Four $10,000 CAD Graduate Research Contracts — Algorithmic Justice for Refugees Research Network (AJRRN)

The Algorithmic Justice for Refugees Research Network (AJRRN), hosted by the Refugee Law Lab, is funding four graduate-led research projects on technology, borders and refugee rights. Each successful applicant receives $10,000 CAD to carry out one project and publish the results as an open access journal article.

Full details, including project descriptions and application requirements, are on the AJRRN website: read the full call for applications.

The Four Projects (apply to one only):

• Global Majority Data in Global North Border Control: mapping how a Global Majority country or region is drawn into Global North border control through its data (preference to applicants from the Global Majority)
• Identifying Border Technology and Vendors in Canada: developing and testing methods to identify the border technologies Canada buys and who builds them
• Scoping Rights-Enhancing Technologies: defining and cataloguing tools that support the rights of refugees and other displaced people
• LLM Bias Benchmark for Refugees and Migrants: building an open benchmark measuring how large language models treat refugees and migrants

Eligibility:

• Current graduate students, or postdoctoral fellows without tenure-stream appointments, in Canada or abroad
• Law, computer science, software engineering, data science or a related field
• Applicants must secure a full-time university faculty member as supervisor (need not be their graduate supervisor)

Funding: $10,000 CAD per project, paid in three equal instalments tied to contract signing, a working paper, and article acceptance

Location: Anywhere, in Canada or abroad

Application Deadline: December 1, 2026, 11:59 PM (Toronto time)

Application Method: Apply online. Note that no confirmation email is sent after submitting.

Full Call: ajrrn.org (also in Français, Español, العربية)

Questions: Jessica Turje, Project Manager, jturje@yorku.ca