As the country moves forward following the 2026 midterm elections, prediction market Kalshi has announced an all-new program to promote election market research. On Tuesday, the nation’s largest prediction platform informed social media followers that it is launching a $1 million grant program for research projects.
“We are launching a $1 million grant program for up to 50 research projects on midterm prediction markets,” stated the official Kalshi X account. “Bring your best ideas. We’ll provide any publicly available Kalshi data you need. To enter, quote-tweet this post with your research idea and apply on the website.”
Technically, there are two ways that researchers can start the process to request funding within Kalshi’s midterm election grant program: by retweet or by direct application. However, a retweet serves to extend the amount of time researchers have to request funding by two calendar days.
The corresponding deadlines have been published on Kalshi’s official website, and are as follows:
Researchers are free to submit their own ideas for which topics should be covered for midterm election prediction market research projects. For individuals and groups who are looking for ideas, the CFTC-regulated prediction market platform has posted a number of topics that it is particularly interested in.
Was there any relation between pre-midterm polls and specific prediction market prices? Also, how did Election Night results impact markets in real time? What were election markets’ reactions to early poll results and individual race calls?
Kalshi would like more research on how its prediction markets performed for midterm races that didn’t receive a lot of polling. Do the election markets show any trends for these races?
Researchers are encouraged to identify which news events impacted midterm election contract prices leading up to Election Day. Did certain markets “correct” after a period of time once the news, campaign announcement, or advertisement had run its cycle?
More topic suggestions are provided on the official Kalshi webpage for funding requests. Our readers can access that page by going directly to Kalshi’s official X post.
In response to Kalshi’s announcement, prediction market advocate, podcast host, and event organizer Aggie brought up an interesting point related to the participation of women voters relative to prediction market trading activity.
“I’d be excited to research why women out-vote men in elections but are still a small minority of prediction market traders, and what closing that gap could mean for forecast accuracy,” posted Aggie on Tuesday.
The deadline for researchers to submit proposals for funding within Kalshi’s midterm election market grant program is Wednesday, November 18th.
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