Sameer Borwankar, McGill University

Research

Misinformation User Generated Content Crowdsourcing Online Platform Monitoring

Latest funding

Designing Trust in Digital Information Systems: How Labels Shape Responses to Fact-Checking on Social Media
SSHRC · 2026 · Co-investigator
$56,340
Designing Socially Responsible AI
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$116,525
Crowd-based Misinformation Monitoring and Content Generated by Fact Checkers
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$21,851

All 3 grants and awards

Designing Trust in Digital Information Systems: How Labels Shape Responses to Fact-Checking on Social Media

Co-investigatorSSHRC2026Insight Development Grants

Principal investigators: Mookerjee, Siddhanth

$56,340

Designing Socially Responsible AI

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Borwankar, Sameer

$116,525

Crowd-based Misinformation Monitoring and Content Generated by Fact Checkers

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Borwankar, Sameer Madhav

Keywords: Misinformation; User Generated Content; Crowdsourcing; Online Platform; Monitoring

$21,851

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Misinformation Dear Professor Borwankar, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on misinformation connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Designing Socially Responsible AI" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]