{
  "meta": {
    "title": "Tenders",
    "schemaVersion": 1,
    "researchDate": "2026-10-01",
    "checkedAt": "2026-10-02T03:25:26Z",
    "timeZone": "America/Los_Angeles",
    "refreshMode": "Published research snapshot; no automatic refresh scheduled for this site.",
    "scope": "Public procurement and funding research relevant to AuraOne, VeerOne and Chahal Foundation. U.S. federal/state/local, selected multilateral procurements, and philanthropic/open-technology funding. Not an exhaustive global register.",
    "moneyRule": "No total pipeline value is calculated. Framework capacity, program ceilings and consortium awards are not obtainable revenue. Values are per award only where explicitly identified.",
    "eligibilityRule": "High fit is an analyst assessment, not confirmed eligibility, a bid authorization or a probability of award. No registration, certification, clearance, customer reference or partner is assumed.",
    "accessLimits": [
      "Interactive SAM.gov pages and some vendor portals did not expose complete bid documents. Such records are labeled indexed, corroborated or mirrored.",
      "Detailed attachments and logged-in application packs were not reviewed. Read controlling documents and amendments before any response.",
      "Public pages, official indexed notices and clearly labeled discovery mirrors were checked. This is not a live API connection or a complete survey of every portal."
    ],
    "changeLog": [
      {
        "date": "2026-10-01",
        "title": "Added Expert Network Gigs tracker",
        "detail": "Added a separate paid expert/research opportunity lane sourced from Gmail plus daily Reddit discovery. Closed gigs remain in history; private screener links are not published."
      },
      {
        "date": "2026-10-01",
        "title": "Initial source-backed release",
        "detail": "Created three separate entity lanes; distinguished procurements, research grants, RFIs, rolling funding routes, one secondary-only watch lead and closed cycles. No external applications or submissions."
      }
    ],
    "entitySources": {
      "auraone": "https://auraone.ai/",
      "veerone": "https://www.veerone.com/",
      "foundation": "https://www.chahalfoundation.org/"
    }
  },
  "opportunities": [
    {
      "id": "nsf-ai-datasets",
      "title": "AI Datasets: unlock scientific dataset value",
      "entity": "auraone",
      "buyer": "U.S. National Science Foundation",
      "kind": "Research grant",
      "deadlineDate": "2026-11-04",
      "deadlineAt": null,
      "deadlineLabel": "Nov 4 · 5:00 PM submitting organization’s local time",
      "deadlineKind": "Submission",
      "amount": "Planning ≤ $200K · Impact ≤ $2M · Flagship ≤ $5M",
      "awardMax": 5000000,
      "currency": "USD",
      "amountBasis": "Per award; not guaranteed",
      "reference": "NSF 26-512",
      "status": "open",
      "route": "Eligibility check",
      "fit": "High",
      "verification": "Official page",
      "geography": "United States",
      "summary": "Prepare existing scientific datasets for AI through metadata, harmonization, augmentation and robust pipelines.",
      "why": "A close match for expert data quality, provenance, scientific evaluation and AI-ready dataset operations. A research contribution and community utility—not routine labeling—must lead.",
      "nextAction": "Draft a dataset-specific concept; prove rights, scientific demand and team capability before selecting planning or impact scale.",
      "eligibility": "U.S. businesses with strong research/education capabilities are permitted, alongside eligible academic, nonprofit and government organizations. Active UEI/SAM registration is required.",
      "requirements": [
        "One lead organization; collaborators are subawards.",
        "Document data security, integrity, governance and scientific use.",
        "Select the appropriate award category; do not treat $5M as the default ask."
      ],
      "related": [],
      "tags": [
        "Human data",
        "AI evaluation",
        "Scientific datasets"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "Official opportunity",
          "url": "https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/ai-datasets-unlocking-dataset-value-ai-enabled-scientific-discovery/nsf26-512/solicitation"
        }
      ],
      "checkedAt": "2026-10-02T03:25:26Z",
      "caveat": "Eligibility and complete application documents must be checked before any submission.",
      "milestones": [],
      "featured": true
    },
    {
      "id": "nsf-sbir-sttr",
      "title": "SBIR/STTR: deep-technology R&D",
      "entity": "auraone",
      "buyer": "U.S. National Science Foundation",
      "kind": "Research grant",
      "deadlineDate": "2026-11-04",
      "deadlineAt": null,
      "deadlineLabel": "Nov 4 · 5:00 PM submitting organization’s local time",
      "deadlineKind": "Submission",
      "amount": "Phase I up to $305,000",
      "awardMax": 305000,
      "currency": "USD",
      "amountBasis": "Per award; not guaranteed",
      "reference": "NSF 26-510",
      "status": "open",
      "route": "Eligibility check",
      "fit": "High",
      "verification": "Official page",
      "geography": "United States",
      "summary": "Non-dilutive R&D support for high-risk technology with commercialization potential.",
      "why": "Potential route for a technically novel evaluation, data or agent-reliability research project; ordinary implementation services are not sufficient.",
      "nextAction": "Validate ownership, principal-investigator and registration requirements; check Project Pitch invitation status before preparing a full proposal.",
      "eligibility": "Eligible U.S. small businesses only. The PI’s primary employment must be with the company. STTR requires a qualifying research institution.",
      "requirements": [
        "Phase I/Fast-Track require a Project Pitch invitation.",
        "Phase II is for eligible NSF Phase I awardees—not a new-applicant award.",
        "Verify the controlling SBA ownership and U.S. performance rules."
      ],
      "related": [],
      "tags": [
        "Non-dilutive",
        "R&D",
        "AI evaluation"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "Official opportunity",
          "url": "https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/small-business-innovation-research-small-business-technology/nsf26-510/solicitation"
        }
      ],
      "checkedAt": "2026-10-02T03:25:26Z",
      "caveat": "Eligibility and complete application documents must be checked before any submission.",
      "milestones": [],
      "featured": true
    },
    {
      "id": "nsf-instrumentation",
      "title": "SBIR/STTR scientific-instrumentation pilot",
      "entity": "auraone",
      "buyer": "U.S. National Science Foundation",
      "kind": "Research grant",
      "deadlineDate": "2026-11-04",
      "deadlineAt": null,
      "deadlineLabel": "Nov 4 · 5:00 PM submitting organization’s local time",
      "deadlineKind": "Submission",
      "amount": "Phase I up to $305,000",
      "awardMax": 305000,
      "currency": "USD",
      "amountBasis": "Per award; not guaranteed",
      "reference": "NSF 26-511",
      "status": "open",
      "route": "Eligibility check",
      "fit": "Medium",
      "verification": "Official page",
      "geography": "United States",
      "summary": "A separate SBIR/STTR emphasis on scientific instruments and enabling experimental platforms.",
      "why": "Relevant only if an AI/data system enables scientific experimentation. A generic agent, marketplace or labeling service is not enough.",
      "nextAction": "Compare the concept against the instrumentation emphasis and the general SBIR call; do not double-submit the same project.",
      "eligibility": "Qualifying U.S. small-business and PI rules apply; a research partner is required for STTR.",
      "requirements": [
        "Confirm pitch/invitation and application pathway.",
        "Demonstrate a novel enabling scientific technology.",
        "Prepare R&D milestones and commercialization evidence."
      ],
      "related": [],
      "tags": [
        "Scientific infrastructure",
        "R&D"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "Official opportunity",
          "url": "https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/small-business-innovation-research-small-business-technology-0/nsf26-511/solicitation"
        }
      ],
      "checkedAt": "2026-10-02T03:25:26Z",
      "caveat": "Eligibility and complete application documents must be checked before any submission.",
      "milestones": [],
      "featured": false
    },
    {
      "id": "nsf-ai-hubs",
      "title": "State and Regional AI Infrastructure Hubs",
      "entity": "auraone",
      "buyer": "U.S. National Science Foundation",
      "kind": "Research grant",
      "deadlineDate": "2026-11-04",
      "deadlineAt": null,
      "deadlineLabel": "Nov 4 · 5:00 PM submitting organization’s local time",
      "deadlineKind": "Submission",
      "amount": "$4M–$12M per hub · partner share unknown",
      "awardMax": 12000000,
      "currency": "USD",
      "amountBasis": "Total hub award; not an AuraOne award or workshare",
      "reference": "NSF 26-513",
      "status": "open",
      "route": "Partner required",
      "fit": "Medium",
      "verification": "Official page",
      "geography": "United States",
      "summary": "Five-year consortia supporting AI infrastructure coordination, workforce and faculty training.",
      "why": "AuraOne could propose a bounded data/evaluation or infrastructure-training work package under an eligible lead. This is not a direct commercial GPU-buying grant.",
      "nextAction": "Identify an eligible academic or research-nonprofit consortium, then define a separately budgeted role.",
      "eligibility": "Lead applicants are eligible U.S. higher-education or research/education-linked nonprofit organizations. Commercial firms must pursue a partner role.",
      "requirements": [
        "One lead award with subawards.",
        "Consortium must fund compute infrastructure from other resources.",
        "Five-year commitments and institutional support are material gates."
