McCAIS' IRD Awards encourage interdisciplinary research aimed at understanding and positively influencing the impact of AI on society across fields such as听arts, decision-making, health, law, and policy.
Thank you for your interest! Call for proposals now are closed for 2025.
Exploratory Phase
Supports teams starting new collaborations who are in the initial stages of exploring a convergent theme. Emphasis is on encouraging and empowering new, unconventional, cross-disciplinary conversations to determine potential collaborative research directions and their feasibility.
The Exploratory Phase stream is eligible for up to $10,000 in funding.
Proof of Concept
Supports well-established, multidisciplinary teams working in a well-defined convergent theme to take their ideas to the next stage. Emphasis is on implementing a short program with a set of deliverables demonstrating the potential for a long-term research program.
The Proof of Concept stream is eligible for up to $20,000 in funding.
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- The Principal Investigator (PI) must be an active 海角精品黑料 faculty member.
- Applications are open to members of all 海角精品黑料 faculties.
- Teams must be comprised of听primarily of active members听of 海角精品黑料.
- Eligible costs are (i) HR compensation (stipends, salaries and benefits for students/post-docs) and (ii) research community engagement expenses (e.g. workshops, etc.).听It is not intended for equipment purchases or course releases.
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To discuss the alignment of ideas with the goals of this funding program or for any further information, lead applicants are strongly encouraged to contact McCAIS (mccais.science [at] mcgill.ca) with an initial statement of interest as early as possible.
