NRT-IPP: Universal AI

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Abstract

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly integrated into daily life with significant impacts on both individuals and society. As such, it is important that AI is accessible to all users. However, ensuring that everyone can utilize AI systems presents research challenges and requires new ways of training the next generation of AI developers and researchers. This National Science Foundation Research Traineeship Institutional Partnership Pilot (NRT-IPP) award, led by Gallaudet University and Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), will create an integrated and interdisciplinary training curriculum for a new master’s program track to develop innovative skills for creating broadly accessible AI. It will address gaps in graduate training to ensure that future AI developers consider the full range of users’ sensory abilities. The project anticipates training 100 Master of Science (MS) students, including 25 funded trainees, from Accessible Human-Centered Computing, Neuroscience, Education, Cognitive Science, and related STEM disciplines. This project will establish a new Master of Science (MS) in Accessible AI at Gallaudet University (GU). GU will partner with RIT in human-centered AI research and knowledge transfer, in addition to expanding collaborations with industry. Graduate trainees will pursue research to solve complex problems for achieving accessible AI across societal domains and realizing technology transfer. The GU-RIT partnership will launch an impactful and re

Key facts

NSF award ID
2440601
Awardee
Gallaudet University (DC)
SAM.gov UEI
TQCJUED1WEF9
PI
Raja Kushalnagar
Primary program
04002526DB NSF STEM Education
All programs
AI Education/Workforce Develop, Translational Research, WOMEN, MINORITY, DISABLED, NEC, GRADUATE INVOLVEMENT, FASED, SCIENCE, MATH, ENG & TECH EDUCATION
Estimated total
$4,498,537
Funds obligated
$4,773,287
Transaction type
Standard Grant
Period
09/01/2025 → 02/28/2031