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"Swiss AI Initiative Compute Grants for Frontier AI Foundation Model Research on the Alps Supercomputer" is currently closed and not accepting applications.
The Swiss AI Initiative pools GPU capacity on Alps, the CSCS flagship system, and redistributes it to researchers working on frontier AI foundation models - the scale of allocation here is the story.
The initiative expects to distribute between 10 and 20 million GPU hours over 2026, which puts it in a different league from the token credits offered by most corporate programmes and comparable to national compute resources such as the UK's AIRR or the US NAIRR pilot. Applications split into two tiers with quite different rhythms.
Large Projects, defined as requests above 500,000 GPU hours, run in discrete competitive calls; the fourth call is open from 3 August to 14 September 2026. Small Projects, capped at 32,000 GPU hours, are reviewed on a rolling basis, which makes them a practical option for exploratory work, ablation studies or the pilot experiments needed to justify a large request later.
The eligibility framing is notably open for a nationally funded resource: while the initiative is anchored at the ETH and EPFL AI Centers, it states that researchers in Switzerland, Europe and beyond may apply, and it explicitly encourages interdisciplinary and international collaborations. Non-Swiss groups should still expect Swiss co-investigators to strengthen an application in practice.
As with every compute-grant scheme, no cash is awarded - this covers GPU hours only, so staff costs and data acquisition must be funded elsewhere. Groups training or fine-tuning large foundation models who cannot self-fund commercial GPU rental should treat the Small Projects track as a near-continuous option and time the Large Projects application to the published call window.
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Or search similar grants →According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Open to researchers at leading academic institutions and public research organisations. The initiative states that applicants from Switzerland, Europe and beyond are eligible, and interdisciplinary and international collaborations are encouraged. Applications are split into two tiers: Large Projects requesting more than 500,000 GPU hours, submitted during discrete call windows - the fourth call runs 3 August to 14 September 2026 - and Small Projects requesting up to 32,000 GPU hours, which are reviewed on a rolling continuous basis with no fixed deadline. Awards are GPU-hour allocations on the CSCS Alps supercomputer; no cash funding is provided, so personnel and other project costs must be covered from other sources. Research focus must relate to frontier AI foundation models. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows no cash funding is provided; awards are in-kind allocations of GPU hours on the CSCS Alps supercomputer. The Swiss AI Initiative expects to distribute 10 to 20 million GPU hours across 2026. Two tiers exist: Large Projects requesting more than 500,000 GPU hours, and Small Projects requesting up to 32,000 GPU hours. No per-project monetary value is published. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
The published deadline was September 14, 2026, which has passed. Check the official notice for any future application windows before investing time in a proposal.
Swiss AI Initiative Compute Grants for Frontier AI Foundation Model Research on the Alps Supercomputer is funded by Swiss AI Initiative, jointly run by the ETH AI Center and the EPFL AI Center, with compute provided by the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) on the Alps system. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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