LINGUIST List 17.426

Wed Feb 08 2006

FYI: RFP - Accelerating Search in Academic Research

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Directory         1.    Evelyne Viegas, RFP - Accelerating Search in Academic Research


Message 1: RFP - Accelerating Search in Academic Research
Date: 02-Feb-2006
From: Evelyne Viegas <evelynevmicrosoft.com>
Subject: RFP - Accelerating Search in Academic Research


Microsoft Research External Research and Programs is pleased to announce anew worldwide Request for Proposals (RFP): Accelerating Search in AcademicResearch. For full details, guidelines, and instructions, please visithttp://research.microsoft.com/ur/us/fundingopps/RFPs/Search_2006_RFP.aspx

Submission deadlineThe RFP due date is March 24, 2006, 5pm PST (-8 UTC/GMT)

AwardsThe total amount available under this request for proposals (RFP) is US$500,000. Microsoft anticipates making approximately 10-14 awards averaging$35,000, with a maximum of $50,000 for any single award.

RFP highlightsTo advance academic research and publication in the area of Internet Searchand, more generally, in data mining, discovery and analysis, Microsoftintends to make available to RFP awardees an MSN Search query log excerpt,with 15 million queries sampled over several weeks.

This RFP invites submission of research proposals for projects which focuson the Internet Search research area and describe innovative research usingthe query/click log and MSN SDK assets in bold, novel, and unconventionalapproaches to explore Internet Search and related technologies, includinginterdisciplinary research.

This Request for Proposals is in support of Live Labs’ collaboration withthe academic research community. Live Labs is a partnership between MSN andMicrosoft Research (MSR) focused on applied research for Internet-enabledproducts and services at Microsoft. More information on Live Labs isavailable at http://labs.live.com

Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics