Introducing Google's new Academic Research Awards

On June 27, 2024, Google volition unfastened applications for the caller Google Academic Research Awards (GARA) program. GARA aims to enactment groundbreaking foundational and applied probe successful computing and exertion astir the world.

Each backing cycle, Google volition place cardinal probe areas and invitation proposals from academics who are advising students and conducting probe successful a assortment of technologically-focused domains that person societal implications. Selected projects volition person unrestricted gifts up to $150,000 USD, enabling researchers to prosecute their innovative ideas and lend to challenges and opportunities that volition payment the technological assemblage and society.

In summation to receiving funding, recipients person the accidental to articulation a assemblage of practice, and are paired with a Google probe sponsor who provides semipermanent support, mentorship, and acts arsenic a liaison to Google's broader probe community. This collaborative attack fosters deeper connections betwixt academia and industry, accelerating innovation and cognition exchange.

Each cycle, GARA's probe areas volition germinate to code planetary challenges. This year, we are inviting proposals successful the pursuing areas:

1. Creating ML benchmarks for clime problems: Developing data-driven solutions for clime enactment utilizing instrumentality learning (ML) and artificial quality (AI), with a absorption connected robust benchmarks for exemplary evaluation.
2. Making acquisition equitable, accessible and effectual utilizing AI: Improving acquisition outcomes for each learners done AI, with a absorption connected equity, inclusivity and probe connected AI-powered learning systems, teacher empowerment and accessibility tools.
3. Quantum transduction and networking for scalable computing applications: Advancing distributed quantum computing done probe connected transduction of superconducting qubits, alternate platforms, and caller applications beyond parallel compute and quantum cardinal distribution.
4. Society-centered AI: Harnessing AI's transformative imaginable for societal bully done a multi-stakeholder approach, knowing divers needs, and creating impactful solutions for underserved communities.
5. Trust & safety: Improving integer information crossed the online ecosystem, tackling issues similar scams, misinformation, kid information and generative AI done probe from assorted disciplines.
6. Using Gemini & Google’s unfastened exemplary household to lick systems and infrastructure problems: Leveraging Gemini and Gemma to beforehand next-generation computing infrastructure, enhancing efficiency, information and sustainability with a absorption connected instrumentality learning optimization.

Learn more and use betwixt June 27 — July 17, 2024 astatine 11:59:59pm AoE (UTC-12). We look guardant to reviewing your applications!