      ],
      "related": [
        "foundation"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Compute",
        "Workforce",
        "Consortium"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "Official opportunity",
          "url": "https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/us-national-science-foundation-state-regional-artificial/nsf26-513/solicitation"
        }
      ],
      "checkedAt": "2026-10-02T03:25:26Z",
      "caveat": "Eligibility and complete application documents must be checked before any submission.",
      "milestones": [],
      "featured": false
    },
    {
      "id": "foresight-nodes",
      "title": "AI for Science & Safety Nodes",
      "entity": "auraone",
      "buyer": "Foresight Institute",
      "kind": "Grant",
      "deadlineDate": "2026-10-31",
      "deadlineAt": "2026-11-01T06:59:00Z",
      "deadlineLabel": "Oct 31 · 11:59 PM PDT",
      "deadlineKind": "Submission",
      "amount": "Typically $30,000–$100,000",
      "awardMax": 100000,
      "currency": "USD",
      "amountBasis": "Per award; not guaranteed",
      "reference": "",
      "status": "open",
      "route": "Eligibility check",
      "fit": "High",
      "verification": "Official page",
      "geography": "Global; SF/Berlin participation preferred",
      "summary": "Funding for open work in local compute, coordination/accountability and AI-first science; optional workspace and compute support.",
      "why": "Good concept fit for open agent-accountability tooling, evaluations or privacy-preserving scientific AI. Keep private product code outside any open-source commitment.",
      "nextAction": "Scope an open, standalone research deliverable and determine whether participation in the SF node is practical.",
      "eligibility": "Individuals, teams, nonprofits and for-profits may apply; businesses must justify grant support. In-person contribution to SF/Berlin hubs is strongly preferred.",
      "requirements": [
        "Funded code, data and outputs must be open-sourced.",
        "Budget for concrete milestones and due diligence.",
        "Overhead allowance is up to 10% of direct research costs."
      ],
      "related": [],
      "tags": [
        "Open source",
        "Agent accountability",
        "AI safety"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "Official opportunity",
          "url": "https://foresight.org/grants/ai-science-safety-nodes-rfp/"
        }
      ],
      "checkedAt": "2026-10-02T03:25:26Z",
      "caveat": "Eligibility and complete application documents must be checked before any submission.",
      "milestones": [],
      "featured": true
    },
    {
      "id": "darpa-ipto",
      "title": "Information Processing Techniques Office: office-wide BAA",
      "entity": "auraone",
      "buyer": "DARPA",
      "kind": "BAA",
      "deadlineDate": "2027-06-22",
      "deadlineAt": null,
      "deadlineLabel": "Jun 22, 2027 · abstract cutoff; precise time needs document review",
      "deadlineKind": "Submission",
      "amount": "Award amount not published",
      "awardMax": null,
      "currency": "USD",
      "amountBasis": "Per award; not guaranteed",
      "reference": "HR001126S0011",
      "status": "open",
      "route": "Research concept first",
      "fit": "Medium",
      "verification": "Official link + mirror",
      "geography": "United States",
      "summary": "Revolutionary information-science research outside existing IPTO programs, including assured AI, security/privacy and resilient systems.",
      "why": "Potential research route for fundamental AI assurance or evaluation—not a general SaaS procurement or routine incremental feature.",
      "nextAction": "Read the current BAA and map a novel abstract to a research thrust; verify required compliance before pursuing.",
      "eligibility": "All responsible sources capable of meeting the requirement may be considered; full eligibility and security requirements are in the BAA.",
      "requirements": [
        "Abstract-first process; full proposals proceed by invitation.",
        "Do not use the closed I2O predecessor.",
        "Verify attachments and precise cutoff before submission."
      ],
      "related": [],
      "tags": [
        "AI assurance",
        "Security",
        "R&D"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "Official SAM notice",
          "url": "https://sam.gov/opp/8c0b487df44b45d0a7c6d97fcaa29b9f/view"
        },
        {
          "label": "Current notice mirror",
          "url": "https://sam.directory/opportunities/information-processing-techniques-office-office-wide-hr001126s0011"
        }
      ],
      "checkedAt": "2026-10-02T03:25:26Z",
      "caveat": "SAM page was not text-readable in this scan; current identifier/date corroborated by mirrors. Full BAA not reviewed.",
      "milestones": [],
      "featured": false
    },
    {
      "id": "arpa-h-mission-isos",
      "title": "ARPA-H Mission Office research ISOs",
      "entity": "auraone",
      "buyer": "ARPA-H",
      "kind": "Funding route",
      "deadlineDate": null,
      "deadlineAt": null,
      "deadlineLabel": "Rolling / no fixed cutoff published",
      "deadlineKind": "Submission",
      "amount": "Project-specific; no standard award",
      "awardMax": null,
      "currency": "USD",
      "amountBasis": "Funding route; project negotiation, not a fixed grant",
      "reference": "",
      "status": "rolling",
      "route": "Partner required",
      "fit": "Medium",
      "verification": "Official page",
      "geography": "United States",
      "summary": "Rolling research entry routes across four health mission offices, for ideas outside existing ARPA-H programs.",
      "why": "Potential for rigorous clinical-AI evaluation or health-system data reliability with qualified clinical/research partners; not ordinary consultancy funding.",
      "nextAction": "Select one mission office, check overlap with its portfolio, and outline a breakthrough research question with a clinical partner.",
      "eligibility": "Entity-specific eligibility is controlled by the selected ISO. A solution summary and written feedback are required before a full proposal.",
      "requirements": [
        "Choose one relevant office rather than duplicating the same concept.",
        "Milestone-based breakthrough research is expected.",
        "Review the chosen ISO for performance and registration conditions."
      ],
      "related": [],
      "tags": [
        "Health AI",
        "Research",
        "Evaluation"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "Official opportunity",
          "url": "https://arpa-h.gov/explore-funding/open-funding-opportunities"
        }
      ],
      "checkedAt": "2026-10-02T03:25:26Z",
      "caveat": "Eligibility and complete application documents must be checked before any submission.",
      "milestones": [],
      "featured": false
    },
    {
      "id": "nlnet-open-tech",
      "title": "NLnet open-technology grants",
      "entity": "auraone",
      "buyer": "NLnet Foundation",
      "kind": "Grant",
      "deadlineDate": "2026-11-03",
      "deadlineAt": "2026-11-03T11:00:00Z",
      "deadlineLabel": "Nov 3 · 12:00 noon CET",
      "deadlineKind": "Submission",
      "amount": "€5,000–€50,000",
      "awardMax": 50000,
      "currency": "EUR",
      "amountBasis": "Per award; not guaranteed",
      "reference": "",
      "status": "open",
      "route": "Eligibility check",
      "fit": "Medium",
      "verification": "Official page",
      "geography": "Fund-specific; European dimension required",
      "summary": "Cost-recovery grants for open digital technology, with fund-specific themes and geography.",
      "why": "A possible fit for a reusable open evaluation or agent-protocol component, not a closed commercial app.",
      "nextAction": "Check the specific fund’s European eligibility and generative-AI policy before investing in a proposal.",
      "eligibility": "EU-supported funds generally require a strong European dimension. Code/content must use open licenses. NLnet rejects AI-generated projects or proposals.",
      "requirements": [
        "Applicant-authored proposal; disclose permitted AI assistance as required.",
        "Validate geographic route; U.S. direct eligibility is not assumed.",
        "Define a public-interest technical deliverable."
