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14 October 2026

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NSF awards $20M to the NSF AI Institute in Dynamic Systems The National Science Foundation has awarded a $20 million grant to the NSF AI Institute in Dynamic Systems, which will focus on fundamental AI research in aerospace, robotics and manufacturing. The investment is a second tranche of a $40 million total. The institute is led by researchers from the University of Washington, Columbia University, the University of Michigan and Harvard University. 🔗 Source

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GitLab Life After Code hackathon: $45,000 in cash prizes Participants build agents and flows that take over the rest of the DevSecOps lifecycle: code review, security scanning, testing, compliance, deployment, monitoring and more. The deadline is October 27, 2026 at 1:00pm UTC. 🔗 Source

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Kairos and Constellation run second round of Generator Residency Kairos and Constellation are running a second round of the Generator Residency, with residents receiving $8,500 per month and funded travel to and from Berkeley, where they work from Constellation. Applications opened October 12, 2026 and close at the end of the day on November 1, 2026, Anywhere on Earth. The program runs January 18 to April 9, 2027, with a possible 3-month extension. 🔗 Source

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micro1 Eval Hackathon: $10,000 prize pool, kicks off Oct 30 Participants pick a task in their field that requires expert judgment, challenge a frontier AI model with realistic scenarios to uncover its mistakes, then build a repeatable test in code with clear scoring criteria. It is fully virtual, free to enter worldwide, solo, and open to experts with at least two years of professional experience. 🔗 Source

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Regional Artificial Intelligence Initiative expansion 2026 Canada announced an additional CAD500m over five years for RAII, taking the national envelope to CAD700m, with regional agencies supporting AI adoption and commercialization. Southern Ontario accepts applications until January 19, 2027, with a November 24, 2026 submission requirement for projects incurring eligible costs before March 31, 2027; other regions have their own terms. Funding news; no universal grant amount or deadline. 🔗 Source

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Swarm Alignment Hackathon: $4,000 cash prizes plus $4,000 LA hub pool Apart Research and the AI Alignment Foundation, in partnership with AE Studio, are taking sign-ups for the Swarm Alignment Hackathon on failures that emerge between multiple AI agents, running November 6–8, 2026 online with an in-person hub at AE Studio in Los Angeles. Submissions close November 8 at 11:59 PM AoE; cash prizes total $4,000 across all tracks (1st $2,000, 2nd $1,000, 3rd $600, 4th and 5th $200 each), and the LA hub has an extra $4,000 prize pool. 🔗 Source

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Midcentury Research Residency Cohort 2: $8K/month stipend and up to $1M in compute for physical AI researchers Midcentury opened applications for Cohort 2 of its Research Residency for researchers in physical AI, robot learning and world models. Residents spend 3–6 months, remote or in NYC, with an $8K monthly stipend and up to $1M in compute, working directly with Midcentury's research team on original research backed by 2M+ hours of robotics data. No deadline stated. 🔗 Source

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15 October 2026

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DOE Genesis Mission: 12 Phase II awards totaling $159M (plus six Phase I) The U.S. Department of Energy announced 12 Phase II Genesis Mission project awards totaling $159 million, plus six newly selected Phase I projects, to advance Super Intelligence for science. Building on the Genesis Mission portfolio first announced in July. 🔗 Source

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NIH High-Risk, High-Reward 2026: 58 awards totaling more than $237 million NIH announced on October 6, 2026 that it awarded 58 new research grants through its High-Risk, High-Reward Research program totaling more than $237 million, supporting exceptionally innovative biomedical and behavioral research with potential for broad impact, including AI-enabled work among the awards. 🔗 Source

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Anthropic STEM Fellow and Conceptual Reasoning Fellow Anthropic opened applications for STEM Fellow and Conceptual Reasoning Fellow roles, both running full-time January 12 to May 8, 2027, with compensation $100,000–$167,000 USD for the four-month fellowship. Applications are open until October 28, 2026; offers planned by November 20. 🔗 Source

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BRAID Fellowships 2026: up to ~£120,000 AHRC-funded BRAID opened its fellowships call: up to approximately £120,000 per fellowship for arts-and-humanities-led responsible AI research with non-academic partners. Expression of interest due 23 October 2026; application deadline 5 November 2026 at 5pm GMT. Projects start by April 1, 2027 and finish by June 30, 2028. 🔗 Source

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NIH SCHARE Smart Devices and Sensing Technologies Challenge: $1M prizes NIH SCHARE Smart Devices and Sensing Technologies to Mitigate Chronic Disease Disparities Grand Challenge offers $1 million in total prizes. Registration closes December 18, 2026. Phase I awards 4 x $100,000; Phase II first place $325,000 and second $275,000. 🔗 Source

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Schmidt Sciences HAVi: $10 million to 19 AI and humanities research projects Schmidt Sciences awarded $10 million to 19 projects that will use AI on humanities research questions and help develop and test new AI capabilities across art, dance, history, music, literature and culture. 🔗 Source

