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Annual
Open Call

  1. Application opens April 14th. Deadline for submission is June 9th.
    • Complete Online Application
    • Submit narrative, budget information, and letter of support
    • Please reach out to nitic@cscc.edu for application help.
  2. Final award determined by NITIC leadership – June 27th
  3. Award period: September 1, 2025 – August 31, 2026

Funding not awarded during annual open call can be awarded on a rolling basis based on merit and alignment to NITIC focus areas.

Innovation Projects Awarded

Bluegrass Community and Technical College

  • Project Lead: Lauren Campbell
  • Project Name: AI Future League: Assessing AI Skills and Curriculum Needs Through Cross-Disciplinary Collaborative Problem-Solving
  • Synopsis: Bluegrass Community and Technical College will create a gamified project that will expose trainees to a series of challenges emulating real-world problems, requiring them to use newly emergent AI tools to propose solutions in collaboration with their teammates.

Forsyth Tech Community College

  • Project Lead: Thomas Brown
  • Project Name: Career Exploration in IoT with Automation, Cybersecurity and Robotics
  • Synopsis: Forsyth will provide an engaging educational experience for teachers, college students, and K-12 students through a series of two to three-hour workshops over 12 months using the Sparkfun Inventor’s Kit.

Grand Rapids Community College

  • Project Lead: Jonnathan Resendiz
  • Project Name: AI Capstone Project for Technician Education: Solving Real-World Problems with Industry Data
  • Synopsis: Grand Rapids Community College (GRCC) will develop a Capstone Course in AI/ML Ops to provide students with hands-on experience in managing, deploying, and automating machine learning models.  

Johnston Community College

  • Project Lead: Tim Boyd
  • Project Name: AI Program Development
  • Synopsis: Johnston Community College (JCC) will create accessible AI education to meet North Carolina’s growing workforce needs through course development, professional development, and recruitment efforts. 

Lake Washington Institute of Technology

  • Project Lead: Marcelo Guerra Hahn
  • Project Name: Flipped Classroom with ChatGPT
  • Synopsis: LWTech will enhance a programming course by integrating ChatGPT into a flipped classroom model. ChatGPT will be used to facilitate student learning outside the classroom, enabling more in-depth, hands-on coding projects and problem-solving during class time. 

North Arkansas College

  • Project Lead: Nell Bonds
  • Project Name: Artificial Intelligence Summer Institute
  • Synopsis: North Arkansas College will host an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Summer Institute for faculty professional development addressing key issues including implementation of curricular updates, challenges with few AI-trained educators, limited hands-on AI learning opportunities, and a need for increased alignment with industry requirements.  
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