American Diabetes Association AI policy

For applicants

• Under the Advancing Innovative Research RFA, ADA allows only limited, non-substantive AI assistance, such as grammar editing, formatting, reference management, and nonscientific boilerplate text, with all outputs reviewed and verified by the PI.[1]
• AI may not be used to draft, edit, or alter any scientific section, including specific aims, research strategy, hypotheses, methods, significance, innovation, data, figures, or analytical plans.[1]
• Any AI use in proposal materials, including text or images, requires a formal disclosure on institutional letterhead naming the approved platform, the sections where AI was used, and the institution's AI policy, signed by the PI and Research Officer.[1]

Sources

1. [1]

   Request for Applications: Advancing Innovative Research

   American Diabetes Association, March 1, 2026

   “The ADA allows only limited, non-substantive AI assistance for grant applications, such as grammar editing, formatting, reference management, and preparation of nonscientific boilerplate text, provided all outputs are reviewed and verified by the Principal Investigator.”

   “AI may not be used to draft, edit, or alter any scientific sections of the proposal - including specific aims, research strategy, hypotheses, methodologies, significance, innovation, data, figures, or analytical plans; which must reflect the applicant’s original intellectual work.”

   “Any AI use in developing proposal materials, including text or images, requires a formal disclosure on institutional letterhead identifying the approved platform used, the specific sections where AI was applied, and the institution’s AI policy, signed by both the PI and Research Officer.”