Please visit the grantee application portal here⁠(opens in a new window) to create your profile and access the grant application. Organizations may only submit one application, but you may include multiple individuals as collaborators on your ...

3 weeks ago - Submissions are open today through December 19, 2025. A panel of internal researchers and experts will review applications on a rolling basis and notify selected proposals on or before January 15th, 2026.

3 weeks ago - ... Over the past year, a series ... application window for the first wave of grants—all unrestricted—was open from September 8 through October 8 and featured a short, four-question application....

$50M People-First AI Fund opens for applications Sept 8–Oct 8, 2025.

OpenAI’s mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence (AGI) benefits all of humanity. In service of that mission, we sometimes provide grants (in the form of monetary compensation or API credits, depending on the program) to support strategic initiatives and research.

Once you’re happy with your plan, send it through our online form. We look at proposals as they come in and will get in touch with teams that show a lot of promise, even if immediate funding isn’t possible.

Please note that applications are reviewed once every 3 months (in March, June, September, and December). Grants will take 4-6 weeks to credit to awardees after they receive their application decision.

September 22, 2025 - To be eligible, applicants must be US based nonprofits operating wholly within the US, with budgets between $500,000 and $10 million annually. ... This is an exceptional chance for nonprofits to help steer how AI is shaped in society.

3 weeks ago - Read more about it at: https://openai.com/index/ai-mental-health-research-grants/ How to apply · Submissions are open today through December 19, 2025, 11:59 PM PST. A panel of internal researchers and experts will review applications on a rolling basis and notify selected proposals on or before ...

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OpenAI is launching an initial $50 million fund that supports nonprofit and community organizations, informed by the independent OpenAI Nonprofit Commission report.

Applications will be judged based on their ability to produce actionable research that addresses the impacts and risks of agentic systems. This will include relevance to our areas of interest, proposed methodology, the background and skills of the applicant(s), and alignment with our mission.

December 14, 2023 - We are offering $100K–$2M grants for academic labs, nonprofits, and individual researchers. For graduate students, we are sponsoring a one-year $150K OpenAI Superalignment Fellowship: $75K in stipend and $75K in compute and research funding. No prior experience working on alignment is required; we are actively looking to support researchers who are excited to work on alignment for the first time. Our application process is simple, and we’ll get back to you within four weeks of applications closing.

Researchers can apply for up to $1,000 of OpenAI API credits to support their work. Credits are valid for a period of 12 months and they can be applied towards any of our publicly available models. Please note that applications are reviewed once every 3 months (in March, June, September, and ...

Direct link to application.Grant applications open until: 10/8/2025 Use: Begin with your

September 11, 2025 - OpenAI invites applications for the People-First AI Fund, a $50 million commitment to support nonprofits and mission-focused organizations working at the intersection of innovation and public good.

As part of this next phase, the ... of · a $50 million grant initiative to support nonprofit and community organizations in three areas: AI literacy and public understanding, community innovation, and economic opportunity...

If you want to request an additional grant, you can submit a new application through the portal and include details about the progress in your research.

March 4, 2025 - NextGenAI, whose 15 founding academic partners include Harvard, the University of Oxford and MIT, will be funded with $50 million in research grants, compute funding, and API access from OpenAI, the company said.

OpenAI partners with Goodstack to validate nonprofit eligibility criteria. If you have questions about your application, please contact Goodstack here.