Our grantees have helped put fundamental rights and democratic freedoms at the heart of policymaking on AI. They’ve brought marginalised communities such as migrants, autistic people and sex workers into the debate. And they’re exploring how AI is intersecting in criminal justice, climate, health and more.
As well as offering financial support, we help organisations build networks, gain skills and work collaboratively to drive change.
Issued: Jan 2026|2 yearsLive
European Disability Forum
€160.000 Build
Belgium / Europe
With this grant, the European Disability Forum will run a two-year programme to advance disability-inclusive AI in Europe. It will help national disability organisations take part in putting the AI Act into practice, and update AI guidance on enforcement and complaints. It will influence future AI policies and guidelines at EU and national level so they protect accessibility and non-discrimination, and it will monitor the EU's possible ratification of the Council of Europe's AI convention. It will also carry out research on how AI affects women, racialised people and young people with disabilities, and create a youth-friendly AI literacy toolkit with young people with disabilities.
With this grant, Homo Digitalis will launch a project in Greece to expose and challenge intrusive AI systems that enable surveillance, discrimination, and rights violations.
Homo Digitalis will also create Greece’s first public registry of AI systems used by national authorities and EU agencies; publish a comprehensive research report on risks, practices, and compliance gaps; and coordinate the Greek AI Network to push for transparency, policy reform, and rights-respecting technology governance in border management and policing.
With this grant, Civio will continue working to secure accountability and transparency in AI systems deployed across Spain’s public administration.
Through investigative journalism, Civio will expose how algorithmic decisions impact citizens’ fundamental rights—from biased healthcare diagnostics to discriminatory risk assessment tools—translating complex technical issues into accessible stories that reach broad audiences through collaboration with major media outlets.
Civio will also advocate for concrete policy reforms, like a national algorithmic register, and pursue strategic litigation to establish legal precedents for algorithmic transparency, building on their BOSCO case Supreme Court victory.
Algorithm Audit will develop and test a practical evaluation framework for Large Language Models (LLMs) and chatbots that interface between governmental bodies and citizens. They will form an independent advisory commission to explore the normative questions that could arise when a chatbot is supplying information to the public.
Algorithm Audit will expand its work on algorithmic non-discrimination through workshops, training, and case studies, translating value-based principles into practice for both publicly and privately used AI systems.
With support from the European AI & Society Fund, ENAR will continue making racial justice a core part of digital rights policy. It will involve racialised communities in the debate, challenge the idea that technology alone can solve social problems, and strengthen its members' ability to turn discussions into political demands for justice, transparency and accountability.
GFF will continue and expand the work of its Center for User Rights to cover AI transparency and Big Tech companies accountability under European regulations such as the Digital Services Act (DSA), the Digital Markets Act (DMA), and the AI Act. The Center supports the wider civil society ecosystem in effectively using legal tools to translate research findings into concrete action and to respond to incidents such as the deplatforming of organisations.
ICCL Enforce will use its technical and policy expertise to implement and enforce the regulation of AI systems. ICCL Enforce will advocate for information exchange and work with AI regulators and fundamental rights bodies to set the tone for the enforcement regime of the EU AI Act. In addition, ICCL Enforce investigated the procurement and use of AI systems by Irish public bodies.
ESWA will strengthen its digital rights and AI policy work to ensure sex workers’ voices shape the future of technology in Europe. ESWA will monitor and influence the implementation of the EU AI Act and Digital Services Act, ensuring accountability from platforms and policymakers.
Their activities include research on how sex workers use AI, advocacy for safer digital spaces, and training members to protect their rights online. ESWA will continue to challenge discrimination and exclusion in AI systems, making sure those most marginalised in digital spaces are not left behind.
With the passing of the AI Act, Ada Lovelace Institute is now focused on engaging EU institutions in Brussels on its implementation. They will work with the AI Office to make people’s concerns and proposals heard. The Institute will also focus on how the proposed European Commission’s AI and Digital Omnibus processes and Digital Fitness Check will impact Europe and the UK. And they’ll study how the Digital Fairness Act could manage problematic AI chatbots.
