Internal Funding Opportunities to Build Research Capacity around AI for Human Flourishing

[Message to WFU Research Info Google Group]

August 20, 2026

Hello Everyone,

We are writing to share with you two internal funding opportunities with upcoming deadlines, and also to ask you to please consider sharing them with your faculty. 

Full-time WFU faculty from the College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Business School, Law School, Library, and Divinity School are eligible to apply for funding through AI Compass. which is part of the AI for Human Flourishing initiative. These opportunities are aimed at strengthening Wake Forest’s capacity for interdisciplinary research and scholarship on questions surrounding the ethical, social, and health implications of AI. These details and links are below.

Faculty Working Groups: To build intellectual, scholarly, and creative capacity at WFU to examine and respond to the ethical, legal/policy, and societal and cultural impacts of AI and related emerging technologies on human identity, health, and societal well-being, support is available for groups of four to eight faculty to collaborate on one or more specific projects. For more information and to apply, click here. Application Deadline: September 14, 2026.

Teacher-Scholar Apprenticeship Grants: The Teacher-Scholar Apprenticeship Grant provides funding (up to $6,000) for faculty-led projects that pair meaningful faculty research, scholarship, or creative work with substantive mentorship opportunities for full-time Wake Forest University students. For more information and to apply, click here. Application Deadline: September 8, 2026.

Please reach out to either of us if you have any questions,

William Fleeson
Associate Provost for Artificial Intelligence Initiatives

Ana Iltis
Director of the AI, Ethics, and Society Pilot Initiative