Scaling Compute Grant
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This call is open to universities, research institutions and consortia, at idea and R&D stage and prototype and pilot stage. Funding is a grant. Coverage is read from the notice itself: United Kingdom.
This programme funds research into alternative computing paradigms inspired by nature to reduce AI's energy consumption and data requirements, addressing sustainability challenges in artificial intelligence. It targets researchers and institutions developing novel computing and learning approaches that move beyond conventional scaling methods.
About this grant
Scaling Compute is a programme under ARIA's Nature-Inspired Computation opportunity space. The programme addresses unsustainable energy requirements and limited datasets that constrain current AI scaling approaches. It funds research into novel computing, learning, and perception paradigms inspired by nature to enable radically greater efficiency and adaptability in artificial intelligence systems. The programme supports interdisciplinary teams developing alternative scaling pathways for AI that move beyond traditional approaches.
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Key requirements
- ✓Research into nature-inspired computing paradigms for AI
- ✓Focus on reducing energy requirements and dataset dependencies
- ✓Novel computing and learning approaches aligned with Nature-Inspired Computation opportunity space
- ✓Institutional or consortium-based research capability
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- Who can apply for Scaling Compute?
- Eligibility covers organisations in GB; university, research-institution, consortium.
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