The people who are skilled enough at machine learning/deep learning to receive the grant would be able to be employed at any relevant company for their research.
This isn't completely true. There are plenty of smart people who eg do Kaggle, and don't have the 300+ hours to invest in twiddling ensembles to actually win but do have the skills and knowledge to develop something new.
This isn't completely true. There are plenty of smart people who eg do Kaggle, and don't have the 300+ hours to invest in twiddling ensembles to actually win but do have the skills and knowledge to develop something new.