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Online programmes and global calls that don't tie you to one country. Some still exclude a few countries or set age rules, so check eligibility on the organiser's page before you apply.

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Closing in the next 7 days

2 NovCloses today

ARC Prize 2026: ARC-AGI-2

ARC Prize Foundation (on Kaggle) · Online

CompetitionOpen to anyoneResearchersGlobalOpen internationally

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

ARC Prize 2026: ARC-AGI-3

ARC Prize Foundation (on Kaggle) · Online

CompetitionOpen to anyoneResearchersGlobalOpen internationally

$850K total$700K Grand Prize for 100%, $75K guaranteed top-score awards, $75K milestone prizes
Verified 31 Oct+ Add to calendar
8 Nov6 days left

Apart Research: Swarm Alignment HackathonNEW

Apart Research · Online + Los Angeles hub

CompetitionOpen to anyoneResearchersStudentsGlobalOpen internationallyIndividualsTeams

$4,000 in cash prizes across all tracks + $1,000 in Adaption credits for all members of winning teams
Verified 2 Nov+ Add to calendar
8 Nov6 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 Nov6 days left

Vultr: Agent Rush HackathonNEW

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

CompetitionOpen to anyoneGlobalIndividualsTeams

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

Upcoming deadlines

30 Nov28 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 Dec29 days left

AI Founder Sprint 2027NEW

Venture Lab (AI Founder Sprint) · Online

AcceleratorStartups & foundersOpen to anyoneGlobalOpen internationallyNo fees · no equity

Free 10-week virtual programmeno equity
Verified 1 Nov+ Add to calendar
1 Dec29 days left

AMD AI LeagueNEW

lablab.ai × AMD · Online

CompetitionOpen to anyoneStudentsGlobalIndividuals

$10,000+ in prizes$100 GPU credits when you join
Verified 1 Nov+ Add to calendar
26 Dec54 days left

GenHacksNEW

GenHacks (Devpost) · Online

CompetitionStudentsGlobalStudents eligible

CAD 1,050+ in cash,plus partner credits
Verified 1 Nov+ Add to calendar
25 Jun 2027235 days left

Vesuvius Challenge: 2027 Grand PrizeNEW

Scroll Prize, Inc. (Vesuvius Challenge) · Online

CompetitionOpen to anyoneResearchersGlobalIndividualsTeams

$800,000 to the first team or individual to fully unroll and make readable a scroll; $2,140,000 open prize pool incl. monthly progress prizes
Verified 2 Nov+ Add to calendar

Rolling, or date not yet published

Date TBCSee listing

FrontierOR ChallengeNEW

FrontierOR · Online

CompetitionOpen to anyoneResearchersStudentsGlobal

Prize pool $21,000
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 anyoneGlobalIndividuals

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 creditsResearchersStudentsGlobalStudents eligible

GPU cloud credits, Token Factory tokens and Tavily credits (amount set per proposal)
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
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

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 creditsResearchersStudentsGlobalStudents eligible

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

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

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 anyoneGlobalIndividuals

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 by the organiser)
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

Transformative AI Fund

EA Funds · Global

GrantOpen to anyoneResearchersGlobalIndividuals

Typically $10K–$150K, rarely above $300K
Verified 31 Oct
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    How AI competitions, prizes and hackathons work

    Competitions are one of the few AI opportunities open to almost anyone, from school students to research teams. This guide explains the different kinds, how prizes and rules work, and what to check before you enter.

    By advance.to · 3 min read
  2. 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 advance.to · 3 min read
  3. 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 advance.to · 7 min read
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