      ],
      "related": [],
      "tags": [
        "Open source",
        "Developer tools"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "Current call and AI policy",
          "url": "https://nlnet.nl/propose/"
        },
        {
          "label": "Award range",
          "url": "https://nlnet.nl/foundation/request/application.html"
        }
      ],
      "checkedAt": "2026-10-02T03:25:26Z",
      "caveat": "Eligibility and complete application documents must be checked before any submission.",
      "milestones": [],
      "featured": false
    },
    {
      "id": "sovereign-tech",
      "title": "Sovereign Tech Fund: open base infrastructure",
      "entity": "auraone",
      "buyer": "Sovereign Tech Agency",
      "kind": "Funding route",
      "deadlineDate": null,
      "deadlineAt": null,
      "deadlineLabel": "Rolling / no fixed cutoff published",
      "deadlineKind": "Submission",
      "amount": "Work scope must exceed €50,000",
      "awardMax": null,
      "currency": "EUR",
      "amountBasis": "Minimum work value; not a guaranteed grant",
      "reference": "",
      "status": "rolling",
      "route": "Eligibility check",
      "fit": "Low",
      "verification": "Official page",
      "geography": "Global; open infrastructure",
      "summary": "Commissions to strengthen established open digital base technologies used by other software.",
      "why": "Only relevant for widely adopted foundational infrastructure with real maintenance needs. New prototypes and user-facing applications are explicitly outside scope.",
      "nextAction": "Check evidence of adoption and maintainer support for a candidate open component; otherwise keep this as a low-priority route.",
      "eligibility": "Global projects may apply. Free/open code and documentation, community expertise and no duplicate public funding for the same work are required.",
      "requirements": [
        "Requested work costs must exceed €50,000; this is a minimum, not an award cap.",
        "Do not propose a new prototype or closed app.",
        "Plan for a process that may take around six months."
      ],
      "related": [],
      "tags": [
        "Open infrastructure",
        "Maintenance"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "Official opportunity",
          "url": "https://www.sovereign.tech/programs/fund"
        }
      ],
      "checkedAt": "2026-10-02T03:25:26Z",
      "caveat": "Eligibility and complete application documents must be checked before any submission.",
      "milestones": [],
      "featured": false
    },
    {
      "id": "verizon-digital-ready",
      "title": "Digital Ready national small-business grant",
      "entity": "auraone",
      "buyer": "Verizon / LISC",
      "kind": "Grant",
      "deadlineDate": null,
      "deadlineAt": null,
      "deadlineLabel": "Monthly 2026 reviews · course eligibility window ends Dec 7",
      "deadlineKind": "Submission",
      "amount": "$10,000 per selected business",
      "awardMax": 10000,
      "currency": "USD",
      "amountBasis": "Per award; not guaranteed",
      "reference": "",
      "status": "rolling",
      "route": "Eligibility check",
      "fit": "Medium",
      "verification": "Official page",
      "geography": "United States",
      "summary": "Apply once for remaining monthly selections during 2026 after completing two eligible free learning activities.",
      "why": "A smaller general business grant rather than a research project. The owner must choose one eligible company, not apply separately for both AuraOne and VeerOne.",
      "nextAction": "Choose the eligible business and verify account/course history before preparing an application.",
      "eligibility": "For-profit businesses in the U.S., Puerto Rico or U.S. Virgin Islands; adult owner. One business per owner; nonprofit entities are excluded.",
      "requirements": [
        "Complete two eligible activities in the Jan 1–Dec 7, 2026 window.",
        "Business and financial verification if selected.",
        "Do not count a finalist invitation as an award."
      ],
      "related": [
        "veerone"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Small business",
        "Non-dilutive"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "Official opportunity",
          "url": "https://digitalready.verizonwireless.com/funding/details"
        }
      ],
      "checkedAt": "2026-10-02T03:25:26Z",
      "caveat": "Eligibility and complete application documents must be checked before any submission.",
      "milestones": [
        {
          "date": "2026-12-07",
          "label": "Complete qualifying courses by this date; verify final application cutoff",
          "kind": "Prerequisite"
        }
      ],
      "featured": false
    },
    {
      "id": "fhwa-tsmo",
      "title": "AI Transportation Systems Management & Operations Data",
      "entity": "auraone",
      "buyer": "Federal Highway Administration",
      "kind": "RFP",
      "deadlineDate": "2026-10-16",
      "deadlineAt": "2026-10-16T13:00:00Z",
      "deadlineLabel": "Oct 16 · 6:00 AM PDT (mirror; confirm original)",
      "deadlineKind": "Submission",
      "amount": "Contract value not verified",
      "awardMax": null,
      "currency": "USD",
      "amountBasis": "Per award; not guaranteed",
      "reference": "693JJ326R000012",
      "status": "open",
      "route": "Partner required",
      "fit": "High",
      "verification": "Official link + mirror",
      "geography": "United States",
      "summary": "Firm-fixed-price research and prototyping to address data barriers to AI in transportation operations.",
      "why": "Strong data-readiness relevance, but transportation-domain experience and a capable prime/team need validation. A partner role may be more realistic than direct prime.",
      "nextAction": "Retrieve the current amendment and qualification criteria, then identify a transportation data partner.",
      "eligibility": "Full-and-open competition is reported; precise experience, staffing and registration requirements must be checked in current bid documents.",
      "requirements": [
        "Review amendments, questions and answers.",
        "Validate domain references and delivery capacity.",
        "Do not use an aggregator’s estimated budget as confirmed value."
      ],
      "related": [
        "veerone"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Data quality",
        "Transportation",
        "Prototyping"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "Official current notice",
          "url": "https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/ac0ff26b28504d6dba63dc85423122e6/view"
        },
        {
          "label": "Amendment history mirror",
          "url": "https://samclerk.com/opportunity/dept-of-transportation/693JJ326R000012"
        }
      ],
      "checkedAt": "2026-10-02T03:25:26Z",
      "caveat": "Official link resolves but text was unavailable. Current date/scope are corroborated by notice mirrors; full attachments not reviewed.",
      "milestones": [],
      "featured": false
    },
    {
      "id": "fsu-ai-itn",
      "title": "AI Systems & Services cooperative contracts",
      "entity": "veerone",
      "buyer": "Florida State University / RFxPremier",
      "kind": "ITN",
      "deadlineDate": "2026-10-21",
      "deadlineAt": "2026-10-21T19:00:00Z",
      "deadlineLabel": "Oct 21 · 3:00 PM EDT (date corroborated; verify portal)",
      "deadlineKind": "Submission",
      "amount": "No guaranteed contract spend",
      "awardMax": null,
      "currency": "USD",
      "amountBasis": "Cooperative vehicle; no minimum spend established",
      "reference": "ITN 6769-4",
      "status": "open",
      "route": "Eligibility check",
      "fit": "High",
      "verification": "Official + date corroboration",
      "geography": "United States",
      "summary": "Invitation to Negotiate for cooperative AI systems/services contracts available to eligible public and nonprofit purchasers.",
      "why": "A useful distribution route for applied-AI implementation and support. Winning a framework does not guarantee orders or revenue.",
      "nextAction": "Obtain ITN 6769-4 from FSU’s official portal and build a compliance/insurance/reference matrix before deciding to bid.",
      "eligibility": "Qualified respondents under the ITN; exact mandatory vendor requirements still require document review.",
      "requirements": [
        "Review the official ITN and amendments.",
        "Confirm service categories and commercial terms.",
        "Separate framework admission from subsequent customer orders."
