Funder AI policy

Can applicants use AI on an application to The Branco Weiss Fellowship – Society in Science?

The funder has not said.

The Guidelines for The Branco Weiss Fellowship (26 November 2024) set a rule for reviewers only. They bar reviewers from using generative AI on proposals. The pages give no guidance for applicants on AI, so advise a PI that the funder states no AI rule for applications in this document.

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

Rules for applicants

The Branco Weiss Fellowship – Society in Science has published no rules for applicants.

Rules for reviewers

  • Reviewers may not use generative AI models to analyse proposals or to write reviews. [1]
  • Reviewers may not put information from documents sent for review into generative AI models as input. [1]

Where this comes from

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

  1. Guidelines for The Branco Weiss Fellowship – Society in Science (opens in a new tab)

    The Branco Weiss Fellowship – Society in Science ·

    Reviewers are not allowed to use generative AI models for analysing and formulating reviews of proposals or provide information from documents provided for review as input for generative AI models.

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.

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