Two international research grants for 2025 are now open:

1. Klarna’s AI for Climate Resilience Program (Deadlines: 31 Aug 2025)
2. South-to-South AI Accountability CoLab’s Microgrants (Deadlines: 31 Aug 2025)

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1.Klarna’s AI for Climate Resilience Program

The AI for Climate Resilience Program aims to support pioneering projects that leverage artificial intelligence for climate adaptation in underserved, climate-vulnerable regions. The program will back projects that help local communities adapt to a changing climate and build long-term resilience. This includes for example strengthening food security, enhancing health systems, and building coastal resilience in regions that are particularly vulnerable to climate impacts.

Funding Organization: Klarna

Scope: Artificial intelligence (AI) to reduce vulnerability of local communities to climate-related risks in low- and middle-income countries

Eligibility:

• Strategic alignment: The proposal addresses a concrete climate-impact challenge in line with the outlined focus for the call.
• Implementation-focused: The team will adapt, localize, scale or otherwise deploy a concrete solution; no “research-only”.
• Use of AI: The proposed use of AI has clear potential, is collaborative, and responsible. There should be a clear, compelling rationale for its use, demonstrating how AI directly contributes to addressing the project’s objectives. Early stage applications from teams that need support in developing technical details further are welcome.
• Geographic focus: The project is supporting underserved, climate-vulnerable communities in low and middle income countries.
• Public-benefit purpose: The project must be committed to a public-benefit purpose, ensuring its outcomes primarily serve the public interest with tangible social and environmental benefits. For-profit entities must demonstrate how their project aligns with public-benefit goals and how they will ensure equitable outcomes that directly support local communities.

Maximum Awards: Grants of up to $300,000 will be awarded to selected projects, alongside an opportunity to get access to a support network of mentors, training and community of practice.

Application Process: Applications must be submitted online at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfYMNlvBkb-VFkHooTfNvd0_8vvXA-JH5MNnSd19ItqsNe8DQ/viewform

Application Deadline: 31 August 2025

Further information: https://www.milkywire.com/ai-for-climate-resilience-program

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2.South-to-South AI Accountability CoLab’s Microgrants

The South to South AI Accountability CoLab is a program that aims to strengthen the connection between AI accountability reporting and civil society engagement, contributing to a more informed governance of AI in the Global South.

Funding Organization: Pulitzer Center

Scope: AI Accountability

Eligibility: Local initiatives led by civil society actors and academia in AI accountability work.

Civil Society Actors criteria:

• Applicants should have experience with informing public understanding and/or influencing policymaking on emerging technology regulations and tech development that serve public interest.
• The applicants should be registered in the countries in one of our focus regions: Africa, Latin America, and South and Southeast Asia.
• Applicants should have an active leadership role or the support of the leadership in the organization.
• A track record of co-creating impactful projects with other organizations and operational capacity to manage micro-grant resources from an international organization.

Academic (University Professors or Researchers) Criteria:

• Applicants should be university professors or researchers with experience in tech development and/or tech policymaking that serves the public interest.
• Applicants should be based in institutions or think tanks in one of our focus regions: Africa, Latin America, and South and Southeast Asia.
• Applicants should have an active leadership role or the support of the leadership in the education environment they are proposing to work with.
• A track record of co-creating impactful projects with other organizations and operational capacity to manage microgrant resources from an international organization.

Maximum Awards: Up to USD $4,000.

Application Process: Applications must be submitted online at https://pulitzercenter.submittable.com/submit/332803/south-to-south-ai-accountability-microgrant

Application Deadline: 31 August 2025

Further information: https://pulitzercenter.org/south-south-ai-accountability-colabs-microgrants 

For more information, please contact
Ms. Panida Suwannatheerak and Ms. Mananchaya Pissaparn
📞 Tel: 02 470 9654
📧 Email: researchfollowup@kmutt.ac.th