AMFAM Funding2021: Research Funding from American Family Insurance |
Website | https://datascience.wisc.edu/research-amfam/ |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=amfamfunding2021 |
Submission deadline | March 17, 2021 |
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
The deadline for submission of applications is March 17, 2021 at 5:00 pm CST.
ELIGIBILITY
You must be a UW–Madison faculty member or a UW–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.
Each proposal will be evaluated according to the following five criteria:
- Potential Impact to Data Science
- Potential Impact for Practical Use
- Novelty of Methodological Approach, either through applications or foundations
- Alignment with AmFam Topics of Interest
- Overall Quality of the Proposal
All submitters will need to create an account prior to submission. The link to submit can be found HERE. Additional instructions for proposal creation can be found HERE.
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to research@datascience.wisc.edu