Air Force Office of Scientific Research AI policy

For applicants

• Generative AI use in your proposal is not prohibited. AFOSR strongly encourages you to disclose any use of such tools in the proposal.[1]
• Use is at your own risk. You are responsible for making sure AI use does not lead to plagiarism, unauthorized use of intellectual property, or misinformation.[1]

For reviewers

• External reviewers are prohibited from using generative AI tools in the review process.[1]
• AFOSR program officers may not share proposal information with external generative AI tools. They may use an approved, firewalled internal tool (for example GenAI.mil) for internal proposal processing.[1]

Sources

1. [1]

   Research Interests of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, BAA FA9550-26-S-0001, Amendment 001 (section D.2.f, Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) Tools)

   Air Force Office of Scientific Research

   “While the use of GenAI Tools is not prohibited, AFOSR strongly encourages disclosure of”

   “Any use of GenAI tools is at your own risk, and you are responsible for ensuring the use of”

   “GenAI tools in your proposal does not result in plagiarism, unauthorized use of intellectual”

   “Please note that external reviewers are prohibited from using GenAI tools in the review”

   “process, and AFOSR Program Officers (POs) are prohibited from sharing proposal”

   “internal GenAI tool (e.g., GenAI.mil) which they may use for internal proposal processing.”

   “process, and AFOSR Program Officers (POs) are prohibited from sharing proposal information with external GenAI tools. AFOSR POs have access to an approved firewalled internal GenAI tool (e.g., GenAI.mil) which they may use for internal proposal processing.”