2nd Information Session on the Call Artificial Intelligence in the Cloud

In order to enlighten applicants and interested parties about the types and resources made available by the 2nd edition of the Call Advanced Computing: Artificial Intelligence in the Cloud, for which applications run until July 26, 2023, an information session on the Call will be held on July 4. The session is open to everyone, but registration is required.

The Call will provide 1 million US dollars in credits on the Google Cloud platform to research, innovation or development projects.

As in the first edition, this Call aims to support research and development projects using the Google Cloud Platform offer in the following areas:

- 80% of the resources are reserved for the areas of Natural Language Processing and Ethics in Artificial Intelligence;
- 20% of the resources are reserved for the remaining scientific areas using the Google Cloud Platform offer in artificial intelligence and data analysis algorithms, or more if there are not enough applications to fill the quota referred to in the previous point.

If the resources requested in the aforementioned areas do not exhaust the computing resources available in Call, the remaining part may be allocated to any other areas.

Applicants must choose the type of access that best suits their computing project. Fixed Access accepts projects worth 25,000 USD and Variable Access accepts projects worth up to 150,000 USD. It is up to the applicant to justify the need for computing resources using Google Cloud's online calculator.

Public or private institutions carrying out R&D activities, companies carrying out R&D activities and individuals working in Portugal who wish to develop advanced computing projects in any scientific area are eligible to apply.

This Call is part of the collaboration agreement between FCT and Google, which aims to support research projects in the field of Artificial Intelligence in Portugal. The support translates into the provision of credits in Artificial Intelligence (AI) services on the Google Cloud platform and complements the existing support provided by FCT through RNCA - Rede Nacional de Computação Avançada (National Network for Advanced Computing).

Information on the FCT Call page