We are grateful for the enthusiastic participation in our EDU grants program. While this program has now closed, we invite you to explore CustomGPT with a free 7-day trial. Experience how our AI can revolutionize your projects and research!
We are thrilled to announce the newest cohort of trailblazers in our AI Research Grants program at CustomGPT.ai. This diverse group of recipients represents a broad spectrum of disciplines and institutions, each poised to reshape the educational landscape through generative AI, informed by how CustomGPT.ai works.
CustomGPT is delighted to award seven additional Research Grants to the recipients below, bringing the total number of grants awarded to twelve. Spanning disciplines from Philosophy and STEM to Psychology, Medicine, Business, and IT, recipients are employing CustomGPT’s robust platform to support virtual learning, provide feedback on writing and complex assignments, guide students through case studies, and even grade medical students’ patient notes. Other recipients are planning applications that support IT and their university’s research operations and to solve supply chain challenges for industry. Recipients hail from universities that span the globe, including the U.S., U.K., Germany and Australia. In the spirit of our aim to “plant a thousand seeds,” we encourage interested faculty from across disciplines to submit proposals by May 31st and demonstrate the value of Generative AI in their research and teaching.
Newly announced award recipients include:
- Professor Joseph Krajcik – Director of the CREATE for STEM Institute, College of Education, Michigan State University – Feedback for Students on Open-ended STEM Assignments
- Professor Solon Moreira – Fox School of Business, Temple University – AI To Support Decision-making in Entrepreneurship Courses
- Professor Ling Wang – College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University – Grading Medical Students’ Patient Notes
- Professors Katharina Wieser and Thorben Plucas – Strategic and International Management, Philipps-University Marburg (Germany) – Self-learning Tool for Business Strategy Students
- Professor Randal Schober – Business School, Point Loma Nazarene University (PLNU) – Reinnovating Innovation with an Interactive AI Chatbot
- Professor Varun Gupta – College of Business, U. of North Georgia – Interactive Chatbot for Supply Chain Planning
- Parag Srivastava – Enterprise Architect, University of Sydney – AI Chatbot for Research Administration and Operations
Previously announced award recipients are shown below – read more three more recipients its: :
- Professor Jarrod Humphrey – Williams College of Business, Xavier University – A Chatbot for AI Ethics and Honesty
- Professors Erin Taylor and Nicholas Laskowski – Dept. of Philosophy, Washington and Lee and U. of Maryland, College Park, respectively – AI for Ethical Evaluations in Research Oversight
- Professor Alessio Bellato – University of Southampton U.K.- Enhancing Psychological Well-Being and Emotional Regulation
- Professors Michael Klymkowsky and Ann Riedel – College of Arts & Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder and Front Range Community College, respectively – Socratic Tutor for Introduction to Biology Students
- Professor Doug Laney – College of Business, U. of Illinois – Fictitious Company for MBA Infonomics Students and a Grading Chatbot
As we continue to champion the integration of AI across various fields, we invite you to discover how these innovative projects make the potential of AI attainable and inspirational for every student and educator involved.
What We Offer
CustomGPT.ai is committed to advancing the application of AI in academia by providing our AI Research Grants recipients, alongside more grant recipients across the program, with the tools they need to succeed. Successful applicants will receive a CustomGPT.ai Premium License, free for six months, which is not only valued at approximately $3,000 but is robust enough to support a wide array of applications in both teaching and research.
This package facilitates the creation of up to 100 custom chatbots, ensuring that recipients have ample resources to undertake impactful projects. Additionally, all grant recipients will benefit from comprehensive documentation and the potential for one-on-one sessions to fully leverage the capabilities of our advanced AI tools, including custom knowledge management, in their educational and research endeavors.
Grant Application Reminder
As we continue to see inspiring applications and outstanding project proposals, we remind all interested faculty members that the deadline for submitting grant applications is May 31st, 2024. Don’t miss your chance to be a part of this innovative community—apply today to bring your vision for AI in education to life!
Conclusion
At CustomGPT.ai, we believe in the power of AI to transform educational experiences and broaden the horizons of both students and educators.By providing these grants, we not only support the academic community in exploring new ways to integrate AI into their curricula and research but also in making these technologies more accessible and relatable to students across disciplines. We are excited to see how our newest grant recipients, joining a growing group of education research grant recipients, will use their ingenuity and our technology to drive the future of education.
For full details of the grant available, who can apply, and how to apply, visit CustomGPT.ai Announces AI Research Grants for College Faculties
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CustomGPT.ai’s Research Grant Program still open?
No. The EDU grants program has closed. Interested faculty can still test a teaching or research idea with a free 7-day trial. For universities that need governance checks before piloting, the platform is SOC 2 Type 2 certified, GDPR compliant, and does not use submitted data for model training.
What types of projects were chosen for the AI Research Grant Program?
The cohort focused on applied academic use cases rather than generic AI demos. Announced projects include feedback on open-ended STEM assignments, AI support for entrepreneurship decision-making, grading medical students’ patient notes, a self-learning tool for business strategy students, an innovation chatbot, supply chain planning, and research administration and operations. In total, the program has awarded 12 grants across disciplines including Philosophy, STEM, Psychology, Medicine, Business, and IT.
Why is hallucination control so important in education and research AI projects?
Because grading, advising, and research support need answers grounded in approved materials, not plausible-sounding guesses. The platform uses retrieval-augmented generation with citation support and outperformed OpenAI in a RAG accuracy benchmark. Brendan McSheffrey of The Kendall Project said, u0022We love CustomGPT.ai. It’s a fantastic Chat GPT tool kit that has allowed us to create a ‘lab’ for testing AI models. The results? High accuracy and efficiency leave people asking, ‘How did you do it?’ We’ve tested over 30 models with hundreds of iterations using CustomGPT.ai.u0022
How can a university prove an AI teaching pilot is worth funding?
A strong pilot usually shows four things: fast deployment, real usage, answer quality against approved sources, and clear time savings for staff or instructors. Nitro! Bootcamp launched 60 AI chatbots in 90 minutes for 30+ minority-owned small businesses with a 100% success rate. That kind of rollout speed gives a university a practical way to gather evidence quickly before seeking broader departmental or grant funding.
Can AI research grants support archives and research operations, not just classroom chatbots?
Research operations are clearly in scope. One of the newly announced recipients, Parag Srivastava at the University of Sydney, is using an AI chatbot for research administration and operations, so the grants are not limited to student-facing tutoring. Archives are not mentioned explicitly, but they could fit if the proposal is framed as a research or institutional knowledge workflow. Barry Barresi described a similar non-classroom use case this way: u0022Powered by my custom-built Theory of Change AIM GPT agent on the CustomGPT.ai platform. Rapidly Develop a Credible Theory of Change with AI-Augmented Collaboration.u0022
Related Resources
This guide offers useful context for applying CustomGPT.ai in academic and learning environments.
- Education RAG Guide — Explore how retrieval-augmented generation supports education use cases, from student support to knowledge access across institutions.