Institute of Museum and Library Services AI policy for grant applications

Can applicants use AI on an application to Institute of Museum and Library Services?

The funder has not said.

IMLS bars its peer reviewers from using AI tools to analyze or critique grant applications. Users of generative AI tools cannot control where submitted information is sent, saved, viewed, or used later. IMLS has published no guidance on applicants using AI to write applications.

Reviewer rules only. The funder has published rules for reviewers and none for applicants.

Rules for applicants

Institute of Museum and Library Services has published no rules for applicants.

Rules for reviewers

Peer reviewers may not use AI tools to analyze or critique IMLS grant applications. Generative AI tools need large amounts of submitted information, and users cannot control where that information is sent, saved, viewed, or used in the future. [1][2]

Where this comes from

The funder's own words, from its own pages.

21st Century Museum Professionals Program Panel Reviewer Handbook (FY 2025), Confidentiality and Use of Artificial Intelligence (opens in a new tab)
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Because Artificial Intelligence (AI) generative tools rely upon the submission of substantial information, and because AI users are unable to control where the information they have submitted will be sent, saved, viewed, or used in the future, IMLS explicitly prohibits its peer reviewers from using AI tools to analyze and critique IMLS grant applications.
FY 2025 Phase One Reviewer Handbook: Community-Centered Implementation Projects, National Leadership Grants for Libraries (opens in a new tab)
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Because generative AI tools rely upon the submission of substantial information, and because AI users are unable to control where the information they have submitted will be sent, saved, viewed, or used in the future, IMLS explicitly prohibits its peer reviewers from using AI tools to analyze and critique IMLS grant applications.

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.

Rules for applicants

Rules for reviewers

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