The National Geographic Society and Microsoft’s AI for Earth program are partnering to support novel projects that create and deploy AI tools to improve the way we monitor, model, and ultimately manage Earth’s natural systems for a more sustainable future.

The timeline would be decided in the basis of the Project determined by the National Geographic Society.

AI can help in areas such as:

Extreme weather and climate modeling

Sustainable land-use change

Ecosystem services (including carbon sequestration and afforestation/reforestation)

Resilience to extreme-event impacts (droughts, floods, disasters, etc.)

Proposals may request $5,000 to $100,000 (INR 5L- 50L approximately). The budgets of successful proposals will include reasonable, well-justified costs directly required to complete the project.

In addition to financial support, successful proposals will receive free access to AI for Earth APIs, applications, tools, and tutorials, and support for their computational work on Microsoft Azure.

You can read the guidelines and fill up the proposal here.

The National Geographic Society is an impact-driven global nonprofit organization that pushes the boundaries of exploration, furthering understanding of our world and empowering us all to generate solutions for a healthy, more sustainable future for generations to come. Our ultimate vision: a planet in balance.