[ Facebook Research - Explorations of Trust in AR, VR, and Smart Devices request for proposals | Research Funding ]
Event details
| Date | 12.06.2020 |
| Category | Call for proposal |
Aim: Facebook is pleased to invite university faculty to respond to this call for research proposals on exploring unique challenges, threats, attacks, mitigations, and other considerations in the burgeoning space of AR, VR, and smart devices. This call covers a broad range of topics relating to applications like AR glasses, VR headsets, other AR or VR form-factors, smart home products, and more. Examples might include, but are not limited to, the following:
Funding: USD $75’000
Eligibility: Applicants must be current full-time faculty at an accredited academic institution that awards research degrees to PhD students, and they must be the Principal Investigator on any resulting award. Proposals from small collaborative teams, particularly with PIs bridging necessary technical areas, are encouraged. Awards must comply with applicable U.S. and international laws, regulations, and policies. Successful awardees will be listed on the Facebook Research website and will be encouraged to openly publish any findings/insights from their work.
How to Apply: Applicants should submit a proposal detailing what contribution their research is expected to make, how the research domain will benefit from the work, a project timeline, and a budget overview of how the proposed funding will be used. Proposals are highly encouraged to focus funding of project personnel, especially PhD students. CVs of all involved researchers and administrative information about the institution will also be requested. For any assistance on the organizational details or tax information, please contact the Research Office. Budgets should be formulated to include 5% overhead (the maximum allowed in the program guidelines).
Deadline: 12 June 2020 (5:00 pm AOE)
Further information
- Novel threats, attacks, mitigations, or features in the areas of silicon, hardware, supply-chain, or anti-tamper in this space
- Privacy-preserving techniques and engineering in the context of unique sensors and use cases
- Developments involving trust in voice assistants, smart devices, smart home cameras, biometrics, and so on
- Proposed operating system, platform, or device system concepts that offer improvements in the technological space
- Novel concepts in terms of identity, authentication, authorization, abuse-prevention, and more, as they pertain to said devices and technologies
- Perspectives on unique ethical or societal considerations and challenges posed by this technology, and suggested mitigations
- Any novel or new concepts in trust as applied to the AR/VR and smart devices space that warrant further exploration
Funding: USD $75’000
Eligibility: Applicants must be current full-time faculty at an accredited academic institution that awards research degrees to PhD students, and they must be the Principal Investigator on any resulting award. Proposals from small collaborative teams, particularly with PIs bridging necessary technical areas, are encouraged. Awards must comply with applicable U.S. and international laws, regulations, and policies. Successful awardees will be listed on the Facebook Research website and will be encouraged to openly publish any findings/insights from their work.
How to Apply: Applicants should submit a proposal detailing what contribution their research is expected to make, how the research domain will benefit from the work, a project timeline, and a budget overview of how the proposed funding will be used. Proposals are highly encouraged to focus funding of project personnel, especially PhD students. CVs of all involved researchers and administrative information about the institution will also be requested. For any assistance on the organizational details or tax information, please contact the Research Office. Budgets should be formulated to include 5% overhead (the maximum allowed in the program guidelines).
Deadline: 12 June 2020 (5:00 pm AOE)
Further information
- More details on the call can be found on the RFP website.
- For any other questions, contact the Research Office.
Practical information
- General public
- Free