{"id":7394,"date":"2026-05-25T14:58:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T12:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opportunityforworld.org\/?p=7394"},"modified":"2026-06-09T14:21:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T12:21:18","slug":"biswas-family-foundation-fast-grants-program-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opportunityforworld.org\/?p=7394","title":{"rendered":"Biswas Family Foundation Fast Grants Program 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div id=\"tdi_1\" class=\"tdc-row\"><div class=\"vc_row tdi_2  wpb_row td-pb-row\" >\n<style scoped>\n\/* custom css - generated by TagDiv Composer *\/\n\n\/* custom css - generated by TagDiv Composer *\/\n.tdi_2,\r\n                .tdi_2 .tdc-columns{\r\n                    min-height: 0;\r\n                }\n<\/style><div class=\"vc_column tdi_4  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<style scoped>\n\/* custom css - generated by TagDiv Composer *\/\n\n\/* custom css - generated by TagDiv Composer *\/\n.tdi_4{\r\n                    vertical-align: baseline;\r\n                }\n<\/style><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" >[vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"post-175057\">\n<div>\n<p><strong>Deadline: June 15, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Applications are open for the Biswas Family Foundation Fast Grants Program 2026. Fast Grants are lightweight, fast-turnaround gifts for researchers who want to explore an idea at the intersection of AI and health \u2014 but lack the seed capital to try. The Foundation has heard that scientists cannot easily buy compute, model-training credits, dataset access, or coding-agent tokens through traditional grants. Fast Grants from the Biswas Family Foundation close that gap.<\/p>\n<p>Fast Grants fund curiosity-driven projects connected to any of these themes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Training, fine-tuning, or evaluating models on biomedical data<\/li>\n<li>Exploring or assembling datasets that could unlock new clinical or biological insight<\/li>\n<li>Building AI tools or agents that scale a scientist\u2019s leverage<\/li>\n<li>Pilot experiments that de-risk a bigger funding ask<\/li>\n<li>Anything else where modest, fast capital meaningfully accelerates an AI or data-driven path to a health breakthrough<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Grant<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Biswas Family Foundation will sponsor two funding cycles per year, with up to $3M deployed annually in total gifts. Each cycle is intended to support:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>20 projects with $25K (Small curiosity sprints (only tier open to undergraduates)<\/li>\n<li>10 projects with $50K (Pilot experiments)<\/li>\n<li>5 projects with $100K (More ambitious projects)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Eligibility<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Researchers at any career stage across academic institutions worldwide are eligible. They particularly welcome:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Early-career faculty<\/li>\n<li>Postdoctoral scholars<\/li>\n<li>Graduate students<\/li>\n<li>Undergraduates (with faculty sponsorship; $25K tier only)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Applicants must be affiliated with an institution eligible to receive a charitable gift from a US private foundation:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>US institutions: any 501(c)(3) public charity in good standing \u2014 universities, non-profit research institutes, academic medical centers, qualifying hospitals; state or federal government instrumentalities (e.g., state university research foundations) are eligible.<\/li>\n<li>Non-US institutions: must be a foreign equivalent \u2014 confirmed via active equivalency determination (NGOsource, etc.) or received via a US-based fiscal sponsor that is itself a 501(c)(3). If you\u2019re unsure, indicate this on your application \u2014 your sponsored programs office can usually answer in a single email.<\/li>\n<li>For-profit companies, individual researchers receiving funds personally, and OFAC-sanctioned institutions are not eligible.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Application<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The application is designed to be low-friction and concise. Each section must be formatted in bullet points according to the following requirements:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Project Title<\/li>\n<li>One-sentence summary:\u00a0A plain-language description of your project that we can publish on the BFF website if funded (\u2264200 characters)<\/li>\n<li>The question \/ idea:\u00a0What you want to explore and why it matters (3\u20135 bullets, ~50 words, 275 characters)<\/li>\n<li>What you\u2019ll do:\u00a0The experiment\/approach (3\u20135 bullets, ~50 words, 275 characters)<\/li>\n<li>Why now \/ why this team:\u00a0Relevant background (2\u20133 bullets, ~30 words, 200 characters)<\/li>\n<li>Budget:\u00a0Line items totaling $25k, $50k, or $100k; single payment; 12-month project period; indirect costs \u2264 15%. (~50 words, 275 characters)<\/li>\n<li>Outputs:\u00a0What you intend to release publicly; sharing back is strongly preferred but not strictly required (1\u20132 bullets, ~20 words, 125 characters)<strong>\u200d<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Brief bio:\u00a0Your role and institution, plus 2\u20133 representative pieces of work (3\u20134 bullets, ~80 words, 400 characters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/airtable.com\/appvoZqVg3b2ZuHln\/pagsqD89ESm8aWcvN\/form\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here to apply<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biswasfamilyfoundation.org\/science\/fast-grants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Biswas Family Foundation Fast Grants Program<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[vc_column_text css=\"\"] Deadline: June 15, 2026 Applications are open for the Biswas Family Foundation Fast Grants Program 2026. 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