The
National Science Foundation (NSF) invites applications for the National
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research Institutes. AI has advanced tremendously
and today promises personalized healthcare, enhanced national security, improved
transportation, and more effective education, to name just a few benefits.
Increased computing power, the availability of large datasets and streaming
data, and algorithmic advances in machine learning (ML) have made it possible
for AI research and development to create new sectors of the economy and
revitalize industries. The National AI Research Institutes program enables
long-term research and U.S. leadership in AI.
This
program is a joint government effort of the National Science Foundation (NSF),
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture
(NIFA), U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science & Technology
Directorate (S&T), and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Federal
Highway Administration (FHWA). New to the program this year are contributions
from partners in U.S. industry who share in the government’s goal to advance
national competitiveness through National AI Research Institutes. This year’s
industry partners are Accenture, Amazon, Google, and Intel Corporation. This
program solicitation invites proposals for full institutes that have a principal
focus in one or more of the following themes, detailed in the Program
Description:
Funding Amount/ Project
Period: $4
million per year for 4-5 years
Link
to Funding Opportunity Announcement
Institutional Limit:
2 -
as lead institution; an individual may be designated as senior personnel (which
includes but is not limited to PI or co-PI) on at most one project team
submitting to this solicitation.
Internal
Competition: To
participate in the university’s selection process,please upload the
following,assembled
into a single PDF file, to the Office of the Vice President for Research via
this
portal
with a copy to your Associate Dean for Research September 29,
2020:
·
Names
and departments or affiliations of the Project Director and other key personnel
or partners;
·
Title
of program and/or funding opportunity announcement number;
·
Brief
project description (2 pages maximum);
·
Brief
biographical sketch.
A committee will be
convened to review the material and make a recommendation.
For questions or issues
with submission through the portal, email the limited submission mailbox
(limitedsubmissions@uky.edu), or call 257-2861.
Agency Deadline: December
4, 2020