Allowed with disclosure. The funder lets applicants use AI and requires or asks them to say where they used it.
What applicants may do
What the funder asks of applicants
- Disclose the use of AI generated materials. This covers responses to IAFNS RFPs and the Summer Research Opportunity Fellowship applications. [1]
- The PI is responsible for the content of any submission, whether or not AI was used. [1]
- If generative AI was used, the Institution must make sure its outputs in the application are valid. This means removing any false, misleading or hallucinated information. [2]
Rules for reviewers
Institute for the Advancement of Food and Nutrition Sciences has published no rules for reviewers.
Where this comes from
The funder's own words, from its own pages.
IAFNS Policies on Generative AI Use (opens in a new tab)
In alignment with principles on scientific integrity, a Principal Investigator (PI) is responsible for the content of any submission regardless of the use of generative artificial intelligence in responses to RFPs, scientific updates, and peer-reviewed publications.
IAFNS requires disclosure of the use of AI generated materials.
Allowed- Disclosure of GAI Use Required; the PI is ultimately responsible for proposal submitted
Allowed- Disclosure Required
If generative AI has been used, the Institution shall ensure that outputs from generative AI tools used in its applications are valid.
This includes removing any false, misleading or hallucinated information.
This is a reading of what the funder has published, and it is not legal advice. A solicitation can set its own rule, so read the funding announcement before a PI applies.