{"id":13081,"date":"2025-09-19T12:20:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T19:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/presidents-office\/?p=13081"},"modified":"2025-09-19T12:20:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T19:20:55","slug":"call-for-proposals-innovation-accelerator-laboratory-for-artificial-intelligence-ial-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/presidents-office\/2025\/09\/19\/call-for-proposals-innovation-accelerator-laboratory-for-artificial-intelligence-ial-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Proposals: Innovation Accelerator Laboratory for Artificial Intelligence (IAL\u2013AI)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dear Colleagues:<br><br>I am pleased to share that Harvey Mudd College is launching the&nbsp;Innovation Accelerator Laboratory for Artificial Intelligence (IAL\u2013AI), the newest initiative of our Innovation Accelerator.&nbsp;<br><br>Through competitive internal funding, IAL\u2013AI will support bold, forward-thinking projects that integrate teaching, research, partnerships and student engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key Details<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Seed Stage proposals (\u22642 pages) due Oct. 24<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Proposals to be presented to participants at the Saddle Rock Trustee Retreat at Terranea during Nov. 7\u20139<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Awards will be announced by Dec. 15<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Up to $30,000 in funding available over January\u2013December&nbsp;2026 for each selected project&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Growth Stage proposals (up to $200,000) will follow in fall 2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Examples of Potential Focus Areas Include<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>AI literacy and ethics modules for teaching and learning<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Responsible AI frameworks, AI for social good or human\u2013AI collaboration in research<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Faculty\u2013industry practice groups or entrepreneurship pathways<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Student engagement opportunities such as AI fellows, hackathons or K\u201312 outreach<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about the deadlines and requirements to submit proposals via the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/strategic-planning\/ial-ai\/\">call for proposals<\/a><\/strong>. There you will find a link to the two-page proposal submission form and email contacts to set up appointments with Karl Haushalter, Jennifer Eccles or me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We look forward to your ideas and to shaping this important new laboratory together. Please don\u2019t hesitate to reach out with questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kind regards,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Harriet B. Nembhard<\/strong><br>President<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Colleagues: I am pleased to share that Harvey Mudd College is launching the&nbsp;Innovation Accelerator Laboratory for Artificial Intelligence (IAL\u2013AI), [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"class_list":["post-13081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcement"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/presidents-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/presidents-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/presidents-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/presidents-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/presidents-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13081"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/presidents-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13084,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/presidents-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13081\/revisions\/13084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/presidents-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/presidents-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}