Pax Silica Artificial Intelligence Assistance Project
This cooperative agreement funds the creation and operation of a trusted AI supply-chain credentialing and provenance platform, including a digital-physical logistics corridor and related verification/risk-assessment operations in partner countries and economies.
⚑ Eligibility section not provided in the notice excerpt; direct applicant classes cannot be confirmed. · Agency retains rights of use to intangible property created under the project (2 CFR 200.315). · Foreign-assistance program focused on partner countries/economies; if U.S. universities are eligible, the work is likely international and operational rather than investigator-driven research.
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| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 75 strong | technical depth: central; funds applied research |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 45 partial | funds applied research; prototyping/demonstration stage; deep-tech content |
| IPPRA | 41 partial | outside portfolio topics; social/behavioral work is minor; funds applied research; eligibility unclear — verify in the NOFO |
Description
Leveraging foreign assistance from the Pax Fund, this NOFO launches the Pax Silica Artificial Intelligence (AI) Assistance Project—a historic first-of-its-kind programmatic initiative to strengthen global AI supply chain security by creating a trusted supply chain credentialing and provenance platform to secure the AI supply chain in partner countries and economies. This NOFO seeks to fund the establishment of a Silicon Highway: a digital-physical corridor that accelerates logistics and compliance operations among partner countries with cryptographic cargo verification, AI-expedited risk assessment, and pre-approved expedited processing early in the supply chain. The Department maintains its rights of use to intangible property created under this project per 2 CFR 200.315.
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