      ],
      "related": [
        "auraone"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "AI transformation",
        "Public sector",
        "Cooperative contract"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "Official current solicitation listing",
          "url": "https://www.rfxpremier.org/current-solicitations/"
        },
        {
          "label": "FSU bid portal",
          "url": "https://bids.sciquest.com/apps/Router/PublicEvent?CustomerOrg=FSU"
        },
        {
          "label": "Deadline corroboration",
          "url": "https://starbridge.ai/rfp/artificial-intelligence-ai-systems-and-services"
        }
      ],
      "checkedAt": "2026-10-02T03:25:26Z",
      "caveat": "Official listing confirms ITN/title. Portal did not expose the full tender text; deadline independently corroborated, not fully document-verified.",
      "milestones": [],
      "featured": true
    },
    {
      "id": "undp-nepal-routing",
      "title": "Hello Sarkar AI grievance-routing system",
      "entity": "veerone",
      "buyer": "UNDP Nepal",
      "kind": "RFP",
      "deadlineDate": "2026-10-05",
      "deadlineAt": "2026-10-05T11:15:00Z",
      "deadlineLabel": "Oct 5 · 07:15 GMT−4 / 4:15 AM PDT",
      "deadlineKind": "Submission",
      "amount": "Budget not disclosed",
      "awardMax": null,
      "currency": "USD",
      "amountBasis": "Per award; not guaranteed",
      "reference": "UNDP-NPL-00726 · RFP/35/2026",
      "status": "open",
      "route": "Eligibility check",
      "fit": "High",
      "verification": "Official page",
      "geography": "Nepal",
      "summary": "Build an AI-based system to route grievances within Nepal’s Hello Sarkar service.",
      "why": "Concrete workflow automation: classification, routing, escalation and human review. Local language, sensitive-data and deployment requirements are important gates.",
      "nextAction": "Read the Quantum tender pack; confirm delivery geography, language capability, data controls and reference requirements.",
      "eligibility": "Firm-level procurement with UNGM/UNDP supplier requirements; notice alone does not establish foreign-vendor or remote-delivery eligibility.",
      "requirements": [
        "UNGM basic registration and Quantum access.",
        "Verify Nepal/local-language and onsite requirements.",
        "Prepare technical and financial submissions as specified."
      ],
      "related": [],
      "tags": [
        "Workflow automation",
        "Multilingual",
        "Public service"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "Official opportunity",
          "url": "https://www.ungm.org/Public/Notice/314775"
        }
      ],
      "checkedAt": "2026-10-02T03:25:26Z",
      "caveat": "Eligibility and complete application documents must be checked before any submission.",
      "milestones": [],
      "featured": true
    },
    {
      "id": "unicef-ghana-ai",
      "title": "AI user needs & digital-infrastructure assessment",
      "entity": "veerone",
      "buyer": "UNICEF Ghana",
      "kind": "RFP",
      "deadlineDate": "2026-10-06",
      "deadlineAt": "2026-10-07T00:00:00Z",
      "deadlineLabel": "Oct 7 · 00:00 UTC = Oct 6 · 5:00 PM PDT",
      "deadlineKind": "Submission",
      "amount": "Budget not disclosed",
      "awardMax": null,
      "currency": "USD",
      "amountBasis": "Per award; not guaranteed",
      "reference": "LRPS-2026-9206194",
      "status": "open",
      "route": "Partner required",
      "fit": "High",
      "verification": "Official page",
      "geography": "Ghana",
      "summary": "Baseline, digital infrastructure, implementation requirements and AI user-needs consultancy for UNICEF Ghana and government partners.",
      "why": "Applied-AI readiness and implementation planning fit VeerOne; a Ghana delivery partner and sector references should be checked.",
      "nextAction": "Inspect the detailed terms and identify required local assessment capacity before allocating proposal work.",
      "eligibility": "Qualified consultancy vendors; detailed qualifications, travel and country restrictions are not established by the short notice.",
      "requirements": [
        "UNGM basic registration.",
        "Review the full LRPS terms and submission instructions.",
        "Validate research methods, safeguarding and data-access requirements."
      ],
      "related": [],
      "tags": [
        "AI readiness",
        "Consulting",
        "Implementation"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "Official opportunity",
          "url": "https://www.ungm.org/Public/Notice/314522"
        }
      ],
      "checkedAt": "2026-10-02T03:25:26Z",
      "caveat": "Eligibility and complete application documents must be checked before any submission.",
      "milestones": [],
      "featured": true
    },
    {
      "id": "undp-rwanda-lab",
      "title": "AI infrastructure capacity-building program",
      "entity": "veerone",
      "buyer": "UNDP Rwanda",
      "kind": "RFP",
      "deadlineDate": "2026-10-13",
      "deadlineAt": "2026-10-13T14:00:00Z",
      "deadlineLabel": "Oct 13 · 10:00 GMT−4 / 7:00 AM PDT",
      "deadlineKind": "Submission",
      "amount": "Budget not disclosed",
      "awardMax": null,
      "currency": "USD",
      "amountBasis": "Per award; not guaranteed",
      "reference": "UNDP-RWA-00423,1",
      "status": "open",
      "route": "Partner required",
      "fit": "Medium",
      "verification": "Official page",
      "geography": "Rwanda",
      "summary": "International consultancy for hands-on AI lab training, GPU infrastructure design and supporting curriculum.",
      "why": "A specialist delivery opportunity—not generic AI literacy. GPU virtualization and infrastructure training capability must be demonstrated.",
      "nextAction": "Qualify an NVIDIA/GPU infrastructure trainer and review lab, hardware and onsite requirements.",
      "eligibility": "International consultancy firms; full vendor qualifications and country-performance obligations are in the tender pack.",
      "requirements": [
        "Review vGPU, MIG and VFIO requirements.",
        "Validate lab architecture, bill of materials and curriculum deliverables.",
        "Confirm travel and practical-lab delivery costs."
      ],
      "related": [],
      "tags": [
        "AI infrastructure",
        "Training",
        "GPU"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "Official opportunity",
          "url": "https://www.ungm.org/Public/Notice/316045"
        }
      ],
      "checkedAt": "2026-10-02T03:25:26Z",
      "caveat": "Eligibility and complete application documents must be checked before any submission.",
      "milestones": [],
      "featured": false
    },
    {
      "id": "undp-moldova-warehouse",
      "title": "Social Protection Ministry data warehouse",
      "entity": "veerone",
      "buyer": "UNDP Moldova",
      "kind": "RFP",
      "deadlineDate": "2026-10-13",
      "deadlineAt": "2026-10-13T13:30:00Z",
      "deadlineLabel": "Oct 13 · 09:30 GMT−4 / 6:30 AM PDT",
      "deadlineKind": "Submission",
      "amount": "Budget not disclosed",
      "awardMax": null,
      "currency": "USD",
      "amountBasis": "Per award; not guaranteed",
      "reference": "UNDP-MDA-01093,1 · RFP26/03339",
      "status": "open",
      "route": "Eligibility check",
      "fit": "High",
      "verification": "Official page",
      "geography": "Moldova",
      "summary": "Software development services for the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection’s data warehouse.",
      "why": "Fits enterprise data integration, quality and reporting; requires demonstrable data-platform delivery and sensitive-record controls.",
      "nextAction": "Extract architecture, integration, acceptance and language requirements from the complete tender package.",
      "eligibility": "Prospective qualified software-development vendors. Entity, experience and local-performance gates require full terms review.",
      "requirements": [
        "Supplier registration and Quantum tender subscription.",
        "Review data residency, security and integration obligations.",
        "Cost implementation, support and acceptance evidence."
      ],
      "related": [],
      "tags": [
        "Data integration",
        "Enterprise software",
        "Public service"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "Official opportunity",
          "url": "https://www.ungm.org/Public/Notice/312848"
        }
      ],
      "checkedAt": "2026-10-02T03:25:26Z",
      "caveat": "Eligibility and complete application documents must be checked before any submission.",
      "milestones": [],
      "featured": true
    },
    {
      "id": "fao-supply-chain",
      "title": "End-to-end supply-chain orchestration & visibility",
      "entity": "veerone",
      "buyer": "Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)",
      "kind": "RFP",
      "deadlineDate": "2026-10-22",
      "deadlineAt": "2026-10-22T13:00:00Z",
      "deadlineLabel": "Oct 22 · 15:00 GMT+2 / 6:00 AM PDT",
      "deadlineKind": "Submission",
      "amount": "Budget not disclosed",
      "awardMax": null,
      "currency": "USD",
      "amountBasis": "Per award; not guaranteed",
      "reference": "2026/CSAPC/CSLDD/138435",
      "status": "open",
      "route": "Eligibility check",
      "fit": "High",
      "verification": "Official page",
      "geography": "Italy / FAO delivery scope",
      "summary": "Technical services supporting supply-chain orchestration and visibility under FAO’s action plan.",
      "why": "Could fit integration and workflow-visibility services; do not assume the specification asks for generative AI.",
      "nextAction": "Read the FAO tender documents and validate supply-chain systems references and delivery scope.",
      "eligibility": "Qualified suppliers; at least UNGM Basic registration with FAO is required for the tender process.",
      "requirements": [
        "Use FAO’s specified document and bid workflow.",
        "Verify systems, location, security and experience requirements.",
        "Separate confirmed scope from optional AI enhancements."
