Apply for funding up to £100,000 to develop open educational resources for the training of Artificial Intelligence (AI) developers, users, managers, the public and other stakeholders.
Proposals may include research into the creation of resources, responding to responsible AI skills critical challenges, including issues related to upskilling, reskilling, pedagogy, or educational delivery.
The RAI UK skills programme is set up to ensure that research and best practices in responsible AI are used to strengthen the UK’s responsible AI skills base. It has four key pillars:
- national responsible AI skills frameworks
- upskilling or reskilling within or across industries or sectors, schooling with a focus on responsible AI
- raising public awareness of responsible AI
- addressing equity and disadvantage in AI through education
Proposed RAI projects should align with at least one of the four pillars and respond to skills challenges from at least one of the RAI UK’s responsible AI challenge themes:
- responsible AI-powered organisations and economies
- addressing harms and maximising benefits of AI
- AI law, governance and regulation in an international context
In all cases, the focus should be on fostering the development and transfer of skills among industry, government, educators and the general public.
The lead applicant will need to be a resident in the UK and meet at least one of the following:
- employed at the submitting research organisation at lecturer level or above
- hold a fixed-term contract that extends beyond the duration of the proposed project, and the host research organisation is prepared to provide all the support normal for a permanent employee
- old a UKRI, Royal Society or Royal Academy of Engineering fellowship aimed at later career stages (excluding industry employees)
- hold fellowships under other schemes (please contact us to check eligibility, which is considered on a case-by-case basis)
Successful projects must begin by 1 September 2024 and last between six and twelve months.
Deadline: 14 June 2024