Applications are currently being accepted for the OpenAI Economic Research Exchange 2026. Interested applicants are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
About OpenAI Economic Research Exchange
OpenAI’s Economic Research team studies how AI is affecting workers, firms, institutions, and the broader economy. We do this by combining rigorous economic research with privacy-preserving analysis of product and usage data, customer and institutional partnerships, and collaboration with external researchers.
Benefits of OpenAI Economic Research Exchange
Each selected project will receive:
- A one-time research grant for the principal investigator(s): $25,000
- A monthly RA stipend or contractor compensation: $7,500
- Access to approved, privacy-safe product and usage data under NDA, subject to data governance, privacy, legal, and security requirements.
- Defined internal support path for project scoping, onboarding, data approvals, review, and dissemination.
OpenAI Economic Research Exchange Requirements
- Open to researchers interested in Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Funded projects must include clear intermediate milestones, not just final papers. At a minimum, researchers will be expected to:
- Define key milestones tied to the project timeline, such as design lock, data access, interim analysis, and draft output.
- Complete onboarding, contracting, and approved data-access steps before analysis begins.
- Share intermediate findings with the OpenAI Economic Research team.
- Participate in periodic research read-outs or consortium discussions.
- Produce at least one written output, such as a memo, working paper, draft publication, public brief, benchmark, or dataset documentation.
- Coordinate external communication or publication through the agreed OpenAI review path.
Application Date and Process
- Click on the link to the application website to apply.
Application Deadline
05 July, 2026
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