1,000+ Opportunities
Find the right grant
Search federal, foundation, and corporate grants with AI — or browse by agency, topic, and state.
Schmidt Sciences 2026 Interpretability RFP funds technical research on detecting and mitigating deceptive behaviors in large language models.
The program targets three primary directions: (1) Detection — developing tools to identify deceptive behaviors where model outputs contradict internal representations of truth; (2) Steering — creating targeted interventions to improve model truthfulness using mechanistic insights, outperforming traditional finetuning baselines; and (3) Applications — translating detection and steering techniques into practical improvements for human-AI collaboration, multi-agent systems, and decision support.
Deceptive behaviors include factually incorrect outputs, misleading confidence claims, fabrications, selective omissions, and other knowingly misleading conduct. Awards range from $300K to $1M with projects lasting 1-3 years.
Get a weekly digest of new grants like this
A free weekly digest of new foundation and federal funding opportunities as they're added to Granted. Unsubscribe anytime.
Or search similar grants →According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Open globally to individual researchers, research teams, research institutions, and multi-institution collaborations across universities, national laboratories, institutes, and nonprofit research organizations. Cross-border partnerships encouraged. Indirect costs cannot exceed 10%. Funded projects must comply with applicable law without lobbying or political activity. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows $300,000 to $1,000,000 per award inclusive of overhead up to 10%. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
The published deadline was May 26, 2026, which has passed. Check the official notice for any future application windows before investing time in a proposal.
Schmidt Sciences 2026 Interpretability RFP for AI Deception Detection and Steering is funded by Schmidt Sciences. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
Start from the official opportunity page linked in this listing — it carries the sponsor's submission instructions.
The Climate Change AI Innovation Grants program supports projects that address research and deployment challenges in climate change mitigation, adaptation, and climate science by leveraging AI and machine learning, while also creating publicly available datasets and tools to catalyze further work. The program enables key partnerships that accelerate the research-to-deployment cycle, creating synergies between academic researchers, nonprofits, startups and other companies, and governmental or intergovernmental organizations. Funded by the Quadrature Climate Foundation, Schmidt Futures, and Google DeepMind, with Future Earth serving as fiscal sponsor, this is one of the few dedicated grant programs specifically targeting the intersection of AI/ML and climate change. Projects typically involve climate modeling, weather prediction, emissions monitoring, energy optimization, biodiversity monitoring, and other environmental applications of machine learning. The 2026 competition opens with a full proposal deadline of September 15, 2026. The program has grown steadily since its inception, funding 23 projects to date across diverse climate domains and geographies.
Climate Change AI Innovation Grants for AI-Driven Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Research is sponsored by Climate Change AI (funded by Quadrature Climate Foundation, Schmidt Futures, and Google DeepMind). The Climate Change AI Innovation Grants program supports projects that address research and deployment challenges in climate change mitigation, adaptation, and climate science by leveraging AI and machine learning, while also creating publicly available datasets and tools to cat…
Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Science African Faculty Fellowship is sponsored by University of Michigan (managed by the Michigan Institute for Data & AI in Society (MIDAS) with support from the African Studies Center). This two-year fellowship provides selected African researchers with the opportunity to spend equal periods at the University of Michigan and within their home institutions in Africa.
Schmidt Sciences opened a 'Scaling AI Safety for a Multi-Agent World' program with awards up to $1 million and an August 8, 2026 deadline. Against a backdrop of federal research slowdowns, here is why private science philanthropy matters more than ever, how these funders differ from federal agencies, and how researchers should approach them.
Read articleSchmidt Sciences' 2026 Science of Trustworthy AI RFP closes May 17 with two funding tiers — up to $1M (Tier 1) and $1–5M+ (Tier 2) over 1–3 years, with a 10% indirect cost cap. The three research aims target misalignment under distribution shift, predictive-validity evaluations, and oversight of superhuman systems. Here is why the structure favors team-based proposals.
Read articleThe U.S. Government Policy for Stopping High-Risk Life Sciences Research, released July 28, 2026 under EO 14292 and implemented at NIH through NOT-OD-26-101, replaces mitigation with prohibition. It bans dangerous gain-of-function research outright, gates potential DGOF behind government-wide review, and creates International Research of Concern — a research-security regime wearing biosafety clothing. Penalties run to five-year debarment and False Claims Act exposure.
Read article