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Seed Research Grants is sponsored by Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI). Funds innovative, interdisciplinary AI research projects with potential societal impact.
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The seed research grants are designed to support new, ambitious, and speculative ideas with the objective of getting initial results.
We welcome proposals from the full array of humanistic, social scientific, natural scientific, biomedical, and engineering approaches, including critical, historical, ethnographic, clinical, experimental, and inventive work — from discrete studies and research for book publications to speaker series, system building, and evaluation.
This year, we especially aim to fund proposals focused on the domains of discovery, the transformation of education and learning, the societal impact of AI, and the spiritual dimensions of this society-shaping technology.
We especially encourage collaborations between researchers whose work bridges two or more disciplines, as well as proposals that can make a persuasive case that initial results will catalyze further support from internal and external stakeholders. **The 2026 seed grant call closed on August 18. We plan to send an update to all applicants in November.
**If you have any questions, please contact us at hai-grants@lists. stanford. edu.
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According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Stanford faculty members. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows up to $75,000. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
The published deadline was August 18, 2026, which has passed. Check the official notice for any future application windows before investing time in a proposal.
Seed Research Grants is funded by Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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