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NIST Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI / formerly AISI)

Connects research teams to collaborative contracts and standards work advancing trusted technologies.

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The Center for AI Standards and Innovation, formerly the AI Safety Institute, is NIST's operating unit for commercial AI testing, evaluation science, and standards work. It serves as the government's main point of contact for collaborative research with industry on frontier AI systems. The rebrand matters because the work now sits around standards and innovation as much as safety.

The program ope…

Max award$10M
Realistic median$1.5M
Success rate10–20%
Decision time—

No upcoming rounds verified. Cadence: Annual.

Last verified: 11 May 2026Source: www.nist.gov