Open Calls

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Open calls for scientific project fundings at Hi! PARIS.

 

// Collaborative and scientific projects

Hi! PARIS offers support and funding for collaborative and scientific projects to researchers of HEC Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris and Inria Saclay (Inria Center of IP Paris). The program covers fundamental methods for AI and data analytics as well as business applications across all sectors and implications for society.

The Center supports collaborative research projects (bringing together researchers of two or more Hi! PARIS partners), and other research activities, such as visiting researchers, seminars, workshops/conferences, internships, etc.

The call for proposals for Collaborative and scientific projects is an open call with 3 deadlines each year at precise dates: December 15 ; April 15 ; September 15.
For any urgent request, the evaluation committee will take a rapid decision, even outside the deadlines initially given.

Update of the call (version of April 6, 2022): The teaching projects are eligibility, specially if linked to the Hi! PARIS AI and Data science course catalog. As from 2022, a descriptive budget is requested in the proposal. The maximal overall budget of a project for one year is €12.5k (including institutional fees), establishing the maximum research project budget for one year to €10k.

Download the call text
Budget form (Excel sheet)

Submission by email to project@hi-paris.fr
 
Deadlines (each year): April 15, September 15, December 15
 

// PhD scholarships

Hi! PARIS offers 3-year partial funding (half-grants) for PhD theses, to be complemented with other public sources (e.g., ANR IA half-grants). The program covers fundamental methods for AI and data analytics as well as business applications across all sectors and implications for society.

The PhD thesis should be prepared in one of the research laboratories of HEC Paris, IP Paris or Inria Saclay (Inria Center of IP Paris) and the supervisor a member of the designated research laboratory.

Applications on IP Paris ADUM https://www.adum.fr/

N.B. PhD projects must be submitted by supervisors before candidates can apply. Please contact the Ecole Doctorale for any issue in the application procedure on ADUM.
 
Deadlines:
// PhD Scholarship within the DIM AI4IDF project

In the framework of the DIM program AI4IDF, the Hi! PARIS fellows are welcome to propose PhD projects and applications to the AI4IDF call for PhD scholarships.

These full 3-year funding for PhD theses must show collaboration between the AI institute of the program. To this end, the proposals must be co-supervised by two units, with at least one supervisor from DATAIA, Hi! PARIS, PRAIRIE or SCAI.
 
The scientific program of the AI4IDF “Human-centered artificial intelligence in the Ile-de-France region” project aims to deepen knowledge in AI while keeping human  in-the-loop. It is divided into four axes: 1. Learning and optimization, 2. NLP and dialogue with humans, 3. Robotics, movement and interaction with humans, 4. AI in human life: health, education and creation.
Download the call (in French)
 
Application by email to ai4idf_call_2022@inria.fr
Deadline: Friday 28 October, 2022 at 1.00PM.
Results of the call: Friday, November 4, 2022
**Please note that the thesis must start no later than January 2023.**

 

Past calls

// Fellowships

A central goal of HI! PARIS is to provide long-term incentives to promote research and teaching in the area of AI and Data Analytics for Science, Business and Society. To this end, HI! PARIS has created a Fellowships program, which provides funding for researchers at HEC Paris and Institut Polytechnique de Paris. Fellows from the center will receive an annual budget with some flexibility in the allocation of the budget between salary, research, scientific events organization, and funding of PhD students.
Deadline February 15, 2021
 
 

// Collaborative and scientific projects

The Center offers support for collaborative projects ideally between researchers of two or more HI! PARIS partners. The program covers fundamental methods for AI and data analytics as well as business applications across all sectors and implications for society.
Deadline March 15, 2021
// PhD Scholarship within the DIM AI4IDF project

In the framework of the DIM program AI4IDF, the Hi! PARIS fellows are welcome to propose PhD projects and applications to the AI4IDF call for PhD scholarships.

These full 3-year funding for PhD theses must show collaboration between the AI institute of the program. To this end, the proposals must be co-supervised by two units, with at least one supervisor from DATAIA, Hi! PARIS, PRAIRIE or SCAI.
 

The scientific program of the AI4IDF “Human-centered artificial intelligence in the Ile-de-France region” project aims to deepen knowledge in AI while keeping human  in-the-loop. It is divided into four axes: 1. Learning and optimization, 2. NLP and dialogue with humans, 3. Robotics, movement and interaction with humans, 4. AI in human life: health, education and creation.

Application by email to ai4idf_call_2022@inria.fr
Deadline: Tuesday 17 May, 2022 before noon.