Meta Llama Impact Innovation Awards

Please review the program’s Terms & Conditions.

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Learn more about the Meta Llama Impact Innovation Awards

Overview

Recent breakthroughs in AI, and generative AI in particular, have captured the public’s imagination and demonstrated they have the potential to help people create a new era of economic and social opportunity, and give individuals, creators, and organizations new ways to express themselves and connect with people.

Building off a legacy of openly releasing tools to benefit the global community, we introduced Meta Llama 2 in July 2023 and this past April we launched the next generation of our open source large language model – Meta Llama 3. This model demonstrates state-of-the-art performance on a wide range of industry benchmarks and offers new capabilities, including improved reasoning.

We are committed to identifying and supporting the use of these models for social impact, which is why we are excited to announce the Meta Llama Impact Innovation Awards, which will grant a series of awards of up to $35K USD to organizations in Africa, the Middle East, Turkey, Asia Pacific, and Latin America tackling some of the regions’ most pressing challenges using Llama.

Since their release, Llama 2 and Llama 3 have had over 180 million download requests and we know developers are already creating incredible tools with these models. We have seen some of those tools through the applications to the Llama Impact Grant program, which aimed to identify and support the most compelling applications of Llama 2 for societal benefit across three tracks: education, environment, and open innovation.

The Meta Llama Impact Innovation Awards are intended to further identify and support organizations who are already using Llama 2 or 3 as a core element of their work to address the challenges in their region as outlined below.

Successful applicants will:

Identify how their work directly impacts the selected regional issue area
Highlight the importance of Llama 2 or Llama 3 as a core element of their work to address the relevant issue area
Include a link to a public reference to the submitted project's use of Llama 2 or Llama 3 (e.g., blog post, news article, GitHub repository, etc.)

Regional issue areas

We know that the biggest challenges each region faces are different, which is why we have tailored the program slightly differently for each. Applicants will apply not only within their own region but also within it's specialized tracks, as outlined below:

Africa, the Middle East, and Turkey

Education: Leverage Llama to improve learning outcomes, increase access to quality education, and enhance the teaching experience. Applications might include AI-powered tutoring, personalized learning platforms, and intelligent tools for teachers.
Public services: Harness Llama to enhance transparency, accountability, and efficiency in government services. Applications might include but are not limited to solutions for citizen engagement, AI-driven data analysis, and virtual assistants for navigating government processes.
Healthcare: Apply Llama to improve health outcomes, streamline clinical workflows, and enhance patient experiences. These might include AI-powered diagnostic tools, intelligent tools for healthcare workers, or personalized medicine platforms.
Safety and Security: Employ Llama to develop innovative solutions that enhance public safety, prevent fraud, and protect vulnerable populations. For example, AI-powered fraud detection, chatbots for emergency response, and predictive analytics for crime prevention.

Asia Pacific

Education: Leverage Llama to improve learning outcomes, increase access to quality education, and enhance the teaching experience. Applications might include AI-powered tutoring, personalized learning platforms, and intelligent tools for teachers.
Economic Development: Apply Llama in business to drive socio-economic value, improve efficiencies and scalability. Potential applications could include solutions that improve process automation, customer service, product development and testing, forecasting trends, or research and development.
Trust & Safety: Leverage Llama to build innovative solutions that defend vulnerable populations against online harms such as misinformation, privacy, safety, frauds and scams. Examples include tools that monitor online safety trends, crime prevention and fraud detection, or chatbots that assist first responders.

Latin America

Education & Culture: Leverage Llama to improve learning outcomes and / or amplify access to cultural resources. Applications might include AI-powered tutoring, personalized learning platforms, cultural education, language preservation, and intelligent tools for teachers.
Economic Development: Apply Llama in business to drive socio-economic value, improve efficiencies and scalability. Potential applications could include solutions that improve process automation, identify inefficiencies, advance customer service, promote product development and testing, forecasting trends market research.
Environment & Sustainability: Utilize Llama as a component of a solution to protect and support Latin America’s vast array of biodiversity in pursuit of a healthier and more sustainable world. Examples may include agricultural planning and management, urban resilience, carbon removal, sustainable agriculture, or green economic development.

If your organization has ideas for how to address any of these critical global challenges leveraging Llama, we welcome your proposal!

Challenge Structure + Timeline:

Open Call

June 17, 2024 - July 26, 2024

The application window is now open!

We encourage organizations based in Africa, Asia Pacific, Latin America, Middle East, or Turkey* to submit applications demonstrating how they are already using Llama for projects or products that address the specific challenges aligned with each regional track.

*A complete list of eligible countries can be found in the Terms and Conditions.

Meta Llama Impact Innovation Awards Application

The application will be open from June 17 - July 26, 2024. All proposals will be evaluated using a selection criteria that assesses:

Demonstrated utility of Llama: Llama should be a fundamental component of the project or product, and its utility should be clearly defined. As a part of this evaluation, applicants are required to submit public reference to their use of Llama (e.g., blog post, news article, or Github repository outlining how Llama is used for the project or product).
Applicability: The proposed solution measurably addresses the challenge outlined in their designated track.
Impact: The proposed solution articulates a vision for how their solution impacts the broader problem space and provides social benefit. This might include how the solution works across geographies, addresses the needs of additional communities, or similar.
Responsibility: Ideal winners will be able to demonstrate how they utilized the Responsible Use Guidelines in the development of their project or product.

Those teams whose proposals are selected as winners will be notified by September 2024. Applicants of interest and runners up may be notified by or beyond September 2024. Stay tuned for program updates.

For additional information, please see the Terms and Conditions or FAQ.

FAQ

What type of applicants are you seeking for this program?

We are open to any business, non-profit, academic institution, and research institution that has applied Llama 2 or 3 large-language models to one of our designated problem tracks. For specific questions regarding country eligibility and definitions of what qualify as eligible organization type, please refer to the program’s Terms & Conditions.

When are applications due?

Applications will open June 17, 2024 at 9:00am PT and are due by 11:59 pm ET on July 26, 2024.

Can my application be submitted in my local language?

All applications must be submitted in English. For additional information regarding submission requirements please refer to the Terms & Conditions.

I am an AI researcher with a compelling technical application, but less familiar with the social impact problem areas. Can I still apply?

Yes! As long as your organization qualifies as an eligible applicant as defined by the Terms & Conditions you are welcome to submit a proposal.

What are the expectations regarding data sharing and model weights sharing from model trained/fine-tuned on non-public data?

You are not obliged to disclose the trained model weights, or the data employed in its training.

How many awards will be issued?

The number of awards will vary by region and will be determined based on the caliber of applicants and applicability to the track. The total amount of awards distributed within each region will not exceed $100,000 USD.

What kind of files should I upload to the application?

We will not accept files uploaded to the application. You can input text or url links to external materials, including links to news articles, blogs, or other public resources describing your use of Llama 2 or 3.

How to Apply

The application deadline is July 26, 2024.

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