The CCI Horizons AI Grant, founded in 2025, was created to bring together University of Arizona undergraduate and graduate students from across disciplines to explore the creative, ethical, and human-centered possibilities of artificial intelligence (AI). Through this initiative, the Confluencenter serves as a hub for collaboration, connecting students, faculty, and community partners on projects that examine how emerging technologies shape society, culture, and everyday life.
Launched in alignment with the University of Arizona's Strategic Imperatives on technological empowerment, educational innovation, and workforce preparation, the program reflects Confluencenter's broader mission: to foster creative, inclusive, and interdisciplinary inquiry that addresses real-world challenges and amplifies diverse perspectives.
Within this framework, CCI supports student-led projects that demonstrate how AI can be used not only as a technical tool but also as a creative and critical medium that invites ethical reflection, social responsibility, and insights from the arts, humanities, and social sciences into conversations about future technologies.
