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NSF AI Education Act of 2025
This bill authorizes the National Science Foundation to fund college scholarships, graduate fellowships, and teacher training programs focused on artificial intelligence. It prioritizes AI skills in key sectors like agriculture, advanced manufacturing, and K–12 education, with targeted outreach to rural and Tribal colleges. In addition, it establishes up to eight regional AI centers of excellence at community colleges and technical schools to expand apprenticeships and workforce training.
People affected—not determinable from the text provided; while the bill caps Centers of AI Excellence at up to eight institutions, it does not specify the number of individual fellowship, scholarship, or grant recipients.
Fiscal magnitude—CBO cost estimate published (H.R. 5351, NSF AI Education Act of 2026, 2026-08-04); dollar figure pending review extraction — see receipt
Reach28provisional · pending reviewrigor: heuristic llm
What this bill touches.
Public school funding+20College cost & debt+25Public R&D+30
Who it helps · who it burdens.
Who it helps
- Undergraduate and graduate students studying artificial intelligenceEligible for NSF scholarships and fellowships covering tuition, fees, stipends, and professional development funds for up to five years to study artificial intelligence.
- Higher education students and STEM facultyEligible for up to one-year NSF fellowships to complete AI professional development and training programs in partnership with industry.
- Artificial intelligence industry professionalsEligible for NSF fellowships to take short-term teaching appointments instructing students on artificial intelligence design and application.
- K–12 teachers, counselors, and school administratorsEligible for one-year AI professional development fellowships and participation in regional cohorts offering peer support, mentoring, and research experience with AI experts.
- Community colleges and career and technical education schoolsCan be designated as Centers of AI Excellence to integrate artificial intelligence into teaching, learning, and workforce development, subject to appropriations.
- Institutions of higher education and nonprofit organizationsEligible for competitive merit-reviewed grants to research and develop Pre-K through 12th grade AI teaching models, tools, and educator training programs.
Who it burdens
- National Science FoundationRequired to administer new scholarship, fellowship, and grant programs, conduct outreach to rural and Tribal institutions, establish Centers of AI Excellence, and submit evaluation reports to Congress.