      ],
      "related": [],
      "tags": [
        "Supply chain",
        "Integration",
        "Workflow automation"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "Official opportunity",
          "url": "https://www.ungm.org/Public/Notice/315781"
        }
      ],
      "checkedAt": "2026-10-02T03:25:26Z",
      "caveat": "Eligibility and complete application documents must be checked before any submission.",
      "milestones": [],
      "featured": true
    },
    {
      "id": "undp-moldova-cyber",
      "title": "Cybersecurity readiness & modernization roadmap",
      "entity": "veerone",
      "buyer": "UNDP Moldova",
      "kind": "RFP",
      "deadlineDate": "2026-10-07",
      "deadlineAt": "2026-10-07T13:30:00Z",
      "deadlineLabel": "Oct 7 · 09:30 GMT−4 / 6:30 AM PDT",
      "deadlineKind": "Submission",
      "amount": "Budget not disclosed",
      "awardMax": null,
      "currency": "USD",
      "amountBasis": "Per award; not guaranteed",
      "reference": "UNDP-MDA-01077 · RfP26/03336",
      "status": "open",
      "route": "Partner required",
      "fit": "Medium",
      "verification": "Official page",
      "geography": "Moldova",
      "summary": "Cybersecurity readiness assessment and modernization roadmap for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.",
      "why": "Adjacent transformation work that needs a proven cybersecurity specialist, not an unsupported claim of certification.",
      "nextAction": "Check mandatory qualifications and secure a qualified assessment lead before considering a joint response.",
      "eligibility": "Eligible vendor qualifications and security requirements are controlled by the full procurement package.",
      "requirements": [
        "Review assessment methodology and references.",
        "Verify access, language and onsite requirements.",
        "Do not claim security credentials without evidence."
      ],
      "related": [],
      "tags": [
        "Modernization",
        "Security",
        "Consulting"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "Official opportunity",
          "url": "https://www.ungm.org/Public/Notice/312374"
        }
      ],
      "checkedAt": "2026-10-02T03:25:26Z",
      "caveat": "Eligibility and complete application documents must be checked before any submission.",
      "milestones": [],
      "featured": false
    },
    {
      "id": "cemdar",
      "title": "Cost Estimating Modeling Data & Analytics Research",
      "entity": "veerone",
      "buyer": "Department of the Air Force",
      "kind": "BAA",
      "deadlineDate": "2026-10-19",
      "deadlineAt": "2026-10-19T17:00:00Z",
      "deadlineLabel": "Oct 19 · 1:00 PM Eastern (mirror; verify original)",
      "deadlineKind": "Submission",
      "amount": "$24M program ceiling · obtainable share unknown",
      "awardMax": null,
      "currency": "USD",
      "amountBasis": "Estimated program ceiling; no confirmed workshare",
      "reference": "FA701426SCS02",
      "status": "open",
      "route": "Partner required",
      "fit": "Medium",
      "verification": "Official link + mirror",
      "geography": "United States",
      "summary": "Two-step research competition for acquisition cost datasets, analytics and estimation methods.",
      "why": "Data engineering and decision-support relevance, but cost-estimating expertise, small-business qualification and contracting capacity are material prerequisites.",
      "nextAction": "Validate the current BAA and cost-domain partner; prepare a white-paper outline only after qualification.",
      "eligibility": "Total small-business set-aside is stated; verify applicable size/ownership rules and the notice’s inconsistent NAICS details.",
      "requirements": [
        "White paper first; full proposal by invitation.",
        "Use the Oct 19 amendment, not the older Sep 17 listing.",
        "The $24M ceiling is not committed revenue or a guaranteed award."
      ],
      "related": [],
      "tags": [
        "Data analytics",
        "Cost modeling",
        "R&D"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "Official current notice",
          "url": "https://sam.gov/opp/d44d0904b2894646aebfd9aebd2b5807/view"
        },
        {
          "label": "Current notice and amendment history",
          "url": "https://sam.directory/opportunities/broad-agency-announcement-baa-cost-estimating-modeling-data-analytics-research-cemdar-fa701426scs02"
        }
      ],
      "checkedAt": "2026-10-02T03:25:26Z",
      "caveat": "SAM text was inaccessible; date and scope taken from latest mirrored notice. Full PWS not reviewed.",
      "milestones": [],
      "featured": false
    },
    {
      "id": "va-enterprise-ai",
      "title": "Enterprise AI Support Services — RFI",
      "entity": "veerone",
      "buyer": "U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs",
      "kind": "RFI",
      "deadlineDate": "2026-10-07",
      "deadlineAt": "2026-10-07T14:00:00Z",
      "deadlineLabel": "Oct 7 · 10:00 AM EDT in header; narrative EST conflict",
      "deadlineKind": "Submission",
      "amount": "No award at RFI stage",
      "awardMax": null,
      "currency": "USD",
      "amountBasis": "Market research; no funding awarded",
      "reference": "36C10B26Q0834",
      "status": "open",
      "route": "Market research only",
      "fit": "High",
      "verification": "Official indexed notice",
      "geography": "United States",
      "summary": "Market research for enterprise AI integration, operation, governance and support; not an open funded bid.",
      "why": "Close services fit for VeerOne, with potential evaluation work for AuraOne. A qualified prime/team route must still be established.",
      "nextAction": "Review the draft PWS and prepare a truthful capability-gap assessment; any response requires separate approval.",
      "eligibility": "Industry information is requested. No direct-prime qualification, clearance, award or future solicitation timing is established.",
      "requirements": [
        "RFI only; keep out of funded-bid totals.",
        "Scope excludes subscriptions, licenses and cloud consumption.",
        "Confirm deadline terminology: header EDT, narrative says EST."
      ],
      "related": [
        "auraone"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "AI governance",
        "Operations",
        "RFI"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "Official indexed SAM notice",
          "url": "https://sam.gov/opp/ad537f8f7c044c7fadbe03e19193de21/view"
        },
        {
          "label": "Scope and narrative corroboration",
          "url": "https://app.govly.com/public/opportunities/17140194"
        }
      ],
      "checkedAt": "2026-10-02T03:25:26Z",
      "caveat": "Official indexed text was retrieved, but the interactive SAM page and attachments were not fully readable. Confirm the time-zone conflict.",
      "milestones": [],
      "featured": false
    },
    {
      "id": "dhs-adts",
      "title": "AI, Data & Technology Strategy — RFI",
      "entity": "veerone",
      "buyer": "DHS / ICE",
      "kind": "RFI",
      "deadlineDate": "2026-10-16",
      "deadlineAt": "2026-10-16T14:00:00Z",
      "deadlineLabel": "Oct 16 · 10:00 AM EDT in indexed notice",
      "deadlineKind": "Submission",
      "amount": "No award at RFI stage",
      "awardMax": null,
      "currency": "USD",
      "amountBasis": "Market research; no award",
      "reference": "AI Data Technology Strategy (ADTS)",
      "status": "open",
      "route": "Market research only",
      "fit": "Medium",
      "verification": "Official indexed notice",
      "geography": "United States",
      "summary": "Market-research request concerning AI, data and technology strategy, architecture and governance.",
      "why": "Technical strategy and governance alignment only; this is not a funded implementation solicitation or an endorsement of agency policy.",
      "nextAction": "Review the updated notice and narrow a capability statement to verifiable technical experience.",
      "eligibility": "RFI response instructions and any later procurement requirements must be reviewed. No award eligibility has been established.",
      "requirements": [
        "Separate market research from actual tenders.",
        "Check the Sep 30 update.",
        "Mark any proprietary material as instructed; no external response is authorized."
