TechAccess: AI-Ready America
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TechAccess: AI-Ready America is a nationwide initiative led by the U.S. National Science Foundation aimed at accelerating AI readiness and adoption across the country. The program focuses on enhancing coordination, leveraging partnerships, and scaling successful approaches to ensure local and state efforts drive an AI-enabled economy that benefits all Americans. Unlike K–16 education-centered programs, this initiative extends its reach to businesses, public-serving organizations, and individuals, providing broad access to AI knowledge, tools, and resources. It emphasizes practical application through workforce upskilling and experiential learning opportunities such as internships, project-based work, and apprenticeships to promote effective AI innovation and utilization. The program is structured around three main components: State/Territory Coordination Hubs, a National Coordination Lead, and AI-Ready Catalyst Award Competitions. Coordination Hubs operate in every state, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories to connect stakeholders, enhance planning and deployment, and scale proven methods quickly. The National Coordination Lead facilitates collaboration across these hubs, aligns efforts with priority economic sectors, and contributes to shaping national AI strategies. Competitions are designed to pilot and expand innovative solutions targeting key AI readiness challenges. This particular funding opportunity targets the establishment and support of the Coordination Hubs, while the National Lead and Catalyst Competitions have separate funding mechanisms and proposal processes managed through designated channels.
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Unlike initiatives centered around K–16 education, AI‑Ready America additionally reaches businesses, public-serving organizations, and individuals, among others, expanding access to AI knowledge, tools, and resources. The program also emphasizes practical implementation through hands‑on assistance and workforce upskilling, including experiential learning such as internships, project‑based work, and apprenticeships, to ensure stakeholders can effectively apply and innovate with AI.
The program supports:
(1) State/Territory Coordination Hubs (Coordination Hubs) – one inevery state, the District of Columbia (DC), or territory inthe United States – connecting partners, strengthening planning and deployment, and rapidly scaling approaches;
(2) A National Coordination Lead (National Lead) – facilitating collaboration and knowledge sharing among Coordination Hubs, coordinating priority economic sectors, and informing national AI strategies; and
(3) AI-Ready Catalyst Award Competitions – a series of topic-driven competitions issued over the course of the program to pilot and scale innovative approaches that address critical national AI readiness needs.
This funding opportunity focuses on Coordination Hubs. The National Lead will be funded as an Other Transaction (OT) offered through an Other Transaction Agreement Solutions Offering.AI-Ready Catalyst Award Competitions will be announced through an NSF-approved mechanism, with proposals submitted according to the instructions provided at the time of announcement.