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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.