Navigating Transformative AI — AI Governance

AI Governance RFP

Funds research and organizational support across technical governance, policy, and strategic analysis.

Eligibility · Global — open worldwide

⚠ This may reflect a past cycle — verify the current call on the funder's site.

Coefficient Giving's Navigating Transformative AI Fund runs periodic Requests for Proposals for AI governance work, funding research, training, and organizational support across six subject areas. The six areas are: technical AI governance (compute governance, model evaluations, cybersecurity for AI model weights, privacy-preserving transparency tools); AI policy development; frontier company policy (voluntary or mandatory practices for leading AI labs); international AI governance; law and legal frameworks (liability, antitrust, regulatory structures); and strategic analysis and threat modeling (forecasting, takeoff speed analysis, scenario planning). The 2026 RFP cycle closed January 25, 2026; Coefficient Giving has indicated that future RFP cycles are likely, but no date for the next cycle has been set as of mid-2026.

Typical first-time grants range from $200,000 to $2 million per year over one to two years, with renewals potentially scaling higher. Projects requesting under $200,000 per year are eligible but Coefficient Giving explicitly encourages such applicants to seek other funders first. The program is open to academics, nonprofits, industry organizations, and independent researchers from any country. Non-US applicants may face additional due diligence on charitable status equivalency. There is no organizational type restriction: for-profits, nonprofits, universities, and individuals are all eligible.

Strong applications from prior cycles demonstrated a credible theory of change, clear project deliverables, and demonstrated expertise in the chosen governance area. Grants may be funded directly by Coefficient Giving's Good Ventures partnership or by any of over 20 philanthropists in Coefficient's donor network. Organizations interested in the next RFP cycle should monitor coefficientgiving.org/apply-for-funding for announcements. Between cycles, unsolicited proposals can be submitted via the general proposal form, though Coefficient Giving funds approximately 1–2% of unsolicited submissions.