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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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The Department of Defense FY2026 Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) provides funding for U.S. universities to acquire research equipment and instrumentation in areas important to national defense, including AI and machine learning hardware. The program is administered jointly by the Army Research Office (ARO), Office of Naval Research (ONR), and Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), with approximately $34 million available and 95 awards anticipated. DURIP funds the acquisition of specialized computing hardware for AI/ML research (GPU clusters, TPUs, neuromorphic processors), robotics and autonomous systems testbeds, sensor arrays and data collection systems for machine learning training, high-performance computing infrastructure for defense-relevant AI research, and laboratory equipment for human-AI interaction studies. The program specifically supports equipment that enhances research-related education in DoD-priority disciplines. While general-purpose computing is not eligible, computing equipment directly supporting DoD-relevant AI research programs qualifies. No cost sharing is required.
Vinnova, Sweden's national innovation agency, funds projects developing applied AI solutions for Swedish industry through its Advanced Digitalization Programme. Each project can apply for between 2 and 10 million SEK (approximately $190,000 to $950,000 USD) covering up to 50% of eligible project costs. The total call budget is 60 million SEK. Projects run for 12-24 months and focus on two key areas: Intelligent Edge (AI for real-time application in the sensor chain) and AI-based decision support. All projects must address industrial needs and integrate gender equality and climate change perspectives. Scientific publications must be open access. A parallel call also funds AI and cybersecurity projects at 1-10 million SEK per project with a 50 million SEK total budget.
The RFI closed June 22. Now the forum is standing up. AI Forge is a jointly governed, university-led venture funding interpretability, control, and adversarial robustness in one-year Project Ventures — here's how the 15 challenges, the CAISI tie, and the nonprofit administrator reshape who gets funded.
Read articleNSF X-Labs is unlike any NSF program in the agency's history: it runs on Other Transaction Authority, not a grant; it funds teams up to $1.5M in Phase 0 and as much as $50 million per year in Phase 1; and it demands an 8-page written proposal followed by an invitation-only oral defense in which NSF refuses to look at what you wrote. The Quantum Systems topic closes July 24, 2026. Here is what X-Labs actually is, why the structure signals a new NSF, and who is positioned to win a DARPA-style award from an agency that has never operated this way before.
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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