NVIDIA Grants

Open NVIDIA grants

• NVIDIA $25 Million K-12 AI Education Pledge with Study Fetch and CK-12 for Deep Learning Institute Curriculum

  Up to $25Mopen

  NVIDIA's K-12 AI Education Pledge, announced at a White House event aligning with the executive order on Advancing Artificial Intelligence Education f...

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• NVIDIA Academic Grant Program for AI Research

  Up to $500Kopen

  The NVIDIA Academic Grant Program provides GPU compute resources and hardware to faculty researchers at accredited academic institutions worldwide. Th...

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• NVIDIA Applied Research Accelerator Program for AI and GPU Computing

  Up to $160Kopen

  NVIDIA's Applied Research Accelerator Program provides academic researchers with GPU hardware, cloud compute, and cash support in three tiers: Base ($...

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• NVIDIA Inception Program for AI Startups with Cloud Credits and Hardware Benefits

  Up to $150Kopen

  The NVIDIA Inception Program is a free, no-equity program designed for AI startups at any funding stage. Members receive NVIDIA Deep Learning Institut...

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• NVIDIA Inception Program for AI Startups

  Up to $100Kopen

  NVIDIA Inception is a free virtual accelerator supporting over 19,000 AI startups globally with no equity stakes, fees, or rigid timelines. Benefits i...

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• NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship Program

  Up to $60Kopen

  NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship Program is sponsored by NVIDIA. This program provides funding to PhD students researching topics that will lead to major ad...

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• NVIDIA Academic Hardware Grant Program for AI Safety and Trustworthy AI Research with Donated GPU Workstations and Datacenter Cards

  Up to $30Kopen

  NVIDIA's Academic Hardware Grant Program donates GPU hardware to qualifying academic researchers, with a specific track focused on AI Safety and Trust...

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• NVIDIA Inception Program

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  NVIDIA Inception Program is sponsored by NVIDIA. A program for AI startups providing access to specialized GPU hardware, software tools, and cloud cre...

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• NVIDIA Inception Program for AI Startups

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  NVIDIA Inception Program for AI Startups is a grant and support program from NVIDIA that funds and accelerates AI startups through access to technolog...

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• NVIDIA Academic Grant Program for Researchers

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  NVIDIA Academic Grant Program for Researchers is sponsored by NVIDIA. This opportunity supports mission-aligned projects and measurable outcomes.

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• Academic Grant Program

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  Academic Grant Program is sponsored by NVIDIA. NVIDIA's Academic Grant Program seeks proposals from full-time faculty members at accredited academic i...

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• Academic Grant Program - Generative AI: Training and Model Development / Generative AI: Alignment and Inference

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  Academic Grant Program - Generative AI: Training and Model Development / Generative AI: Alignment and Inference is sponsored by NVIDIA. This opportuni...

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• Academic Grant Program (Generative AI: Training and Model Development, Generative AI: Alignment and Inference, and Simulation and Modeling)

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  Academic Grant Program (Generative AI: Training and Model Development, Generative AI: Alignment and Inference, and Simulation and Modeling) is sponsor...

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• NVIDIA Inception Program

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  NVIDIA Inception Program is sponsored by NVIDIA. NVIDIA Inception is a startup program that guides AI companies through the NVIDIA platform, offering ...

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• NVIDIA Academic Grant Program: AI Training and Model Development

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  NVIDIA Academic Grant Program: AI Training and Model Development is sponsored by NVIDIA. NVIDIA is requesting proposals from academic researchers work...

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• AI Inference, Agents, and Systems Software

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  NVIDIA Academic Grant Program call for proposals covering techniques for customizing, enhancing, and operating gen AI, compound AI systems, and system...

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• NVIDIA cuOpt

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  NVIDIA cuOpt is sponsored by NVIDIA. An open-source, GPU-accelerated engine for decision optimization, excelling in mixed-integer programming (MIP), l...

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• NVIDIA Academic Grant Program: AI Inference, Agents, and Systems Software

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  NVIDIA Academic Grant Program: AI Inference, Agents, and Systems Software is sponsored by NVIDIA.

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• Academic Grant Program (NVIDIA)

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  Academic Grant Program (NVIDIA) is sponsored by NVIDIA. NVIDIA's Academic Grant Program seeks proposals from full-time faculty members at accredited a...

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• NVIDIA AI Education Programs

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  NVIDIA AI Education Programs is a grant from NVIDIA that funds academic researchers and educational institutions working on AI and computing research ...

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What NVIDIA funds

Top program areas based on GrantMind's analysis of recent NVIDIA awards:

How to apply for NVIDIA grants

Most NVIDIA applications require: an organizational profile with mission and programs, a project proposal aligned with the funder's stated priorities, a project budget, and supporting attachments (IRS determination letter, board list, recent financials).