March 2024

Call for Applications: CAHMP Summer 2024 GRA Fellowship

We are inviting applications for summer research assistance funding from Mason Master’s and doctoral students who do not already have Mason summer funding. If accepted, each awardee will receive a stipend of $6,500 (Master’s) or $8,500 (Doctor’s). Applying students should provide a short summary of what project they will be working on over the summer. While we will consider all projects concerning human-machine partnerships, special consideration will be given to transdisciplinary projects centering around CAHMP thematic thrusts:

Fairness, Accountability, Transparency, Inclusion, and Equity in AI
AI Policy and Governance
Human-Computer Interaction (human-machine teaming)
Assistive Technology
Learning Technology
Community Informatics
Generative AI and applications

(including AR/VR, computer vision, wearable tech, robotics, cyber, data science, digital humanities, etc.)

Recipients of this summer funding may be invited to present their projects at a CAHMP social event during the next academic year.

Application Instructions:

Applicants, please submit the following here – https://forms.office.com/r/QQKJVUR4hx by April 14th, 2024:

A project title and a 250-word proposal that describes your project;
The student’s level of study (Masters of doctoral), home department, and faculty mentor(s), one of whom must be a CAHMP core or affiliate faculty member;
A CV.

Mentors, please provide your quick endorsement here – https://forms.office.com/r/RTiRimH1k3 by April 14th, 2024. The endorsers must confirm that there are no alternative means of supporting the applicant over the summer.

Eligibility requirements:

–Applicants must be Mason students listed in university records as full-time during Spring 2024 and must plan to return as a graduate student in Fall 2024.

–GPA 3.0 and good standing

–Receive no other funding from Mason over the summer

–We will give preference to new applicants who have not received previous CAHMP GRA support.