CANSSI Ontario: Benchmarking AI Capability in Statistics and Data Science
Sponsor’s Website
Visit the CANSSI Ontario website for more information on the Benchmarking AI Capability in Statistics and Data Science program.
Internal Contact
Potential applicants are encouraged to discuss this funding opportunity with their Faculty Research Facilitator.
Deadlines
| Deadline | Date |
|---|---|
| Faculty deadline | Consult your Faculty Research Facilitator |
| Internal cuResearch Approval Form | September 23, 2026 |
| Submission of application to CANSSI Ontario | September 30, 2026 by 11:59 p.m. (ET) |
Overview
CANSSI Ontario is looking to fund projects that benchmark AI progress in statistics and data science. The aim of this competition is to support projects that create high-quality benchmarks based on representative dataset slices to enable the evaluation of new AI models, while also developing AI-ready annotated and curated datasets.
Value
CANSSI Ontario is looking to fund projects at the level of $10,000 each. Special consideration for budgets of up to $50,000.
Eligibility
The project lead must be a faculty member at a CANSSI Ontario partner university.
They are eligible to apply if they hold a faculty appointment in a statistics or biostatistics unit (department, division or school), or if they are a faculty member appointed to a different unit with a PhD in statistics or biostatistics.
Submitting Your Application
- Submit an internal Approval Form through our central awards management database cuResearch. Consult the user’s manual for guidance.
- Submit an external application to CANSSI Ontario by following their submission guidelines.