Call for Proposals – Incubating Feminist AI

Deadline for submission extended to November 14, 2021

This decade there is a unique opportunity to not only mitigate, but correct for historic inequities buried in the data, put in the algorithm, implicit in the model, embedded in machine learning, then wired intricately in neural networks. The opportunity, as new systems proliferate and are being designed, is to revisit old assumptions and conceive of social services with ideas of efficacy and equity at the core–to go beyond only digitizing old programs for ‘efficiency’, which enable a more effective Patriarchy 4.0.

Feminist AI‘s goal is AI harnessed to deliver equality outcomes; designed with inclusion at the core; creating new opportunities & proactive, innovative correction of inequities. The f<A+i>r network focuses on bringing social programs in line with 21st research and values, dedicated to finding ways to make AI technology more effective, inclusive and transformational, not only more ‘efficient’. Alliance seeks to collaborate with communities, practitioners, researchers, scholars and innovators working to springboard from the established ‘what’ of describing harm and ‘why’ harms exist socially or technically, to research focused on ‘how’ course-correcting future harms can happen, and most urgently ‘how’ new data, algorithms, models, policies + systems could be created, then prototyped, and piloted.

Proposals are being called for the “Incubating Feminist AI” project. Successful papers will receive a grant of 8,000 Canadian dollars as a seed funding for their work, which consists of creating a prototype on how the vision of the project can be realized. Papers should present a novel way of how to harness AI to create an inclusive society characterized by gender equality and inclusion of other traditionally excluded groups in society.

Proposals, which must be from a team of at least two partners belonging to two different academic disciplines, must be between 4,000 to 5,000 words long and must conform to the guidelines laid down in pages 11 to 13 of this document.

Teams of investigators in the proposals must be led by a member who is domiciled in the Global South. Teams led by a member who live in South-east Asia please send your proposals to enlightening123456 AT gmail.com. The deadline is 31 October, 2021, extended to November 14. Please consult further details and requirements in the Call for Proposals and the Full Text of the Call listed below.

Further details can be found here –
Evaluation criteria
Research direction
Call for Proposals
Full text of the call