CANSSI Ontario AI Applications in Statistical Sciences Research

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These one-year grants, of up to $12,500 each, will fund research that uses AI to enhance statistical methodology or theory. The goal of the program is to support a nascent research program or proof of concept, that could go onto more substantive grants. CANSSI Ontario will fund up to four projects.

February 3, 2025

You can submit your application for this program using the "Apply Online" button above.

Faculty members at CANSSI Ontario partner universities are eligible to apply if they meet the following criteria:

  1. They hold a faculty appointment in a statistics or biostatistics unit (department, division, or school), or if they are a statistician or biostatistician appointed to a different unit with a PhD in statistics or biostatistics.

Please ensure your application includes:

  1. a two-page study proposal detailing the project's objectives and how AI specifically can enhance the objective, the research approach, expected outcomes, and potential impact, and
  2. a one-page budget.

Study Proposal

Proposals should clearly describe what role all research personnel will play in the research project. 

Budget

Expenses and use of funds are to be consistent with the Tri-agency Guide on Financial Administration, except for laptops, which should only be included in application budgets when required for project-specific purposes (as opposed to general research).

Do not include cost quotations as part of the application. All amounts indicated in the budget should be in Canadian dollars. Questions on eligible expenses should be directed to esther.berzunza@utoronto.ca.

CANSSI Ontario will form a Review Committee to lead the review of all eligible proposals received by the submission deadline.

Decisions will be disclosed to each lead applicant by email.

Launch: November 1, 2024.
Application Deadline: February 3, 2025.
Applications Evaluated: February 10-21, 2025.
Anticipated Notice of Decision: Weeks of March 10 or 17, 2025.
Funding Start Date: Spring 2025

Successful applicants will be required to:

  1. Submit a one- to two-page report on their research activities, along with a statement of account expenditures, one year after receiving the grant, and
  2. present their research at a future CANSSI Ontario Research Day or seminar.

The name of the successful applicants will be publicly announced on the CANSSI Ontario website and social media channels.

Esther Berzunza, Program Manager, CANSSI Ontario
Ph. 416-689-7271
Email: esther.berzunza@utoronto.ca

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