Swiss AI Initiative Announces 3rd Large Project Call with 2026 Deadlines
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Summary
The Swiss AI Initiative announces its 3rd Large Project Call, providing funding to accelerate research and development of open science artifacts in foundation model development and critical societal application areas. The initiative was launched in December 2023 with initial investments including over 10 million GPU hours on Alps supercomputer and a 20 million CHF grant from the ETH Domain. Key deadlines include Declaration of Intent by March 16, 2026, full proposals by March 31, 2026, with decisions and project start in July 2026.
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Declaration of Intent deadline: March 16, 2026
Full proposal deadline: March 31, 2026
The Swiss AI Initiative was started in December 2023 and seeded with an initial investment of over 10m GPU hours on Alps (by CSCS) and a grant of 20m CHF by the ETH Domain.
Article URL: https://www.swiss-ai.org
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47828444
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