Texas AI Docket

The National Science Foundation puts Texas Southern University in charge of one of five regional nodes in a new HBCU network for AI and quantum science

Research and scienceU.S. National Science FoundationHarrisWrite to the decider

The National Science Foundation made a cooperative agreement to Texas Southern University in Houston for the HBCU AI and Quantum Innovation Network. The award record carries an award date of September 17th, 2026 and a start date of October 1st, 2026. Clark Atlanta University leads the network. The work runs through five regional nodes and Texas Southern leads one of them. Daniel Vrinceanu is the principal investigator. The stated work is identifying institutional strengths and needs. It also covers regional meetings and workshops. It covers shared training resources and pathways for students and faculty into these fields. The award sits in the foundation's Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships.

How to take part

A federal research award carries no comment window. The award record is public and searchable by its own number, and it names the awardee institution and the principal investigator. Texas Southern University is a public institution of this state and its governing board meets in public.

Where to do it

Where

1 county. In Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands.

Timeline

  1. decided

    Award date on the federal award record

  2. Today
  3. effective

    Start date on the federal award record

    4 days out
  4. expires

    Expiration date on the federal award record

How this decision moved

One dated line per check, oldest first. A line that says nothing changed means somebody looked and it had not.

  1. 2026-09-20

    Admitted to the record. The federal award record carries the dates, the awardee, the principal investigator and the abstract that names Texas Southern as one of five node leads.

  2. 2026-09-23

    Texas Southern still leads its regional node in the network.

  3. 2026-09-24

    Texas Southern is still the lead institution for its regional node, and the award record shows no change to the network around it.

  4. 2026-09-26

    Texas Southern still leads its regional node in the HBCU network.

  5. 2026-09-27

    The foundation's award naming Texas Southern to lead a regional node still stands as made.

The evidence

Every fact above rests on one of these. The words are the source's own.

Collaborative Research: The HBCU AI - Quantum Innovation Network (HAQIN)
NSF award record 2619041, title Primary source, official · api.nsf.gov
Clark Atlanta University will serve as the lead institution, and the project will operate through five regional nodes led by Clark Atlanta University, Central State University, Norfolk State University, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, and Texas Southern University.
NSF award record 2619041, abstract Primary source, official · api.nsf.gov
This project will establish a national network of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and partner organizations focused on artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum science.
NSF award record 2619041, abstract Primary source, official · api.nsf.gov

Questions about this decision

Answered from the record itself. Every answer is assembled from stored fields, so an answer the record has no basis for is left out rather than guessed.

What is this decision?

The National Science Foundation made a cooperative agreement to Texas Southern University in Houston for the HBCU AI and Quantum Innovation Network. The award record carries an award date of September 17th, 2026 and a start date of October 1st, 2026. Clark Atlanta University leads the network. The work runs through five regional nodes and Texas Southern leads one of them. Daniel Vrinceanu is the principal investigator. The stated work is identifying institutional strengths and needs. It also covers regional meetings and workshops. It covers shared training resources and pathways for students and faculty into these fields. The award sits in the foundation's Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships.

Who decides it?

U.S. National Science Foundation decides. The record names the deciding body for every entry it carries.

Can the public take part?

A federal research award carries no comment window. The award record is public and searchable by its own number, and it names the awardee institution and the principal investigator. Texas Southern University is a public institution of this state and its governing board meets in public. No dated public window is on the record. The deciding body is named and reachable.

Where in Texas does it apply?

It covers Harris County in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX area.

Has it been decided?

It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.

What happens next?

The next dated step is effective, on October 1st, in four days.

When did it start?

The earliest date on its record is September 17th, 2026.

What kind of decision is it?

It is filed under research and science.

What sources back it?

One source backs it. It is primary.

Is it on the ERCOT grid?

Yes. It sits inside the ERCOT interconnection.

When was it last checked?

Every fact on it was last verified against its source on September 27th, 2026.

Cite this

Texas AI Docket, The National Science Foundation puts Texas Southern University in charge of one of five regional nodes in a new HBCU network for AI and quantum science. Tracked since September 17th, 2026. Last verified September 27th, 2026. https://texasaidocket.com/item/tx-2026-0175/. Reuse permitted under CC BY 4.0 with attribution. The same entry is in the docket JSON as item tx-2026-0175.

Beat

Filed under Research and science, with every other decision on that beat.

Last checked 2026-09-27