Google.org Accelerator: Generative AI open call

A $30M global open call for organizations harnessing the power of generative AI to unlock potential for everyone, everywhere. Apply to receive funding and participate in the Google.org Accelerator: Generative AI.

While four in five nonprofits feel that generative AI is applicable to their work, nearly half are not using the technology due to a lack of awareness, tools, funding, and training. To help address these barriers, Google.org launched a Generative AI Accelerator in 2024, helping 21 organizations build gen AI-powered solutions that collectively expect to reach more than 30 million beneficiaries over the next three years.

Now, to help even more organizations harness gen AI for social impact, Google.org is launching an open call from January 7 to February 10, 2025, for the second cohort of the Generative AI Accelerator.

This global open call is looking for nonprofits, civic entities, academic institutions, and social enterprises to apply to participate in the Generative AI Accelerator. Selected organizations will receive a share of $30M alongside 6 months of structured support with access to dedicated pro bono assistance from Google employees, technical training, and Google Cloud credits to build socially impactful gen AI-powered solutions across Google.org’s three focus areas: Knowledge, Skills, and Learning; Scientific Advancement; and Resilient Communities.

Focus areas

Knowledge, Skills, and Learning
Provide pathways for people to acquire the knowledge and skills they need to thrive.

• AI Literacy & Fluency: Equip people with a foundational understanding of AI, including the basic knowledge and skills to effectively utilize AI tools and technologies in various contexts.
• Career & Workforce Readiness: Provide industry-aligned digital skills training and comprehensive support to help job seekers land in-demand jobs with pathways to upward mobility and economic opportunity.
• Technology-Enabled Teaching & Learning: Leverage technology and AI to make education more accessible, engaging, and personalized to learners at every level.

Scientific Advancement
Accelerate breakthroughs and AI-enabled scientific innovation that enables technology to be used for good in the world. Collaborations between academic or research institutions and other organizations like nonprofits that together bridge research with practical application are encouraged.

• Applied Science: Drive impact for top social and environmental issues by catalyzing and enabling cutting-edge AI-enabled solutions. We’re interested in applications that aim to improve scientific discovery, and those that use AI to drive socially beneficial outcomes in domains such as climate, society & AI, and health.

Resilient Communities
Contribute to building resilient local communities and a safe digital world.

• Stronger Societies: Enable individuals to navigate the digital world safely and responsibly, promoting digital wellbeing, fostering civic engagement and societal debate, and helping create cohesive communities.
• A Safer Internet: Leverage AI and technology to create a safer internet, protecting people and organizations at risk from bad actors and helping those most vulnerable to online harms.
• Crisis Response: Enable rapid action to help communities affected by natural disasters and complex humanitarian crises and empower the nonprofit ecosystem with the tools it needs to respond.

Expectations