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Trelis AI Grants · $500

Trelis Research awards $500 grants per quarter, equity-free, to individuals with an active GitHub or GitLab account working on training, fine-tuning, inference, or deployment tooling for open AI models, with a parallel $10,000 SAFE investment track.

The catch: Application, 15-minute interview, and completion summaries required; decisions within 30 days and self-sustaining project ideas preferred.

• $500 grants awarded per quarter, on a rolling basis
• Applicants need an active GitHub or GitLab account
• Grantees invoice Trelis LTD and submit a 500-word completion summary
• Separate $10,000 investment track requires a corporate entity (Delaware C Corp preferred), typically via SAFE
• Payment via bank transfer preferred, then PayPal/Stripe, or RunPod GPU credits as last resort

• No credit card needed.
• Needs an account sign-up.
• Individuals of any age and location with an active GitHub or GitLab account; application and interview required.
• Available worldwide.
• Fill out the application form (decisions within 30 days).
• Selected applicants complete a 15-minute interview.
• Grantees invoice Trelis LTD and submit title, tweet-style summary, and 500-word summary on completion.
• Other: An active GitHub or GitLab account.