Sponsor

Centre for Advancing Responsible and Ethical Artificial Intelligence (CARE-AI)

Description

The Centre for Advancing Responsible and Ethical Artificial Intelligence (CARE-AI) at the University of Guelph integrates ethics, governance and social responsibility with technical leadership. CARE-AI offers seed grants for affiliated faculty at the University of Guelph to help support events and research. CARE-AI Seed Fund Inspire Grants support events to help build research connectivity. CARE-AI Seed Fund AI Innovation grants are intended to support the formation of interdisciplinary research collaborations that have the potential to achieve follow-on impact. These grants are intended to spearhead new research initiatives through the development of novel approaches or studies that have technical or project risk and lead to innovation in a field of application or research area. Leveraging other sources of funding is encouraged.

The CARE-AI Seed Fund offers AI Inspire Grants and AI Innovation Grants:

• AI Inspire Grants support events such as workshops, hackathons or seminars that bring thought leaders or practitioners in AI methodology, AI applications and/or AI responsibility to U of G or cultivate further interest in responsible AI. CARE-AI can assist in raising visibility and awareness of the initiative by circulating it through the CARE-AI community and providing additional support. (Rolling intake based on available funds)
• AI Innovation Grants support the formation of new interdisciplinary research collaborations that could lead to achieving significant recognition and drive future research activity. The research activity associated with the grant should be a path to future research grant applications of greater value and profile.  (Annual deadline)

Eligibility

• Full-time continuing faculty member or other academic staff at U of G.
• Eligible to hold Tri-Agency grants.
• Applicants should be CARE-AI affiliated faculty.
• The grant applicant must be the primary investigator.
• Applicants can only be awarded once per competition
• Funds must have a direct on-campus benefit and not be used to support expenses at other institutions

Maximum Project Value

AI Inspire Grants provide funding up to $1,500 of direct costs.

AI Innovation Grants provide funding up to $5,000 per year for up to 2 years for the direct costs of the research. There is 10% holdback on the final funding to ensure completion of necessary reporting.

Indirect Costs

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How to Apply

Applicant instructions:

1. Fill out the appropriate CARE-AI Seed Fund Application Form (see attached).
2. Compile the Supplementary Documentation (as outlined in CARE-AI Seed Fund Application Form).
3. Combine the application form and the supplementary documentation into a single PDF document and email your application directly to care-ai@uoguelph.ca [1] with the subject line "CARE-AI Seed Fund Application".

For further details on eligibility and how to apply, contact care-ai@uoguelph.ca [1].

Attachment(s)

Attachment	Size
CARE-AI Seed Fund Call - Final.pdf [2]	67.93 KB
CARE-AI Innovation Grant application fillable doc.docx [3]	65.6 KB