$25m offered by Google.Org for its AI Impact Challenge
Howard Lake | 21 November 2018 | News
Google.org is giving $25 million to humanitarian projects that use Google’s machine learning technology effectively.
The AI Impact Challenge aims to inspire the application of artificial intelligence to provide new and probably previously unthinkable solutions to old problems to improve people’s lives.
Google.org states that “We believe that AI can give us new ways of addressing problems and meaningfully improve people’s lives.”
The winning organisations will receive:
- a share of the funding
- support from Google’s AI experts
- credit and consulting from Google Cloud, and more.
The recipients will also join a specialised Launchpad Accelerator programme, and Google will provide additional support to each project’s needs in collaboration with data science nonprofit DataKind.
Grants are expected to range from $500k to $2M, “but will ultimately be sized based on project needs”.
Application criteria
The Google AI Impact Challenge is an open call to nonprofits, social enterprises, and research institutions around the world.
Applicants will be expected to demonstrate:
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- Impact
- Feasibility
- Use of AI
- Scalability
- Responsibility (in terms of Google’s Responsible AI principles)
Applications close at 11:59:59pm PST on 22 January 2019. After the deadline, Google and its panel of experts will review proposals and announce grant recipients in Spring 2019.
AI for good resources
As part of the AI Impact Challenge Google.org has published some educational resources to help social good organisations get to grips with the challenges and opportunities of AI in their work.
About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.