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OpenAI opens $5M teen AI research grants
OpenAI announced on September 8, 2026 a $5 million grant program for independent research on how generative AI affects teens ages 13–17, with individual awards up to $1 million and a focus on social and emotional development, safeguards, and age-appropriate design. Submissions are open through October 6, 2026, with selected proposals notified by November 13; grants are funded by OpenAI Group PBC, not a ChatGPT for Teens product launch and not the earlier EMEA Youth & Wellbeing Grant.