[Researchnews] AI Science at Scale RFP

[VCREDadmin]

Dear colleagues:

The University of California (UC) system, in partnership with the UC-managed National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) national laboratories, Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories, (LANL and LLNL, respectively), is seeking proposals from University of California researchers for collaborative projects that advance the frontiers of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) science at scale.

Our central goal is to bring together the intellectual power of the UC system, including 10 leading public research universities and 3 national laboratories, and develop scientific AI projects that benefit from computational scale while also harnessing the power of interdisciplinary AI and science and engineering research and expertise. These efforts – scaled up by a focus on both large AI models and cross-cutting teams – should operate seamlessly across multiple campuses while deeply integrating with national laboratories. These efforts must address critical challenges in national security, scientific discovery, and technological innovation – and must do so at scale.

We will be issuing one award per each of the three technical focus areas: Multiphysics Applications, Biological Systems, or Materials Discovery. The proposals may request three years of support. The funding request for the technical focus area proposals is expected to be ~$6 million (including indirect costs) for a three-year award term.

Please find attached a pdf file containing the RFP.  We are actively working on a website which should go live soon.  When the website goes live, we’ll update the information.

Please also note that the Request for Information for the Frontier in AI for Science, Security, and Technology (FASST) Initiative is due in a week, on November 11.  You can go to their Federal Register website for FASST RFI:
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/09/12/2024-20676/notice-of-request-for-information-rfi-on-frontiers-in-ai-for-science-security-and-technology-fasst

Please pass this info on to interested faculty members and we look forward to engaging and collaborating with them.

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