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The AI Safety Policy Entrepreneurship Fellowship is FAS's route for turning technical and domain expertise into frontier AI safety policy that actually moves. It is a part-time hybrid programme running 30 September 2026 to 28 February 2027, with applications due 7 September 2026, and it pays a USD 5,000 stipend plus up to USD 1,000 as a merit award.
Fellows commit roughly five hours a week to developing a policy memo on a specific AI safety challenge, attend training sessions, join an in-person retreat in California from 4 to 7 November 2026, and present at a capstone event in Washington DC during the week of 22 February 2027.
The design target is explicit and unusual: it recruits early- to mid-career professionals who have limited direct public policy experience but deep expertise elsewhere - technical AI research, academia, think tanks, civil society, industry, law, cybersecurity and national security - and teaches them the mechanics of getting an idea adopted.
Selection weighs clear understanding of AI governance challenges, concrete implementation-oriented solutions rather than broad principles, awareness of which stakeholders must be moved, and a credible commitment to translating expertise into policy outcomes. Because the stipend is modest and the time commitment part-time, this is designed to sit alongside an existing job rather than replace one.
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Or search similar grants →According to the current listing, eligibility includes: The fellowship targets early- to mid-career professionals with limited experience working directly in public policy, drawn from backgrounds including technical AI research, academia, think tanks, civil society, industry, law, cybersecurity and national security, who want to translate their expertise into policy impact. Applications are due 7 September 2026 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time. The programme runs 30 September 2026 through 28 February 2027 on a part-time hybrid basis, requiring approximately five hours per week, plus attendance at an in-person retreat in California from 4 to 7 November 2026 and a capstone event in Washington DC during the week of 22 February 2027, so participants must be able to travel to the United States for those dates. Fellows receive a USD 5,000 stipend with an additional merit award of up to USD 1,000, along with travel support, professional editing, mentorship and networking. The core deliverable is a policy memo addressing a specific AI safety challenge together with an advocacy plan. Selection emphasises concrete, implementation-oriented proposals over general commentary. Applicants should confirm current deadlines, stipend terms, residency or work-authorisation requirements and the retreat and capstone dates directly with FAS before applying. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows $5,000 stipend, plus a merit award of up to $1,000; travel support provided. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
The published deadline was September 8, 2026, which has passed. Check the official notice for any future application windows before investing time in a proposal.
Federation of American Scientists AI Safety Policy Entrepreneurship Fellowship 2026-2027 is funded by Federation of American Scientists (FAS). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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The Halcyon Africa Innovation in Agriculture and Food Security Accelerator supports early-stage, impact-driven ventures across Sub-Saharan Africa that are strengthening agriculture and food systems through market-based solutions. The 2027 cohort is open for applications until 23 October 2026. Technology is explicitly central to the scope: the programme welcomes tech-enabled agriculture and food security solutions across ten priority sectors, including agricultural data platforms, digital extension services, precision agriculture tools and agri-fintech innovations, all areas where AI and machine learning are typically the core of a competitive product. Each selected venture receives a 10,000 US dollar equity-free stipend and 10,000 dollars in Amazon Web Services credits, together with access to Halcyon's community of more than 650 founders, professional advisory support, expert-led workshops covering leadership development, capital strategy and product-market fit, and investor networking. The format is hybrid, combining virtual sessions with in-person residencies in Accra, Ghana and Nairobi, Kenya. What distinguishes this from most AI-for-agriculture funding is the applicant profile: it targets commercial ventures with working products and demonstrated traction rather than research teams, requiring paid-pilot or post-revenue stage with a working minimum viable product. For African AgTech founders building AI-driven advisory, monitoring or decision-support tools who have passed the prototype stage and need capital strategy support and investor access more than research funding, this is a well-matched and currently open opportunity.
The 20th EIFL Public Library Innovation Award recognises outstanding and innovative AI literacy training programmes run by public and community libraries in developing and transition economy countries, with each winner receiving a trophy, 1,500 US dollars and international publicity through EIFL's networks. Strong entries help people build practical AI skills, think critically about AI outputs and use emerging technology responsibly and safely; programmes may be in person or online, standalone or embedded in media and information literacy work, aimed at the general public or specific groups, and run in partnership with universities, NGOs or other organisations. This is an award for existing work rather than a project grant: requests to fund a new programme are not accepted, and the programme must have started in or after January 2024, run for at least six months, still be operating, and show evidence of results such as participant numbers and stories. Programmes that only provide access to AI tools without structured training, or that offer general ICT or digital skills training without an AI literacy focus, are excluded. Applicants download the application form, available in English, French, Russian or Spanish, plus a signature page, and submit online through the EIFL system by 26 October 2026. The cash value is small, but the award's international visibility is useful for libraries building a case for larger AI literacy funding.
The Bias Bounty Mapping Equity Challenge is a 10,000 US dollar competition run by Zindi with Humane Intelligence and support from the Heising-Simons Foundation, and it is methodologically distinctive in a way that matters to anyone working on AI fairness measurement. Rather than ranking submissions on aggregate accuracy, the challenge scores entries partly on how equitably a model performs across climate-vulnerable communities in the United States, operationalising the long-standing critique that a single accuracy number hides systematic underperformance on the populations most exposed to harm. The competition doubles as a pilot of Humane Intelligence's Bias Scoring API, so participants gain early hands-on exposure to a concrete fairness evaluation instrument rather than only a leaderboard placement, which is the main non-monetary reason to enter. The underlying task is geospatial mapping applied to climate and environmental equity, placing the challenge at the intersection of responsible AI evaluation and climate adaptation. Participation is open to all registered Zindi users with no geographic restriction on entrants, even though the dataset itself covers United States communities, which makes this one of the more accessible fairness-focused opportunities for researchers and practitioners outside well-funded institutions. Because it is a bounty-style competition rather than a grant, there is no proposal, no institutional affiliation requirement and no reporting burden; the submission deadline is 31 October 2026.
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