AI for Climate and Nature Grand Challenge — Phase I (Seed Concepts)
Supports AI teams tackling climate and nature problems, including biodiversity and grid efficiency, through Bezos-backed concept grants.
Phase I of the Bezos Earth Fund's AI for Climate and Nature Grand Challenge provided $50,000 seed grants to up to 30 organizations with promising AI concepts targeting climate and nature problems. The program was announced in May 2025 with a first application deadline of August 13, 2025; an expert panel reviewed all submissions and selected grantees, who then received the $50,000 award plus a dire…
AI concepts addressing sustainable proteins, power grid optimization, biodiversity conservation, and wildcard transformative climate and nature applications, funded as $50,000 seed grants.
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