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Google. org's AI for Science Impact Challenge is a $30M global open call to empower researchers and organizations with funding, tools, and technical expertise to accelerate scientific breakthroughs using AI. Selected organizations receive between $500K and $3M USD and can participate in a Google.
org Accelerator with dedicated pro bono technical support from Google experts and Google Cloud credits. Focus areas include AI for Health and Life Sciences (genomics, brain mapping, disease understanding) and AI for Climate Resilience and Environmental Science (biodiversity, agriculture, living systems). The multi-month accelerator program supports high-impact solutions leveraging generative AI and agentic capabilities.
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Google. org Impact Challenge: AI for Science Applications are now open GOOGLE. ORG IMPACT CHALLENGE: AI FOR SCIENCE Accelerating scientific breakthroughs with the power of AI AI is a critical lever to unlock scientific breakthroughs and understand the fundamental mechanisms of human health and climate systems.
Building on the success of the inaugural AI for Science fund , Google. org is launching a supercharged initiative at the intersection of artificial intelligence and scientific discovery. By empowering researchers with catalytic funding and technical expertise, we aim to accelerate our understanding of key scientific questions—achieving Nobel-level breakthroughs and enabling science at digital speed.
The Google. org Impact Challenge: AI for Science is a $30M global open-call designed to empower researchers and organizations with the funding, tools, and technical expertise they need to accelerate scientific breakthroughs. Beyond funding, organizations may participate in a Google.
org Accelerator and receive six months of dedicated pro bono technical support from Google experts and access to Google Cloud credits to help bring these projects to life. Nonprofits, social enterprises, and academic institutions submit their application for funding towards scientific projects that will help accelerate their social impact. Applications will be reviewed by Google.
org, Google subject matter experts, and external third-party specialists from our partner organizations, including Renaissance Philanthropy and the Centre for Public Impact. Additional selection criteria are detailed below. Applications close April 17, 2026.
Selected organizations will receive funding from Google. org (between $500K and $3M USD) and have the option to participate in a Google. org Accelerator, which supports organizations as they work to solve some of the world's most pressing scientific challenges by leveraging generative AI and agentic capabilities.
This multi-month program accelerates high-impact solutions through dedicated pro bono technical support from Google experts. Before applying, ensure your project can demonstrate the following: Scientific ambition & impact Projects must pursue high-impact research in the following areas: AI for Health & Life Sciences, AI for Climate Resilience & Environmental Science.
Proposals should be evidence-based and define clear, quantifiable success metrics. Innovative & responsible use of AI AI should be a core component of the solution, developed in alignment with Google’s Responsible AI Principles and shared via open-source licensing to benefit the public, or the solution should specifically enable future AI use cases (e.g. a foundational open dataset).
Applicants must provide a realistic execution plan, timeline, and budget. Teams must possess the necessary technical and domain expertise to successfully execute the proposed research. Scalability & sustainability Projects should demonstrate potential for scaled impact and/or relevance beyond their immediate scope.
Applicants are encouraged to articulate how their outputs will be discovered, adopted, and maintained across scientific domains and geographies. We’re particularly interested in proposals leveraging AI to help accelerate scientific breakthroughs in the fields of Health & Life Sciences and Climate Resilience & Environmental Science.
However, we remain open to exceptional proposals in other fields that offer significant impact with strong alignment across criteria. AI for Climate Resilience Accelerate scientific breakthroughs in the field of health and life sciences by supporting projects that decode the fundamental mechanisms of life and produce foundational models, agents, open datasets, and a predictive understanding of biology to revolutionize human health.
Previously funded recipients This project builds a foundational microbiological emulator that integrates biophotonics with deep learning to automate the detection of antimicrobial resistance, helping to significantly boost diagnostic speed from days to minutes, ultimately freeing up valuable clinical time, reducing the spread of drug-resistant infections, and streamlining patient care.
Technical University of Munich By integrating multi-scale biological data and an LLM interface, this initiative creates a "Google Maps" for human tissue that provides physicians with a holistic, spatially grounded view of cellular processes to enhance mechanistic diagnosis and intervention planning.
