Google.org backs 17 AI-for-science groups with $36 million

The funding is paired with an optional six-month accelerator that adds technical help and Google infrastructure.

Google.org is putting $36 million behind 17 organizations using AI on scientific problems, with an optional six-month Accelerator that adds engineering help, technical mentorship, and Google infrastructure. The recipients span climate, energy, health, and basic science, including work on flash-flood warnings in Africa, ocean digital twins, fusion modeling, battery design, and AI-driven protein and drug discovery. The program drew applications from 30 countries, showing broad demand for AI-for-science funding. For developers and startups, the main signal is that Google is pairing capital with compute and engineering support for teams that can turn research prototypes into scaled systems.