TDAI will not be issuing a call for research pilot proposals during the 2024-25 academic year; the earliest another call will be issued is autumn 2025.
During the 2024-25 academic year, TDAI is accepting letters of intent for year-long, faculty-led thematic programs. Click here to read the call.
About Interdisciplinary Research Pilot Awards
TDAI, in collaboration with partners in the Interdisciplinary Research Enabling Initiative, provides funds and in-kind support for compelling research pilots and creative expression projects that are:
- Interdisciplinary, big data-enabled and not supported by single-discipline funding mechanisms;
- Viable and intended for pursuing extramural opportunities; and,
- Potentially translational to benefit the greater good.
All topics are welcome, with the following topics strongly encouraged:
- AI and Health
- Climate, Environment and Sustainability
- Responsible and Ethical Data Science
- Foundations of AI and Data Science
Awards are for one year and may include:
- Up to $50K
- TDAI data services and consulting
- TDAI data commons access
- TDAI space in Pomerene Hall for meetings and collaborative work
- Space and staff assistance for convening activities such as symposia and workshops
- Staff assistance with broadening participation activities
- Staff assistance with extramural proposal development and grant initiation
During years when research pilot awards are offered, calls for proposals are issued during autumn semester, for work to begin the following July or later.
For more information about TDAI research awards, email Jenny Grabmeier at grabmeier.3@osu.edu.