NSERC launches $100,000 Geoffrey Hinton prizes for AI-driven discovery
aidangomez · x · 2026-07-29
NSERC has launched the Geoffrey Hinton Prizes to recognize Discovery Grant applicants using AI in novel, impactful ways across the natural sciences and engineering.
- Up to three prizes per year
- CA$100,000 each
- Targets early-stage researchers whose AI work is already generating, or is poised to generate, significant impact
- Named after Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton
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