09/12/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 09/12/2024 15:53
Vanderbilt University may submit one application to the NEH Humanities Research Centers on Artificial Intelligence opportunity.
Overview
The Humanities Research Centers on Artificial Intelligence program aims to support a more holistic understanding of artificial intelligence (AI) in the modern world through the creation of new humanities research centers on artificial intelligence at eligible institutions. Centers must focus their scholarly activities on exploring the ethical, legal, or societal implications of AI. NEH is particularly interested in projects that explore the risks of AI-related technologies on truth, trust, and democracy; safety and security; and privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties.
Applications must propose to create a Center with a specific research focus related to the ethical, legal, or societal implications of AI. A Center is a sustained collaboration among multiple scholars focused on exploring the humanities implications of AI through two or more related scholarly activities. Appropriate activities may include, but are not limited to:
Competitive Centers typically identify a specific topical, methodological, or disciplinary lens through which to focus their efforts. NEH particularly encourages Centers interested in equity, privacy, and civil-rights topics. Centers should aim to advance humanities research on their chosen topic beyond the period of the grant
Centers should leverage the visionary nature of their research to promote a more informed public discourse about AI through education and outreach efforts and to actively build the next generation of scholars. Centers are encouraged to include educational and public programming to increase AI literacy at the K-12 as well as college and university levels. Centers are also encouraged to enhance public awareness of humanities perspectives on AI.
Existing AI research centers are not eligible in this competition. NEH welcomes international collaboration, but scholars at U.S. institutions must contribute significantly to the project.
Outcomes and performance indicators
Applications must propose outcomes that contribute to the creation and long-term development and sustainability of the Humanities Research Center, as well as its research profile. All project outcomes must address the Center's chosen thematic focus and convey interpretive humanities work.
Projects must result in a leadership structure, a mission statement, and an institutional plan for long-term sustainability by the end of the first year of the period of performance. In addition to establishing the Center, projects must produce at least two deliverables during the grant period. Additional deliverables may include, but are not limited to:
Award Information
Proposals may request up to $500,000, (with a maximum of $200,000 per year) plus an additional $250,000 in federal matching funds. This includes the sum of direct and indirect costs.
Allowable costs include, but are not limited to, salary replacement; compensation of collaborators, post-doctoral students, consultants, and research assistants; fringe benefits; the purchase of computing equipment or software; and travel, lodging, and per diem costs for lecturers or convening participants.
Proposals may request a period of performance up to 36 months with a start date between October 1, 2025, and September 1, 2026.
See the full NOFO for more information.
Internal Application Instructions
Interested faculty should visit https://vanderbilt.infoready4.com/#freeformCompetitionDetail/1950594 to submit an application for the internal LSO competition and to find additional information about the opportunity. The deadline for the internal competition is September 19, 2024.
**Please Note*** The required application materials below closely match those required by NEH for the optional draft due to the sponsor by Oct. 2, 2024. Although there are more required responses here than the typical LSO application, the total ~1000 word max on the application materials is very similar in length to a standard internal LSO application.
Required internalsubmission materials include:
Project descriptions should include the following:
Any questions about this opportunity or the LSO process may be directed to [email protected].