Climate Change AI has announced its 2024 Innovation Grants program, which will fund year-long projects at the intersection of climate change and machine learning. The program offers up to $150,000 per project, with a total funding pool of up to $1.4 million. This initiative is supported by Quadrature Climate Foundation, Google DeepMind, and Global Methane Hub, with fiscal backing from the Canada Hub of Future Earth.

Main Track Focus Areas:

  • Machine learning (ML) to aid mitigation approaches in sectors such as agriculture, buildings and cities, heavy industry, power and energy systems, transportation, and forestry.
  • ML applied to societal adaptation to climate change, including disaster prediction, management, and relief.
  • ML for climate and Earth science, ecosystems, and natural systems.
  • ML for R&D of low-carbon technologies such as electrofuels and carbon capture.
  • ML approaches in behavioral and social science related to climate change, including climate finance, economics, justice, and policy.
  • Projects addressing AI governance in the context of climate change or assessing the greenhouse gas emissions impacts of AI.

Special Tracks:

  • Special Track on Methane: Focusing on methane-related climate change mitigation in the short/medium term. 
  • Special Track on Dataset Gaps: Emphasizing the creation of datasets or simulators, with potential support from a Google DeepMind researcher.

 

The submission deadline for proposals is September 15, 2024. More details, including eligibility criteria, can be found at Climate Change AI Innovation Grants 2024. There will also be informational webinars on July 30, 2024, at 9am ET/13:00 UTC (register) and August 15, 2024, at 12pm ET/16:00 UTC (register). Recordings will be available following the live webinars.

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