OpenAI's AI and Teen Development Research Grant Program
A funding call from OpenAI for independent research on how generative AI use relates to adolescent development, including safeguards and design choices. The programme opened 8 September 2026 with a deadline of 6 October 2026, offers grants totalling up to 5 million USD with up to 1 million USD per project and a 10% cap on indirect costs, prioritises non-profits, academic institutions and government agencies, and is funded and administered by OpenAI Group PBC.
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OpenAI (OpenAI Group PBC)
Published
8 Sept 2026
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Key Findings
- Applications open 8 September 2026 and close 6 October 2026 (Pacific time), with decisions communicated on or before 13 November 2026 per the programme page.
- Total funding up to 5 million USD; individual grants up to 1 million USD; a maximum of 10% of each grant may cover overhead or indirect costs.
- Eligible applicants are non-profits, academic institutions and government agencies; for-profit organisations are not prioritised.
- The programme is funded and administered by OpenAI Group PBC rather than the OpenAI Foundation, and asks for research at the intersection of AI and teen development including safeguards and design.
- OpenAI's own announcement post is not readable from this workspace; the programme page on the application platform is the verified primary.
Methodology Notes
Funding call, not a study. Verified on 2026-09-15 at the official application-platform programme page (openai.smapply.org), which states the open and close dates and the funding terms; the openai.com announcement returns 403 on every route available here and has no archive capture. Same artifact class as the Anthropic wellbeing research grants held in the library; graded context because it produces no findings until grantees publish.
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OpenAI (OpenAI Group PBC). (2026). OpenAI's AI and Teen Development Research Grant Program. https://openai.smapply.org/prog/openais_ai_and_teen_development_research_grant_program/