U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia
U.S-Saudi AI Research Commercialization Accelerator Program (ReCAP)
Key facts
- Award
- $600,000 – $900,000
- Opens
- Aug 31, 2026
- Closes
- Sep 14, 2026
- Location
- United States
- Category
- Artificial Intelligence
Who can apply
- Not-for-profit organizations, including civil society/non-governmental organizations
- Public and private educational institutions
- Public International Organizations
- Governmental institutions
About this grant
The U.S. Embassy Riyadh Public Diplomacy Section announces an open competition for organizations to design and implement the U.S.–Saudi AI Research Commercialization Accelerator (ReCAP), a 12-month initiative connecting Saudi Arabia's expanding artificial intelligence innovation ecosystem with the United States' world-leading technology, investment, and commercialization ecosystem. The program will source and evaluate 20–30 Saudi-developed AI technologies, advance approximately 10 of the most promising through applied, U.S.-led commercialization programming and Innovation Labs, connect participants to the American AI ecosystem through an intensive U.S. study tour, and culminate in a high-level U.S.–Saudi AI Research Commercialization Summit.