Collaborations in Artificial Intelligence and Geosciences
This grant fosters AI/geoscience partnerships to develop and use AI to better understand Earth, advancing both AI techniques and geoscience knowledge.
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Funder: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Due Dates: April 2, 2025 | February 4, 2026
Funding Amounts: $6,000,000 to $10,000,000 total per competition; 5 to 9 awards expected; projects up to 3 years duration
Summary: Supports interdisciplinary AI and geosciences collaborations to advance AI methods and achieve breakthroughs in Earth system science.
Key Information: Proposals must address geosciences advancement, AI impact, and interdisciplinary partnerships; limit of two proposals per PI/co-PI per competition.
Description
The Collaborations in Artificial Intelligence and Geosciences (CAIG) program by NSF aims to foster innovative partnerships between experts in artificial intelligence (AI) and geosciences to accelerate scientific understanding of the Earth system. The program supports projects that either advance AI techniques or apply sophisticated AI methods in novel ways to solve significant geoscience research questions.
Key features of CAIG projects include:
- Addressing important geoscience challenges while simultaneously improving AI methodologies.
- Building interdisciplinary teams of 2-3 lead senior/key personnel from AI, mathematics, statistics, computer science, and geosciences.
- Enabling breakthroughs by overcoming methodological or capacity bottlenecks in geoscience research through AI.
- Developing workforce capacity via educational and broadening participation activities.
The program encourages the use of existing NSF-supported advanced computing and cyberinfrastructure resources, including cloud computing platforms and initiatives like the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource Pilot and the National Discovery Cloud for Climate.
