Description
AI-GUIDE addresses Europe’s urgent need for coordinated, responsible and inclusive integration of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) across the research and innovation (R&I) ecosystem. The Action responds to fragmented policies, uneven adoption, and widening capacity gaps among research institutions. It brings together experts from higher education, research-performing organisations, funders, publishers, policymakers, SMEs and professional associations to co-create shared governance, operational guidelines and practical tools for trustworthy GenAI use in research.
The Action will develop living guidelines translating the EU AI Act and recent AI strategies, ERA principles and research integrity standards into daily practice; establish a European Knowledge Hub and repository of validated tools and use cases; and connect institutional “Safe Labs” and sandboxes for experimentation. Through training schools, short-term scientific missions, virtual mobility grants and peer-learning clinics, AI-GUIDE will build GenAI literacy, empower young researchers and innovators, and reduce digital disparities across Europe.
By connecting scientific, technological, research management, ethical and policy expertise, AI-GUIDE will strengthen Europe’s global leadership in responsible AI for science. Its legacy will be an open, community-driven Knowledge Hub, integrated with the European Open Science Cloud and professional networks, ensuring that AI becomes a tool for excellence, integrity and inclusiveness in European R&I.
Action keywords
Generative AI Governance and Usage - Generative AI Literacy, Skills and Capacity Building - Responsible Research and Innovation - Equity and Inclusiveness - Open Science and Policy Harmonisation
Management Committee
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Main Contacts
Action Contacts
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Working Groups
| Number | Title | Leader |
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| 1 | Policy landscape, governance and harmonisation | TBA |
| 2 | Living Guidelines and Knowledge Hub | TBA |
| 3 | Repository and Safe-Lab Network | TBA |
| 4 | Emerging Topics, Foresight and Impact Assessment | TBA |
| 5 | Stakeholder Engagement and Dissemination | TBA |
| 6 | Training and Capacity Building | TBA |
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