Deep Tech

$200,000 over 2 years

Thiel Foundation · 2 years

$500,000 investment

Y Combinator · 3 months (batch) + ongoing support

$20,000 + $90,000 compute credits

Y Combinator · 8 weeks (summer)

Stipend + up to ~$250K investment + $600K+ credits

Entrepreneur First · 6 months (Form + Launch)

$10,000 at $1B valuation cap

Z Fellows · 2 weeks (intensive) + ongoing support

Community-first fellowship (no standard grant)

South Park Commons · Cohort-based program (typically multi-month)

$100 – $500 microgrant

Bagel Fund · One-time grant

$250,000+ over 5 years

Fannie and John Hertz Foundation · Up to 5 years of PhD study

$37,000/year stipend + $16,000 education allowance

National Science Foundation · 3 years of support over a 5-year period

Fully funded 2-year postdoctoral fellowship

Schmidt Sciences (in partnership with Rhodes Trust) · 2 years

$85,000/year (stipend + tuition)

Google Research · Up to 3 years

Tuition + $42,000/year stipend

Meta · Up to 2 years (renewable for additional 2 years)

Fully funded postdoctoral position

Google DeepMind · 2 years

$100,000+ research funding + lab access

Activate · 2 years

$275,000 per year (salary + project funding)

Shuttleworth Foundation · 1 year, renewable up to 3 years

$1K – $50K

Mercatus Center at George Mason University · Varies by project

Up to $100K (Fellowships) / $10K (Grants)

O'Shaughnessy Ventures · 1 year (Fellowships)

$1K grants + $50K–$1M investments

1517 Fund · One-time grant; investments vary

Full funding at University of Cambridge

Winston Churchill Foundation of the United States · 1 year (Master's)

Varies (generous multi-year grants)

Schmidt Sciences · 2–5 years

Fully funded (tuition, stipend, and research costs)

Google DeepMind · 1–3 years (aligned with postdoctoral appointment)

AI startup fellowship support + mentor network

Notable Capital · Cohort-based program

$20,000 grant (equity-free) + up to $250K investment eligibility

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) · 2 months (in-person in San Francisco)

£115,000 salary + £100K+ compute budget

Pillar VC · 1 year