UKRI Enabling AI adoption across science and engineering
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UK Research and Innovation
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Multilingual and Contextual AI Evaluation call for proposals - Fall 2026
Amazon Research Awards
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Supports multilingual and culturally contextual evaluation of AI systems, including benchmarks and datasets for underrepresented languages and contexts, with attention to the Global South. Proposals may develop responsible evaluation infrastructure, human judgment in evaluation, and methods for assessing AI deployment in emerging markets. Use the ARA proposal template; four pages excluding appendices are encouraged. Decisions are expected in February 2027.
Applications close on 4 November 2026 at 11:59pm Pacific Time.
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Eligibility
Covers: Published averages are no more than USD 50,000 cash and USD 50,000 AWS credits; final award amounts are panel-determined and individual caps are not stated. One-time institutional gift; proposed budgets exclude administrative overhead.
Researchers worldwide may apply, subject to US sanctions/export rules. The programme excludes Cuba, Iran, Syria, North Korea, Crimea, Luhansk and Donetsk, and other prohibited jurisdictions.
Full-time faculty at an accredited academic institution or permanent researchers at a legally recognised non-governmental nonprofit. One primary-PI proposal per call period; co-PIs must also qualify. Amazon employment/contracting in the previous 12 months, specified household conflicts and Amazon cloud-procurement authority disqualify applicants. Government employees are excluded except university employees. Applicants must meet age-of-majority and programme rules.
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