A new funding opportunity from Coefficient Giving: Request for Proposals: Global Health and Wellbeing in an Era of Transformative AI.
This program will support research, policy development, implementation, and field-building efforts that help ensure advances in AI improve human health and wellbeing, with particular attention to risks and benefits for people in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Coefficient Giving expects to allocate $10–30 million through this opportunity and will accept applications on a rolling basis through August 21, 2026.
Importantly, this is not an "AI for good" funding call focused on developing new AI tools, models, or applications for specific health outcomes. Instead, the program seeks projects that examine and prepare for the broader health, economic, and policy consequences of a world significantly transformed by AI.
Examples of topics of interest include:
- How global health funding priorities and cost-effectiveness frameworks may need to change in response to transformative AI.
- Policies and strategies to help LMICs adapt to AI-driven labor market disruption and economic change.
- Regulatory, clinical trial, and data infrastructure needed to ensure AI-enabled medical advances reach underserved populations.
- New organizations, policy initiatives, and implementation programs that help governments and institutions prepare for AI-related disruptions and opportunities.
- Research and field-building efforts that connect AI futures, public health, economic development, and global wellbeing.
The funder emphasizes that it is particularly interested in proposals that can demonstrate a credible path to real-world impact, whether through policy influence, institutional change, implementation, or other measurable outcomes. It is also interested in supporting new organizations and bringing new voices into this emerging field.
Funding is available across multiple scales, from exploratory grants under $100,000 to major grants exceeding $1 million. Eligible applicants include individuals, universities, think tanks, nonprofits, and appropriately structured for-profit organizations worldwide.
Faculty considering this opportunity should review the extensive list of example projects provided by the funder. The examples illustrate the type of work being sought and highlight the distinction between AI-enabled interventions and projects focused on understanding, governing, and preparing for the societal impacts of transformative AI.
Deadline: August 21, 2026 (applications reviewed on a rolling basis)