Biswas Foundation gave $1.7M to 37 AI medicine projects; Cycle 2 opens Nov 15
anshulkundaje · x · 2026-11-11
The Biswas Family Foundation's Fast Grants program awarded $1.7M to 37 projects using AI for diagnostics, prevention, and therapeutics in Cycle 1, with grants of $100K/$50K/$25K to researchers at Princeton, Stanford, MIT, Johns Hopkins, and more.
Cycle 2 continues the fast, lightweight funding model for AI + health pilots; applications open November 15 through December 15.
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