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TechAccess: AI-Ready America | NSF - U.S. National Science Foundation TechAccess: AI-Ready America TechAccess: AI-Ready America Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (TIP) Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Directorate for STEM Education (EDU) NSF AI-Ready America seeks merit reviewers. Find more information in the Resources and contact information section below.
The U.S. National Science Foundation TechAccess: AI-Ready America (NSF AI-Ready America) is a nationwide effort to boost artificial intelligence readiness in every U.S. state and territory. AI-Ready America envisions a future where every individual, community and business in the U.S. thrives in an AI-driven economy.
NSF AI-Ready America will support activities to enable all Americans to be AI-ready: to understand, apply and create with artificial intelligence. The initiative aims to help accelerate AI deployment and expand access to AI knowledge, tools, training and capacity-building so that all Americans can participate in — and benefit from — the AI economy.
The NSF AI-Ready America initiative is led by the NSF Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (NSF TIP), bringing together several federal partners, including the NSF directorates for Computer and Information Science and Engineering and STEM Education , as well as the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture, the U.S. Department of Labor Employment Training Administration and the U.S. Small Business Administration.
Read the National Lead funding opportunity Read the coordination hubs funding opportunity NSF initiative to make America AI-ready seeks national lead to coordinate readiness and accelerate deployment AI-Ready America seeks merit reviewers What is AI-Ready America?
Informed by America's AI Action Plan , NSF is working to help the nation harness the full potential of AI to bolster the nation's competitive advantage by accelerating AI adoption in every U.S. state and territory. To accomplish this, NSF is working to: Enable all Americans to be AI-literate and AI-ready. Empower businesses — especially small and emerging businesses — to adopt AI to increase competitiveness, productivity and growth.
Support local government and organizations in harnessing the power of AI to improve public services and spur local innovation. Strengthen workforce capacity to apply and innovate with AI across the education, business and economic sectors, and public services.
In addition, AI-Ready America will identify and address gaps that must be filled to advance AI readiness, develop collaboration networks with community colleges and universities and leverage existing state, tribal and local coordination networks and other resources needed to accelerate adoption. What makes AI-Ready America unique?
AI-Ready America is focused on capacity building through coordination around AI readiness at local, state and national levels to expand access to AI knowledge, tools and resources. To succeed at this, the initiative is designed to reach a broad range of groups, including businesses, public-serving organizations, educational institutions and individuals.
The AI-Ready America initiative is built around three core activities: state and territory-level coordination hubs, a national coordination lead and AI-Ready Catalyst Award competitions. Learn more about this funding structure.
Collaboration is a cornerstone of the initiative, and NSF is working to foster partnerships across the federal government and private industry to emphasize the importance of working together for an AI-ready America.
The initiative will ensure stakeholders can effectively apply and innovate with AI by emphasizing practical implementation through hands-on assistance and workforce upskilling and experiential learning through internships and project-based work. How do I get involved with AI-Ready America?
NSF TIP seeks partners across industry, philanthropy and the federal government to help strengthen and scale the AI-Ready America initiative, ensuring it can meet the rapidly growing demand for AI-ready talent and infrastructure. TIP welcomes involvement from organizations interested in partnering to advance the mission of AI-Ready America through alignment of mutual goals and support.
To learn more or express interest in partnering with AI-Ready America, please email ai-ready@nsf. gov and include "Partner interest" in the subject line. AI-Ready America offers three funding pathways.
NSF anticipates that each coordination hub awardee will receive $1 million per year for three years, with the possibility of an additional year of support if the coordination hub can demonstrate a compelling need as it phases out or transitions to other sources of funding. An initial round of funding will support 10 states, with expansion to all states and territories in subsequent rounds.
To learn more, read the Coordination Hubs funding opportunity and review webinar slides and recordings . National coordination lead: NSF will award one national coordination lead to work with NSF and other partners to provide overarching coordination for the AI-Ready America initiative.
The national coordination lead will facilitate collaboration and knowledge sharing among coordination hubs, coordinate priority economic sectors and inform national AI strategies. NSF anticipates awarding up to $5 million per year in funding for up to five years. Questions about the funding opportunity will be accepted through Monday, June 15.
Questions must be submitted via email to ai-ready@nsf. gov using the subject line "AI-Ready America National Lead Questions". Read the National Lead funding opportunity .
Register for upcoming webinars . AI-Ready Catalyst Award competitions: AI-Ready Catalyst Award competitions will be targeted competitions designed to address critical gaps identified through stakeholder input and national priorities that rapidly launch new approaches or scale proven models. The awards will focus on a series of topics to pilot and scale innovative approaches that address critical AI readiness needs.
NSF anticipates awarding between $5 million and $10 million in funding per competition to a cohort of awardees. Resources and contact information The AI-Ready America initiative seeks merit reviewers for proposals submitted to the State/Territory Coordination Hubs solicitation. If you are interested in serving as a reviewer, please fill out this reviewer interest survey .
Responses will be accepted until June 26, 2026. Register for upcoming webinars and view past webinar recordings and slide decks . Reports and other related resources AI-Ready America Workshop Report America's Talent Strategy: Building the Workforce for the Golden Age AI Literacy Framework , from the U.S. Department of Labor Email us with your questions at ai-ready@nsf.
gov .
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: State-level coordinated networks in each U. S. state, territory, and the District of Columbia that will connect partners across education, workforce development, industry, and government. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
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