The Hasler-Mercator Digitalization and Democracy program supports intersectoral research projects with societal impact in Switzerland and beyond addressing these and related challenges at the intersection of digitalization, particularly AI, and democracy. Proposals should include initiatives to enhance long-term impact, such as education, information dissemination, reception and deliberation, inclusion, diversity, policymaking, or real-life societal experiments, planned from the outset rather than as afterthoughts. The program specifically wants to promote the intersectoral collaboration between academia and civil society actors.