Julie Freeman, Tipping Point 2025. Photo credit Chris Scott.
We’re proud to announce a series of new funding opportunities to explore, challenge and shape the future of responsible AI, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
Over the past three years, BRAID’s funded projects have helped to inform how we think about, develop and govern AI. Our growing community of researchers, organisations and creative practitioners continue to influence policy, build responsible AI capacity across sectors, engage with public understanding of AI, and centre workers and underrepresented communities in conversations about AI.
Now, we’re building on this work with three new open calls:
BRAID Fellowships https://braiduk.org/research-fellowships
We are looking to fund series of collaborative projects that pair Arts and Humanities researchers with non-academic partners to advance responsible AI in practice. Applicants can either bring their own partner organisation and research challenge or respond to one of two industry challenges set by The National Lottery Heritage Fund on embedding environmental intelligence into heritage investment and Framestore on exploring contemporary forms of artistry in visual effects production.
Creative Commissions https://braiduk.org/creative-commissions
We are inviting seven UK-based creatives to explore responsible AI not as a technical checklist or a set of rules, but as a question of relationships, commitments and obligations: what we ask of technology, what technology asks of us, what we owe to one another and to the world we share. These commissions will be part of a showcase at the Edinburgh Festivals in 2027.
Edinburgh’s Festivals Access Challenge https://braiduk.org/edinburgh-festivals-access-challenge
A unique opportunity offering up to £220,000 for interdisciplinary teams to develop innovative AI solutions that improve accessibility for deaf audiences at the Edinburgh Festivals.
“The first 3 years of BRAID saw development of Arts and Humanities ideas, principles and practices that went on to underpin responsible AI adoption. Now, as we see AI permeating all aspects of life, our challenge is to ensure that we continue to move the needle, from theories of responsibility to everyday practice. By funding an extended community of researchers, creative practitioners and stakeholders, we will demonstrate the change that can be made when Arts and Humanities research truly embeds in non-academic contexts with impact at its core. Our three calls: BRAID Fellowships, Creative Commissions and Festivals Access, will move us beyond responsible AI in theory to making, testing, challenging and experiencing it. That’s where meaningful change can begin.”
Professor Ewa Luger, Co-Director, BRAID
Want to find out more? Visit the call pages for full information and join one of our upcoming information sessions to meet the team and ask questions.
The first session is Monday 7 September, focusing on the Edinburgh Festivals Access Challenge: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1997690281408?aff=oddtdtcreator. Recordings will be available afterwards.
