EA FundsGrant

$10,000 to $150,000 Transformative AI Grants

Rolling

Opportunity type

Grant

Funding

Fully Funded

Location

Global

Deadline

Rolling

About this opportunity

EA Funds is a grantmaker run by the Effective Ventures Foundation, granting since 2017 and publishing its full grants database. The Transformative AI Fund makes early-stage grants to individuals, new organisations and existing organisations starting something new, aimed at reducing catastrophic risks from advanced AI. It replaced the Long-Term Future Fund in August 2026. Applications are open on a rolling basis from any country, and you do not need to be a registered charity to receive money.

What you get:

A grant typically between $10,000 and $150,000, which the fund says rarely exceeds $300,000
Funding the fund itself describes as early-stage, fast and tolerant of failure
A decision inside about three weeks for most applications, and within two months for all of them
Assessment by a full-time grantmaking team rather than a volunteer committee

What you'll do:

Submit an application through the fund's online form, which they say takes under an hour
Propose a project that helps the transition to transformative AI go well, through technical research, policy analysis, forecasting, advocacy or a demonstration project
Alternatively propose training for researchers and practitioners, or field-building infrastructure
Explain the theory of change behind your project
Complete a due diligence and legal feasibility assessment if your proposal is recommended for funding

Who can apply

Open to individuals, non-profits, academic institutions and other entities
Applications accepted from any country
No requirement to be a registered charity; individuals and unregistered organisations are eligible
No age limit, degree, enrolment or research affiliation requirement is stated anywhere
Your project must address transformative AI, primarily reducing catastrophic risks from advanced AI systems
Biosecurity and nuclear work are out of scope except where they intersect with AI
The fund primarily supports early-stage work, including new projects inside existing organisations
Proposals recommended for funding must pass an Effective Ventures legal feasibility assessment

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Good to know

+Eligibility for individuals is stated three separate times on the funder's own site
+Explicitly worldwide: 'We accept applications from any country'
+No registered-charity requirement, which is the usual blocker for an unaffiliated applicant
+Genuinely rolling, in the fund's own words, and always open
+Stated turnaround: most applications answered in about three weeks, all within two months
+Applying takes under an hour, per the fund's own page
+EA Funds has been granting since 2017 and publishes a public grants database
+The fund says it welcomes small first grants: 'a first $25k grant can be the difference between a pilot running or not'

Worth checking yourself

!The amount is a range and not a flat award
!A brand new fund launched August 2026, so no track record of its own yet
!An open competitive fund judged on the project, with no age bracket and no beginner track
!Payouts are easier to US 501(c)(3) or UK charities; an unaffiliated individual may hit legal feasibility friction
!No fee is stated to be absent. The zero rests on the word 'fee' appearing nowhere on the fund or apply pages

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About this opportunity

What you get:

A grant typically between $10,000 and $150,000, which the fund says rarely exceeds $300,000
Funding the fund itself describes as early-stage, fast and tolerant of failure
A decision inside about three weeks for most applications, and within two months for all of them
Assessment by a full-time grantmaking team rather than a volunteer committee

What you'll do:

Submit an application through the fund's online form, which they say takes under an hour
Propose a project that helps the transition to transformative AI go well, through technical research, policy analysis, forecasting, advocacy or a demonstration project
Alternatively propose training for researchers and practitioners, or field-building infrastructure
Explain the theory of change behind your project
Complete a due diligence and legal feasibility assessment if your proposal is recommended for funding

Who can apply

Open to individuals, non-profits, academic institutions and other entities
Applications accepted from any country
No requirement to be a registered charity; individuals and unregistered organisations are eligible
No age limit, degree, enrolment or research affiliation requirement is stated anywhere
Your project must address transformative AI, primarily reducing catastrophic risks from advanced AI systems
Biosecurity and nuclear work are out of scope except where they intersect with AI
The fund primarily supports early-stage work, including new projects inside existing organisations
Proposals recommended for funding must pass an Effective Ventures legal feasibility assessment