Call for Exploratory Projects 2025-2026

Call for projects Research
September 8, 2025 - December 15, 2025
MIAI Cluster is launching a call for exploratory projects open to the UGA, UCA and USMB communities at large.
MIAI Cluster is launching a new call for exploratory projets in autumn 2025, alongside a call for chairs, a call for POC (Proof of Concept) chairs and a call for projects for the development and promotion of AI.
Individuals may only submit one application as a lead or co-lead for one of these calls.

Detailed provisional schedule:

  • Early September: Launch of the call for chairs via email through the departments, UGA mailing lists, MIAI mailing lists, and on this page.
  • Monday, September 22 (12:00 PM – 1:30 PM) and Friday, September 26, (12 PM – 1:30 PM): Information webinars on all the ongoing calls (chairs, exploratory projects, Open call...), which will be recorded and a replay link shared afterward. Content of both webinars will be similar.
Watch the webinar replay
  • By December 15 at 10:00 AM (Paris time): Deadline for final project submission via the dedicated platform (link to be provided).
  • By the end of March 2026: Final decision communicated to the project applicants.
  • By January 1, 2027: postdoctoral researchers or doctoral students must have taken up their positions (MIAI funding must be used for the first 18 months of the thesis, in the case of half-theses)
     
Published on  September 1, 2025
Updated on  October 8, 2025