AMFAM Funding2020: Research Funding from American Family Insurance |
Website | https://datascience.wisc.edu/research-amfam/ |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=amfamfunding2020 |
Submission deadline | April 3, 2020 |
American Family Insurance is interested in sponsoring research and applications of data science, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML) that is directly or indirectly related to the insurance industry. Full details can be found here: https://datascience.wisc.edu/research-amfam/
Submission Guidelines
DEADLINES
We have extended the deadline until April 3 at 5:00 pm Central Standard Time.
ELIGIBILITY You must be a University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty member or a University of Wisconsin–Madison permanent PI. CHS faculty and academic staff without permanent PI status may participate in applications as co-PIs or co-investigators.
ABOUT THE APPLICATION PROCESS Applications should explicitly address innovation, significance, risk, and impact. Funding will be provided for 1–2 years, depending on the needs and scope of the project. The average award will be approximately $75,000, with a maximum award of $150,000.
Final Submissions should be sent to the American Family Data Science Institute using WISPER portal. Specific instructions for created the WISPER document can be found here. Do NOT submit via EasyChair.
Complete Applications will include:
- A Statement of Work limited to 2 pages that Includes the following:
- A Description of Project
- What are the problem(s) you are trying to solve?
- How is the problem relevant to one or more of the Topics of Interest to American Family?
- What are the innovative features, the potential impact and the significance of the research
- How will the project be transformative for the field? Why is this research important?
- A Description of Project
- A List of Deliverables: These should be tangible deliverables. Examples include: code, reports (multiple or final), models, etc. Each deliverable should be noted as standard or proprietary based on the definitions found here.
- A Timeline and List of Milestones for Research Related Activities: These should link back to the deliverables. Examples could include: Kick off meeting, monthly or quarterly check-ins or demo’s, final delivery, etc
- A Detailed Budget Request, indicating the individual staff to be supported and other categories of funding that will be needed. Note that normal indirect costs should be included within the budget limits. Current UW negotiated indirect cost rate is 55%. We are using a MTDC budget model.
Progress reports will be required at regular intervals throughout the period of support. The reports will provide a summary of the progress that was accomplished on the project to that point. A final report will be required within 3 months of the end of the final budget period. The final report should include citations to any published papers or conference presentations that derive from the research undertaken or the equipment purchased and any new grants that were awarded or submitted by the research team.
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to research@datascience.wisc.edu.