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To seed high quality research efforts aimed at developing fundamental AI novel techniques, algorithms and adjacent technologies that will eventually significantly contribute to the other pillars of AI Singapore. Additionally, the AI Singapore Research Programme encourage national research collaborations and nurture local AI talents.
Important Questions
What are the gaps in current AI technology?
What are the new AI advances with positive economic and societal impacts?
How can we use AI safely and securely?
How do we design AI to align to ethical, legal and societal principles?
Targeted Capability Building in AI Research
Fourth Call for AI Research Proposal
In the AI Research Grant Call 2021, AI Singapore invites proposals in advanced fundamental AI research for the following themes:
Theme One: Continuous Learning AI
This theme centres on advancing the state of the art in continuous learning AI and the following are the two areas of interest:
- Self-Supervised Learning
- Lifelong Learning
Theme Two: Resource Efficient AI
This theme centres on advancing the state of the art in resource efficient AI and the following are the five areas of interest:
- Learning from Small Data Sets
- AI Understanding of Design and Creation
- Human AI Co-Design
- Knowledge Representation with Complex Priors or Measurements
- Science-Inspired or Physics-Based AI Systems and Models
Open AI Fundamental Research Theme
This theme centres on advancing novel visionary fundamental AI research
with significant future impact.
The proposed research to be performed in this proposal should serve as preliminary
studies and validation necessary for the research team to realise their proposed long-
term vision and subsequently apply to future grant funding (e.g., MOE Tier 3) with a
large quantum (e.g., above S$5 million value).
The proposals may include, but not limited to, the proposed sub-themes.
Each proposal should address one of the three themes listed above. Proposals with multiple themes will not be considered for evaluation. Hence, proposals with a clear research focus of a single theme are highly preferred.
The Programme will support each proposal for a duration of up to 3 years. Funding of each proposal is between S$ 500k for the open theme and up to S$1 million for the 2 main themes (inclusive of 20% IRC) is available.
| Themes | Funding (Inclusive of 20% IRC) | Duration |
|---|---|---|
Theme One: Continuous Learning AI Theme Two: Resource Efficient AI | Up to S$1 million | Up to 3 years |
| Open AI Fundamental Research Theme | Up to S$ 500,000 | Up to 3 years |
AI Research Grant Call 2021 is now open from
20 August 2021 to 28 October 2021 18:00 (SG Time).
AI Research Grant Application Portal is now open
AI Kickstarter Grant Call 2019
Reflective Intelligence Amplification: Tackling Wicked Problems Through Dynamic Search Space Exploration
PATRICK JANSSEN (NUS)
Grant Call 2019
Learning To Anticipate Human Actions That Happen In The Next One To Five Seconds Using Self-Regularised Future Content Generation For Human-Robotic Engagement
Basura Fernando (A*STAR)
New Directions in Adversarial Machine Learning: From Theory to Applications
Bo An (NTU)
Noisy distributed learning on noisy data: A unified mathematical framework for dealing with arbitrary noise
Ernest Chong Kai Fong (SUTD)
Grant Call 2018
Targeting High Productivity Workforces via Data-Centric Transfer Optimization in the Internet Era
Ong Yew-Soon (NTU)
Enabling Spiking Neuromorphic Computation with On‐Board Learning Through Algorithm and Hardware Co‐design
Shaowei Lin (SUTD)
One-Shot Learning: A Crucial Learning Paradigm Towards Human-like Learning
Fang Yuan (SMU)
Call for AI Kickstarter Proposal
Stage One - Whitepaper Stage
Whitepapers, also known as Letter-of-Intent (LOI), are submitted for potential development into Full Proposals (FP).
Stage Two – Full Proposal Stage
Shorlisted whitepapers will be informed by the AI research team to develop into a FP. Selected FP will require to present their ideas to AISG appointed International Evaluation Panel for a thorough assessment before awarding.
The AI Kickstarter Grant Call provides a platform for AI researchers in Singapore to explore innovative ideas which have the potential to be developed into full proposals for large-quantum grant calls. It aims to fund multi-disciplinary applications, reflecting novel ideas and visions that are under explored and/or have significant social impacts.
There is no restriction on topics. However, researchers may consider these suggested areas:
- Collaborative AI
- Life Long Learning AI
- Privacy-Aware AI
- Resource Efficient AI
- Trustworthy AI
Proposals should emphasise novel and significant contributions in methodologies and algorithms rather than domain-specific solutions.
The funding support (inclusive of 20% IRC) is up to $100,000 per proposal, for a maximum of 1-year.
Note: If your application for the grant is successful, you are expected to submit your application to the NRF Competitive Research Programme (CRP) / MOE AcRF Tier 3 and its equivalent grant calls. Otherwise, a report detailing why the initial proposed approach is not feasible, is required.
AI Kickstarter Grant Call is now closed.
For any enquiries, please contact us at research@aisingapore.org
Guides & Documents for AI Singapore Research Kickstarter Grant Call
- Kickstarter Administrative Guidelines (12 April 2019)
- Kickstarter Application Form (29 March 2019)
- Annex A: T&C of the AISG Research Programme
- Annex B: Guidelines for Management of Competitive R&D Grants
- Annex C: Instructions to Institution’s Appointed Auditor on Financial Audit (Research)
- Kickstarter FAQs (12 April 2019)