Funder: Frontier Model Forum
Due Dates (Anticipated): June 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: $10 million+ fund-wide initiative
Summary: Supports independent research addressing frontier AI safety and security risks and enabling standardized, third-party evaluations.
Key Information: Applicants must be independent researchers affiliated with academic institutions, research institutions, NGOs, or social enterprises.
Description
The AI Safety Fund (AISF) supports independent technical research to advance the safe and responsible development and deployment of frontier AI models. Its goals include reducing risks to public safety and security, preventing or mitigating malicious use of AI systems, and enabling independent, standardized evaluations of frontier AI capabilities and safety.
Established in October 2023, the fund is a collaboration between leading frontier AI developers and philanthropic partners. The Frontier Model Forum now manages the fund directly, following Meridian Institute’s announcement in June 2025 that it would close its operations. After two rounds of grants, the fund’s remaining resources will support narrowly scoped research projects targeting urgent bottlenecks to further progress in AI safety and security.