The University of Washington uses Fiber-seq and machine learning to create high-resolution maps of the human genome, helping to significantly boost the prediction of how genetic variations impact health, ultimately freeing up valuable research time, reducing genomic data complexity, and streamlining the path to personalized medical treatments.
AI for Climate Resilience Accelerate scientific breakthroughs that improve climate resilience, supporting projects that answer critical, unresolved questions about our planet’s living systems and/or enable novel approaches to better preserve those systems.
Previously funded recipients Innovative Genomics Institute This initiative develops an AI foundation model trained on cultivated rumen microbiomes to predict collective bacterial behavior and identify precise genetic interventions for mitigating enteric methane emissions.
This project leverages AI-guided pipelines and AlphaFold to predict disease resistance genes from plant and pathogen genomes, accelerating the breeding of resistant crops by identifying functionally relevant matching protein structures.
By implementing the "Hive Mind" methodology—a hybrid intelligence platform combining autonomous robotics, AI agents, and human expertise—this research discovers scalable, atomically engineered porous materials to capture atmospheric CO 2 and establish a new paradigm for solving global energy and health challenges.
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According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Any nonprofit charity, other nonprofit organization, public or private academic or research institution, or for-profit social enterprise company with a project that has a clear and explicit social impact purpose. Global eligibility. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows $500,000 to $3,000,000 per selected organization. Total fund of $30 million across all awardees. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
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Cooperative AI Research Grants is sponsored by Cooperative AI Foundation, Google DeepMind, Schmidt Sciences, UK Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA), and Google.org. A technical research funding call for researchers worldwide, focusing on the study of how large-scale multi-agent AI systems behave as a group, and how to provide frameworks to understand and mitigate potential risks.
The LinkedIn Future of Work Fund 2026 is a global philanthropic grant initiative that doubled its commitment to $3 million for 2026 to help nonprofit organizations prepare young people for a rapidly changing labor market shaped by artificial intelligence. Building on the inaugural 2025 round, the fund provides unrestricted grants of $200,000-$300,000 to organizations demonstrating clear approaches to AI literacy and digital skills training, career pathways using AI-enabled tools, and workforce adaptability programs. The fund prioritizes organizations serving young adults aged 18-24 facing structural barriers to employment, with geographic focus on France, Germany, India, United Kingdom, and United States. Selected organizations receive monetary grants plus strategic assistance from LinkedIn's workforce development ecosystem. Applications are reviewed by LinkedIn's Social Impact team along with an external panel of workforce development and AI experts.
The Alibaba Cloud AI Catalyst Program supports AI-focused startups and global AI firms with comprehensive resources including up to $120,000 in lifetime cloud credits, 2 billion free Model Studio tokens for access to Alibaba's generative AI platform, 1:1 Office Hours with AI experts covering products, solutions, and infrastructure, POC coupons, and invitations to Alibaba Cloud events worldwide. The program is designed to help AI startups accelerate their growth with technical, educational, and networking resources. Applications are reviewed within 4-5 business days, and successful applicants are notified via email. The program provides access to Alibaba Cloud's GPU infrastructure including H100s in the Singapore region, making it particularly attractive for APAC-focused AI startups. The promotion period runs from April 1, 2025 through March 31, 2026.
The 2026 Orange Social Venture Prize (OSVP) is an annual competition recognizing innovative solutions that address real community needs using AI, data, or cybersecurity technologies in Africa and the Middle East. The prize supports young entrepreneurs whose startups demonstrate tangible social and environmental benefits through digital innovation. The competition operates through a two-stage process: national selection in each of the 17 participating countries where Orange operates, followed by an international round for top prizes. Beyond financial awards (€25,000 first prize, €15,000 second, €10,000 third, plus a €20,000 Women's Prize), recipients gain significant visibility, networking opportunities with the Orange ecosystem, and mentorship to help scale their ventures. Projects are reviewed by Orange employees via the Orange Engage for Change internal platform. This is one of the few major competitions specifically targeting AI and data-driven social ventures in Africa and the Middle East.
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