Grantees will be selected based on a review of applications by Mozilla’s Africa Innovation Mradi and Insights (research) teams.
Reviewers will seek to fund research led by social justice communities looking at the intersections between AI and social justice in Southern and Eastern Africa. This could be an in depth look at AI in relation to human rights, economic justice, racial justice, community justice, gender justice, disability justice, LGBTQIA+ rights, environmental justice, or another issue.
Ultimately, research supported under the Africa Mradi grants should encourage the adoption of technologies that center communities (particularly marginalized groups), uplift informed use (that is people having agency and control), and contribute to policy and regulatory trends that promote Trustworthy AI.
For this grant opportunity, we are primarily interested in collaborating with individuals, networks, and self-organized groups and organizations that are based in or legally operate on the African continent, that we have not worked with before.
Key Dates and Deadlines
Due to the high volume or registrations we have adjusted the timeline below to allow for adequate time to review proposals.
July 17, 2023: Applications open
July 31, 2023: Complete application account registration on Fluxx by 5:00pm Eastern Africa Time (EAT). This step is REQUIRED for all applicants.
August 14, 2023: Deadline to submit a completed application at 11:00pm Eastern Africa Time (EAT)
October 30, 2023: Notification of grantees
November 2023 to January 2024 - 3 month grant period for research to be carried out and finalized
17 July: Call for Proposals opens!
Application
Complete application account registration on Fluxx by 5:00pm Eastern Africa Time (EAT) on 31 July 2023. This step is REQUIRED for all applicants in order to be able to submit a full application.
The deadline to submit a completed application is 11:00pm Eastern Africa Time (EAT) on 14 August 2023.
Review
- Research proposals that align with the research focus areas will be reviewed by an internal team comprising members of Mozilla's Africa Innovation Mradi and Insights (Research) teams.
- Only those projects that meet the grant criteria stated in the Call for Proposals will be reviewed.
Final Selection
- Final selections will be made after full applications are submitted and reviewed based on the selection criteria in the Call for Proposals.
- All proposed grant decisions are subject to a legal review to confirm the applicant’s eligibility.
- We aim to inform successful applicants by the end of October
Award Period
- The awards are anticipated to be 3 months beginning November 2023 and ending in January 2024.
- Awardees will be expected to attend scheduled cohort calls in order to share their progress, ask questions, and exchange learning.
- Learn more about other supports provided.
Plain text application pack: To support screen readers or places with low bandwidth and connectivity, you can download the application pack in plain text.
Please note:
- All applications must be submitted via Fluxx at https://mozilla.fluxx.io/apply/mradiresearch.
- All submissions must be in English.
- No responsibility is assumed for lost, late, incomplete, invalid, illegible, incorrect, inaccurate or misdirected registrations or submissions; or for any error, human, technical or otherwise, that may occur in the processing of submissions.
- Final selection of applicants and grants amounts are at the discretion of the Mozilla staff.
- Neither Mozilla nor any potential grantee responding to this Call For Proposals shall be considered to have entered into an agreement, until and unless both parties have signed a separate definitive grant agreement.
Have questions?
Please check out our awards FAQs
For questions not answered there, or for assistance using Fluxx to submit your application, please email [email protected]
Questions specific to this funding opportunity can be directed to Senior Program Officer, Koliwe Majama, on the email [email protected].