UNIQUE-IVADO Neuro-AI Team Funding

UNIQUE-IVADO Team Grant

Winter 2021 Competition

Application deadline: January 5, 2021 [Competition closed]
Total amount awarded: $125,000 per year for two years

- Program description (EN) / Description du programme (FR)
- Application form / Formulaire d'inscription (EN/FR)

This program, created through a partnership between UNIQUE and IVADO, aims to promote interdisciplinary research at the crossroads between neuroscience and artificial intelligence. The program seeks to support innovative projects with a strong potential for impact in terms of scientific discovery but also in terms of creating new synergies within the Neuro-IA community and within UNIQUE.

For more information on the eligibility criteria , the application and evaluation procedures, please refer to the program description and application form above.

Funded Project - Winter 2021 Competition

Project title: Neocortical mechanisms for continual learning

Team:

Eilif Muller, Département de neurosciences, Université de Montréal
Doina Precup, School of Computer Science, McGill University
Irina Rish, Département d'informatique et de recherche opérationnelle, Université de Montréal
Roberto Araya, Département de neurosciences, Université de Montréal