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On June 1, 2026, DARPA and the National Science Foundation jointly launched AI Forge, a university-led national-security AI research forum funding work across three thrust areas: AI interpretability (making AI behavior and decisions understandable and operationally usable), AI control (verifiable evidence of bounded, auditable, reliable model behavior and human control), and adversarial robustness (AI that maintains integrity under deliberate attack).
The launch was accompanied by a Critical AI Challenges for National Security report laying out 15 specific research challenges, and a Request for Information on sam. gov (closed June 22, 2026) for U.S. universities. AI Forge funds Project Ventures of roughly $750,000 to $3 million over one-year terms, with multiple awards expected annually.
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Or search similar grants →According to the current listing, eligibility includes: U.S. universities and university-led research teams with AI research expertise, computing infrastructure, national security partnerships, and technology transition experience. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows project Ventures grants of approximately $750,000 to $3,000,000 each, with durations up to one year and multiple awards expected annually. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
DARPA-NSF AI Forge Project Ventures for AI Interpretability, Control, and Adversarial Robustness Research is funded by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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AI Forge Project Ventures for AI Interpretability, Control, and Adversarial Robustness Research is sponsored by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). A joint DARPA-NSF initiative to catalyze breakthroughs in AI for national security, specifically funding work across three thrust areas: AI interpretability, AI control, and adversarial robustness.
AI Forge: Critical AI Challenges for National Security is sponsored by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). AI Forge is a jointly governed forum that will issue fast-paced, high-risk, high-reward Project Ventures to university-led teams for fundamental AI research aimed at solving critical AI challenges for national security, focusing on interpretability, control, and adversarial robu…
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Read articleOn June 1, 2026, DARPA and the National Science Foundation jointly released the AI Forge initiative — a university-only forum, administered by a nonprofit launching summer 2026, that will fund Project Ventures of roughly $750,000 to $3 million over one-year terms in three thrust areas: AI interpretability, AI control, and adversarial robustness. The RFI on SAM.gov closes June 22 at 5pm ET and is restricted to U.S. universities and military service academies, one authorized submission per institution. Intellectual property is expected to be shared across forum participants, preferably through open-source licensing. This is the most significant joint DARPA-NSF research vehicle in a decade, and it is structured to bypass the frontier-lab model entirely.
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