Not clearly distinguishing your project from prior work on the topic you’re interested in
Not demonstrating a good understanding of prior work (would be good to read some/all of the papers we link to in this doc for whatever section you’re applying within)
Not demonstrating that you/your team has prior experience doing ML projects. If you don’t have such experience, then it’s good to work with/be mentored by someone who does.
“Research expeneses” does not include stipends, but you can apply for a project grant, which does.
If you’re looking for money to spend on ML experiments or to pay people who are spending their time doing ML research, then that may fall within this RFP. If you’re looking for money to do other things (e.g. reading groups, events, etc), then that may fall under the capacity-building team’s RFPs.
Some common failure modes:
Not reading the eligibility criteria
Not clearly distinguishing your project from prior work on the topic you’re interested in
Not demonstrating a good understanding of prior work (would be good to read some/all of the papers we link to in this doc for whatever section you’re applying within)
Not demonstrating that you/your team has prior experience doing ML projects. If you don’t have such experience, then it’s good to work with/be mentored by someone who does.
“Research expeneses” does not include stipends, but you can apply for a project grant, which does.
If you’re looking for money to spend on ML experiments or to pay people who are spending their time doing ML research, then that may fall within this RFP. If you’re looking for money to do other things (e.g. reading groups, events, etc), then that may fall under the capacity-building team’s RFPs.