In short
The Ohio Arts Council (OAC) allows applicants to use AI to help write or edit grant proposal text. The people who authorize and submit a proposal remain responsible for its accuracy and for making sure it reflects their own work. Applicants are asked to disclose any third-party AI used in an application or its attachments. OAC's policy also bars AI content from being the sole or determinative basis for eligibility, scoring, or award recommendations.
Requires disclosure. Applicants may use AI and must say where they used it.
For applicants
- Applicants to the OAC may use AI to help write or edit proposal text. The artists or organizations that authorize and submit each proposal must make sure all information reflects the applicant's or organization's own work and intent. They must also make sure all content is accurate and truthful. [1]
- The OAC asks applicants to disclose when third-party AI was used to develop an application or its attachments. Tools built into an agency grant application platform are excluded from this request. [1]
For reviewers
- The OAC's AI policy does not allow AI content to be the sole or determinative basis for any grant eligibility decision, score, or award recommendation. [1]
Sources
Ohio Arts Council — Artificial Intelligence (AI) Usage Policy (opens in a new tab)
Grant applicants to the OAC may use AI to assist in writing or editing grant proposal text, with the individuals (artists or organizations) authorizing and submitting each proposal responsible for ensuring that all information represents the applicant’s or organization’s own work and intent, and that all content is accurate and truthful.
Grant applicants are asked to disclose when any third-party AI was used in the development of an application or its attachments (apart from any tools integrated into an agency grant application platform).
AI content serving as the sole or determinative basis for any grant eligibility, scoring, or award recommendation
This page summarizes what the funder has published and is not legal advice. Policies change, and one solicitation can add its own rules. Confirm against the funding announcement before you apply.