A Research Agenda for the Economic Futures Research Fund
Anthropic, Wednesday, July 22nd, 2026
Anthropic details a research agenda for its $200M Economic Futures Research Fund on AI's economic impacts.
Anthropic outlined the research agenda for its Economic Futures Research Fund, committing $200 million to support external study of how society can prepare for AI's economic impacts.
The fund prioritizes five areas: workplace AI integration, retraining programs, modernized income support, worker participation in AI gains, and evaluating public investment.
Projects typically range from $5-30 million and may include large-scale randomized controlled trials, pilots, or program evaluations. Only accredited institutions, research organizations, and nonprofits with field-experiment experience may apply.