‘‘(VI) Facilitating partnerships 
with employers, employer consortia, or 
other private sector organizations that 
offer apprenticeships, internships, co-
operative education, or applied learn-
ing experiences in the field of artificial 
intelligence. 
‘‘(v) PARTNERSHIPS.—The Director 
of the National Science Foundation shall 
encourage applicants to consider including 
or partnering with a nonprofit organiza-
tion, civil society organizations, industry, 
or an institution of higher education (or a 
consortium thereof) that has extensive ex-
perience and expertise in artificial intel-
ligence. 
‘‘(vi) EVALUATIONS.—All applications 
for designation under clause (ii) shall in-
clude an evaluation plan that includes the 
use of outcome-oriented measures to assess 
the impact and efficacy of the proposed 
Center for AI Excellence. 
‘‘(vii) ACCOUNTABILITY AND DISSEMI-
NATION.— 
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‘‘(I) EVALUATION
REQUIRED.— 
The Director of the National Science 
Foundation shall evaluate the activi-
ties under clause (iv). Such evalua-
tion, to the extent practicable, shall 
integrate the findings of research re-
sulting from such activity or activities 
as a result of a designation under 
clause (ii) with the findings of other 
research on artificial intelligence edu-
cation. 
‘‘(II) 
REPORT
ON
EVALUA-
TIONS.—Not later than 180 days 
after the completion of the evaluation 
under subclause (I), the Director of 
the National Science Foundation shall 
submit to Congress and make widely 
available to the public a report that 
includes the following: 
‘‘(aa) The results of such 
evaluation. 
‘‘(bb) Any recommendations 
for administrative and legislative 
action that could optimize the ef-
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fectiveness of the designations 
made under clause (ii).’’. 
SEC. 4. AWARDS FOR RESEARCH ON ARTIFICIAL INTEL-
LIGENCE IN EDUCATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5401 of the National Ar-
tificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. 9451; 
enacted as part of title LIV of division E of the William 
M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub-
section (i); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol-
lowing new subsections: 
‘‘(g) AWARDS FOR RESEARCH ON ARTIFICIAL INTEL-
LIGENCE IN EDUCATION.— 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY DEFINED.—In this sub-
section, the term ‘eligible entity’ means any of the 
following: 
‘‘(A) An institution of higher education. 
‘‘(B) A nonprofit organization. 
‘‘(C) A consortium of one or more institu-
tions of higher education or nonprofit organiza-
tions and one or more private sector entities. 
‘‘(2) AWARDS.— 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the 
National 
Science 
Foundation 
may 
make 
awards, on a competitive, merit-reviewed basis, 
to eligible entities, to enable such eligible enti-
ties to promote research regarding teaching 
models, tools, and materials for artificial intel-
ligence, its integration into the classroom, 
teaching, and learning for pre-kindergarten 
through grade 12 students, and its impacts on 
educational and learning outcomes. 
‘‘(B) METHOD.—The Director of the Na-
tional Science Foundation may carry out sub-
paragraph (A) by making awards through new 
or existing programs. 
‘‘(3) APPLICATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity that 
desires to receive an award under this sub-
section shall submit to the Director of the Na-
tional Science Foundation an application at 
such time, in such manner, and containing such 
information as the Director may require. 
‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—An application under 
subparagraph (A) may include the following: 
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‘‘(i) A description of any regional 
partnerships the eligible entity plans to 
utilize to carry out the award. 
‘‘(ii) With respect to an application 
that concerns the use or integration of ar-
tificial intelligence, a description of poten-
tial ethical concerns and implications of 
teacher, faculty, and student interactions 
with artificial intelligence. 
‘‘(iii) A description of how proposed 
research on teaching models, tools, and 
materials were developed in consultation 
with other educators, academia, industry, 
government entities, or civil society organi-
zations. 
‘‘(iv) Such other information as the 
Director may require. 
‘‘(4) USE
OF
AWARD
FUNDS.—Awards de-
scribed in paragraph (2)(A) shall be used by the re-
cipient to carry out the following: 
‘‘(A) Emphasize preparing incoming K–12 
teachers to integrate artificial intelligence into 
their classrooms in beneficial and innovative 
ways. 
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‘‘(B) Support research to develop, pilot, 
fully implement, or test topics, such as the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(i) Instructional materials and high- 
quality learning opportunities for teaching 
artificial intelligence. 
‘‘(ii) Models for the preparation of 
new teachers who will teach artificial intel-
ligence. 
‘‘(iii) Scalable models of professional 
development and ongoing support for 
teachers. 
‘‘(iv) Tools and models for teaching 
and learning aimed at supporting student 
success. 
‘‘(v) Evaluations of the effect of dif-
ferent approaches to teaching artificial in-
telligence on students’ educational and 
learning outcomes. 
‘‘(5) PARTNERSHIPS.—In making awards under 
this subsection, the Director of the National Science 
Foundation shall carry out the following: 
‘‘(A) Encourage applicants which, for the 
purpose of the proposed activity or activities 
funded through such award, include or partner 
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with a nonprofit organization or an institution 
of higher education (or a consortium thereof) 
that has extensive experience and expertise in 
integrating artificial intelligence into K–12 
classrooms. 
‘‘(B) Encourage applicants which, for the 
purpose of such proposed activity or activities 
funded through such award, include or partner 
with a consortium of schools, institutions of 
higher education, school districts, non-profit or-
ganizations, or other State and local govern-
ment entities. 
‘‘(C) Encourage applicants which, for the 
purpose of such proposed activity or activities 
funded through such award, include commit-
ments from school principals, other school lead-
ers, or administrators to make a priority re-
forms and activities proposed by the applicant. 
‘‘(h) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE COLLABORATIVE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Na-
tional Science Foundation may establish a pilot pro-
gram of regional cohorts that will provide peer sup-
port, mentoring, and hands-on research experiences 
for educators, principals, and other school leaders of 
students in kindergarten through grade 12, in order 
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to build a network allowing educators, principals, 
other school leaders to carry out the following: 
‘‘(A) Engage with one another on edu-
cational efforts related to teaching and using 
artificial intelligence and evaluating its effects 
on students’ educational and learning outcomes. 
‘‘(B) Interact with researchers, academia, 
and local industry involved in artificial intel-
ligence. 
‘‘(2) METHOD.—The Director of the National 
Science Foundation may carry out this subsection by 
making awards through new or existing programs, 
including the pilot program authorized under section 
10511(a)(2)(B) of the Research and Development, 
Competition, and Innovation Act (42 U.S.C. 19172; 
enacted as part of title V of division B of Public 
Law 117–167).’’. 
Æ 
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