Meta Research Awards (RFPs)

Meta Platforms Inc. uses the Meta Research Awards RFPs to fund academic research tied to its mission. The program sits inside Meta's broader research activity and pays awards to universities as unrestricted gifts rather than as in-kind support. Its recurring themes track areas Meta is actively working in, which keeps the channel tightly focused on problems the company wants answered by faculty-led teams. The awards generally sit in the $25,000 to $100,000 range, with AI Safety and Security specifically priced at $50,000 to $100,000 per award in the source material. The recurring themes include AI Safety and Security, Content Governance, Privacy-Enhancing Technologies, Networking and Systems, AR/VR and Reality Labs research, Trust, Safety and Integrity, and Economics and Computation. Most calls are open to faculty worldwide, while some require a U.S.-based principal investigator. This is a rolling program with short proposal windows rather than a fixed annual deadline. The strongest fit is a university team that can respond quickly to a narrow topic brief and deliver work that is both technically rigorous and clearly relevant to Meta's research agenda. Applicants should expect a short open period for each call and should treat the individual RFP page as the decisive source for timing and scope.

Each grant below is a distinct funding opportunity with its own eligibility, scope, and deliverables.