GRANT CONDITIONS
The applications for funding should be submitted by December 1, 2023. Applicants are required to use this online jotform for submission to ease the work of the reviewing process. Only complete applications will be considered.
The research projects will be assessed by the Steering Committee, composed of representatives from Sciences Po and the PLI.
Projects must meet the following requirements in the spirit of the shared vision: Shaping Our Digital Future: How to Build, Invest In, Deploy, and Regulate New Technologies for the Common Good.
Project Liberty’s Institute seeks to catalyze solutions- and impact-oriented research for governance of the next wave of technological innovation that can provide evidence and guidance for policymakers, businesses, investors, technologists, civil society and users.
The projects should be related to one or more of the following vertical and horizontal topics regarding new technologies:
Horizontal scope:
- Ethical governance frameworks
- Governance innovation (incl. agile frameworks, transnational frameworks, multi stakeholder cooperation and international instruments, etc. )
- The roles of policymakers, SMEs and incumbents, investors, technologists, civil society and users
- Responsible innovation
- Impacts on society (democracy, mis/disinformation, safety, wellbeing etc.)
- Impacts on the economy (market concentration, decentralization, innovation etc.)
- Technical and infrastructure governance
- Rethinking business models
- Ethical technology by design
- Trends detection and forecasting
Vertical scope:
- Web3 and blockchain
- Digital Identity
- Artificial Intelligence
- Extended Reality
- Public interest technology
- Personal and non-personal data
- Social Web
- Neurotechnology and computer-brain interfaces
- Infrastructure Protocols for a better digital economy (e.g. Decentralized Social Networking Protocol)
Novelty: The projects should be novel, i.e. not already in progress. The Steering Committee will also consider the projects’ potential for co-funding.
Impact: The impact on technologists’, policymakers’, academia, civil society’s, entrepreneurs’ and governance experts’ ability to meet the challenges of digital transition should be clearly stated. Details regarding how to translate the findings into governance changes and solutions through engaging key stakeholders during the research phase and valorization strategies upon publication, for example, are encouraged.
Research team: Project teams should include at least one Sciences Po permanent Faculty member. The Principal Investigators can be either members of Sciences Po’s permanent faculty or other researchers affiliated with Sciences Po. Project teams can include researchers outside Sciences Po faculty and/or create collaborations with researchers of the network of institutions that cooperate with the Institute, including, but not limited to, Georgetown University and Stanford University, as well as researchers outside of the existing network (e.g. researchers involved in NGOs conducting research).
Interdisciplinary: The projects that are interdisciplinary (social sciences, policy, law, business, management, engineering etc.) are encouraged.
Duration: The projects can last for up to three years.
Budget: Wages and salaries for visiting researchers, doctoral students, post-doc, research assistants, and temporary staff are eligible. Recruitment of relevant personnel should follow the relevant procedures at Sciences Po.
Administration: The project will be managed by the administrative staff of a research lab at Sciences Po.