The Llama Impact Grants program offers $500,000 in grants to projects using Llama 2, an open-source large language model, to address significant challenges in education, the environment, and social innovation. Meta’s Llama 2 grants are available to global organizations with a focus on providing AI-driven solutions for underrepresented communities in the fields of education, the environment, and open innovation, which includes AI for research and public interest use cases. The application deadline is November 15, 2023. All proposals will undergo evaluation based on the following selection criteria:
- Technical Feasibility: The proposed solution must integrate Llama effectively, demonstrating how it utilizes the model’s capabilities.
- Applicability: The proposed solution should directly address the challenge outlined in its designated track. It can encompass novel interventions or improvements through Llama.
- Responsibility: Where applicable, the proposed solution must outline responsible practices regarding data security, privacy, and replicability.
- Impact: The proposed solution should present a vision for its broader impact and social benefit, considering factors like its geographical reach and its ability to meet the needs of diverse communities.
Finalists will be notified in January 2024.
In July 2023, Meta introduced Llama 2, the latest version of its renowned language model. Llama 2, available in three sizes – 7B, 13B, and 70B parameters, is now open-source, offering businesses the freedom to adopt, customize, and monetize it as they see fit. Llama 2 pretrained models are trained on 2 trillion tokens, and have double the context length than Llama 1. Its fine-tuned models have been trained on over 1 million human annotations. Additionally, specialized versions for chat applications are also accessible.
Excerpt from the grant’s Terms & conditions:
‘Only individuals affiliated with a valid non-profit organization, academic institution, or research institute (each an “Organization” and collectively “Organizations”) can participate.
These terms and conditions for the Llama Social Impact Grant Program (“Grant Terms”) govern the
participation of individuals and the Organizations they represent.’
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