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Home / College Guide / Funding Opportunity: NSF Announces New Solicitation to Support National Artifici |
Posted on Wednesday, October 23 @ 00:00:15 PDT |
Funding Opportunity: NSF Announces New Solicitation to Support National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research Institutes
The following announcement was shared by Lewis-Burke Associates LLC.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced a solicitation to support new Artificial Intelligence (AI) Institutes. This solicitation is a joint activity with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The AI Institutescale activities aim to support longer, larger awards for multi-disciplinary and multi-stakeholder teamsto advance AI research and education and to address societal grand challenges.
The solicitation invites proposals in two tracks: • The Institute Track: awards up to $20 million over five years, which must focus on one or more of the themes below:o Trustworthy AI; o Foundations of Machine Learning; o AI-Driven Innovation in Agriculture and the Food System;o AI-Augmented Learning;o AI for Accelerating Molecular Synthesis and Manufacturing; ando AI for Discovery in Physics NOTE: additional information on each of the six themes is included in the full solicitation .
• The Planning Track : awards up to $500,000 over two years, “in any areas of foundational and use-inspired research appropriate to NSF and its partner organizations.â€
The solicitation seeks proposals that both advance foundational AI research to develop theories and methods that can be applied across any domain or application, and leverage use-inspired research. The solicitation purposefully differentiates between use-inspired and applied research to emphasize its goal to “support work that goes beyond merely applying known techniques and adds new knowledge and understanding in both foundational AI and use-inspired domains.†In addition to these goals, proposals are encouraged to “drive new and innovative education and development;†support “multidisciplinary groups of scientists, engineers and educators;†and “promote organizational collaborations and linkages within and between campuses, schools, and the world beyond, broadening participation in research, education, and knowledge transfer activities through a network of partners and affiliates.â€
The overarching vision for this program is to advance AI to address societal issues such as “personalized healthcare; enhanced national security; improved transportation; and more effective education.
†As set out in the 2019 update to the National Artificial Intelligence Research and Development Strategic Plan, future advances in AI require long-term investment. Sustained investment through these new AI Institutes “holds the potential for further economic impact and quality-of-life improvements.†While this solicitation focuses on six themes for the Institutes track, future solicitations may include additional themes, open tracks, or both.
Total Funding and Award Size: NSF plans to make between one to six Institute awards and up to eight Planning Grants. Institutes will be funded between $16 million for four-year Institutes or up to $20 million for five-year Institutes. Planning Grants will be funded up to $500,000 for up to two years. Total funding of $24 million to $124 million is available for this program.
Deadlines: Full proposals are due January 28, 2020 ; planning proposals are due January 30, 2020.
Eligibility : Eligible applicants under this opportunity include institutes of higher education, non-profits, and research labs. There is no limit on the number of proposals per organization; however, individuals may only be designated as “senior personnel,†including PI or Co-PI, on two proposals.
Additionally, proposals that request funding through NIFA are only open to agricultural experiment stations; colleges and universities; university research foundations; other research institutions and organizations; national laboratories; federal agencies; private organizations or corporations; or individual US citizens, nationals or permanent residents. Foreign or International organizations are not eligible for funding through NIFA.
Sources and Additional Information: • Program details can be found here . • Full solicitation available here .
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