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September 10, 2026

The IVADO AI and Neuroscience Research Cluster invites the scientific community to submit proposals for research projects as part of the Neuro-Sprint call for participation, which aims to fund short-term initiatives developing, evaluating or integrating artificial intelligence tools in the fields of basic or clinical neuroscience. 

Funding of up to $25,000 per project (non-renewable) is available, and projects must be completed by March 31, 2027. Submitted projects must align with the Cluster’s research program through one of the following objectives: 

• Building tokenization modules for ingesting various types of neuroscience data 

• Creating modules for processing stimuli and behaviors 

• Developing datasets, including simulated datasets, for validating pre-trained models 

• Preprocessing multimodal datasets that can be used for training or validating foundational models. 

Key dates 

• Submission deadline : October 9, 2026 at 11:59 PM 
• Call results : week of October 19, 2026 
• Start of projects: as soon as possible 

For more information or to consult the full call >> 

Download the application form >> 

Go to the application platform >> 

Contact 

Audrée Janelle-Montcalm, Research Advisor for the AI and Neuroscience Research Cluster : audree.janelle.montcalm@umontreal.ca