The D^3 Associates Program advances research on artificial intelligence in organizations
This microgrant program supports research from Harvard faculty on how AI is transforming firms and organizations — delivering actionable insights for the public and practitioners.
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Research Projects Funded
$ 800k+
Funding Awarded in Microgrants
20+
Harvard Faculty Awarded
Spring 2026 Applications are now open!
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The Surprising Link Between AI Reasoning and Honesty
Exploring how the complexity of large language models acts as a moral safeguard Listen to this article: The standard fear about advanced AI goes something like this: the more sophisticated a system becomes, the better it gets at sounding convincing, reading the room, and manipulating people. A model that can reason step-by-step might not just […]
Why Your AI Strategy May Be Failing
How companies can overcome the structural frictions that block AI at scale Listen to this article: AI has entered the enterprise faster than most previous waves of technology, reshaping expectations about speed, productivity, and decision-making. Yet adoption alone does not produce transformation. The Frontier Firm Initiative (FFI), a joint effort between the Digital Data Design […]
Competing in the Dark
New research reveals that firms are playing a game of catch-up they didn’t even know they were losing Listen to this article: Leaders know they must innovate to survive, and they don’t make decisions in a vacuum: they watch rivals, draw inferences, and position themselves accordingly. But what happens when their picture of the competitive […]
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