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Lacuna Fund is a multi-funder, multi-stakeholder collaboration formed in 2020 to fill gaps in data used to train Machine Learning (ML) models, making ML and AI more representative, accurate, equitable, and accessible to underserved communities globally.
The fund issues thematic calls for dataset creation across four priority domains: (1) Agriculture - datasets supporting AI for smallholder farming, crop monitoring, livestock health, pest detection, and food security in low-resource regions; (2) Climate - datasets enabling AI for climate adaptation, biodiversity monitoring, environmental change detection, and disaster response; (3) Health - datasets for AI in disease surveillance, diagnostic tools, maternal/child health, and health systems in low and middle income countries; and (4) Natural Language Processing - datasets advancing AI in low-resource and African languages.
To date, Lacuna Fund has enabled creation of over 75 new ML datasets including 18 newly published datasets in 2025. Funders include Google. org, Rockefeller Foundation, International Development Research Centre (IDRC), GIZ on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), and additional supporters.
Calls are issued on rolling thematic schedule with secretariat-managed application cycles.
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Or search similar grants →According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Open to research institutions, nonprofits, academic institutions, civil society organizations, and small businesses primarily based in or working with communities in Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Latin America, and low-income communities in the United States and Europe. Strong preference for projects led by researchers and organizations based in or working closely with the Global South. Projects must produce labeled, ethically sourced, openly licensed datasets that fill identified gaps in ML training data and demonstrate community engagement and benefit. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows grant awards typically range from USD $50,000 to $400,000 per project for dataset creation, labeling, and stewardship. Lacuna Fund has cumulatively awarded over USD $7.7 million across 42 projects in agriculture, climate, health, and natural language processing, with new funding rounds annually across thematic calls. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Lacuna Fund for Machine Learning Datasets in Agriculture Climate Health and Languages for the Global South is funded by Lacuna Fund (Google.org, Rockefeller Foundation, IDRC, GIZ on behalf of BMZ, and partners). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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