Accelerating Foundation Models Research (AFMR)
Funds academic researchers globally through Azure compute and model API credits for AI alignment, safety, and scientific discovery.
The Accelerating Foundation Models Research (AFMR) program was a Microsoft Research initiative that provided in-kind Azure cloud credits and foundation model API access to academic researchers globally who were studying AI alignment, human-AI interaction, and scientific discovery via large-scale AI models. During its active cycles, the program attracted approximately 400 proposals from 170 univers…
Funds academic researchers globally with Azure cloud credits and foundation model API access to advance AI alignment, human-AI interaction, and scientific discovery using large-scale AI models.
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