[ Facebook Research – Probability and Programming request for proposals 2020 | Research Funding ]
Event details
| Date | 04.03.2020 |
| Category | Call for proposal |
Aim: To foster further innovation at the intersection of machine learning, programming languages, statistics, and software engineering, and to deepen our collaboration with academia, Facebook is pleased to invite faculty and graduate students to respond to this call for research proposals pertaining to these areas.
We are inviting proposals that advance foundations or practice of any of the topics mentioned above. The list includes, but is not limited to:
Winners will be invited to the annual Programming Language Enthusiast Mind Melt (PLEMM) held in Fall 2020 (location TBD). Facebook will pay for the winners’ travel and accommodations (one representative per winning proposal) to attend PLEMM and present during a workshop on probability and programming.
Funding: USD $50’000
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. Awards must comply with applicable U.S. and international laws, regulations, and policies.
How to Apply: Proposals should include a summary of the project (1-2 pages) , a draft budget description (1 page), CVs of all involved researchers, and administrative information about the institution. 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), as well as funds for travel for the Principal Investigator (PI) to attend the PLEMM event in Fall 2020.
Deadline: 04 March 2020 (5:00 pm AOE)
Further information
We are inviting proposals that advance foundations or practice of any of the topics mentioned above. The list includes, but is not limited to:
- Differentiable programming
- Probabilistic programming
- Programming tools built using “big code”
- Applications of machine learning to troubleshoot and optimize systems
- Robustness and uncertainty management for ML models
Winners will be invited to the annual Programming Language Enthusiast Mind Melt (PLEMM) held in Fall 2020 (location TBD). Facebook will pay for the winners’ travel and accommodations (one representative per winning proposal) to attend PLEMM and present during a workshop on probability and programming.
Funding: USD $50’000
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. Awards must comply with applicable U.S. and international laws, regulations, and policies.
How to Apply: Proposals should include a summary of the project (1-2 pages) , a draft budget description (1 page), CVs of all involved researchers, and administrative information about the institution. 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), as well as funds for travel for the Principal Investigator (PI) to attend the PLEMM event in Fall 2020.
Deadline: 04 March 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