About $2.00M to Texas A&M University — building AI talent through scholarships repaid by government service, under 47.076, the most common budget code among these 120 awards
An award building AI coursework into a cybersecurity masters programme to produce graduates ready for immediate government service. The budget code is 47.076, the most common among the NSF awards this site holds as of 2026-09-01. The abstract points to continuing cyberattacks on operational technology systems important to critical infrastructure.
Grant overview (primary data)
- Award amount$1,997,970
- RecipientTexas A&M University (Texas)
- ProgramCyberAICorps SFS
- Period2026-08-01 〜 2029-07-31
- FunderU.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) / NSF
Key points
- The budget code is 47.076, which with 26 awards is the most common among the 120 NSF awards this site holds as of 2026-09-01.
- Across those 120, the codes run 47.076 at 26, 47.084 at 23 and 47.070 at 21.
- Scholarship in exchange for government service ties the design of the education to the destination of the people.
- Areas of preparation include intelligent agents, robotics, data mining, deep learning and AI-enabled cyber defence.
- The abstract states that operational technology systems important to critical infrastructure continue to face significant cyberattacks.
- Operational technology stops physical equipment when it stops and offers few windows for updating, so it is defended differently from office systems.
1By budget code, education leads
A federal award carries a code showing which budget it comes from. Sorting the 120 NSF awards this site holds as of 2026-09-01 by code puts 47.076 first with 26, the code covering education and workforce development.
Next come 47.084, covering technology, innovation and partnerships, with 23, and 47.070, covering computer and information science and engineering, with 21. AI awards bring computer science to mind, yet by count the education code leads. Sorting by which budget the money comes from, rather than by what is studied, shows a different shape.
2Scholarship and service are paired
What this award supports is a Scholarship for Service arrangement: tuition is supported in exchange for a commitment to government service after graduation. It builds a supply route into a field where people are short.
Scholars complete a new masters in cybersecurity carrying graduate AI coursework. Intelligent agents, robotics, data mining, deep learning and AI-enabled cyber defence are named as areas of preparation. The design of the education and the destination of the people are tied together from the start.
3Operational technology sits behind it
The abstract states that operational technology systems important to critical infrastructure continue to face significant cyberattacks. Operational technology means the control systems that run equipment in factories, power stations and water systems, as distinct from office information systems.
When an office system stops, work stalls; when a control system stops, physical equipment stops. That AI for securing industrial control systems appears among the research areas indicates a design built on that distinction. The period runs three years, from 2026-08-01 to 2029-07-31.
4The office system and the system that runs the plant
The abstract states that operational technology systems critical to infrastructure continue to come under serious cyberattack. Operational technology means the control systems that run equipment in the field — factories, power stations, water utilities — separate from the information systems used for administration.
That AI for defending industrial control systems appears among the scholars' research areas shows the design takes that distinction into account. Scholars complete a new master's in cybersecurity carrying graduate-level coursework in intelligent agents, robotics, data mining, deep learning and AI-based cyber defence.
Why it matters
Looking at AI awards by research field hides how much money attaches to education. Sorted by budget code, education and workforce development lead. In fields where people stay short, funding can go to building a supply route rather than to research itself.
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Sources (primary)
Source: NSF Award Search (U.S. National Science Foundation, public domain). Amounts are the obligated amount. For privacy, we do not handle principal investigator names.
- NSF Award (original, official)
- NSF Award ID: 2623068