“a low-overhead fellowship and grant program”In its own words: mercatus.org
Tyler Cowen's fast, low-overhead grant and fellowship programme at the Mercatus Center, backing scalable 'zero to one' ideas worldwide. Only a small share of its grants goes to AI or AI safety.
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Tyler Cowen's low-overhead grant and fellowship programme at the Mercatus Center backs individuals worldwide with highly scalable 'zero to one' ideas, with themed tranches (Africa/Caribbean, India, UK dynamism, Ukraine, US science policy and others; an AI vertical backed by Schmidt Futures launched in 2022). Anyone 13+ applies through an open form; Mercatus gives no feedback or status updates, and AI-written applications are rejected.
On applying “The EV AI application is short—designed to take about 30 minutes to complete—and often decisions are made and funds are dispersed within days of receiving an application.” mercatus.org
Money flows
Where its money came from and where it went. Pick years and what to show; hover a box or ribbon for details, click one to focus it, click the background to see everything.
How to apply
- Applications
- Open
- Who can apply
- For-profits, Individuals, New organisations
- Decision time
- Often within days (stated in 2022); the current page gives no decision time
Open rolling applications via the 'Apply Now' form on the programme page; AI-written applications are rejected.