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Published: 17 Jun 2022 774 views
Google believes that AI can provide new ways of approaching problems and meaningfully improving people’s lives: it gives us another tool to explore and address hard, unanswered questions. While AI can help, it’s not a silver bullet: progress requires collaboration across all sectors of society. That’s why Google has been investing in AI for social good, including collaborative work in flood forecasting, helping people with atypical speech and diabetic eye disease. We’ve also funded organizations like Climate TRACE, a consortium of groups working to track global greenhouse gas emissions, and BlueConduit who’s working to create community-informed, open-sourced tools that map lead service lines.
Google LLC is an American multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products, which include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware. It is considered one of the Big Four technology companies, alongside Amazon, Apple, and Facebook. Google was founded in September 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were Ph.D. students at Stanford University in California. The company's rapid growth since incorporation has triggered a chain of products, acquisitions, and partnerships beyond Google's core se... continue reading
| Application Deadline | 24 Jun 2022 |
| Type | Entrepreneurs |
| Sponsor | |
| Gender | Men and Women |
Selected proposals will be eligible for additional funding and support from Google to help bring their ideas to life, which may include:
The opportunity to consult and collaborate with Google researchers, engineers, program and product managers, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) researchers, and more
Access to Google Cloud credits to support computing needs
NGOs from the selected research proposals may be awarded $75,000 USD in funding from Google.org to support the project detailed in the research proposals.
Academics from the selected research proposals will be named “Impact Scholars” and recognized for their efforts in leading AI projects that have real-world impact. Impact Scholars will receive an unrestricted award of $30,000 USD.
Funded projects are expected to be scoped for a year. At the end of the year, projects that conduct innovative research and validate the initial hypothesis through pilot tests may be considered for additional funding and support.
Project proposals that address either of the two above themes and aim to advance racial equity and justice are particularly of interest. We invite proposals from NGOs and Academics. More details below:
NGOs: We are requesting NGO applications that detail the problems you are facing and how AI might help unlock significant potential for impact. We encourage applications of AI that significantly impact an organization’s existing workflows or lead to the creation of new, innovative approaches.
We invite applications from NGOs working in Sustainability/Climate and Economic Opportunity in North, Central, and South America.
Academics: We are requesting applications from Academics that showcase interests in novel AI technologies for social good or in conducting research that evaluates a known AI technique in a novel field of application for social good.
We will prioritize academics with AI expertise or interest in Sustainability/Climate and Economic Opportunity.
Interested academic partners may indicate in their application how their expertise in these areas may apply to the proposed application areas.
We invite applications from Academics working in AI and related fields from universities in North, Central, and South America.
NGOs: Please submit your applications here.
We invite applications from NGOs working in Sustainability & Climate and Economic opportunity in North, Central, and South America.
Academics: Please submit your applications here.
We invite applications from Academics working in AI and related fields from universities in North, Central, and South America.
For more details, visit the website.