Funding & Project Readiness

Browse source-checked funding routes and prepare a bounded project with clear outputs, evidence, budget assumptions and honest impact claims.

Funding routes were checked against original sources. Eligibility, availability and fit must be confirmed before applying. Funding is not guaranteed.

Transformative AI Fund · EA Funds

Early-stage work on transformative AI, including research, policy, training, fieldbuilding, flourishing futures and digital sentience.

The fund page says applications are always open. This is the successor to the closed Long-Term Future Fund.

Explain the specific contribution and intended users. A broad flourishing mission alone does not establish fit or impact.

Speculation Grants · Survival and Flourishing Fund

An expedited grant-request route outside SFF’s main S-Process rounds, using the same rolling funding application.

Requests can be submitted even without an open main round. There is no fixed decision timeframe.

The April 2026 main-round deadline is not current. Do not equate a rolling request with eligibility in a particular round.

Transformative AI capacity building · Coefficient Giving

Capacity-building work including talent pathways, professional networks, resources, media and public discourse on transformative AI.

Official page: open until further notice, assessed on a rolling basis.

This route primarily funds capacity building rather than direct technical or policy research. Fit remains a judgment to establish.

Programs and events · Coefficient Giving

Support for courses, fellowships, workshops, residencies and related programs on global catastrophic risk and other listed areas.

Official page: open until further notice, assessed on a rolling basis.

AI-focused requests are directed toward the separate AI capacity-building RFP. These overlapping routes are not independent funding pools.

Project Tailwind · Coefficient Giving

An expression-of-interest route for founders building ambitious initiatives addressing catastrophic risks from AI.

Public interest route listed; the team does not promise to respond to every submission and may pause intake.

The official page says AI-generated submissions may be filtered out. Write in your own voice; this hub does not generate or submit applications.

Public project proposals · Manifund

Publish a public-benefit project proposal for donors to consider. Listed causes include AI safety, governance, digital minds and epistemics.

The official guide permits public proposals. Funding depends on donor commitments reaching the project’s threshold and legal requirements.

Your proposal becomes public. Listing it is not a grant approval, and donor commitments are not guaranteed.

Rapid Grants · BlueDot Impact

Time and resources for AI-safety or biosecurity research, experiments, events, learning and collaboration.

The current program page describes its application process. No fixed deadline is stated on the checked page.

Payment/location restrictions apply, including China and several other countries. Check the complete current list with BlueDot before applying.

Career Transition Grants · BlueDot Impact

Support for a defined full-time personal transition into AI-safety or biosecurity work, with evidence, outputs and learning milestones.

The current page describes an application route. Coefficient’s previous career-development program directs new applicants here.

Not a part-time project grant or general organization budget. Country/payment restrictions apply; inspect the current terms.

AI-safety research grantmaking · FAR.AI

Targeted support for academic and independent research on critical AI risks.

Official page: only researchers nominated by established experts are currently considered; public RFPs are planned without a verified date.

This is not an open public application. Do not invent a referral or assume that a planned RFP has launched.

Coordination and accountability RFP · Foresight Institute

A specific call on cooperation, human empowerment, independent assessment and incentives around advanced AI.

The specific official call explicitly closed on 31 October 2026. Kept as a research-agenda reference, not a current opportunity.

The call prioritized active participation in SF or Berlin hubs and open-source outputs. Recheck future calls; do not reuse this deadline.

Long-Term Future Fund · archive · EA Funds

Historical funding route retained to correct outdated references in the AI-safety ecosystem.

EA Funds says LTFF is closed and no longer accepts applications or donations. Its successor is the Transformative AI Fund.

This is not a current application route.

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