International fellowships to investigate how artificial intelligence is transforming research
The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) has awarded $700,000 to a cohort of early career researchers from Canada through a research funding collaboration with the United Kingdom’s UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in the United States. The fellowship funding is for exploring artificial intelligence’s (AI) impact on the research ecosystem.
The AI Metascience Fellowship Programme is part of broader efforts by each funding agency to ensure that understanding of AI keeps pace with technology’s development. All fellows will have the opportunity to attend a fully funded summer school in 2026, creating a transatlantic community of researchers in this emerging field.
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council-funded fellowships
Each of the five SSHRC-funded fellows will receive $140,000 over two years:
- Antoine Boudreau LeBlanc, Université Laval
Governing the Neural Turn in AI: Ethical Frameworks for Foundation Models in Cognitive Science
- Maxime Harvey, Institut national de la recherche scientifique
(IA)infrastructuration de la recherche : Étude comparative des infrastructures de l’IA en STEM et SHS
- Graham Macdonald, University of the Fraser Valley
Ask ChatPhD: Exploring the uses of AI technologies by research trainees and their implications for the political economy of university-based research
- Emadeddin Naghipour, University of Victoria
Between Judgment and Automation: Researchers, AI, and the Future of Peer Review
- Anas Ramdani, Dalhousie University
Investigating AI’s Impact on Scientific Collaboration in Environmental Research: A Metascience Perspective
For more information on the full initiative, see the UKRI news release.
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