Lifecycle: { "status": "open", "edition": "2026 Nodes", "cadence": "quarterly until nodes reach capacity", "duration": "short or multi-year project-specific", "renewable": "multi-year tranches contingent on milestones", "dates": { "next_deadline": "2026-09-30", "decision": "approximately 2 months after each deadline" } } Funding and benefits: { "amount": { "minimum": 10000, "maximum": 100000, "currency": "USD", "scope": "typical grant" }, "total_pool": { "amount": 3000000, "currency": "USD", "scope": "approximately annual" }, "benefits": [ "grant", "Berlin or San Francisco office space", "local compute or compute budget", "travel-paid workshop", "events and collaboration" ], "overhead": "up to 10% of direct research costs" } Eligibility and filters: { "citizenship": "global not restricted", "residence": null, "age": null, "applicant_type": [ "individual", "team", "nonprofit", "for-profit" ], "education": null, "experience": "ability to execute an ambitious AI-first project with milestones", "fields": [ "AI security", "private AI", "decentralized/cooperative AI", "AI for science/epistemics", "AI neuro/BCI/WBE", "AI longevity", "AI molecular nanotechnology" ], "institution": null, "language": "English application", "location": "strong preference for active membership in Berlin or San Francisco node", "remote": "funding-only exceptional", "route": "direct form", "exclusions": [ "weak AI-first connection", "unmotivated for-profit need", "failure of due diligence" ] } Application: { "opens": "rolling quarterly", "deadline": "last day of each quarter; next 2026-09-30", "decision": "about two months", "start": null, "end": null, "url": "https://foresight.org/grants/grants-ai-for-science-safety/", "materials": [ "project plan", "itemized budget", "applicant/team background", "compute/space request", "organizational documents at diligence" ], "selection_stages": [ "in-house fit/quality", "technical advisors", "possible written questions/call", "due diligence", "award" ] } Past editions and people: { "people": { "program_leaders": [], "latest_recipients": [ "Mayank Varia", "John Liagouris", "Alexander LeNail", "Shirin Vafaei", "Paul Schneider", "Ozzie Gooen" ], "past_recipients": [ "Ed Boyden", "Uwe Kortshagen", "Konrad Kording", "Adam Gleave", "Chris Lakin", "Florian Tramèr", "Harriet Farlow", "Abhinav Singh", "Apart Research", "OpenMined" ], "coverage": "official page examples; pagination means not a complete roster" }, "history": { "launched": 2026, "editions": [ { "year": 2026, "locations": [ "Berlin", "San Francisco" ] } ], "statistics": [ "Approximately USD 3m awarded annually" ] } } Known evidence gaps: [ "complete grantee roster", "fixed project duration", "award count" ] Source conflicts: []