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Foresight Institute: AI for Science & Safety Nodes Grant Program
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This is a grant/funding opportunity page from Foresight Institute, relevant for researchers seeking resources to work on safety-aligned AI projects; not a research paper or analysis but a program announcement.
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Foresight Institute is establishing decentralized research hubs in San Francisco and Berlin offering grant funding, office space, and compute resources for AI-driven science and safety projects. The program prioritizes work in AI security, private AI, decentralized/cooperative AI, AI for science and epistemics, and neurotechnology, aiming to counter centralization of AI capabilities. Projects must be AI-first and actively participate in the hub community.
Key Points
- •Two physical hubs (San Francisco and Berlin) opening April 1, 2026, offering funding, compute, and office space to safety-aligned AI researchers and builders.
- •Explicitly counters centralization of AI capabilities by building a decentralized network of nodes for mission-aligned researchers.
- •Five focus areas: AI security, private/confidential AI, decentralized & cooperative AI, AI for science/epistemics, and neuro/brain technologies.
- •Prioritizes projects that use AI as the primary engine of progress and that actively engage with the hub community; funding-only applications are rare exceptions.
- •Rolling applications with monthly deadlines; open to researchers and builders working on safe and beneficial AI-driven progress.
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AI for Science & Safety Nodes
Funding, compute, and office space in San Francisco and Berlin.
New hubs for AI-powered science and safety
Two new hubs – in San Francisco and Berlin – offer project funding, office and community spaces, and local compute for ambitious researchers and builders who use AI to advance science and safety.
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Ecosystem for decentralized, AI-driven progress
Artificial intelligence is accelerating the pace of discovery across science and technology. But today’s AI ecosystem risks centralizing compute, talent, and decision-making power – concentrating capabilities in ways that could undermine both innovation and safety.
To counter this development, we are building a decentralized network of Nodes dedicated to AI-powered science and safety. Each Node combines grant funding with office and community spaces, programming and in-house compute to accelerate project development. The goal is to empower researchers and builders with a mission-aligned ecosystem, where AI-driven progress remains open, secure, and aligned with human flourishing.
What our Nodes offer
Grant funding
Office and event space
Compute
You’re welcome to apply for all three types of support, or select one or two based on your needs. Please note that we prioritize projects that want to be active members of our hubs. Funding-only applications are considered only in exceptional cases.
Use this form to apply. Application deadlines are at the last day of each month. The AI Nodes will open in San Francisco and Berlin on April 1 2026.
The rest of this page outlines what kind of projects we are excited to support and the terms for our grants.
AI-first projects
To keep up with and leverage increasing AI capabilities, we give priority to projects that use AI as the primary engine for progress across our focus areas. The goal is to enable
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