OpenAI–Superalignment Fast Grants: Superhuman AI systems will be capable of complex and creative behaviors that humans cannot fully understand. For example, if a superhuman model generates a million lines of extremely complicated code, humans will not be able to reliably evaluate whether the code is safe or dangerous to execute. Existing alignment techniques like RLHF

NSF’s Responsible Design, Development, and Deployment of Technologies (ReDDDoT) program invites proposals from multidisciplinary, multi-sector teams that examine and demonstrate the principles, methodologies, implementations, and impacts associated with responsible design, development, and deployment of technologies in practice, focusing especially on the key technologies specified in Section 10387 of the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022. Amount:Total

The U.S. National Science Foundation announced the first-ever Accelerating Research Translation (ART) investment — more than $100 million to teams at academic institutions across the nation. The primary goals of this program are to build capacity and infrastructure for translational research at U.S. Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) and to enhance their role in regional

NU Alumnae Grants offered through the Alumnae of Northwestern University’s Grants Committee is soliciting proposals to support projects not included in the University’s budget. Past funding has supported the purchase of unique equipment and supplies, the creation of exhibits, conferences, symposia, innovative programs and support for research. Applications are available at: https://forms.gle/DpGuu5ssyxu4Ftgr6. Please note: A

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Policies for Action funds research on policies that can advance the full social, economic, and civic inclusion of immigrant children and families. The intention is to spotlight policies that can transform systems/structures that ensure equal access to (and take-up of) goods and services, including public benefits, irrespective of immigration status. OFR

Mind & Life Institute: Contemplative Changemaking Grants fund small-scale, impact-oriented work undertaken by individuals, community workers, and non-profit organizations that ground themselves in contemplative practices to achieve real impact in people’s everyday lives. OFR Contact: Catherine Cotter. Amount: $10,000. Deadline: 2/1/24

T-Mobile US & Deutsche Telekom’s T Challenge 2024 invites developers, researchers, and creatives to reveal their visions of a network management and customer experience that are elevated by the power of AI. Amount: $25,000-$150,000. Deadline: 1/26/24.

The L’Oréal USA For Women in Science fellowship program awards five women postdoctoral scientists annually with grants of $60,000 each for their contributions in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) fields and commitment to serving as role models for younger generations. Amount: $60,000. Deadline: 1/26/24.

The Caplan Foundation for Early Childhood supports promising research and development projects that appear likely to improve the welfare of young children, from infancy through 7 years, in the U.S. Welfare is broadly defined to include physical and mental health, safety, nutrition, education, play, familial support, acculturation, societal integration, and childcare. OFR Contact: Catherine Cotter. Amount:

The Large Research Grants on Education Program supports education research projects that will contribute to the improvement of education, broadly conceived, inside and outside of schools, including internationally. This program is “field-initiated” in that proposal submissions are not in response to a specific request for a particular research topic, discipline, design, method, or location. OFR