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  1. FellowshipsGuide

    How AI fellowships and residencies work

    Fellowships and residencies are the most common way into funded AI research, policy and journalism work outside a normal job. This guide explains how they work, using real, currently open programmes from our listings as examples.

    By Sam at advance.to · 7 min read
  2. GrantsGuide

    How AI research and startup grants work

    A grant is money for a defined piece of work that you don't pay back and that doesn't cost you equity. This guide explains how AI grants work in the UK, Europe and beyond, using open calls from our listings as examples.

    By Sam at advance.to · 5 min read
  3. Compute creditsGuide

    How free GPU and cloud credits for AI work

    Compute is often the biggest cost of building or researching AI, and most big providers give some of it away to startups and researchers. This guide explains how those programmes work and what to check before you rely on them.

    By Sam at advance.to · 3 min read

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1 NovCloses today

a16z speedrun SR008

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) · USA

AcceleratorStartups & foundersUS

Up to $1M in fundingplus $10M+ in partner credits
Verified 31 Oct+ Add to calendar
2 Nov1 day left

ARC Prize 2026: ARC-AGI-2

ARC Prize Foundation (on Kaggle) · Online

CompetitionOpen to anyoneResearchersGlobal

$700K total$275K progress prizes, $275K Grand Prize, $150K bonus prize
Verified 31 Oct+ Add to calendar
2 Nov1 day left

ARC Prize 2026: ARC-AGI-3

ARC Prize Foundation (on Kaggle) · Online

CompetitionOpen to anyoneResearchersGlobal

$850K total$700K Grand Prize for 100%, $75K guaranteed top-score awards, $75K milestone prizes
Verified 31 Oct+ Add to calendar
8 Nov7 days left

ARC Prize 2026: Paper Prize

ARC Prize Foundation · Online

CompetitionResearchersGlobal

$450K total$75K guaranteed top-paper prizes ($50K/$20K/$5K) + $375K outstanding papers pool
Verified 31 Oct+ Add to calendar
8 Nov7 days left

Vultr: Agent Rush HackathonNEW

lablab.ai × Vultr · Online + Salt Lake City, US

CompetitionOpen to anyoneGlobal

Up to $15,000($14,000 in competition prizes + onsite raffle); $200 Vultr credits per participant
Verified 1 Nov+ Add to calendar

Upcoming deadlines

12 Nov11 days left

Helmholtz AI Projects Call 2026NEW

Helmholtz AI (Helmholtz Association) · Germany

GrantResearchersEurope

€500k+ per project(max €250k from the INF plus matching funding from the centres); up to 3 years
Verified 1 Nov+ Add to calendar
13 Nov12 days left

Physical AI Growth Lab

UnternehmerTUM Accelerator with Microsoft, Infineon and NVIDIA · Munich, Germany (hybrid)

AcceleratorStartups & foundersEuropeNo fees · no equity

Free, equity-free; up to €350K Microsoft Azure credits plus NVIDIA Inception credits and hardware discounts
Verified 31 Oct+ Add to calendar
27 Nov26 days left

RobotX PhD Fellowship 2027NEW

RobotX, Center for Robotics, ETH Zurich · Zurich, Switzerland

FellowshipStudentsEurope

Fully funded PhD position (100%, fixed-term) at ETH Zurich
Verified 1 Nov+ Add to calendar
30 Nov29 days left

RoboWorld 2026, Track 1: WorldNav

RoboPAD Workshop @ NeurIPS 2026 (Codabench) · Online

CompetitionResearchersStudentsGlobal

Certificates for top 5 teamsselected teams invited to present at the RoboPAD Workshop at NeurIPS 2026 (no cash prize stated)
Verified 31 Oct+ Add to calendar
1 Dec30 days left

AI Founder Sprint 2027NEW

Venture Lab (AI Founder Sprint) · Online

AcceleratorStartups & foundersOpen to anyoneGlobalNo fees · no equity

Free 10-week virtual programmeno equity
Verified 1 Nov+ Add to calendar
1 Dec30 days left

AMD AI LeagueNEW

lablab.ai × AMD · Online

CompetitionOpen to anyoneStudentsGlobal

$10,000+ in prizes$100 GPU credits when you join
Verified 1 Nov+ Add to calendar
4 Dec33 days left

Kiroween 2026

Kiro (on Devpost) · Online

CompetitionOpen to anyoneGlobal

$100,000 in prizes1st $30,000
Verified 31 Oct+ Add to calendar
9 Dec38 days left

AI HACK Tokyo (3rd edition)NEW

AIHACK運営事務局 · Online + Tokyo, Japan

CompetitionOpen to anyoneStudentsEarly-careerAsiaNo fees · no equity

¥1,000,000 total prize budget(annual); free to enter
Verified 1 Nov+ Add to calendar
9 Dec38 days left

