[ NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY – Artificial Intelligence for Species Discovery | Research Funding ]
Event details
| Date | 15.01.2020 |
| Category | Call for proposal |
Aim: The National Geographic Society and Microsoft’s AI for Earth program are partnering to support the exploration of how AI can help us discover, identify, and classify new species. The Artificial Intelligence for Species Discovery RFP will provide support to projects that accelerate discovery, monitoring, and modeling, and ultimately improve the management of Earth’s biodiversity for a more sustainable future.
The grants will support the creation and deployment of open source trained models, algorithms, and datasets to support species discovery. To strengthen your application, consider aligning with a research group to address a biodiversity question. For example, pair an expert capable of creating and deploying an open source trained model or algorithm with a research specialist using this model or algorithm to address a pressing biodiversity question. We encourage proposals for work in any biome.
Proposed work should create generalizable, scalable tools that use AI to support species discovery. Priority will be given to projects that do one or more of the following:
Funding: $100,000*
*In addition to financial support, successful proposals will receive free access to Microsoft’s AI for Earth API’s, applications, tools, and tutorials, and support for their computational work on Microsoft Azure.
Duration: 12 months
Eligibility: Applications from around the world are accepted. If you are planning to work outside of your home country or community, you must include the name and contact information for at least one local collaborator as a project team member in the application. The individual responsible for carrying out the project should apply and write the application. Students should not submit in their advisor’s name.
All models supported through this grant must be open source, and grant recipients must be willing to (1) publicly share their models for use by other environmental researchers, and (2) share the underlying data with the National Geographic Society.
How to Apply: The one-step application process is detailed in the checklist available here.
Deadline: 15-Jan-2020
Further information
The grants will support the creation and deployment of open source trained models, algorithms, and datasets to support species discovery. To strengthen your application, consider aligning with a research group to address a biodiversity question. For example, pair an expert capable of creating and deploying an open source trained model or algorithm with a research specialist using this model or algorithm to address a pressing biodiversity question. We encourage proposals for work in any biome.
Proposed work should create generalizable, scalable tools that use AI to support species discovery. Priority will be given to projects that do one or more of the following:
- Use AI to address challenges in filling biodiversity data gaps.
- Generate data and develop open-source technologies that contribute to scientific inquiry and advance our knowledge of the planet’s biodiversity.
- Use AI and machine learning to capitalize on the information potential of massive and complex datasets.
Funding: $100,000*
*In addition to financial support, successful proposals will receive free access to Microsoft’s AI for Earth API’s, applications, tools, and tutorials, and support for their computational work on Microsoft Azure.
Duration: 12 months
Eligibility: Applications from around the world are accepted. If you are planning to work outside of your home country or community, you must include the name and contact information for at least one local collaborator as a project team member in the application. The individual responsible for carrying out the project should apply and write the application. Students should not submit in their advisor’s name.
All models supported through this grant must be open source, and grant recipients must be willing to (1) publicly share their models for use by other environmental researchers, and (2) share the underlying data with the National Geographic Society.
How to Apply: The one-step application process is detailed in the checklist available here.
Deadline: 15-Jan-2020
Further information
- More information about the program is available here
- The application portal can be found here
- For any other questions, please contact the Research Office
Practical information
- General public
- Free