The Algorithmic Justice for Refugees Research Network (AJRRN) is funding four graduate-led research projects of $10,000 CAD each.
We would be grateful if you would share this call with graduate students and postdoctoral fellows who may be interested.
The projects (one award each):
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Global Majority Data in Global North Border Control (preference for applicants from the Global Majority)
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Identifying Border Technology and Vendors in Canada
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Scoping Rights-Enhancing Technologies
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LLM Bias Benchmark for Refugees and Migrants
Who can apply: current graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows without tenure-stream appointments, in Canada or abroad, in law, computer science, software engineering, data science or a related field. Applicants find their own supervisor; any full-time
university faculty member qualifies.
What we fund: each project produces an open access journal article, with the student as lead author. Funding is paid in three tranches tied to contract signing, a working paper (target: 6 months), and journal acceptance (target: 12 months).
How to apply: everything is completed directly in the online form, with no uploads: a proposal (the equivalent of 1 page), an initial bibliography (the equivalent of 1 page), a CV (the equivalent of 2 pages maximum), and the supervisor's confirmation
of support.
Please note that due to CryptPad's setup, applicants will not receive an email to confirm their application is received.
Deadline: December 1, 2026, 11:59 pm Toronto time.
Questions can go to me at jturje@yorku.ca.
Best regards,
Jessica Türje
Project Manager with AJRRN
Pronouns: she/her