The Gates Foundation will grant $100,000 for projects that seek to use artificial intelligence in areas such as health, agriculture or education. The registration deadline is June 5.
The Bill Gates Foundation has launched a grant program for projects using artificial intelligence in low- and middle-income countries. With a budget of 3 million dollars, this initiative seeks to find new ways to overcome obstacles in areas such as health, gender equality, financial inclusion, agriculture or education.
“Potential applications of AI could include advanced analysis of crop yields and nutrient deficiencies in rural agriculture, early diagnosis of diseases, or ways to ease the administrative burden on health personnel, among many other possibilities.“, said Zameer Brey, head of technology dissemination at the Gates Foundation.
Selected projects will receive up to $100,000 each and will aim to use language models of artificial intelligence. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation looks forward to receiving proposals led by researchers from low- and middle-income countries, promoting participation from diverse communities and perspectives.
“We are optimistic that this will lead to further investment by the Gates Foundation, partners and other funders to ensure that this potentially transformative technology improves lives and conditions for the most vulnerable communities around the world.”the foundation states in its request for proposals.
Deadline is tight: applications are due June 5 at 11:30 a.m. Pacific. The economic endowments will be granted in July, and the beneficiaries will have three months to complete their projects. You can apply here.
Part of Grandes Retos, an initiative founded in 2003
This initiative is a small but important part of the endowment of 67,000 million dollars from the Gates Foundation. The foundation hopes this initial investment will generate further financial support and enable transformative AI technology to improve the lives of the most vulnerable communities around the world.
The organizations Grand Challenge of Brazil and South Africa are among those who have expressed interest in partnering with the foundation on AI and large language models.
The Bill Gates Foundation launched its Grand Challenges in 2003, to solve global health and development problems. The approach has led to more than 3,600 grants in 118 countries, through the foundation and its partners.