      ],
      "related": [],
      "tags": [
        "AI strategy",
        "Architecture",
        "RFI"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "Official opportunity",
          "url": "https://sam.gov/opp/1d49244e7dbc44fc9ee14f4b22cc9f0d/view"
        }
      ],
      "checkedAt": "2026-10-02T03:25:26Z",
      "caveat": "Indexed official notice read; interactive page/attachments unavailable during scan.",
      "milestones": [],
      "featured": false
    },
    {
      "id": "long-beach-ai-watch",
      "title": "AI-assisted reporting services — verification watch",
      "entity": "veerone",
      "buyer": "City of Long Beach (reported)",
      "kind": "RFP",
      "deadlineDate": "2026-10-22",
      "deadlineAt": null,
      "deadlineLabel": "Reported Oct 22 · NOT official-verified",
      "deadlineKind": "Submission",
      "amount": "Budget not verified",
      "awardMax": null,
      "currency": "USD",
      "amountBasis": "Per award; not guaranteed",
      "reference": "",
      "status": "watchlist",
      "route": "Verify source first",
      "fit": "Medium",
      "verification": "Secondary lead only",
      "geography": "United States",
      "summary": "A secondary listing reports an AI-assisted reporting platform procurement. The controlling city solicitation was not recovered.",
      "why": "Potential document-workflow fit, but original requirements, official tender ID, privacy controls and deadline must be independently verified.",
      "nextAction": "Locate the original procurement in the city’s official vendor portal; do not draft or submit against an aggregator ID.",
      "eligibility": "Unverified. The secondary listing reports U.S.-only vendors and named system integrations; none should be assumed from the summary alone.",
      "requirements": [
        "Recover official solicitation and amendments.",
        "Verify reference number and deadline.",
        "Do not treat AI-1282 as the city’s confirmed tender ID."
      ],
      "related": [],
      "tags": [
        "Document AI",
        "Source needed"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "Secondary discovery lead only",
          "url": "https://craxy.ai/find-rfps/cmuf3pwtg002h0e0x47ek3jja"
        }
      ],
      "checkedAt": "2026-10-02T03:25:26Z",
      "caveat": "Not counted as an open verified call. Date and scope are secondary-only.",
      "milestones": [],
      "featured": false
    },
    {
      "id": "humanity-ai",
      "title": "Communities Leading on AI",
      "entity": "foundation",
      "buyer": "Humanity AI",
      "kind": "Grant",
      "deadlineDate": "2026-10-21",
      "deadlineAt": "2026-10-21T23:59:00Z",
      "deadlineLabel": "Oct 21 · 4:59 PM PT / 7:59 PM ET",
      "deadlineKind": "Submission",
      "amount": "$75,000–$1,000,000",
      "awardMax": 1000000,
      "currency": "USD",
      "amountBasis": "Per award; not guaranteed",
      "reference": "",
      "status": "open",
      "route": "Eligibility check",
      "fit": "High",
      "verification": "Official page",
      "geography": "United States",
      "summary": "Community-led U.S. projects shaping AI’s use in education, labor and arts/culture.",
      "why": "Conditional technical-project fit only: community-led evaluations, audits or shared datasets. Published scope restriction: projects primarily about AI literacy, AI-tool adoption or research without community leadership/action are out of scope. A standard AI-skills course does not qualify.",
      "nextAction": "Outline a community-led evaluation, audit or shared-dataset project, with community decision-making documented; exclude a standard AI-literacy or adoption program.",
      "eligibility": "U.S. nonprofit lead or eligible fiscal-sponsor arrangement. A community-led project is required; ordinary for-profit product development is not the route.",
      "requirements": [
        "Tiered awards; do not default to the $1M maximum.",
        "Initial narrative precedes fuller finalist materials.",
        "Keep charitable benefit and commercial-company activity separate.",
        "Published scope restriction: projects primarily about AI literacy, AI-tool adoption or research without community leadership/action are out of scope. A standard AI-skills course does not qualify."
      ],
      "related": [],
      "tags": [
        "AI education",
        "Workforce",
        "Community-led"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "Official opportunity",
          "url": "https://humanityai.ai/open-call/"
        }
      ],
      "checkedAt": "2026-10-02T03:25:26Z",
      "caveat": "Published scope restriction: projects primarily about AI literacy, AI-tool adoption or research without community leadership/action are out of scope. A standard AI-skills course does not qualify.",
      "milestones": [],
      "featured": true
    },
    {
      "id": "cisco-global-impact",
      "title": "Global Impact Cash Grants",
      "entity": "foundation",
      "buyer": "Cisco Foundation",
      "kind": "Grant",
      "deadlineDate": null,
      "deadlineAt": null,
      "deadlineLabel": "LOIs accepted year-round",
      "deadlineKind": "Submission",
      "amount": "First-time request up to $100,000",
      "awardMax": 100000,
      "currency": "USD",
      "amountBasis": "Per award; not guaranteed",
      "reference": "",
      "status": "rolling",
      "route": "Eligibility check",
      "fit": "High",
      "verification": "Official page",
      "geography": "U.S. and international equivalents",
      "summary": "Year-round letters of inquiry for scalable, technology-enabled social-impact programs.",
      "why": "Potential fit for an evidence-backed AI-access and workforce program that reaches underserved learners at scale.",
      "nextAction": "Prepare an LOI with beneficiary evidence, outcomes, budget and technology-enabled delivery model.",
      "eligibility": "U.S. 501(c)(3) public charities or international equivalents; programs must serve over 65% economically underserved participants.",
      "requirements": [
        "LOI first; full application only after invitation.",
        "First-time request cap $100,000.",
        "Review 25% organization-overhead limit and national/multinational reach expectations."
      ],
      "related": [],
      "tags": [
        "Digital inclusion",
        "Education",
        "Economic opportunity"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "Official opportunity",
          "url": "https://www.cisco.com/site/us/en/about/purpose/community-resilience/investments/global-impact-cash-grants.html"
        }
      ],
      "checkedAt": "2026-10-02T03:25:26Z",
      "caveat": "Eligibility and complete application documents must be checked before any submission.",
      "milestones": [],
      "featured": true
    },
    {
      "id": "openai-teen-research",
      "title": "AI & Teen Development Research Grants",
      "entity": "foundation",
      "buyer": "OpenAI Group PBC",
      "kind": "Research grant",
      "deadlineDate": "2026-10-06",
      "deadlineAt": "2026-10-07T06:59:00Z",
      "deadlineLabel": "Oct 6 · 11:59 PM Pacific (portal header PDT)",
      "deadlineKind": "Submission",
      "amount": "Up to $1,000,000 per research award",
      "awardMax": 1000000,
      "currency": "USD",
      "amountBasis": "Per award; not guaranteed",
      "reference": "",
      "status": "open",
      "route": "Partner required",
      "fit": "High",
      "verification": "Official page",
      "geography": "United States",
      "summary": "Research into AI’s effects on adolescent development, well-being and learning; not a general youth-program operating grant.",
      "why": "A Foundation program could serve as a research partner with qualified investigators and ethics oversight, rather than assuming it can lead alone.",
      "nextAction": "Identify a qualified adolescent-development/HCI researcher and test whether a rigorous, safeguarded study can be ready in time.",
      "eligibility": "Adult applicants with research affiliation and/or relevant expertise; for-profit organizations are not prioritized.",
      "requirements": [
        "Demonstrate research experience and an appropriate protocol.",
        "Budget overhead within the stated 10% cap.",
        "Confirm Pacific cutoff terminology in the application portal."
