This is a 2-step Application Process.
Step 1: applicants are asked to first fill out our Intent to Apply form by Sunday, February 23rd 2025, 11:59 PM. This form will constitute as their letter of intent and will help our team plan for the review process.
Step 2: applicants will have until Sunday, March 2nd 2025, 11:59 PM to submit an application form.
How to Prepare for the Application Form
Intent to Apply Form
The Intent to Apply Form will ask for the following information:
- The applicant's full name.
- The Principal Investigator's (PI) full name.
- PI's Faculty & Department.
- PI's McGill email address.
- The research project's title.
- A brief description of the intented research project.
Official Application Forms
Both the Proof-of-Concept Application Form and Exploratory Phase Application Form will ask for the following information:
- The applicant's full name.
- The Principal Investigator's (PI) full name.
- PI's McGill ID.
- PI's Faculty & Department.
- PI's McGill email address.
- The title of the research project.
- The abstract of the research project.
- What is your proposed topic for your research and why do you believe it should be selected for your research stage?
- How is your project expected to have an impact on society?
- What domains of research are represented in your project and why?
- Briefly describe the goal(s) of your research project.
- What challenges must be met to achieve this goal(s)?
- Justify why this would be a successful proposal?
- How does this proposal demonstrate interdisciplinary aspects of AI and Society?
- What approach (i.e., research program) and/or mechanisms (i.e., organization strategy, workshops, etc.) do you propose to employ to meet these challenges?
- Who are the initial members of your proposed team and what are their anticipated contributions to the project?
- In what ways will principles of equity, diversity, and inclusion be integrated into (i) your research design, and (ii) development of your research team?
- What are potential external funding programs (federal, private, and/or industry) that you can identify, if possible at this stage, to which a successful project would leave your team well-positioned to apply?
- Please specify your proposed budget and budget justification.
- Up to one page of supplementary material may be added to the application form.
- The PI's CV and Qualifications in PDF format.
Note: the character limit for every answer is 4,000.