NEXT AI 2027 cohortNEW

NEXT Canada · Toronto / Montréal / remote, Canada

AcceleratorStartups & foundersCanada

No equity, no funding (investor network access)
Verified 1 Nov+ Add to calendar
17 Dec46 days left

FUTUREHACK '26NEW

Hack The Future · Online (India)

CompetitionOpen to anyoneStudentsAsiaNo fees · no equity

₹10,000 prize pool
Verified 1 Nov+ Add to calendar
26 Dec55 days left

GenHacksNEW

GenHacks (Devpost) · Online

CompetitionStudentsGlobal

CAD 1,050+ in cash,plus partner credits
Verified 1 Nov+ Add to calendar
28 Jan 202788 days left

AI Research Groups Lower SaxonyNEW

zukunft.niedersachsen (Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture & Volkswagen Foundation) · Lower Saxony, Germany

GrantResearchersEurope

Up to EUR 2 million per research group
Verified 1 Nov+ Add to calendar

Rolling, or date not yet published

Date TBCSee listing

Claude Corps FellowshipNEW

Anthropic (employer: CodePath) · US (on site at host nonprofits)

FellowshipEarly-careerStudentsUS

$85,000 a year salaryplus benefits, 12 months
Verified 1 Nov
Date TBCSee listing

Entrepreneur First

Entrepreneur First · London / Bangalore / San Francisco

AcceleratorEarly-careerStartups & foundersGlobal

Up to $250K investment once you form a company; $600K+ in credits (incl. $350K Azure)
Verified 31 Oct
Date TBCSee listing

Forethought Founders FellowshipNEW

Forethought · Oxford, UK or Berkeley, US

FellowshipOpen to anyoneEarly-careerResearchersGlobal

Salary roughly $170,000–$210,000(US) or £100,000–£150,000 (UK) a year, pro-rated; 2-month exit grant; considered for a seed grant of up to $2m
Verified 1 Nov
Date TBCSee listing

FrontierOR ChallengeNEW

FrontierOR · Online

CompetitionOpen to anyoneResearchersStudentsGlobal

Prize pool $21,000
Verified 1 Nov
Date TBCSee listing

Gauntlet AI Fellowship (Cohort 8)NEW

Gauntlet AI · Austin, US

FellowshipEarly-careerOpen to anyoneUS

Ten weeks, all expenses paid (flights, housing, food, training); interviews for $200K+ roles
Verified 1 Nov
Date TBCSee listing

goose grant programNEW

Block (goose open source AI agent) · Global

GrantOpen to anyoneGlobal

$100,000 USD per grant, 12 months, milestone-based
Verified 1 Nov
Date TBCSee listing

GTR AI Safety FundNEW

Global Technology Risk (GTR) Foundation · Global

GrantResearchersStartups & foundersOpen to anyoneGlobal

Funding for people and early-stage organisations in AI safety (amount set per case)
Verified 1 Nov
Date TBCSee listing

Nebius Research GrantsNEW

Nebius · Global

Compute creditsResearchersStudentsGlobal

GPU cloud credits, Token Factory tokens and Tavily credits (amount set per proposal)
Verified 1 Nov
Date TBCSee listing

Perplexity Research FellowshipNEW

Perplexity · San Francisco, New York City or Palo Alto, US

FellowshipEarly-careerResearchersStudentsUS

$180K – $220K(annualised compensation), full time
Verified 1 Nov
Date TBCSee listing

Runpod Startup ProgramNEW

Runpod · Global

Compute creditsStartups & foundersGlobal

Starter Tier: $1,000 in credits; Growth Tier: $25,000 bonus credits when you commit $50,000
Verified 1 Nov
Date TBCSee listing

Together AI Startup AcceleratorNEW

Together AI · Global

Compute creditsStartups & foundersGlobal

Up to $15K(raised up to $5M), $30K ($5M–$10M) or $50K (over $10M) in platform credits, plus forward-deployed engineering hours
Verified 1 Nov
Date TBCSee listing

Z FellowsNEW

Z Fellows · San Francisco, US

AcceleratorStartups & foundersStudentsOpen to anyoneUS

Optional $10,000 investment($1B valuation cap); one week with founders of billion-dollar companies
Verified 1 Nov
RollingApply any time

Anthropic AI for Science programNEW

Anthropic · Global

Compute creditsResearchersGlobal

Up to $20,000 in API creditsover 6 months
Verified 1 Nov
RollingApply any time

Anthropic Fellows Program

Anthropic · UK / USA / Canada

FellowshipResearchersEarly-careerGlobal

Stipend (see listing) plus ~$15K/month compute and mentorship
Verified 31 Oct
RollingApply any time

AWS Activate Credits

Amazon Web Services · Global

Compute creditsStartups & foundersGlobal

Up to $5,000(self-funded) or up to $200,000 (with an Activate Provider Org ID); invite-only $200K+ for AI startups at scale
Verified 31 Oct
RollingApply any time

