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National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research Institutes Crosscutting Programs NSF Wide Programs


CONTACTS
Name Dir/Div Name Dir/Div
AI Institutes  Program Team    

For the Institute track:

Theme 1: Trustworthy AI

Theme 2: Foundations of Machine Learning

Theme 3: AI-Driven Innovation in Agriculture and the Food System

Theme 4: AI-Augmented Learning

Theme 5: AI for Accelerating Molecular Synthesis and Manufacturing

Theme 6: AI for Discovery in Physics

 

For the Planning track:

Disciplines not named below, please use AIInstitutesProgram@nsf.gov

Biological Sciences

 

Computer and Information Science and Engineering

Computing and Communication Foundations

Computer and Network Systems

Information and Intelligent Systems

Advanced Cyberinfrastructure

 

Education and Human Resources

Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings

Division of Undergraduate Education

Division of Graduate Education

 

Engineering

Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems

Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation

Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems

Engineering Education and Centers

 

Geosciences

 

Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Astronomy

Chemistry

Materials Research

Mathematical Sciences

Physics

 

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences

Integrative Activities

EPSCoR

 

Other Agency Contacts

 

 

 


PROGRAM GUIDELINES

Solicitation  20-503

Important Information for Proposers

A revised version of the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 20-1), is effective for proposals submitted, or due, on or after June 1, 2020. Please be advised that, depending on the specified due date, the guidelines contained in NSF 20-1 may apply to proposals submitted in response to this funding opportunity.


SYNOPSIS

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has advanced tremendously and today promises personalized healthcare; enhanced national security; improved transportation; and more effective education, to name just a few benefits. Increased computing power, the availability of large datasets and streaming data, and algorithmic advances in machine learning (ML) have made it possible for AI development to create new sectors of the economy and revitalize industries. Continued advancement, enabled by sustained federal investment and channeled toward issues of national importance, holds the potential for further economic impact and quality-of-life improvements.  

The 2019 update to the National Artificial Intelligence Research and Development Strategic Plan, informed by visioning activities in the scientific community as well as interaction with the public, identifies as its first strategic objective the need to make long-term investments in AI research in areas with the potential for long-term payoffs in AI. 

This program, a joint effort of the National Science Foundation (NSF), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science & Technology Directorate (S&T), U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), seeks to enable such research through AI Research Institutes. This program solicitation describes two tracks: Planning and Institute tracks. Submissions to the Planning track are encouraged in any areas of foundational and use-inspired research appropriate to NSF and its partner organizations.  Proposals for the Institute track must have a principal focus in one or more of the following themes, detailed in the Program Description under "Institute Track":

  • Trustworthy AI;
  • Foundations of Machine Learning;
  • AI-Driven Innovation in Agriculture and the Food System;
  • AI-Augmented Learning;
  • AI for Accelerating Molecular Synthesis and Manufacturing; and
  • AI for Discovery in Physics.


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