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title: "To Do: Expand Investments in AI Talent"
summary: |-
  Congress should fund and direct the National Science Foundation (NSF) to create a competitive AI fellowship program for at least 1,000 computer science students annually.
date: "2019-08-06"
issues: ["Artificial Intelligence", "Skills and Future of Work", "Manufacturing"]
content_type: "Knowledge Base Articles"
canonical_url: "https://itif.org/publications/2019/08/06/to-do-expand-investments-in-ai-talent/"
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# To Do: Expand Investments in AI Talent

# Recommendation

Congress should expand investments in America’s AI talent base through a competitive fellowship program.

# Details

Congress should fund and direct the National Science Foundation (NSF) to create a competitive AI fellowship program for at least 1,000 computer science students annually—and could go further by authorizing and funding an NSF program to provide competitive awards for up to 1,000 academic AI researchers for a period of five years. These awards would incentivize more AI researchers to stay in academia and help U.S. universities meet the demand for AI skills.

**Keep reading:**

- Robert D. Atkinson and Stephen Ezell, “The Manufacturing Evolution: How AI Will Transform Manufacturing and the Workforce of the Future” (ITIF and MAPI Foundation, August 2019), [https://itif.org/publications/2019/08/06/manufacturing-evolution-how-ai-will-transform-manufacturing-and-workforce/](https://itif.org/publications/2019/08/06/manufacturing-evolution-how-ai-will-transform-manufacturing-and-workforce/).

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*Source: Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)*
*URL: https://itif.org/publications/2019/08/06/to-do-expand-investments-in-ai-talent/*