Foundational Integrity Research: Misinformation and Polarization
Posted in: Announcements, Call for Proposals and Submissions
Name: Foundational Integrity Research: Misinformation and Polarization
Deadline: Friday, March 27th, 2020
Location: Facebook
Submission: Visit the Facebook Research’s application page here
Facebook’s integrity efforts are at the heart of the company’s mission to bring the world closer together, because we want social technologies to be a place where people can express themselves freely, fairly, and safely around the world. Over the last few years we have increased our investment in people and technology to minimize the effects of negative experiences people encounter on our platforms. The effectiveness of these efforts relies strongly on our partnerships with social scientists to conduct foundational and applied research around challenges pertaining to platform governance in domains such as news, misinformation, politics, health, civic engagement, trust, polarization, and conflict.
In this request for proposals (RFP), Facebook is offering awards to researchers interested in exploring the societal issues of misinformation and polarization related to social communication technologies. We will provide a total of $2,000,000 in funding for research proposals that aim to enrich our understanding of challenges related to misinformation, polarization, information quality, and conflict on social media and social technology platforms. Our goal for these awards is to support the growth of the scientific community in these spaces and to contribute to a shared understanding across the broader industry on how social technology companies can better address social issues on their platforms. Research is not restricted to focusing on Facebook apps and technology.
For more information, see this page.