Eligible Entities
- Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs): Two- and four-year IHEs (including community colleges) accredited in, and having a campus located in the U.S., acting on behalf of their faculty members.
- Non-profit, non-academic organizations: Independent museums, observatories, research laboratories, professional societies and similar organizations located in the U.S. that are directly associated with educational or research activities.
Eligible Activities
The NSF State and Regional AI Infrastructure Hubs Program will support state or multi-state regional hubs, each structured as a coalition of institutions of higher education working in partnership with private industry, philanthropy, and state and local governments to provision the necessary AI infrastructure, develop the scientific and technical workforce equipped to leverage these capabilities, and accelerate AI-enabled scientific discovery.
AI Infrastructure Hubs combine contributions from:
- State and Regional Consortia: Consortia are responsible for separately raising the funding for the AI infrastructure, including computing, data, and software, through partnerships with the private sector, philanthropy and state and local governments.
- NSF: Building on this infrastructure, NSF’s investments will (i) fund support from AI infrastructure professionals with the technical expertise to support researchers, students, and educators in applying AI infrastructure for scientific discovery; (ii) connect meritorious research with AI Infrastructure Hubs in their regions, and (iii) support faculty and educator training and instructional material development to expand the next-generation AI infrastructure and science and engineering workforce.
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