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Tarbell Center opens 2027-28 AI Journalism Fellowship paying up to $135,000 — applications close 22 November 2026

The one-year paid fellowship combines a three-month remote fundamentals course and a nine-month newsroom placement, with stipends starting at $75,000 for standard fellows and $115,000 for Senior Fellows with seven or more years of experience. A fully covered in-person summit is also included.

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AKOOL AI Film Challenge offers $50,000 Grand Prize and up to $500K in creator rewards for AI-made short films — deadline November 20, 2026

Filmmakers can enter across three categories (Coming Never, AI Short Film, or Impossible) with original AI-generated trailers or shorts; AKOOL tools must be used meaningfully, no purchase is required, and Premium account holders can earn an additional $100 creator bonus.

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Digital Science Catalyst Grant 2026 offers up to £25,000 equity-free for early-stage agentic AI research tools — deadline 5 October 2026

Open globally to early-stage teams building trustworthy agentic AI workflows for research, with no equity taken. The grant targets tools that make AI-driven research more reliable and verifiable.

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ASEAN ASTIF 2026 opens USD 1.2M AI research pool — proposals due October 16, 2026

Registered ASEAN institutions must form cross-border teams spanning at least two member states and submit through their lead country's National COSTI Focal Point. Projects can run up to 24 months; individuals are ineligible.

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TMF opens Advancing American AI call for federal agencies — proposals due October 20, 2026

Run with OMB and GSA USAi, the fund backs shovel-ready work to prepare agency data and infrastructure for modern AI, pilot emerging tools with guardrails, or scale secure AI enterprise-wide. Selections announced December 11, 2026.

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Anthropic AI for Science Program offers free API credits to nonprofit and academic researchers — rolling applications reviewed monthly

Open to researchers across the natural sciences and math, with particular focus on biology and life sciences. Selection is based on scientific credentials, potential impact, and how much AI can accelerate the work; applicants at a research institution apply via the online form.

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BlueDot Impact requests proposals for events on catastrophic risk from AI, funded through Rapid Grants up to $20,000

Most events should run between $300 and $4,000, and larger or particularly valuable events can justify up to $10,000. University groups, faith communities, civic groups, neighborhood groups and professional networks are welcome. Apply through the Rapid Grants form, choose Events & community, and start the project title with "Events RFE:" followed by your city or group. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. Deadline: October 8, 2026.

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SPRI Programa Inteligencia Artificial 2026: up to €100k, covering 60% of costs, for AI and data-strategy projects at industrial companies in the Basque Country

Grants are first-come, first-served until the funds run out, and applications close November 2, 2026.

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EuroHPC AI Factories Access Calls: Playground, Fast Lane and Large Scale (free for AI SMEs/startups)

Apply for free supercomputer GPU time on EuroHPC AI Factory systems such as LUMI, open to AI SMEs and startups. Playground access is granted within 2 working days, and Fast Lane access (up to 50k GPU hours) within 4 working days. Large Scale access has recurring cut-offs through 2026.

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Schmidt Sciences Names 28 AI2050 Fellows Tackling the Defining AI Challenges of Our Time

Supported by up to $16 million over three years, the fifth cohort of 28 AI2050 Fellows will address the most important long-term problems in AI which need to be solved for AI to be truly beneficial to society by 2050. Contact: Carlie Wiener – cwiener@schmidtsciences.org

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Innovate UK Frontier AI: SME Champions, Phase 1 opened October 1, 2026

Apply for a share of £3.1M to run 1–3 month feasibility studies on frontier AI and ML. Projects £150k–£250k. Deadline 2026-11-11.

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Atlassian Foundation Open Call for Proposals 2026

The Atlassian Foundation is deploying US$8 million over the next two years to help learners from under-resourced communities thrive in the AI era. Registered nonprofits globally can request up to US$1 million over two years. The call for proposals is open now until 30 October 2026 (11:59 pm AEDT).

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IHI Call 13: AI foundation toxicology model to support waiving a second species

The EU Funding & Tenders Portal lists one grant with an IHI JU contribution of EUR 9 million for this topic. Short proposals are due 08 October 2026 at 17:00 Brussels time, and full proposals are due 21 April 2027.

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Nebius 2026 Physical AI Awards: $150,000 in compute credits per category winner

Applications close October 25, 2026.

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AMD Developer Hackathon ACT III: $12,000+ prize pool for AI agents built on AMD cloud GPUs

AMD and lablab.ai are running the hackathon, with an online build from 12 to 18 October 2026 and an on-site phase on 17 and 18 October 2026 in Rome, Milan and Imperia for approved participants.

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Tarbell Center for AI Journalism launched a new $10M Institutional Grants program on Oct 5, 2026

Grants of $50,000 to $500,000+ are available for newsrooms, media ventures and series focused on AI. Applications close December 11, 2026.

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FAPESP Young Investigator Grant for International Researchers 2026

Up to BRL 2.5 million per project plus a separate investigator fellowship; up to 20 awards over 60 months. Researchers of any nationality living abroad with at least two years of postdoctoral research abroad must establish a group in Sao Paulo. AI is an explicit eligible theme. Submit via SAGe by November 19, 2026.

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Chips JU EU–Japan Semiconductor Call deadline extended to December 8, 2026

The EU budget for the topic is EUR 5 million, with expected outcomes including advanced heterogeneous integration in 2.5D and 3D packaging and integrated photonics to support AI functionalities, and standardised chiplet interfaces.

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Ruwwad AI Scholars Cohort II 2027

Applications are open for the second cohort of MBZUAI's Ruwwad AI Scholars Postdoctoral Fellowship, a 24-month, 100% funded fellowship for UAE national PhD graduates working on AI across disciplines.

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Anthropic x Adaptyv Protein Design Competition

Anthropic and Adaptyv's Protein Design Competition runs five weekly design challenges from September 28 to November 1, 2026, with $1 million+ in Claude credits and $1 million+ in experimental validation.

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