NSF AI Education Act of 2026

This bill directs the National Science Foundation (NSF) to award undergraduate and graduate scholarships for studying artificial intelligence (AI), quantum hybrid computing, and AI in agriculture, education, and manufacturing, if Congress provides funding. It creates professional development fellowships, grants to land-grant colleges for AI in agriculture, a national outreach campaign, at least 5 community college and vocational school Centers of AI Excellence, and awards for AI research and AI tools in schools. It requires NSF to publish guidance on AI use in K-12 schools and to set rules barring gifts from foreign countries or entities of concern. It requires the National Institute of Standards and Technology to develop workforce frameworks, including one for AI. It bars funds to institutions found to have violated civil rights law through discrimination based on shared ancestry or ethnic characteristics since January 1, 2020.

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Sponsors

• Jerry Moran Republican sponsor
• 1 cosponsors