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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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ARIA Scaling Trust grants

ARIA's Scaling Trust programme (nearly £50m) is open on a rolling basis for Track 2 (Tooling) and Track 3 proposals on secure coordination of AI agents, reviewed in quarterly batches; the next proposal cut-off is 31 October 2026 (14:00 GMT). Amount: £100,000 - £3,000,000.

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New Jersey Higher Education AI Readiness Grant: $675,000 for college partnerships (due Oct 30)

New Jersey's Office of the Secretary of Higher Education (OSHE), with support from the New Jersey Department of Labor, announced the Higher Education AI Readiness Grant, open to New Jersey county colleges, four-year public institutions and four-year independent institutions that receive state operating aid, applying as partnerships of two to five institutions. A total of $675,000 is available, with maximum grants of $100,000 (AI Faculty Development), $75,000 (Student AI Literacy) and $50,000 (AI Planning & Governance). Application deadline: Friday, October 30, 2026, 5:00 p.m.; grant term January 1 to December 31, 2027.

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Nebius commits $10M to European AI builders: compute grants, founder funding and community programs

Nebius will provide compute grants for projects created in Europe that advance the open-source frontier through research and developer tooling, such as open models, coding agents, inference tooling, and evaluation and data tooling. Through Accel and a network of European VC firms, the program will connect teams building on open source with potential investors. Applications are through the Nebius Builder Program page. No deadline stated.

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EU RAISE pilot: Automated Scientific Discovery in Materials Science, €26.5M

The European Commission's Horizon Europe topic HORIZON-RAISE-2027-01-01 funds Research and Innovation Actions developing safe and trustworthy closed-loop scientific experimentation systems that integrate laboratory automation with AI-driven decision-making in existing labs. Topic budget €26.5 million, with about 3 grants of €9 million each. Single-stage deadline 2 February 2027.

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Wallenberg-NTU Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship: five AI fellowships with up to SGD 100,000 research grants

The Wallenberg-NTU Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship will be awarded to five early-career researchers to work at NTU Singapore and at a WASP research partner institution in Sweden, in areas including artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data, software and security, and autonomy. For the year at NTU it provides a one-year research grant of up to SGD 100,000, an annual salary of up to SGD 80,000, and relocation and housing support; the year in Sweden follows WASP's standard postdoc support. The call is open until December 31, 2026, 23:59 Singapore time (UTC+8).

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Code for India Bharat Agentic-AI Hackathon: ₹18 lakh in cash prizes for open-source AI agents

Code for India's Code for a Billion: Bharat Agentic-AI Hackathon 2026 offers a ₹18,00,000 total prize pool for open-source AI agents addressing public problems in India across ten impact areas, including education, clean air, health and legal backlog. It is free and fully online, open to anyone, solo or in teams; projects are built in the AgentFoundry.me IDE, must be deployed to any cloud by 15 November 2026 and are released open source to the Code for India GitHub organization.

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EU RAISE pilot: Automated Scientific Discovery in Food, €3M

The European Commission's Horizon Europe topic HORIZON-RAISE-2027-01-02 funds one Research and Innovation Action developing safe and trustworthy closed-loop scientific experimentation systems that integrate laboratory automation with AI-driven decision-making in labs that are already highly automated, with human oversight. Impact areas named include alternative protein sources, food ingredients and biotechnologies in food systems. Topic budget €3 million for one grant. Opened October 13, 2026; single-stage deadline 2 February 2027.

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EU RAISE pilot: Data Lab for Science linking EOSC and RAISE, €1M CSA

This Coordination and Support Action is expected to deliver a sustainable operational model and reference blueprint for a Data Lab for Science linking the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) with the Resource for AI Science in Europe (RAISE), giving researchers easier access to AI-ready research data and data services such as data pooling, anonymisation, curation and synthetic data generation. Topic budget €1 million for one grant. Opened October 13, 2026; single-stage deadline 2 February 2027.

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Anthropic Public Benefit Fund: 5% of Anthropic's shares committed, subject to stockholder approval

Anthropic announced on October 18, 2026 that it is committing a portion of its shares to the Anthropic Public Benefit Fund, a new entity. Subject to stockholder approval, 5% of Anthropic's shares will be committed, with an additional 2% added at the board's discretion for every 50% increase in the company's value above a set baseline. Anthropic says the Fund might explore large donations to traditional nonprofits or direct distributions to specific populations.

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PayPal AI Hackathon 2026

PayPal's AI Hackathon on Devpost invites builders to create a project that meaningfully uses both PayPal and AI, such as an agent, app, automation, payment experience or business tool. It is online and open to people above the legal age of majority in all countries and territories, with standard exceptions. Prizes total $67,500 in cash, led by $12,000 for first place. Deadline: November 12, 2026 at 12:00 PM PST.

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LASR Innovation Accelerator is taking applications

The Laboratory for AI Security Research (LASR), delivered by Plexal, is taking applications for the LASR Innovation Accelerator for UK SMEs building ways to hold AI agents accountable and under control: agent delegation and attribution, runtime monitoring and containment, and governance of retained context. Selected companies get £5,000 in equity-free funding at Stage 1, and those chosen for Stage 2 get a further £55,000, up to £60,000 in total. Applications close November 4, 2026 at 23:59.

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