Applications are currently being accepted for the Biswas Family Foundation Fast Grants Program 2026. Interested applicants are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
About Biswas Family Foundation Fast Grants Program
Fast Grants are lightweight, fast-turnaround gifts for researchers who want to explore an idea at the intersection of AI and health — but lack the seed capital to try. We’ve 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.
Benefits of Biswas Family Foundation Fast Grants Program
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:
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20 projects with $25K Small curiosity sprints (only tier open to undergraduates)
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10 projects with $50K (Pilot experiments)
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5 projects with $100K (More ambitious projects)
Biswas Family Foundation Fast Grants Program Requirements
Researchers at any career stage across academic institutions worldwide are eligible. We particularly welcome:
- Early-career faculty
- Postdoctoral scholars
- Graduate students
- Undergraduates (with faculty sponsorship; $25K tier only)
Applicants must be affiliated with an institution eligible to receive a charitable gift from a US private foundation:
- US institutions: any 501(c)(3) public charity in good standing — universities, non-profit research institutes, academic medical centers, qualifying hospitals; state or federal government instrumentalities (e.g., state university research foundations) are eligible.
- Non-US institutions: must be a foreign equivalent — confirmed via active equivalency determination (NGOsource, etc.) or received via a US-based fiscal sponsor that is itself a 501(c)(3). If you're unsure, indicate this on your application — your sponsored programs office can usually answer in a single email.
- For-profit companies, individual researchers receiving funds personally, and OFAC-sanctioned institutions are not eligible.
Application Date and Process
The application is designed to be low-friction and concise. Each section must be formatted in bullet points according to the following requirements:
- Project Title
- One-sentence summary A plain-language description of your project that we can publish on the BFF website if funded (≤200 characters)
- The question / idea What you want to explore and why it matters (3–5 bullets, ~50 words, 275 characters)
- What you'll do The experiment/approach (3–5 bullets, ~50 words, 275 characters)
- Why now / why this team Relevant background (2–3 bullets, ~30 words, 200 characters)
- Budget Line items totaling $25k, $50k, or $100k; single payment; 12-month project period; indirect costs ≤ 15%. (~50 words, 275 characters)
- Outputs What you intend to release publicly; sharing back is strongly preferred but not strictly required (1–2 bullets, ~20 words, 125 characters)
- Brief bio Your role and institution, plus 2–3 representative pieces of work (3–4 bullets, ~80 words, 400 characters)
Application Deadline
15 June, 2026
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