AWS Cloud Credit for ResearchNEW

Amazon Web Services · Global

Compute creditsResearchersStudentsGlobal

Students up to $5,000faculty/staff awards not capped
Verified 1 Nov
RollingApply any time

BlueDot Career Transition Grant

BlueDot Impact · Global

GrantEarly-careerOpen to anyoneGlobal

Up to $200,000generally from $20K
Verified 31 Oct
RollingApply any time

BlueDot Rapid Grants

BlueDot Impact · Global

GrantOpen to anyoneGlobal

Up to $20,000
Verified 31 Oct
RollingApply any time

Cloudflare for Startups

Cloudflare · Global

Compute creditsStartups & foundersGlobal

$10K, $100K or $350K in credits for a year, by stage
Verified 31 Oct
RollingApply any time

Databricks for Startups

Databricks · Global

Compute creditsStartups & foundersGlobal

Up to $200K in credits for Databricks and Neon
Verified 31 Oct
RollingApply any time

ElevenLabs Grants

ElevenLabs · Global

Compute creditsStartups & foundersGlobal

12 months of free access to the ElevenLabs platform (up to 33M text characters)
Verified 31 Oct
RollingApply any time

EuroHPC AI Factories Playground AccessNEW

EuroHPC Joint Undertaking · EU

Compute creditsStartups & foundersResearchersEurope

Free access for eligible users (hours not stated)
Verified 1 Nov
RollingApply any time

EuroHPC Large Scale Access to AI FactoriesNEW

EuroHPC Joint Undertaking · EU

Compute creditsStartups & foundersResearchersEurope

Large GPU allocations (size per call documents)
Verified 1 Nov
RollingApply any time

Google Cloud research creditsNEW

Google Cloud for Education · Approved countries

Compute creditsResearchersStudentsGlobal

Amount not captured from the page (third-party reports cite up to $5,000; unverified)
Verified 1 Nov
RollingApply any time

Google for Startups Cloud Program: AI track

Google Cloud · Global

Compute creditsStartups & foundersGlobal

Up to $350,000 in Google Cloud creditsover 2 years (AI-first startups)
Verified 31 Oct
RollingApply any time

Google TPU Research Cloud (TRC)NEW

Google Research · Global

Compute creditsResearchersStudentsGlobalNo fees · no equity

Cloud TPUs at no charge (quota per acceptance)
Verified 1 Nov
RollingApply any time

Grok for Startups

SpaceXSI · Global

Compute creditsStartups & foundersGlobal

Credits sized to ~six months of realistic usage across Grok, Grok Build, Grok Bot and the Grok API (amount varies)
Verified 31 Oct
RollingApply any time

Iliad Fellowship

Iliad · London / SF Bay Area

FellowshipResearchersStudentsGlobalNo fees · no equity

Fully funded; $6,000/month travel-and-housing allowance
Verified 31 Oct
RollingApply any time

Lambda Research Grant

Lambda · Global

Compute creditsResearchersGlobal

Up to $5,000 in Lambda cloud credits
Verified 31 Oct
RollingApply any time

Lightcone Commons funding round

Lightcone Infrastructure · Global

GrantOpen to anyoneGlobal

Varies (funders recommend amounts per proposal)
Verified 31 Oct
RollingApply any time

Microsoft for Startups

Microsoft · Global

Compute creditsStartups & foundersGlobal

Up to $150,000 in Azure credits
Verified 31 Oct
RollingApply any time

Modal for Startups

Modal · Global

Compute creditsStartups & foundersGlobal

Free GPU credits (amount not stated on page)
Verified 31 Oct
RollingApply any time

NAIRR Pilot: Advancing AI Research Resources

US National Science Foundation (NAIRR Pilot) · United States

Compute creditsResearchersStudentsUS

12-month allocations of computing, model, platform and educational resources
Verified 31 Oct
RollingApply any time

NVIDIA Inception

NVIDIA · Global

Compute creditsStartups & foundersGlobalNo fees · no equity

Free programme: cloud credits from NVIDIA and partners, VC introductions, discounts (amounts not stated)
Verified 31 Oct
RollingApply any time

OpenAI Researcher Access ProgramNEW

OpenAI · Global

Compute creditsResearchersGlobal

Up to $1,000 in API credits, valid 12 months
Verified 1 Nov
RollingApply any time

OVHcloud Startup ProgramNEW

OVHcloud · Global (EU provider)

Compute creditsStartups & foundersEurope

Free cloud credits: tiers of €10,000 and up to €100,000
Verified 1 Nov
RollingApply any time

Transformative AI Fund

EA Funds · Global

GrantOpen to anyoneResearchersGlobal

Typically $10K–$150K, rarely above $300K
Verified 31 Oct
RollingApply any time

Women TechEU 2 EICNEW

Women TechEU (European Innovation Council) · EU / Horizon Europe associated countries

GrantStartups & foundersEurope

€75,000 non-dilutive fundingplus mentoring
Verified 1 Nov
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