An international, cross-sector coalition offering funding of up to £1 million to advance the field of alignment.
Transformative AI has the potential to deliver unprecedented benefits to humanity, from medical breakthroughs and sustainable energy to solving the global housing crisis. But this future depends on ensuring powerful AI systems reliably act as we intend them to, without unintended or harmful behaviours. Without advances in alignment research, future systems risk operating in ways we cannot fully understand or control, with profound implications for global safety and security.
The Alignment Project is a global fund of over £15 million, dedicated to accelerating progress in AI alignment research. Our aim is to promote the development of advanced AI systems that are safe, reliable, and beneficial to society. We provide funding of up to £1 million to researchers from across disciplines.
The Alignment Project is supported by an international coalition of government, industry, and philanthropic funders — including the UK AI Security Institute, the Canadian AI Safety Institute, Schmidt Sciences, Amazon Web Services, Halcyon Futures, SafeAI, and the UK Advanced Research and Innovation Agency — and a world-leading expert advisory board.
By fostering interdisciplinary collaboration, providing financial support and dedicated compute resources, we are tackling one of AI’s most urgent problems: developing AI systems that are beneficial, reliable and remain under human control at every step.
Why apply
The coalition of funders may consider higher value projects. As a funding recipient you will have access to:
Up to £5 million dedicated cloud computing credits from AWS, enabling technical experiments beyond typical academic reach.
Investment from private funders to accelerate commercial alignment solutions.
AISI's Alignment and Control teams can provide dedicated support throughout, both in shaping projects and in providing an expert researcher with context in alignment to bounce ideas off throughout the project.
Up to £1 million for researchers across disciplines from computer sciences to cognitive science.
For the AI Security Institute's ambitious and urgent mission, we need top talent. We have built a unique structure within the government so we can operate like a startup. We have recruited over 50 technical staff, including senior alumni from OpenAI, Google DeepMind and the University of Oxford, and we are scaling rapidly. Our staff are supported by substantial funding and computing resources, priority access to top models, partnerships with leading research organisations and an incredibly talented, close-knit and driven team.