      ],
      "related": [],
      "tags": [
        "Youth",
        "AI research",
        "Learning"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "Official opportunity",
          "url": "https://openai.smapply.org/prog/openais_ai_and_teen_development_research_grant_program/"
        }
      ],
      "checkedAt": "2026-10-02T03:25:26Z",
      "caveat": "Sponsor is OpenAI Group PBC, not the OpenAI Foundation. Application page uses both PDT and PST; confirm portal countdown.",
      "milestones": [],
      "featured": true
    },
    {
      "id": "california-digital-divide",
      "title": "Digital Divide Grant Program — Round 4",
      "entity": "foundation",
      "buyer": "California Public Utilities Commission",
      "kind": "Grant",
      "deadlineDate": "2026-10-30",
      "deadlineAt": null,
      "deadlineLabel": "Oct 30 · 23:59 in state portal; time zone not stated",
      "deadlineKind": "Submission",
      "amount": "Nonprofit CBO awards up to $50,000",
      "awardMax": 50000,
      "currency": "USD",
      "amountBasis": "Per award; not guaranteed",
      "reference": "",
      "status": "open",
      "route": "Partner required",
      "fit": "High",
      "verification": "Official page",
      "geography": "California",
      "summary": "California digital-inclusion projects combining access, devices and digital-skills support.",
      "why": "Potential AI-access foundation work, but demonstrated digital-divide delivery and a qualifying school partnership are substantive prerequisites.",
      "nextAction": "Identify an eligible school/community partner and validate track record, agreement and endorsement documents.",
      "eligibility": "Eligible 501(c)(3) community organizations in good standing; qualifying beneficiary-school and experience requirements apply.",
      "requirements": [
        "Required agreement, recommendations and endorsements.",
        "No match; reimbursement-based with 10% held until completion.",
        "School-side $100K award is not the CBO award cap."
      ],
      "related": [],
      "tags": [
        "Digital inclusion",
        "Schools",
        "California"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "Official opportunity",
          "url": "https://www.grants.ca.gov/grants/2026-27-digital-divide-grant-program-round-4/"
        }
      ],
      "checkedAt": "2026-10-02T03:25:26Z",
      "caveat": "Eligibility and complete application documents must be checked before any submission.",
      "milestones": [],
      "featured": true
    },
    {
      "id": "la-hrtp-cycle3",
      "title": "High Road Training Partnership Fund — Cycle 3",
      "entity": "foundation",
      "buyer": "Los Angeles County Economic Opportunity",
      "kind": "Grant",
      "deadlineDate": "2026-10-30",
      "deadlineAt": "2026-10-30T19:00:00Z",
      "deadlineLabel": "Oct 30 · 12:00 noon PT",
      "deadlineKind": "Submission",
      "amount": "Award size to verify · $7.7M+ across the call",
      "awardMax": null,
      "currency": "USD",
      "amountBasis": "Call-wide funding; award amount not verified",
      "reference": "",
      "status": "open",
      "route": "Partner required",
      "fit": "High",
      "verification": "Official page",
      "geography": "Los Angeles County, California",
      "summary": "Industry-led workforce training across four funding streams; the CFCI stream includes occupations using AI ethically.",
      "why": "Potential Foundation workforce partnership, with a bounded technical-training role for a delivery partner. This is not a standalone national AI-course grant.",
      "nextAction": "Identify the five required core partners and an LA County workforce need before selecting the CFCI stream.",
      "eligibility": "Qualified partnerships serving underserved LA County residents; stream-specific requirements and core-partner commitments apply.",
      "requirements": [
        "One application per partnership.",
        "MoUs/commitments, budget and logic model required.",
        "Verify per-award limits; the total pool is not a grant to one applicant."
      ],
      "related": [
        "veerone"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Workforce",
        "AI skills",
        "California"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "Official opportunity",
          "url": "https://opportunity.lacounty.gov/hrtp/rfa3/"
        }
      ],
      "checkedAt": "2026-10-02T03:25:26Z",
      "caveat": "Eligibility and complete application documents must be checked before any submission.",
      "milestones": [],
      "featured": true
    },
    {
      "id": "walmart-spark-good",
      "title": "Spark Good Local Grants — Cycle 3",
      "entity": "foundation",
      "buyer": "Walmart / Sam’s Club",
      "kind": "Grant",
      "deadlineDate": "2026-11-30",
      "deadlineAt": null,
      "deadlineLabel": "Nov 30 · final day of Cycle 3; time not published",
      "deadlineKind": "Submission",
      "amount": "$250–$5,000 per local grant",
      "awardMax": 5000,
      "currency": "USD",
      "amountBasis": "Per award; not guaranteed",
      "reference": "",
      "status": "open",
      "route": "Eligibility check",
      "fit": "High",
      "verification": "Official page",
      "geography": "United States",
      "summary": "Local community grants through participating U.S. facilities.",
      "why": "A practical smaller request for a local AI/digital-skills workshop, devices or community learning activity, subject to facility fit.",
      "nextAction": "Choose a real local delivery project and matching store/service area; verify the organization in Spark Good/Deed.",
      "eligibility": "Eligible public charities and other listed public-benefit organizations serving the same community as the requested facility.",
      "requirements": [
        "Spark Good account and Deed verification.",
        "One funded award per facility per fiscal year.",
        "Maximum 25 pending/approved applications at once."
      ],
      "related": [],
      "tags": [
        "Local funding",
        "Education",
        "Community"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "Official opportunity",
          "url": "https://www.walmart.org/how-we-give/program-guidelines/spark-good-local-grants-guidelines"
        }
      ],
      "checkedAt": "2026-10-02T03:25:26Z",
      "caveat": "Eligibility and complete application documents must be checked before any submission.",
      "milestones": [],
      "featured": true
    },
    {
      "id": "gtia-gives",
      "title": "GTIA Gives member-referral grants",
      "entity": "foundation",
      "buyer": "Global Technology Industry Association",
      "kind": "Grant",
      "deadlineDate": "2026-10-02",
      "deadlineAt": null,
      "deadlineLabel": "Oct 2 · time not stated",
      "deadlineKind": "Submission",
      "amount": "Typically $25,000–$50,000",
      "awardMax": 50000,
      "currency": "USD",
      "amountBasis": "Per award; not guaranteed",
      "reference": "",
      "status": "open",
      "route": "Invitation required",
      "fit": "High",
      "verification": "Official page",
      "geography": "United States",
      "summary": "Technology-enabled education, digital access and workforce grants for underserved communities.",
      "why": "Good thematic fit, but only actionable with a GTIA member invitation and application link before the imminent deadline.",
      "nextAction": "Check whether a genuine member referral already exists; otherwise resolve the invitation gate before preparing materials.",
      "eligibility": "Registered nonprofits or schools in good standing. Current round is explicitly invitation-only via a GTIA member.",
      "requirements": [
        "Member invitation and application link required.",
        "Demonstrate measurable, sustainable benefit.",
        "For-profit efforts and individual applicants are excluded."
      ],
      "related": [],
      "tags": [
        "Digital access",
        "Workforce",
        "Invitation gate"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "Official opportunity",
          "url": "https://gtia.org/giving/grants"
        }
      ],
      "checkedAt": "2026-10-02T03:25:26Z",
      "caveat": "Use the current invitation-only headline and eligibility section; generic older referral copy elsewhere on the page is inconsistent.",
      "milestones": [],
      "featured": false
    },
    {
      "id": "nsf-techaccess-hubs",
      "title": "TechAccess: AI-Ready America — Round 2",
      "entity": "foundation",
      "buyer": "U.S. National Science Foundation",
      "kind": "Research grant",
      "deadlineDate": "2026-12-15",
      "deadlineAt": null,
      "deadlineLabel": "Dec 15 · LOI, 5:00 PM organization’s local time",
      "deadlineKind": "Required LOI",
      "amount": "$1M/year × 3 years per coordination hub",
      "awardMax": 3000000,
      "currency": "USD",
      "amountBasis": "Hub award; any partner share is undetermined",
      "reference": "",
      "status": "open",
      "route": "Partner required",
      "fit": "High",
      "verification": "Official page",
      "geography": "United States",
      "summary": "Statewide coordination hubs for AI readiness, deployment support, training and workforce partnerships.",
      "why": "Foundation learning programs and VeerOne implementation services could support a state consortium; leading requires statewide convening capacity.",
      "nextAction": "Find the relevant state consortium and define a nonduplicative education/deployment work package before the LOI.",
      "eligibility": "NSF-eligible organizations under PAPPG; unaffiliated individuals excluded. One institutional proposal; strong statewide operating capacity expected.",
      "requirements": [
        "Required Round 2 LOI Dec 15, 2026.",
        "Full proposal Jan 15, 2027.",
        "This call is for coordination hubs, not the separate catalyst competitions."
