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€250,000 available under European AI Fund: European AI Fund 2022 Open Call for core funding
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Location:Albania, Austria, Azores, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canary Islands, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK
Funding agency:
Grantmaking entity: European AI & Society Fund
Grantmaking entity type:Grant-making Foundation / Charity
Description
Deadline Date: 25-Jul-2022
European Artificial Intelligence Fund is inviting applications for core funding of between €50,000 and €250,000 over two years that will support organisations to build policy and advocacy capacity.
The European AI Fund to build on the work of their 2020 cohort and further strengthen the civil society ecosystem working on AI and its impacts.
The European AI Fund empowers a diverse ecosystem of civil society organisations to shape technology and policy around Artificial Intelligence.
They support specialist organisations working on digital issues to have greater impact. And they support organisations focused on other issues such as climate, race, migration, labour rights or justice among others to better understand how AI affects the communities they represent and advocate for their needs.
The Fund offer flexible core funding as well as non-financial support like training and network-building. They try to understand what each of their partners needs and let them be in the driver’s seat.
Funding Information
The European AI Fund 2022 Open Call offers a total of 1.8m euros in core funding to support organisations on two fronts:
- Organisations that already focus on AI and its impacts: support to strengthen their policy and advocacy capacity
- Organisations that focus primarily on other issues: support to build up their expertise and capacity around AI and its impacts on the communities they represent
- Grants will be awarded for a two-year period, commencing in November 2022.
What are they looking for?
They want to fund organisations that have an actionable plan for how they will contribute to their mission. Tell them how you will help shape the future of AI in Europe and what part you can play in a European civil society ecosystem.
- Relevance of issue: Tell them why your work is urgent. Why is it important that your organisation is supported by the AI Fund to shape the future direction of AI in Europe.
- Advocacy: Explain how their support will build your capacity as an organisation to engage in these issues AND do policy and advocacy work around them.
- Potential for impact: Tell them how you approach making change happen and some of the successes you’ve had in the past. What would that look like when you engage on shaping the future of AI.
- Civil society ecosystem: What do you bring to the landscape? what is it that you can contribute to the civil society ecosystem? what will you learn? how could your work have a wider impact?
- Capacity building: They want civil society to be resilient and sustainable. Tell thrm how their support will help your organisation engage over the long term.
Eligibility Criteria
- The grant provides general operating support and core support for institutional strengthening that empowers organisations to do policy and advocacy work that will shape the future of AI in Europe.
- The European AI Fund accepts applications from civil society organisations registered in the EU, EEA, the UK, and Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Montenegro, and North Macedonia.
- This call is not open to organisations that received funding through their first Open Call.
- They will hold separate conversations with existing grantees that wish to renew funding.
grant Background
About the Funding Agency
A nonprofit organization, also known as a non-business entity, not-for-profit organization, or nonprofit institution, is dedicated to furthering a particular social cause or advocating for a shared point of view. Nonprofits are tax exempt or charitable. They can operate in religious, scientific, research, or educational settings.
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About the Sectors
Community Development & NGOs
Focuses on initiatives that support community empowerment, civic engagement, and the work of non-governmental and civil society organizations at local, national, and international levels.
Key areas:
- Community development and social inclusion initiatives
- Civil society and NGO programmes
- Civic engagement and citizen participation
ICT & Telecommunications
Features information and communication technologies, digital systems, and telecommunications infrastructure and services.
Key areas:
- ICT systems, software, and digital solutions
- Telecommunications networks and services
- Digitalization, data, and communication tools
Locations
Albania
Albania focuses on road modernization, rail upgrades, port expansion, and energy infrastructure to improve regional integration and support economic growth. EU cohesion and pre-accession funds are a major source of infrastructure financing. Investments aim to strengthen trade links with neighboring countries and enhance tourism accessibility. Governance reforms, fiscal capacity, and project implementation efficiency remain critical challenges.
Nr. of tenders: 6976
Nr. of grants: 2868
Nr. of donors: 520
Nr. of jobs: 30
Nr. of tenders: 6976
Nr. of grants: 2868
Nr. of donors: 520
Nr. of jobs: 30
Austria
Austria maintains advanced transport, rail, energy, and digital infrastructure supporting its role as a Central European logistics and industrial hub. Significant investment focuses on rail modernization, renewable energy expansion, and sustainable urban mobility. Infrastructure financing combines federal budgets, EU structural funds, and public-private partnerships. Climate transition targets, regional connectivity, and digital transformation shape long-term infrastructure priorities.
Nr. of tenders: 13699
Nr. of grants: 15895
Nr. of donors: 560
Nr. of jobs: 69
Nr. of tenders: 13699
Nr. of grants: 15895
Nr. of donors: 560
Nr. of jobs: 69
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