AI in Funding: AFIRE Experimental Funders Group

Andrés F. Rodríguez, Impact and Learning Manager at Stanford Impact Labs (SIL), an impact-oriented research funder, spoke on “The role of evaluations on responsible AI use for research grant-making”

Ben Steyn, Head of Metascience at DSIT and co-head of the DSIT/UKRI Metascience Unit spoke about a portfolio of UKRI projects to test the feasibility and effectiveness of AI desk rejection, AI as a reviewer, and AI as a meta-reviewer, as well as wider thinking and consideration of how AI is shaping the applications (number and content) and could be integrated into UKRI processes

About AFIRE

RoRI’s AFIRE project aims to increase the volume and quality of funder experiments. By providing a venue for engagement and learning, we help the funding community build the evidence base needed to innovate with confidence.