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Thinking Machines Lab is funding researchers working on AI designed for human collaboration, with a particular emphasis on real-time, multimodal interaction between people and generative AI systems.
Priority research areas include: rigorous evaluation frameworks for interactive AI systems beyond static benchmarks, safety measures and guardrails for multimodal voice and vision platforms, generative UI techniques that explain complex information through dynamic visualizations, methods for human steering and correction of autonomous agents during extended tasks, and instrumentation for measuring real-time user trust, comprehension, and intent.
Grant recipients receive $100K cash plus access to Tinker, Thinking Machines Lab's interactive AI research platform, with $25K in credits to run experiments on frontier multimodal models.
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Search similar grants →Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: Academic researchers (faculty, postdocs, PhD students), independent researchers, and small research labs worldwide working on human-AI interaction, multimodal generative AI, AI safety, or HCI. Proposals must articulate a concrete interactivity research question, an evaluation plan, and a credible path to open dissemination of findings. Industrial researchers may apply if outputs are publicly published. Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
Current published award information indicates $100,000 in unrestricted research funding per award, plus $25,000 in Tinker API and compute credits. Multiple grants will be awarded in this cycle, for a typical total per-award value of $125000 USD. Always verify allowable costs, matching requirements, and funding caps directly in the sponsor documentation.
The current target date is June 19, 2026. Build your timeline backwards from this date to cover registrations, approvals, attachments, and final submission checks.
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