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AI & Democracy Grants is sponsored by The University of Virginia's Digital Technology for Democracy Lab (DTD Lab). This grant supports projects that reveal the social, political, and cultural dynamics emerging around the integration of AI systems into institutions and people's lives, and the role of governments, institutions, and organizations in AI development and promotion.
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Skip to primary navigation Pioneering transdisciplinary research to explore democracy in the digital age The Digital Technology for Democracy Lab is a collaboration across the University of Virginia that explores how rapidly evolving digital technologies can challenge, but might also fortify, democratic institutions and practices.
Wednesday, September 23, 2026 • 4:00 PM – 5:15 PM EDT Open-Source AI as Democratic Infrastructure Student Technology Council Technology & Disinformation Technology & Democracy Exchange Descendant-Led Digital Humanities Lab & Network Cryptocurrency & Democracy DTD Lab Welcomes New Postdocs & Faculty Affiliate Reimagining AI for Environmental Justice & Creativity Collection of Essays Insights from the Visual Generative AI Propaganda Convening Gender & Tech: Possible AI Futures Co-Opting AI: Geopolitics FLiNG Report Launch: How Finfluencers, Fin-Tech, and FOMO Shape Young Adults’ Financial Well-being Cryptocurrency & Democracy Gender & Tech: Immigration & Techno-authoritarianism Gender & Tech: Digital Transformation Digital Democracy from Below Gender & Tech: Dis/Misinformation & Political Extremism OGPA Postdoc Spotlight: Maria Lungu Gender & Tech: Trans-inclusive Technology Governance Gender & Tech: Data Work & Political Participation Gender & Tech: Technocapitalism & Environmental Justice Gender & Tech: Platform Governance Gender & Tech: Data Governance Gender & Tech: Digital Colonialism ‘The Algorithm’: AI, Civil Rights, and the Workplace AI Generated Visual Misinformation, Propaganda, and Democracy Co-Opting AI: Architecture Co-Opting AI: Campaigning The Role of AI in Environmental Justice When AI Meets Cultural Policy, Heritage, and Creativity New Digital Technology for Democracy Grant to Support AI Impact Atlas How might artificial intelligence reshape jobs and local economies?
New support from UVA’s Digital Technology for Democracy Lab will help Biocomplexity Institute researchers expand the AI Impact Atlas, a decision-support platform designed to help communities prepare for a range of possible workforce futures. biocomplexity. virginia.
edu AI Is Infrastructure. Govern It Accordingly. As prediction increasingly shapes decisions about jobs, healthcare, education, and public services, the next frontier is how it organizes society.
In a new essay from Mona Sloane, DTD Lab faculty co-lead, she draws on the history of the railroads to argue that policymakers already have a blueprint for governing essential technologies: treat AI as infrastructure, apply public oversight, and ensure that systems central to modern life serve the public interest rather than private power.
Open-Source AI as Democratic Infrastructure DTD Lab Funds Five New Faculty Projects The DTD Lab has awarded 2026-2027 grant funding to support five research projects across a variety of disciplines.
These UVA faculty-led projects connect to the Lab’s mission of understanding the intersections of democracy and digital technology, including how rapidly evolving digital technologies and artificial intelligence can challenge but also fortify democratic institutions and practices. Join our vibrant lab and help us explore the intersection of digital technology and democracy.
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AI & Democracy Grants is funded by The University of Virginia's Digital Technology for Democracy Lab (DTD Lab). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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MGPV Travel Grant is sponsored by Geological Society of America (GSA), Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, Volcanology Division. MGPV Travel grants support student travel to the annual GSA meeting. Applications are restricted to active graduate or undergraduate students who are the presenting authors of an accepted abstract at the annual GSA meeting.
Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Science (ROSES) - 2025: A.4 Rapid Response and Novel Research in Earth Science is sponsored by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (SMD). This omnibus research funding opportunity includes various program elements, with rolling submissions for Earth Science research through August 2026. Proposers to Earth Science using the NASA Center for Climate Simulation high-end computing facility must include specific budget details.
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