Opportunity type
Funding
Independent project
Cause areas
AI safety & policy
Routes to impact
Direct high impact on an important cause
Skill-building & building career capital
Learning about important cause areas
Skill set
Conceptual & empirical research
Academia
Political & bureaucratic
Deadline
2025-11-14
Description
The Canadian AI Safety Institute (CAISI) Research Program at CIFAR is seeking proposals for Catalyst Projects focused on sociotechnical considerations in AI safety, specifically from researchers in the social sciences and humanities (SSH) with faculty affiliation at Canadian universities.
- Funding of up to $70,000 per year for up to two years for novel, high-impact research on the social, ethical, and governance challenges of advanced AI systems
- Priority research areas include synthetic content, AI alignment, safer AI system design, real-world impacts of complex AI, and risk governance
- Opportunity to join and help build a national community of SSH researchers advancing sociotechnical AI safety in Canada
- Applications open October 3, 2025, and close November 14, 2025; decisions expected January 2026
Full details and alternate application pathway: https://cifar.ca/ai/cifar-ai-catalyst-grants/
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