We are excited to announce the first grant round of the BGI Nexus Project, in partnership with Deep Funding!

We invite technical AI proposals that contribute to the BGI Nexus (and SingularityNET) vision of beneficial AI and AGI.

We are offering grants of up to $50,000, with a total funding pool of $500,000, for responsible, technical AI projects that contribute to social and ecological good. In addition, representatives from the top winning teams will be brought to the BGI Summit in Istanbul from May 26 to 28, 2025 to present their projects, and network with fellow thought-leaders in the domain of beneficial AGI.

Proposal Submission Period: 10th to 24th February
Voting: Last week of March
Results Announced: First Week of April 2025

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How to get involved:
There are two important roles, and we'll need the entire community to contribute.

- Contribute as: Proposer -

First and foremost, we need high quality proposals of beneficial AI projects. Here are the steps to becoming a proposer:

Join the Round as a Proposer, submit your beneficial AI project:

• Read the round overview in the Announcement Blog
• Review the round Rules and Guidelines.
• Submit your proposal by creating an account on the Deep Funding portal.

👉 New: Safety and Ethics Guidlines for Proposers

- Contribute as: Reviewer -

Second, and just as important, we need our community of experts to review the proposals, evaluating their innovativeness, impact, responsible development plan, and contribution to the mission of the BGI Nexus. We need passionate experts from across the domain of social and ecological solutions, who can read and review these important projects, helping to highlight the highest quality, highest impact projects and bring them forward to our community. Here are the steps to becoming a proposer:

Join the Round as a Reviewer, contributing your expertise on global beneficial impact:

• Read the Community Expert Reviewer: Role Information document
• Apply to be a Community Reviewer by 25th February, 2025
• Reviewers will be contacted and given further guidance on the review process

(Note: no technical expertise is needed to be a community reviewer; technical feasibility will be handled by a separate team - community reviewers are evaluating for impact, innovativeness, safety and ethics plan, etc.)

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Questions about the Round?
Join our Telegram group to stay updated and talk to the community with questions about proposals, reviewing, and grant round rules!