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DOE Advancements in Artificial Intelligence for Science
Harvard Pre-Proposal Deadline: February 18, 2024
OSP Deadline, if nominated: March 14, 2024. Departments or areas may require additional time for proposal review and submission. Please discuss a timeline with your grants administrator.
Sponsor Pre-application Deadline, if nominated: March 19, 2024
Sponsor Application Submission Deadline, if encouraged: May 21, 2024
Award Amount: $100,000 to $350,000 a year for three years
The DOE recognizes that abundant sources of data, high-performance computing and networking, energy-efficient algorithms, and Al-related technologies can be harnessed to significantly accelerate and expand the impact of scientific research, and it is focused on the underlying approaches for Al-enhanced scientific and engineering capabilities to significantly transform the scientific method for accelerated discovery and innovation.
This funding opportunity announcement addresses a broad spectrum of research priorities in basic computer science and applied mathematics research in the fundamentals of Al for science that are critical to enabling trustworthy Al for scientific applications advancing human understanding and addressing national needs. Each pre-application and application must identify one of these primary research areas:
- Extreme-Scale Foundation Models for Computational Science
- AI Innovations for Scientific Knowledge Synthesis and Software Development
- AI Innovations for Computational Decision Support of Complex Systems
- Federated and Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning and Synthetic Data Creation
- The Co-Design of Energy Efficient Al Algorithms and Hardware Architectures
For more information, please consult the full funding opportunity announcement: https://science.osti.gov/ascr/-/media/grants/pdf/foas/2024/DE-FOA-0003264.pdf.
This is a limited submission opportunity and Harvard University, as a single institution, is limited to submitting up to three pre-applications (required) and, if invited, three applications as the lead institution for consideration by the sponsor. There are no limits imposed on Harvard's engagement in other proposals when not in the role of lead institution. The Office of the Vice Provost for Research is facilitating an internal competition to select Harvard's nominees. To be considered for a Harvard nomination, potential applicants must submit an internal pre-proposal by 11:59 PM on February 18, 2024, via the link above.