Call for Proposals: Climate Change AI Innovation Grants 2024
About Climate Change AI
- A nonprofit initiative to catalyze impactful work at the intersection of climate change and machine learning.
- Inspired, informed, and connected thousands of individuals since 2019.
Details of the Grant:
- Grant amount: Up to USD 150K per proposal, for projects of 12 months in duration.
- Scope: Projects at the intersection of AI/machine learning and climate change.
Eligibility
- Principal Investigator must be affiliated with an accredited university in one of the 38 OECD Member Countries.
- Co-Investigators can be located outside OECD Member countries and can be affiliated with non-research institutions.
The Purpose of This Grant
- AI and machine learning can help support climate change mitigation and adaptation.
- Lack of data and infrastructure have hindered impactful research in this area.
- The use of AI for climate action must consider impact, responsibility, and equity.
Grant Information
- USD 1.4M in grants available for projects at the intersection of AI and climate change.
- Projects must result in a deployed project, scientific publications, or other public dissemination of results.
- Dataset produced must comply with the FAIR Data Principles.
Deadline
Selection Criteria
- Climate relevance, AI/ML relevance, dataset, pathway to impact, ethics, feasibility, expertise of team.
Application Instructions
- Basic information, project description, budget and budget justification, CVs of key personnel.
- All applications must be received by September 15th, 2024 at 23:59 (Anywhere on Earth time, UTC-12).
Special Tracks
Main Track
- Addresses problems in climate change mitigation, adaptation, or climate science.
- Topics include mitigation approaches, societal adaptation, R&D of low-carbon technologies, and more.
Special Track on Methane
- Focuses on methane-related climate change mitigation.
- Areas of interest include energy, waste and circular economy, and agriculture.
Special Track on Dataset Gaps
- Focuses on creating datasets to enable further work in tackling climate change.
- Proposals may request support from a Google DeepMind researcher.
