AHRC Pre-Announcement Call for Ecosystem Scoping to Embed Responsible AI in Context
AHRC Pre-Announcement Call for Ecosystem Scoping to Embed Responsible AI in Context
The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) is looking to fund projects that will undertake scoping and preparation work, building partnerships and mapping parts of the AI ecosystem that could be the focus of a future responsible AI demonstrator project.
This opportunity is part of (AHRC’s) Bridging Responsible AI Divides (BRAID) programme.
AHRC is inviting proposals for a preliminary study of responsible AI research and practice as demonstrable in a well-scoped context for AI, such as:
- A particular organisation type and sector (for example hospital, bank, start-up, university, etc)
- Particular settings (for example research lab, product team, classroom, city/region etc)
- Particular use cases or applications (for example fraud detection, medical decision support, autonomous vehicle, image or video generation, etc).
Applications must set out a proposal to clarify what ‘responsible AI’ might mean in the chosen context, covering at least three of the following:
- The potential for adoption and translation of existing responsible AI research, tools and practices into this context (for example, algorithmic audits, impact assessments, red-teaming exercises, model cards, ethics review boards)
- Potential for new responsible AI knowledge, tools or practices to be developed in this context, or adapted for this AI context from other domains or histories
- Barriers, opportunities and incentives to responsible AI in this context
- The network of actors, stakeholders, powers and interests in this context
- Achievable goals and action-guiding criteria for responsible AI in this context.
Projects should have a multidisciplinary team. AHRC expect to see at least three disciplines represented in the leadership team.
The duration of this award is six months and projects must start by 1 February 2024.
The FEC of the project can be up to £312,500. AHRC will fund 80% of the FEC of the grant application.
In addition to access to AHRC’s BRAID (Bridging Responsible AI Divides) programme network and activities, funded applicants will benefit from cohort networking events designed to connect them with third-party, non-academic organisations that may present opportunities for future collaboration, exploration and demonstration of study findings.
The call is scheduled to open to applications on 29 June 2023, with a deadline of 5 October 2023.
There is also a webinar linked to this session which you may find useful: BRAID: Ecosystem Scoping to Embed Responsible AI in Context Tickets, Wed 28 Jun 2023 at 14:00 | Eventbrite