This page lists opportunities for faculty and students for research funding, support, software, and access to services.
Mellon Foundation Higher Learning Program Open Call
The Mellon Foundation invites applications for research and/or curricular projects focused on one of two areas: unruly Intelligences and normalization and Its discontents.
The unruly Intelligences topic invites project proposals that articulate and explore the role the humanities have in shaping contemporary understanding of artificial and other intelligences – and in making practical, informed recommendations about how to regulate and/or adopt AI in our learning, work, and most intimate lives. A goal is to help make practical, informed recommendations about how to regulate and/or adopt AI in our learning, work, and most intimate lives.
The normalization and Its discontents topic focuses on exploring the topic of normalcy and the structures and systems that keep it in place. What, if anything, does the historical knowledge of its recent invention – and vigorous social rejections – enable?
To apply, register by December 1, 2025 and submit a proposal by February 17, 2026. Get more information here.
NAIRR AI Education Fellowship at CRA
The Computing Research Association, with support from NSF, has launched the NAIRR AI Education Fellowship at CRA. Applications will remain open through November 1, 2025. The fellowship will bring together a national cohort of ten faculty champions to advance undergraduate and master’s AI education. Fellows will pilot and adapt resources from the NAIRR Pilot, help prepare faculty to integrate these resources into AI courses, and foster a sustainable community of practice around best practices for AI education.
Selected fellows will serve a one-year term from 12/12025 to 11/30/2026 with the NAIRR Pilot Classroom Expansion AI EDU Research Collaboration Network, receive a $5,000 stipend, and have travel, lodging, and meals covered for travel associated with the fellowship. The application requires a short statement of no more than three pages, along with a CV and teaching statement. Get more information and apply here by November 1.
Amazon Research Awards fall 2025 call for proposals
Amazon is soliciting short proposals for research in four AI areas:
Proposals must follow a simple template, be no more than three pages long, and are due by November 5, 2025. Awards will come as gifts of up to $80,000.
Student travel grants to 2026 Florida AI conference
With generous support from the National Science Foundation, the 2026 FLAIRS Conference will provide a maximum of 15 scholarship awards to selected U.S.-based students attending the Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society (FLAIRS) conference in Marco Island, Florida, May 17-20, 2026. The scholarships will include $2500 in financial support for registration, travel, and lodging. To apply for a grant, the student must submit the necessary materials through the website no later than January 26, 2026.
Department of Energy 2026 Computational Science Graduate Fellowship
DOE CSGF provides outstanding opportunities to students pursuing doctoral degrees in fields that use high-performance computing to solve complex science and engineering problems. The program fosters a community of energetic and committed Ph.D. students, alumni, DOE laboratory staff, and scientists who want to have an impact on the nation while advancing their research. The program is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science and National Nuclear Security Administration. Candidates must be U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents who plan full-time, uninterrupted study toward a Ph.D. at an accredited U.S. university. Applications for 2026 awards are being accepted through Jan. 15, 2026.
Planning Grants to Create AI-Ready Test Beds (9/27/24)
The NSF Directorates for CISE and TIP are seeking new approaches to develop and evaluate novel artificial intelligence (AI) methods in real-world settings. Too often new AI systems are deployed before the interactions with and impacts on users can be fully evaluated or understood. Often, when AI is evaluated, it is with an inadequate number of samples that do not scale or generalize beyond a limited number of use cases. Funding is available for Planning Grants in Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 to support teams so they can later submit a full proposal for an AI-Ready Test Bed. The budget for a planning proposal may be up to $100,000 per year, with total funding requested of up to $200,000 for up to 24 months. PIs must submit a Concept Outline before submission of a planning proposal to aid in determining the appropriateness of the work for consideration under this opportunity. Proposals must be submitted by 5:00 p.m., submitting the organization’s local time, on November 13, 2024. See more information here.
AI-related opportunities for faculty, researchers, and students (9/16/24)
Llama 3.1 Impact Grants, 9/16/2024
META seeks proposals that employ the new features and capabilities of the newest LLM model, Llama 3.1, for economically and socially impactful projects. Llama 3.1 incorporates previously unsupported languages and is the only open-source model that rivals the top AI models in general knowledge, steerability, reasoning, math, tool use, and multilingual translation. This year’s awards will total $2 million USD, and there will be two ways to apply: an open call for applications and through our regional events series. During the open call, eligible organizations from around the world can apply online for an award of up to $500,000 USD to support their projects. Submissions are due by November 22. For more information, see here.