Provide a non-technical summary of the proposed project (2 pages maximum including all information, 12 pt. font, at least ½” margins). In essence, explain what you want to do, why it is important, and who is on your team to make it happen. Please cover the following:
Full Proposal Outline and Format (for teams selected in the first round)
12 pt. font, at least ½” margins
Abstract (maximum of 500 words) Provide a non-technical summary of the proposed project. The summary should address the same questions as above from the LOI.
Research Project Proposal (maximum of 5 pages including figures not including references) Describe the project in sufficient technical detail that it can be assessed by domain experts. Provide background and motivation, research objectives and methods, potential impact, and pathway to implementation of the solution.
Collaboration Plan (maximum of 1 page) Given the different vocabulary/objectives/timeframe of different disciplines, describe the processes that will be implemented to facilitate sustained, meaningful collaboration among your team. This section must show how the resulting collaboration leads to results that are much greater than the sum of the individual contributions, and the essential contributions that each PI brings. We are looking for programs where the collaboration leads to new ideas and new learnings and not just a pipeline of research results.
Participant List (length only limited by the number of participants) Provide a list of the project team members including:
Name
Email
Affiliation (e.g., department name if inside Stanford, organization name if outside Stanford)
Project Role (e.g., Principal Investigator, Co-Principal Investigator, senior team member, postdoctoral scholar, graduate student, etc.)
Notes:
Suggested minimum number of total PIs/Co-PIs per project proposal is 4 and the suggested maximum number of total PIs/Co-PIs is 6.
Projects are expected to be genuinely interdisciplinary and that this will be demonstrated by the participation of at least PIs from at least three different departments or schools.
Other participating faculty and non-academic team members should be listed as “senior team member”. PI/Co-PIs should only be people who plan to be deeply involved in the project.
Unassigned project team members can be identified by a generic title and number (e.g., Graduate Student 1, Graduate Student 2, etc.).
5. 3-Year Budget Justification (maximum of 1 page) Describe how the 3-year project funds will enable the success of the project team. The project budget may not exceed $500,000 for year one and $1M for each of year two and three. This is not a detailed, line-item budget; finalists will be asked to submit a detailed budget at a later date. Review an example here.
6. Ethics and Society Review (ESR) statement (minimum of 1 page, maximum of 2.5 pages, the ESR panel may ask for more detail in response) Detail the ethical and societal risks of the proposed research, the principles that researchers in your field should follow in mitigating these risks, and how, specifically, you plan to use those principles to mitigate the risks in your research design. The ESR is focused on ethics and societal harms, in contrast to the IRB's focus on harms to research participants. Read here for examples of common risks, principles, and mitigations in HAI ESR statements.
Email a single PDF with your full proposal to hai-grants@lists.stanford.edu.