Open call to sustain the development and promotion of AI for 2025-2026

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

This call for project is open to all members of the academic partners
in the MIAI Cluster consortium.


In the context of this call, MIAI Cluster welcomes projects aiming:
  • to explore new areas,
  • to foster new collaborations involving either internal or external partners (note that MIAI’s funding can cover mobility between partners’ sites but not participation to conferences),
  • to support the organization of workshops and seminars,
  • to support the organization of summer/autumn/winter schools or hackathons (the targeted audience can be Master/PhD students or private or public professionals).
The selection will be based on the quality of the project and the collaborations it relies on or fosters.  Proposals should be prepared using the attached template. Applications are open all year round. Assessment of the proposals will be carried out by the relevant MIAI board (scientific, education or innovation board) and by the executive committee. 
 

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.
Videoconference link for September 22 (Meeting ID: 912 8887 2694, Passcode : 309549 )

Videoconference link for September 26 (Meeting ID: 992 1902 2656, Passcode : 158493 )
  • By December 15 at 10:00 AM (Paris time): Deadline for final project submission via the dedicated platform (link to be provided). Only applicants who have submitted a pre-project will be allowed to submit a full chair project.
  • By the end of February 2026: Final decision communicated to the project applicants.
  • March 31, 2027: eligibility deadline for expenses.
Published on  September 1, 2025
Updated on  September 12, 2025