Opportunity Desk

Deadline: October 15, 2026 Applications for the Cornell University AI for Sustainability (AI4S) Visiting Professorship Program 2027 are now open. The Cornell University AI for Sustainability (AI4S) Visiting Professorship Program invites faculty scholars from around the world to collaborate on research in AI and sustainability and to contribute to the AI4S curriculum and broader ...

Deadline: November 6, 2026 Applications are open for the Collaborative Discussion Emerging Fellowship 2027. How do we think better together? How does creative, culturally responsive, and critically informed discussion help us to build stronger communities? The Collaborative Discussion Project is an on-going experiment created by dialogue and deliberation experts, practitioners, ...

Deadline: September 26, 2026 Applications are open for the Global Mental Health Fellowship Program 2026 (Cohort 5). Every experience shapes us. The people we meet, the communities we grow up in, the challenges we face, the things we observe and the lessons we learn all influence how we understand the world—including mental health. For Cohort [...]

Deadline: October 6, 2026 Applications are open for the OpenAI’s AI & Teen Development Research Grant Program 2026. OpenAI is committing $5 million to support independent research on how generative AI affects the lives and development of young people ages 13–17. Generative AI is becoming part of how teens learn, create, and seek advice. Its [...]

Deadline: October 20, 2026 Applications are open for the Black Ideas Grant (B.I.G.) 4.0 2026. The Black Ideas Grant (B.I.G.) 4.0 is the fourth funding cycle of the Foundation for Black Communities’ (FFBC) flagship Black Ideas Grant program. Building on the success of previous funding rounds, B.I.G. 4.0 continues FFBC’s commitment to investing in Black-led, [...]