      ],
      "related": [
        "veerone"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "AI workforce",
        "Consortium",
        "Deployment"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "Official opportunity",
          "url": "https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/techaccess-ai-ready-america/nsf26-508/solicitation"
        }
      ],
      "checkedAt": "2026-10-02T03:25:26Z",
      "caveat": "Eligibility and complete application documents must be checked before any submission.",
      "milestones": [
        {
          "date": "2027-01-15",
          "label": "Round 2 full proposal · 5 PM organization local time",
          "kind": "Full proposal"
        }
      ],
      "featured": false
    },
    {
      "id": "stanford-ai-learning",
      "title": "AI + Learning Impact Grants",
      "entity": "foundation",
      "buyer": "Stanford Accelerator for Learning",
      "kind": "Research grant",
      "deadlineDate": "2026-10-05",
      "deadlineAt": null,
      "deadlineLabel": "Oct 5 · concept note; time not stated",
      "deadlineKind": "Concept note",
      "amount": "Up to $500,000 · academic-led",
      "awardMax": 500000,
      "currency": "USD",
      "amountBasis": "Award to academic-led project, not promised Foundation revenue",
      "reference": "",
      "status": "open",
      "route": "Academic lead required",
      "fit": "High",
      "verification": "Official page",
      "geography": "United States",
      "summary": "Research and development to scale AI-enabled learning with evidence from real educational settings.",
      "why": "A possible implementation/research partnership for Foundation programs, but only a Stanford PI-eligible faculty member can lead.",
      "nextAction": "Assess an existing Stanford researcher relationship and a mature pilot; do not submit as a Foundation-led grant.",
      "eligibility": "Stanford PI-eligible faculty only as applicants; community partnership terms must be agreed with the lead.",
      "requirements": [
        "Concept note Oct 5.",
        "Invited full proposal Nov 16.",
        "18–24 month projects; prior feasibility evidence expected."
      ],
      "related": [],
      "tags": [
        "AI learning",
        "Research partner"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "Official opportunity",
          "url": "https://acceleratelearning.stanford.edu/funding/ai-learning-impact-grants/"
        }
      ],
      "checkedAt": "2026-10-02T03:25:26Z",
      "caveat": "Eligibility and complete application documents must be checked before any submission.",
      "milestones": [
        {
          "date": "2026-11-16",
          "label": "Invited full proposal",
          "kind": "Invitation only"
        }
      ],
      "featured": false
    },
    {
      "id": "awesome-microgrants",
      "title": "Awesome Foundation community microgrants",
      "entity": "foundation",
      "buyer": "The Awesome Foundation chapters",
      "kind": "Grant",
      "deadlineDate": null,
      "deadlineAt": null,
      "deadlineLabel": "Monthly/chapter-specific; check selected chapter",
      "deadlineKind": "Submission",
      "amount": "Usually $1,000 per selected project",
      "awardMax": 1000,
      "currency": "USD",
      "amountBasis": "Per award; not guaranteed",
      "reference": "",
      "status": "rolling",
      "route": "Eligibility check",
      "fit": "Medium",
      "verification": "Official page",
      "geography": "Chapter-specific",
      "summary": "Autonomous local chapters make small grants for community projects.",
      "why": "A modest route for a clearly scoped local AI-literacy demonstration or workshop, not a large recurring operating budget.",
      "nextAction": "Choose a relevant active chapter and verify its geographic rules, cycle and project criteria.",
      "eligibility": "Chapter-specific. Do not assume all chapters accept the same applicants or run identical deadlines.",
      "requirements": [
        "Keep the project small, concrete and locally relevant.",
        "Check the chapter’s current process.",
        "No equity is taken in funded projects."
      ],
      "related": [],
      "tags": [
        "Microgrant",
        "Local funding"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "Official opportunity",
          "url": "https://www.awesomefoundation.org/en"
        }
      ],
      "checkedAt": "2026-10-02T03:25:26Z",
      "caveat": "Eligibility and complete application documents must be checked before any submission.",
      "milestones": [],
      "featured": false
    },
    {
      "id": "closed-people-first",
      "title": "People-First AI Fund 2026 — closed",
      "entity": "foundation",
      "buyer": "OpenAI Foundation",
      "kind": "Grant",
      "deadlineDate": "2026-07-15",
      "deadlineAt": null,
      "deadlineLabel": "Closed Jul 15, 2026",
      "deadlineKind": "Submission",
      "amount": "Closed round · no current award available",
      "awardMax": null,
      "currency": "USD",
      "amountBasis": "Per award; not guaranteed",
      "reference": "",
      "status": "closed",
      "route": "Archive only",
      "fit": "Medium",
      "verification": "Official page",
      "geography": "United States",
      "summary": "The 2026 application window has closed.",
      "why": "Relevant to future Foundation AI-access work, but not an available application in this snapshot.",
      "nextAction": "Watch for an official new round; do not reuse the expired deadline.",
      "eligibility": "Closed. Any future round must be qualified separately.",
      "requirements": [
        "No current application action.",
        "Keep historical information separate from open funding."
      ],
      "related": [],
      "tags": [
        "AI access",
        "Archive"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "Official opportunity",
          "url": "https://openaifoundation.org/news/2026-people-first-ai-fund"
        }
      ],
      "checkedAt": "2026-10-02T03:25:26Z",
      "caveat": "Eligibility and complete application documents must be checked before any submission.",
      "milestones": [],
      "featured": false
    },
    {
      "id": "closed-aws-imagine",
      "title": "AWS Imagine Grant U.S. 2026–27 — applications closed",
      "entity": "foundation",
      "buyer": "Amazon Web Services",
      "kind": "Grant",
      "deadlineDate": "2026-09-14",
      "deadlineAt": null,
      "deadlineLabel": "Invited Round 2 closed Sep 14, 2026",
      "deadlineKind": "Submission",
      "amount": "Closed application round",
      "awardMax": null,
      "currency": "USD",
      "amountBasis": "Per award; not guaranteed",
      "reference": "",
      "status": "closed",
      "route": "Archive only",
      "fit": "Medium",
      "verification": "Official page",
      "geography": "United States",
      "summary": "Initial applications and the invited second round have closed for the current U.S. cycle.",
      "why": "Potential future nonprofit technology program; this is not a fresh open grant.",
      "nextAction": "Monitor the next official call; only existing invited applicants should track award-stage notices.",
      "eligibility": "Closed to new applicants for this cycle.",
      "requirements": [
        "Do not confuse award announcements with an open application.",
        "Requalify dates and eligibility for the next cycle."
      ],
      "related": [],
      "tags": [
        "Nonprofit technology",
        "Archive"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "Official opportunity",
          "url": "https://aws.amazon.com/government-education/nonprofits/aws-imagine-grant-program/aws-imagine-grant-faq/"
        }
      ],
      "checkedAt": "2026-10-02T03:25:26Z",
      "caveat": "Eligibility and complete application documents must be checked before any submission.",
      "milestones": [],
      "featured": false
    },
    {
      "id": "closed-usac-ai",
      "title": "AI Consulting & Support Services — closed",
      "entity": "veerone",
      "buyer": "Universal Service Administrative Company",
      "kind": "RFP",
      "deadlineDate": "2026-09-30",
      "deadlineAt": "2026-09-30T15:00:00Z",
      "deadlineLabel": "Closed Sep 30 · 11:00 AM Eastern",
      "deadlineKind": "Submission",
      "amount": "Contract value not verified",
      "awardMax": null,
      "currency": "USD",
      "amountBasis": "Per award; not guaranteed",
      "reference": "IT-26-139",
      "status": "closed",
      "route": "Archive only",
      "fit": "Medium",
      "verification": "Official indexed notice",
      "geography": "United States",
      "summary": "The published response deadline has passed, even if a portal still displays an active notice label.",
      "why": "Useful only as an award/recompete signal for AI consulting services.",
      "nextAction": "Watch for a formal reopening or award notice; no late submission is assumed.",
      "eligibility": "Closed to timely new responses unless officially reopened.",
      "requirements": [
        "Do not count as an open bid.",
        "Verify new amendments before changing status."
      ],
      "related": [],
      "tags": [
        "AI consulting",
        "Archive"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "Official opportunity",
          "url": "https://sam.gov/opp/ba5d63d2cda64b4b8cefde8fbe774cc7/view"
        }
      ],
      "checkedAt": "2026-10-02T03:25:26Z",
      "caveat": "Eligibility and complete application documents must be checked before any submission.",
      "milestones": [],
      "featured": false
    }
  ]
}