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grants.

Curated grants for dropouts, heretics &Β scientists working on hard problems.

Find a path to escape captivity & build with meaning.

$$
$10k
O'Shaughnessy Grants
by
O'Shaughnessy Ventures

"...one year program for researchers, builders [&] creatives advancing civilization"

Individuals
Creators
Builders
🌐
$$$
$200k
Rainer Arnhold Fellowship
by
Mulago Foundation

"[helps] leaders with promising, scalable solutions to poverty [with] the chops to deliver"

Non-Profits
Social Impact
Poverty Solutions
🌐
$
$4k
Slavin Foundation
by
Slavin Family Foundation

"support to dedicated students [contributing] to humanity [via] entrepreneurial ideas"

Individuals
Students
US
$
$10k
Z Fellows
by
Cory Levy

"We'll give you $10,000 to go all in on your project or idea for one week."

Individuals
Technical Builders
One-week sprint
🌐
$
$1k AUD
Protostars
by
Blackbird Foundation

"cash, community, belief, and accountability [for] young people with passion projects"

Individuals
18-25
🌐
AU / NZ
$$$
$110k+
Schmidt Science Fellows
by
Schmidt Sciences

"seeking brilliant minds in natural sciences, math, engineering, [&] computing"

Individuals
Scientists
Researchers
PhD
Post-Doc
🌐
$$
$10k - $300k
Rise Program
by
Schmidt Futures & Rhodes Trust

"scholarships, mentorship, [&] funding as Global Winners [solve] humanity's most pressing problems"

Individuals
15-17
Students
🌐
$$$
≀$1M
SciFounder Fellowship
by
SciFounders

"funding [&] mentorship for [technical founders working on] challenging technologies"

Companies
Scientists
Technical Founders
US
🌐
$$$
$250k
Thiel Fellowship
by
Thiel Foundation

"Two years. $250,000. Some ideas can't wait."

Individuals
Dropouts
16-22
🌐
$
$1k
The Awesome Foundation
by
The Awesome Foundation

"distributes $1,000 grants, no strings attached, to projects and their creators"

Individuals
Companies
Non-Profits
Art
Creators
Social Entrepreneurs
🌐
$$$
$100k
O’Shaughnessy Fellowship
by
O’Shaughnessy Ventures

"[create] something that can stand the test of time."

Individuals
Creators
Zero-to-One Ideas
🌐
$
$1k - $8k
Nucleate Dojo
by
Intuitive Foundation

"institution-agnostic, year-round life sciences undergrad research funding program"

Individuals
Students
Undergrad
BioTech
Life Sciences
US
$
$2k - $12k
Non-Trivial Fellowship
by
Non-Trivial Ventures

"enabling ambitious teenagers to start solving the world’s most pressing problems"

Individuals
14 to 20 y/os
Not in University
Young People
Zero-to-One Ideas
🌐
$
$5k - $50k
Next Generation Internet 0
by
NLnet Foundation

"We support projects that contribute to an open, trustworthy [&] human-centered internet."

Individuals
Companies
Non-Profits
Open Source
Internet
Open Internet
🌐
$$$
$10k
Magnificent Grants
by
Hummingbird Ventures

"$10k [for] outliers taking down the walls of elitist hierarchies & impact on the world"

Individuals
Companies
Under 25
Zero-to-One Ideas
Moonshots
🌐
$$
$50k
Jane Street Fellowship
by
Jane Street Group

"supports exceptional doctoral students pursuing a PhD in Comp. Sci., math, physics or stats"

Individuals
Students
GPA Required
Doctoral Students
NA
EU
$$$
$100k
Henry Arnhold Fellowship
by
Mulago Foundation

"[helps] leaders with conservation & climate solutions [to] design & deliver at scale"

Non-Profits
Companies
Climate Change
Social Entrepreneurs
Conservation
🌐
🀝
Full ride
Edge City Fellowship
by
Long Journey VC

"empowers young innovators [..via] a full-ride to a month-long immersive co-living experience"

Individuals
Under 25
Aging
BioTech
🌐
$$$
$100k
776 Fellowship
by
776 Foundation

"two-year, full-time program for 18 - 24 year olds, across the world"

Individuals
Non-Profits
Companies
Zero-to-One Ideas
Young People
Climate Change
Moonshots
🌐
$
$1k
1517 Medici Project
by
1517 Fund

"pursue your passions and contribute to meaningful and novel work"

Individuals
Young People
Zero-to-One Ideas
Hardware
NA
EU
$
$2k
Inflection Grants
by
null

"learn new skills, research, build things, make art, do science, [&] improve yourself"

Individuals
Under 25
🌐
$$$
$275k
Activate Fellowship
by
Activate Global Inc.

"We empower scientists to reinvent the world"

Individuals
Companies
Technical Founders
Zero-to-One Ideas
Scientific Breakthroughs
Degree Required
US
$
β‰₯$5k
Emergent Ventures
by
Mercatus Center

"entrepreneurs with highly scalable, 'zero to one' ideas for meaningfully improving society."

Individuals
Zero-to-One Ideas
Moonshots
🌐
$
$5k
Antikythera Studio
by
Berggruen Institute

"select 12-18 interdisciplinary Studio Researchers to develop speculative [technological futures]"

Individuals
AI
Zero-to-One Ideas
🌐
$
$5k
Eclipse Grants
by
Moth Fund

"increase the agency of exceptional individuals"

Individuals
Young People
Under 25
NA