Governance

…Proposals must address governance, security, integrity, community benefit and sustained availability. New primary data collection is outside scope. Impact awards are up to USD 2 million, Flagship awards up to USD 5 million, and Planning grants up to USD 200,000. Full proposals are due 4 November 2026 at 5 pm in the submitting organization’s local time.

Organizations -- private and public, established and entrepreneurial, designed and emergent, formal and informal, profit and nonprofit -- are critical to the well-being of nations and their citizens. They are of crucial importance for producing goods and services, creating value, providing jobs, and achieving social goals. The Science of Organizations (SoO) program funds basic research that yields a scientific evidence base for improving the design and emergence, development and deployment, and management and ultimate effectiveness of organizations of all kinds. SoO funds research that advance

…and physical AI with deployment, governance and sovereignty, considering how organizations can make practical design choices.

…framework links infrastructure design, governance, operating practices, resource dependence and collective perceptions across spacecraft, community systems, microgrids, islands and countries. Comparative cases examine how security, independence, climate goals, costs, technical constraints, ideology and geopolitics shape these arrangements and change over time. Montserrat illustrates both vulnerabilities and oppo

…climate, economies, societies and governance. The lecture asks how underlying drivers and potential tipping points relate to the international order and what constructive transformations could emerge from present crises. It considers differentiated responsibilities across countries and sectors, pathways that recognise ecosystems as foundations of human wellbeing, and ways to balance nature, economies and social outcomes. Existing multilateral institutions offer starting points, but c

…risks in financial services, governance, prompt design and layered mitigation strategies.