requires partnership among public and private organizations, including, as appropriate, Federal agencies, institutions of higher education, including community colleges, nonprofit research organizations, Federal laboratories, State, local, and Tribal governments, industry, including startup companies, and civil society organizations, including civil rights and disability rights organizations (or consortia thereof);

has the potential to create an innovation ecosystem, or enhance existing ecosystems, to translate Institute research into applications and products, as appropriate to the topic of each Institute;

supports interdisciplinary research and development across multiple institutions of higher education and organizations;

supports interdisciplinary education activities, including curriculum development, research experiences, and faculty professional development across undergraduate, graduate, and professional academic programs; and

supports workforce development in artificial intelligence related disciplines in the United States, including increasing participation of historically underrepresented communities.

managing and making available to researchers accessible, curated, standardized, secure, and privacy protected data sets from the public and private sectors for the purposes of training and testing artificial intelligence systems and for research using artificial intelligence systems, pursuant to subsections (c), (e), and (f) of section 278h–1 of this title (as added by section 5301 of this division);

developing and managing testbeds for artificial intelligence systems, including sector-specific test beds, designed to enable users to evaluate artificial intelligence systems prior to deployment;

conducting research and education activities involving artificial intelligence systems to solve challenges with social, economic, health, scientific, and national security implications;

providing or brokering access to computing resources, networking, and data facilities for artificial intelligence research and development relevant to the Institute’s research goals;

providing technical assistance to users, including software engineering support, for artificial intelligence research and development relevant to the Institute’s research goals;

engaging in outreach and engagement to broaden participation in artificial intelligence research and the artificial intelligence workforce; and

such other activities that an agency head, whose agency’s missions contribute to or are affected by artificial intelligence, considers consistent with the purposes described in section 9411(a) of this title.

use a competitive, merit review process that includes peer review by a diverse group of individuals with relevant expertise from both the private and public sectors; and

ensure the focus areas of the Institute do not substantially and unnecessarily duplicate the efforts of any other Institute.