Advancing AI-Resilient Early-Career Pathways Initiative

An open call for pilot projects that help early‑career workers build skills, access quality jobs, and navigate an AI‑transformed labor market. Focus areas include:

• Reimagining work‑based learning (apprenticeships, internships, project‑based opportunities adapted to AI workplaces)
• Employer incentives and business value (tools, models, ROI frameworks to retain and advance early‑career talent)
• Articulation and assessment of durable skills (new ways to define, measure, and credential skills in AI‑integrated work environments)

Benefits include:

• Grants of $50,000–$100,000 USD per project
• 3–6 awards anticipated
• Funded travel to required in‑person convening at Stanford University (March 25, 2026)
• Participation in a peer learning community with structured knowledge exchange

• Must be a workforce development org, postsecondary institution, training provider, nonprofit, employer‑led entity, or for‑profit org
• Submit proposal aligned with one or more focus areas (work‑based learning, employer incentives, durable skills)
• Commitment to attend in‑person convening at Stanford University (March 25, 2026)
• Willingness to engage in peer learning community throughout grant period
• Running a project or organization