OpenAI Economic Research Exchange 2026

OpenAI is launching the OpenAI Economic Research Exchange to formalize and expand collaborations with external researchers to produce high-quality empirical research on the economic impacts of AI. The Exchange supports carefully scoped collaborations and provides access to approved data under NDA, along with defined internal support for project scoping, onboarding, and dissemination.

Funding and access to data; project support and mentoring; potential outputs such as reports or papers.

Open to researchers interested in Artificial intelligence (AI).

Prepare a research proposal including the research question, methodology, milestones, data needs, and team; submit following the OpenAI Economic Research Exchange guidelines.