Call for Applications: Llama 3.1 Impact Grants

Deadline Date: November 22, 2024

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 Donor Name: AI at Meta

 Grant Size: $100,000 to $500,000

AI at Meta is accepting applications from eligible organizations across the world with an idea for how to use Llama 3.1 to address social challenges in their communities.

They believe AI has more potential than any other modern technology to increase human productivity, creativity, and quality of life and to accelerate economic growth while unlocking progress in medical and scientific research.

Open source has multiple benefits: It helps ensure that more people around the world can access the opportunities that AI provides and deploys technology more equitably and safely across society. That’s why they continue to advocate for making open access to AI the industry standard.

AI at Meta is excited to begin accepting applications for the Llama 3.1 Impact Grants, the next iteration of a larger portfolio of work they’ve invested in over the past year to support organizations as they pursue their ideas for how Llama 3.1 can be used to address social challenges in their communities.

Areas

• Addresses one of the following topics:
  • Economic development
    • E.g., future of work; scaled business solutions; support for small businesses
  • Science and innovation
    • E.g., climate, health, accessibility, agriculture; infrastructure support
  • Public services
    • E.g., delivery of services; translation of government resources; solving relevant challenges for policymakers; resource allocation; migration
  • Education and skills development
    • E.g., improve learning outcomes; retraining; lifelong learning

Funding Information

• The number of awards will vary based on the caliber of applications received as determined by Grantor and partner organizations using the criteria outlined in these Grant Terms above. At least one (1) award per region will be granted to Organizations who have participated in a Regional Track Event in 2024, not to exceed $100,000 USD in total grant amount per region (“Regional Track Grant Funds”). Grants for Open Call will also be awarded, not to exceed $500,000 USD per award (“Open Call Grant Funds”). Organizations in the Regional Track are also eligible to receive awards in the Open Call. Both Regional Track Grant Funds and Open Call Grant Funds are collectively referred to herein as “Grant Funds”. Grant Funds will only be awarded to a valid Organizations (no Applicant or individual person will receive the Grant Funds grant).

Eligibility Criteria

• This Grant Program is open to Organizations located in countries where local law does not prohibit their participation or the receipt of an award. Individuals and/or Organizations that are (i) the target of any trade sanctions or export control restrictions administered or enforced by the U.S., EU, United Nations, or UK; (ii) acting on behalf of anyone else who is the target of such trade sanctions or export control restrictions; or (iii) organized or located in Belarus, China (including Hong Kong), Russia, Ukraine, or any country or region that is the target of comprehensive economic or financial sanctions (which are the Crimea, Donetsk, and Luhansk regions of Ukraine, Cuba, North Korea, Iran, and Syria as of the date of these Grant Terms, but may be amended) are not eligible to participate.
• Each Organization must adhere to the following requirements: i) must not be an individual, a sole proprietor, or sole-owner entity in the jurisdiction where it is formed, ii) be an entity that is duly formed prior to August 5, 2023, and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the Organization was formed, and iii) have the legal right to participate in this Award Program and its participation will not violate any agreement or obligation between the Organization and any third-party, and (iv) must appoint and authorized one individual (the “Applicant”) to represent, act, and submit a Proposal on behalf of the Organization. The Applicant must be an employee of or affiliated with the Organization, and must be at least eighteen (18) years of age and the age of majority in the Applicant’s jurisdiction of residence.
• Individuals who are employees, contractors, or personnel of the Grantor, or are an immediate family member of the aforementioned, are not eligible to participate in this Grant Program.

For more information, visit AI at Meta.

Deadline Date: November 15, 2024

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 Donor Name: Pulitzer Center

 Grant Size: Less than $1000

Make your voice heard this fall by writing a letter to a local elected representative that explains the global issue you want them to prioritize, shows how it connects to your local community, and proposes a solution, apply for Local Letters for Global Change Writing Contest.

Through this contest, students can practice global citizenship, civic action, and persuasive writing, all while exploring the underreported issues that matter to them through Pulitzer Center news stories.

Focus Areas 

• Letters should address a topic within one of the Pulitzer Center’s five focus issues:
  • Climate and Environment (Includes climate change, pollution, extractive industries, and more)
  • Global Health (Includes health inequities, food security, mental health, water and sanitation, and more)
  • Human Rights (Includes racial justice, gender equality, migration and refugees, Indigenous rights, and more)
  • Information and Artificial Intelligence (Includes technology and society, misinformation, and more)
  • Peace and Conflict

Prize Information 

• They will select one first place winner and up to four finalists for each issue category. First place winners will receive:
  • $300 to support global community engagement in your classroom (prize distributed to your class teacher)
  • Publication of your letter, photo, and bio on the Pulitzer Center website
• Finalists will receive:
  • $75 to support global community engagement in your classroom (prize distributed to your class teacher)
  • Publication of your letter, photo, and bio on the Pulitzer Center website
  • All entrants will be invited to participate in a Pulitzer Center town hall event, held virtually in November, to share their solutions with other students from around the world.

Eligibility Criteria 

• They welcome entries from all current K-12 students across the globe. Letters may be written in English and/or Spanish. 

For more information, visit Pulitzer Center.