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DIGITAL SCIENCE GRANT CATALYST, 2026

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Applications Deadline: Monday, 5th October 2026, 17:00 BST

LOCATION: Multiple Regions

The Digital Science Catalyst Grant is an international initiative to support innovation in new software tools and technologies to advance research and create meaningful change. The program supports and invests in early-stage ideas in the novel use of technology with an award for the most promising ideas that aid science and further its impact on society.

ELIGIBILITY:

They want early-stage startups, research projects, and moonshot thinkers building agentic tools that:

Operate across multiple steps, planning, executing, and reviewing, rather than answering a single prompt.

Embed in the workflows researchers, institutions, and publishers already use

Carry audit trails, governance controls, and provenance so the people who rely on them can trust them.

Tackle a real problem across the research lifecycle: writing, discovery, evidence synthesis, peer review, funding decisions, or research integrity.

If you’re making AI safe to put in front of an institution, autonomous in service of researchers, with accountability built in, they want to hear from you.

Applying takes one short form and a few minutes.

Who can apply? Anyone with an early-stage idea: founders, research teams, students, and individuals. Your tool can be a prototype, a working product, or a well-formed concept. They fund early, so you do not need revenue or a finished build.

What to tell them? A clear description of the problem you are solving, your approach, why it fits an agentic, trustworthy workflow, and where you are today. If you have a demo or prototype, show them.

How they choose? Their judges score each application across seven areas: team, problem, solution, competitors, market, progress to date, and fit with Digital Science. Strong applicants are invited to a short interview with a live demo (where applicable) and a few questions.

BENEFIT:

The award. Up to £25,000, which can be split across more than one recipient.

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CAMBRIDGE ERA: AI FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

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Application Deadline: 13th September 2026, 11:59pm Anywhere on Earth.

LOCATION: United Kingdom

Applications are now open for the Cambridge ERA:AI Fellowship. This is a 10-week research program hosted in Cambridge, UK, with their winter fellowship starting on 18th January, 2027. The first stage of the application process primarily consists of short essay questions (and should take you about 2 hours).

ELIGIBILITY:

Anyone! They are a talent-first programme and care about much more than just credentials. In fact, they are excited to support fellows from a wide range of subject areas who are committed to their mission. There are no formal eligibility restrictions beyond being 18 or older.

The Cambridge ERA:AI Fellowship is especially (though not exclusively) valuable for:

Researchers at any career stage looking to apply their expertise to high-priority questions in AI safety or governance, explore a new research direction, or work across disciplinary boundaries;

Professionals from technical, policy, security, legal, economic or other relevant fields who want to bring their existing expertise to frontier AI safety and governance;

People seeking to deepen or redirect an existing research agenda towards problems arising from increasingly capable AI systems; and

People with distinctive domain expertise or perspectives that could improve how we understand and address risks from advanced AI.

BENEFIT:

Full funding: Fellows receive a stipend of £10,000. On top of this, their fellows receive visa support, meal provisions during working hours, and travel expense coverage.

Expert mentorship: Fellows will work closely with a mentor on their research agenda for the fellowship. See our Mentors page to learn about previous mentors (but note that ERA mentors differ for each cohort as we match fellows with mentors once they are accepted).

Research Support: Many of their alumni have gone on to publish their research in top journals and conferences such as NeurIPS. They provide dedicated research management support to help their fellows become strong researchers / policymakers in the field.

Community: Fellows are immersed in a learning environment. They will have a dedicated desk space at their office in Cambridge and participate in regular social events and community activities throughout the fellowship.

Networking and learning opportunities: They assist fellows in developing the necessary skills, expertise, and networks to thrive in an AI safety or policy career. They can facilitate introductions to many organizations in the field. In special cases, they also provide extra financial assistance to support impactful career transitions.

Significant extensions available: They offer 6mo+ full-time, funded positions to their top fellows at ERA to continue their research beyond the 10-week fellowship via their Research Scholars programme.

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