Arena Academic Partnerships Program — Fall 2026 Call (AI Evaluation Research)

Arena funds research on the scientific foundations of AI evaluation (evaluation and ranking methodology, measurement and validity, learning from human preference, safety and alignment), with up to $50,000 per project and possible Arena dataset access. The call is for tenure-track faculty at U.S.-based universities, with submissions due October 30, 2026. Apply through the proposal form linked on the page.

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Simons Diffusion Generative Modeling Research Fellowship Fall 2027

The Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing at UC Berkeley invites applications for postdoctoral-level Research Fellowships in its Fall 2027 research program on Diffusion Generative Modeling. Fellowships are intended for young scientists within at most five years post-PhD at the start of the 2027-28 academic year. Applications opened October 1, 2026 and are due December 1, 2026.

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Princeton CITP Fellows Program 2027-2028

Princeton's Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP) has opened applications for its 2027-28 Fellows Program, a competitive, fully-funded, in-person program, with three tracks: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Visiting Research Scholar/Visiting Professional, and Microsoft Visiting Research Scholar/Visiting Professor. The deadline for full consideration is December 7, 2026, 11:59 p.m. EST.

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RobotX PhD and Postdoctoral Fellowships 2027

RobotX, the center for robotics at ETH Zurich, is accepting applications for its PhD Fellowship 2027 and for postdoctoral researcher positions. PhD applicants apply once and choose up to three RobotX professors, who review the application. The PhD is a fully funded doctoral position at ETH Zurich at the ETH doctoral salary rate. Applications are open until November 27, 2026, through ETH online portals only; final decisions by February 15.

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KU Leuven AI Safety Lab Visiting Fellowships 2027

The KU Leuven AI Safety Lab invites applications for five visiting fellowships: three months in residence in Leuven (first cohort March to May 2027) on a self-directed AI safety research project in one of the Lab's programmes (Theories of Victory and Viable Endgames; Democratic Control over AI Companies; or Other). Open to PhD candidates, postdocs, faculty and researchers outside academia. Fellows receive a monthly allowance of EUR 2,000. Deadline: 31 October 2026.

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DatologyAI Research Fellowship

DatologyAI's Datology Labs Fellows Program is a paid, full-time, in-person six-month fellowship in San Mateo or NYC starting in January, with DatologyAI providing funding, compute and mentorship for data research for foundation models. Applicants send a short research proposal; applications are evaluated on a rolling basis and close November 15.

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AI Research Groups Lower Saxony

zukunft.niedersachsen, with the Volkswagen Foundation, invites applications for AI research groups in computer science, artificial intelligence, application disciplines. Eligible: scientists with at least two years of postdoctoral research experience. Please submit your application via the funding portal.

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UK AI Biosecurity Lab

The UK government (Cabinet Office, 24 October 2026) is establishing the AI Biosecurity Lab, backed by GBP 100 million of government funding and up to GBP 200 million in company commitments from OpenAI and Anthropic (model and compute credits, trusted model access and technical support). It is a new national organisation, not an open call for applications.

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SPRIND Engineering Microbial Consortia challenge 2026

SPRIND's Engineering Microbial Consortia challenge is funded by Germany's environment ministry (BMUKN) and runs up to 38 months across three stages, offering fixed-price contracts of up to EUR 4,300,000 per team across all three stages: up to EUR 1,200,000 in Stage 1 (14 months), EUR 1,300,000 in Stage 2 (12 months) and EUR 1,800,000 in Stage 3 (12 months), plus fully funded shared services not charged against team caps. The application period runs until November 16, 2026, at 11:00 (CET).

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Mozilla Human-Scale AI Incubator 2027 cohort

Mozilla Foundation's Human-Scale AI Incubator offers seven projects up to $500,000 each over three years, for small, purpose-built AI sized for the problem it solves. Mozilla funds and teams keep ownership. The cohort is seeded with three anchor projects. Applications are open; the deadline is Friday, November 20, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8).

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Center for Civic Futures awards $11M to 11 AI safety-net projects (PBIF round 2)

Center for Civic Futures announced $11 million for 11 new AI projects in the second round of its Public Benefit Innovation Fund, covering SNAP, Medicaid, unemployment insurance and more. Award announcement, not an open call.

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Bias Bounty Mapping Equity Challenge 2026

Zindi's Bias Bounty Mapping Equity Challenge, with Humane Intelligence and Radiant Earth and support from the Heising-Simons Foundation, has $10,000 in prizes: $4,500, $2,500 and $1,500 for the top three, $1,000 for Best Bias Discovery and $500 for Best Documentation. Participants estimate coverage gaps in Overture Maps across U.S. Census tracts in four climate-risk regions. Closes 31 Oct 2026.

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