Cosmos Grants support builders and researchers developing early AI prototypes and AI-enabled scholarship to strengthen human autonomy, advance truth-seeking, and preserve human judgment.
Cosmos Fellowship supports researchers and thinkers combining AI expertise and philosophic insight, funding work on AI, autonomy, knowledge, and self-governance to explore how we live well with AI.
AI Opportunity supports Chicago youth, communities, and nonprofits through work on AI, the economy, and workforce, community-centered development, and nonprofit uses to expand equitable participation in AI.
AI and the Workforce supports academic scholars researching how artificial intelligence affects employment, productivity, occupational change, and economic opportunity over time to deepen understanding of work.
Catalyst Grant supports early-stage innovators developing research software, with a 2026 focus on trustworthy AI agents that carry out multi-step work to advance research and its impact on society.
Funding for work that builds capacity to address risks from transformative AI supports new and existing AI-risk talent through training, networks, and shared knowledge to help society navigate transformative AI.