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Viam × MongoDB San Francisco robotics hackathon Oct 29–30 Viam announced applications for its first San Francisco hackathon with MongoDB on October 29–30; winning team members take home an SO-101 kit plus Viam and Atlas credits (up to $5K of each). Apply via the linked Luma event. 🔗 Source

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Edmond de Rothschild Foundation (Israel): up to 5 AI higher-ed grants of ₪500,000 The October 2026 call will select up to five projects developing AI tools to improve higher-education access, persistence and employment for peripheral populations in Israel. Each winner receives a grant of up to ₪500,000 plus about ₪60,000 in professional support over two years, with equal institutional matching required. Proposals due 22.11.26. 🔗 Source

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University of Tokyo AI for HPC exploratory joint research: free compute, final FY2026 cutoff Oct 31 The University of Tokyo Information Technology Center accepts exploratory joint research proposals under AI for HPC on a rolling basis with four reviews per year; selected projects receive free use of applied compute resources (including quantum), with about 3–4 projects expected for FY2026 and a final cutoff for FY2026 starts of October 31, 2026. 🔗 Source

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Rockefeller Foundation and OpenAI Foundation commit $50 million to Cities Deliver The Rockefeller Foundation and OpenAI Foundation are committing $50 million to Cities Deliver, providing grants of $500,000 to $2 million over 24 months to organizations working with city governments on AI for public services (Seed and Scale tracks). Governments may not apply directly; a city partner and charitable purpose are required. Round 1 proposals including eligibility screen and short video are due November 29, 2026 at 11:59 pm U.S. Eastern Time. 🔗 Source

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MIT Solve 2027 Global Health Challenge (and AI prize pathways): submit by Nov 2 MIT Solve's 2027 Global Challenges are accepting solutions; the Global Health Challenge deadline is November 2, 2026 at 12:00pm EST. All selected Solver teams receive a $10,000 grant, and the AI for Humanity Prize awards up to $150,000 to at least one Solver team from the 2027 Global Challenges. 🔗 Source

10 · 20:23

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SFC ISPA Inspection Prize: $5–$20 million for initiating peer-assisted frontier AI inspections Survival and Flourishing Corp is offering a prize of $5MM–$20MM for initiating Independently Supervised Peer-Assisted (ISPA) inspections of frontier AI companies' pre-deployment security. Rolling / open-ended prize. 🔗 Source

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16 October 2026

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Simons Foundation, Anthropic and OpenAI commit $15M for mathematics and AI, with an open call for proposals The Simons Foundation, Anthropic and OpenAI will commit $15 million in combined funding and resources to support workshops and initiatives that help researchers evaluate AI-assisted results, learn and use new tools, share perspectives and shape collective standards for AI use, with an open call for proposals managed and awarded by the Simons Foundation. 🔗 Source

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IndiaAI Fellowship 2026–27 Official IndiaAI Mission AI fellowship for undergraduate and postgraduate students in India with financial backing up to ₹1-2 Lakh plus conference support. Deadline: November 30, 2026. 🔗 Source

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IndiaAI Research Fellowship AI research fellowship for freshly admitted or first-year full-time PhD scholars in India, offering monthly stipends of ₹70,000–₹80,000 plus up to ₹10 lakh in research grants and conference support. Deadline: November 30, 2026. 🔗 Source

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OpenAI Rosalind Academic Plan: up to 30 free seats with GPT-Rosalind for U.S. university labs Eligible academic labs can receive up to 30 Business Standard seats at no cost for up to 12 months, with access to GPT-Rosalind, its life sciences model, subject to trusted-access approval. The plan is currently available to academic labs at U.S. universities; PIs and lab leads apply on behalf of their labs. API access is not included. 🔗 Source

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AI4D RICH Hub invites African climate AI innovators to explore partnership opportunities The AI4D Research & Innovation for Climate (RICH) Hub is inviting African-led or Africa-based climate AI innovations at pilot stage or beyond to submit Expressions of Interest. Selected innovations may access technical and innovation support, coaching, piloting opportunities and potential scaling grants of up to USD 200,000, depending on eligibility, assessment and available resources. EOIs are accepted on a rolling basis; submitting an EOI does not guarantee selection or funding. 🔗 Source

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Horizon Europe: Human/AI collaboration for the workforce of the future, EUR 30M The European Commission's Horizon Europe topic HORIZON-CL4-2027-02-DIGITAL-EMERGING-52-two-stage, "New approaches for Human/AI collaboration for the workforce of the future (RIA)" is open on the EU Funding & Tenders Portal. Proposals should produce dedicated innovative AI approaches for human-machine collaboration in advanced manufacturing. It is a two-stage Research and Innovation Action with a 2027 budget of EUR 30,000,000 and about 5 expected grants of EUR 4 million to 6 million each. Stage 1 deadline February 2, 2027; stage 2 deadline September 2, 2027. 🔗 Source

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