This federal Project Grant award, with a total funding amount of $794,798, was provided by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) to Cornell University. The grant aims to expand the undergraduate artificial intelligence (AI) talent pipeline by democratizing access to high-quality AI education through a network of instructional hubs. Specifically, the project will scale up the "ML Foundations" component of the Breakthrough Tech AI program, which provides a nine-week, skills-based training course delivered by faculty and graduate students from newly established instructional hubs at various institutions. Over the three-year grant period, the program seeks to serve 1,500 students annually, with a focus on women, female-identifying students, and other underrepresented groups in technology. This project will contribute to the field by providing a scalable model for inclusive AI/ML education and generating valuable data on the effectiveness of distributed instructional hubs in democratizing access to cutting-edge AI education.
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