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Disciplinary Improvements: FAIROS-compliant agent AI systems for biodiversity research — NSF Award to University of Florida (FL, $

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming how people find, analyze, and use information. In biodiversity science, where research depends on integrating data from thousands of specimens, publications, and observations, these tools hold enormous promise but also pose new challenges. Scientific progr

Award titleDisciplinary Improvements: FAIROS-compliant agent AI systems for biodiversity research
Award ID2531902
AwardeeUniversity of Florida
CityGAINESVILLE
StateFL
Amount obligated$598,751
Principal investigatorElizabeth Ellwood
ProgramNSF Public Access Initiative, Cross-BIO Activities
Start date06/01/2026
AbstractGenerative artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming how people find, analyze, and use information. In biodiversity science, where research depends on integrating data from thousands of specimens, publications, and observations, these tools hold enormous promise but also pose new challenges. Scientific progress, environmental resilience, and biosecurity all depend on trustworthy, accessible, and reusable data. Despite significant investments in biodiversity data infrastructure, many r
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