dates and terms change.

Application process

  1. Confirm the current call and fit
  2. Review eligibility and exclusions
  3. Prepare applicant, project, budget and impact evidence
  4. Submit through the official route
  5. Complete merit and due-diligence review
  6. Execute award terms and milestones if selected

Background

Foresight Institute operates Foresight Institute Grants (AI for Science & Safety). This pass separates direct cash, repayable finance, credits, incentives and umbrella programs so later ranking does not compare unlike instruments. The official sponsor maintains this instrument for eligible Global applicants or globally eligible teams. The published eligibility describes Individuals, teams, and organizations (nonprofit or for-profit). Strong preference for applicants planning active in-person participation at the San Francisco or Berlin hubs; AI-first projects prioritized.. The public description states a maximum or representative award of 100,000 in the listed currency.

How the application really works

Confirm the current call and fit → Review eligibility and exclusions → Prepare applicant, project, budget and impact evidence → Submit through the official route → Complete merit and due-diligence review → Execute award terms and milestones if selected

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Track record

The reviewed official corpus does not publish a comparable applicant denominator and acceptance rate for the next call.

Frequently asked questions

Is this actionable now?
unknown. Official pages conflict: the program page says submissions are paused pending focused RFPs, while the grants index still advertises month-end deadlines. No actionable cycle is asserted.
What is the real economic value?
$10,000–$100,000 in cash grant funding, plus unvalued office and compute support
Who is eligible?
Individuals, teams, and organizations (nonprofit or for-profit). Strong preference for applicants planning active in-person participation at the San Francisco or Berlin hubs; AI-first projects prioritized.
How does selection work?
Confirm the current call and fit; Review eligibility and exclusions; Prepare applicant, project, budget and impact evidence; Submit through the official route; Complete merit and due-diligence review; Execute award terms and milestones if selected. No dependable comparable application-to-decision interval was published in the reviewed public corpus.
What burden and restrictions apply?
Awardees should expect agreement, milestone, expenditure, progress and final reporting plus record-retention or audit obligations; the executed terms control. Support is restricted to the approved project, research, prototype, commercialization, personnel, equipment, vendor or programme costs; unsupported and duplicate-funded costs are excluded.
What evidence exists?
The official sponsor maintains this instrument for eligible Global applicants or globally eligible teams. The published eligibility describes Individuals, teams, and organizations (nonprofit or for-profit). Strong preference for applicants planning active in-person participation at the San Francisco or Berlin hubs; AI-first projects prioritized.. The public description states a maximum or representative award of 100,000 in the listed currency. The reviewed official corpus does not publish a comparable applicant denominator and acceptance rate for the next call.

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