HR 5351119th CongressIntroduced

NSF AI Education Act of 2025

Introduced: Sep 15, 2025

EducationTechnology & Innovation

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The NSF AI Education Act of 2025 would significantly expand the National Science Foundation’s role in AI education and workforce development. It authorizes NSF to fund undergraduate and graduate scholarships and fellowships in artificial intelligence, with emphasis on programs that support AI teaching, integration, and applications in education, manufacturing, agriculture, and related fields. It also adds professional development fellowships for students, teachers, faculty, and industry professionals to collaborate with industry and higher education partners. In addition, the bill calls for establishing up to eight regional Centers of Artificial Intelligence Excellence at community colleges and area career and technical education schools to advance AI pedagogy, partnerships with employers, and pathways to AI-enabled jobs. The act creates new grant programs for research on AI in education (focusing on teaching models and classroom use) and establishes an AI Collaborative to foster regional educator networks and connections to researchers and industry. It also requires NSF to conduct national outreach, report on program effectiveness, and evaluate outcomes over time, while prioritizing rural institutions, EPSCoR jurisdictions, Tribal Colleges, and other underserved settings. Overall, the bill is designed to build a durable AI education pipeline—from K-12 through higher education—by funding scholarships, teacher preparation, applied research, regional centers, industry partnerships, and national outreach, with rigorous evaluation to inform future policy.

Key Points

1Scholarships and fellowships in AI (student-focused)
2- NSF may award scholarships and fellowships to undergraduate and graduate students through colleges, including community colleges, for study related to designing, researching, deploying, or applying AI.
3- Priorities include AI teaching in K-12, AI in advanced manufacturing, and AI in agriculture; awards can cover tuition, fees, stipends, and professional development funds for up to five years; funds go directly to the student’s college.
4AI professional development fellowships
5- Fellowships to promote exchange and collaboration between higher education and industry.
6- Fellowships for students, teachers, faculty, and industry professionals to gain skills in AI and related areas; includes short-term industry-supported teaching or educating roles.
7- Funds may cover tuition, fees, stipends, and related development costs for up to one year.
8Center of AI Excellence
9- Up to eight Centers of AI Excellence will be established at community colleges and area CTE schools, with regional and geographic diversity.
10- Centers must focus on integrating AI into teaching, learning, and community engagement; applications must describe focus areas, capacity, workforce demand, evaluation plans, and outcome measures.
11- Activities include disseminating best practices, scaling successful programs, providing teacher supports, offering experiential learning, and building industry partnerships.
12Awards for AI in Education Research
13- NSF may award competitive grants to eligible entities (colleges, nonprofits, or consortia with private sector partners) to study AI in education—teaching models, classroom integration, and educational outcomes from pre-K to 12.
14- Applications must address partnerships, ethics considerations, and development of materials and teacher preparation programs.
15- Funds support materials development, teacher prep models, scalable professional development, and evaluation of different teaching approaches.
16National AI outreach and collaboration
17- NSF may run a nationwide outreach campaign to industry and to educators and students about NSF-funded AI education opportunities.
18- A new AI Collaborative pilot program would create regional cohorts to help educators connect with researchers and local industry, building networks for AI education efforts.
19Eligibility and accountability
20- Scholarships and fellowships require U.S. citizenship/national status or lawful permanent residency; a demonstrated commitment to advancing AI; and acceptance of fellowship terms.
21- The NSF must prepare reports within seven years (and periodically thereafter) assessing effectiveness, participation, workforce outcomes, and broader impacts on related fields.

Impact Areas

Primary group/area affected- Students (undergraduate, graduate, and K-12) through scholarships, fellowships, and teacher preparation.- Community colleges and area career and technical education schools, which would host Centers of AI Excellence.- K-12 educators, school leaders, and other school professionals through professional development and collaborative networks.Secondary group/area affected- Higher education institutions, nonprofit organizations, and industry partners engaged in AI education and workforce development.- Rural and underserved institutions (rural-serving colleges, EPSCoR jurisdictions, Tribal Colleges) via outreach and targeted opportunities.- Employers and industry partners involved in AI research, internships, apprenticeships, and coordinated education programs.Additional impacts- Strengthened data collection and evaluation on AI education outcomes, informing future policy and program design.- Expansion of local and regional AI ecosystems linking education with industry and economic development.- Potential influences on curricula, teacher training, and the availability of AI-related jobs and pathways across regions.The bill references amendments to provisions in the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 and would require appropriations to implement, including centers and fellowships.The sponsor is not named in the provided text, and the bill is introduced in September 2025 in the House and referred to the Science, Space, and Technology Committee.

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