UKAIS Grants Call for Applications 2024

Responsible Digital – Developing Digital Responsibility in an Uncertain World

UKAIS requests proposals for cutting-edge practice orientated reports on current IS/IT issues of interest to academic and practitioner communities regarding innovation in and with IS/IT. For example, a report could consider the evidence for impact on productivity while working online from home.

Grants of up to £2000 grants per proposal are available on a merit-based system – ½ of the sum issued upon awarding of the grant and ½ upon completion of the project. Grant holders will be expected to present their report either at the UKAIS 2025 conference or in a separate UKAIS webinar event. UKAIS are anticipating making up to three grant awards.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, current IS/IT issues:

  • AI and robotics to automate work
  • Big data
  • Changes in remote working
  • IS and global higher education
  • Responsible AI

Additional topics pertaining to the understanding, use, and manipulation of IS by people and organizations will also be considered.

Requirements

  • Proposals should be for a defined research project presented in up to 10 pages (double-spaced and 12pt. font) excluding diagrams and references.
  • All publications resulting from funded research must provide a recognition citation that the work was funded (at least in part) by UKAIS.
  • The proposal includes a clear statement about how the grant will be used.
  • The proposal includes a clear timeline and plan for the proposed activities including milestones and deliverables.

Selection Criteria

  • The proposal argues clear contributions to practice and current debates that are relevant for society and the UKAIS community.
  • The proposal provides benchmarks for progress and specifies at least one clear deliverable.
  • No proposal shall be awarded to any project team that includes a member of the committee of UKAIS.
  • Priority will be given to proposals that show benefit broadly or have applicability across the whole UKAIS community relative to those targeted to a narrower audience.
  • Should no proposal rise above an acceptable threshold for funding, the committee is not obligated to recommend any projects for that funding cycle.

The committee will provide feedback regarding the selection decision.

Submissions

Submission Deadline: May 31, 2024

Award Announcement: July 01, 2024

Proposals should be submitted by email to Professor Laurence Brooks (UKAIS Board Member – Research Funding): l.brooks@sheffield.ac.uk

Please mark email title as: UKAIS grant proposal 2024 and your attached file as: [PI last name] UKAIS grant proposal 2024.

Find more information, please contact us at contactUKAIS@gmail.com