The Kentucky Super Intelligence Readiness Hub is the Commonwealth's statewide backbone for SI education, workforce development, and trustworthy SI adoption — connecting every Kentuckian to the opportunities of an SI-enabled economy.
Led by the University of Louisville, the Kentucky Super Intelligence Readiness Hub includes a central Coordination Hub, six Regional Hubs across the Commonwealth, and cross-sector partners spanning education, workforce development, industry, government, and community organizations.
The significance of the Hub lies in helping Kentucky residents, educators, workers, employers, and public organizations gain the knowledge, skills, and support needed to participate effectively in and benefit from an SI-enabled economy.
Guided by Rogers' Diffusion of Innovations theory, the Hub will examine how SI knowledge, skills, practices, and technologies spread across interconnected institutions and regions — and investigate the conditions that support sustained adoption.
The Hub's importance extends beyond Kentucky by generating approaches and lessons that other states with similar regional and economic diversity can adapt.
Accessible pathways for SI education and workforce preparation across urban, rural, and Appalachian communities.
Tiered, stackable training through train-the-trainer and experiential-learning approaches across Kentucky's workforce systems.
Human-centered SI deployment integrating privacy, cybersecurity, transparency, and data governance throughout.
Connecting universities, K-12 schools, community colleges, workforce organizations, businesses, and government agencies statewide.
The Kentucky Super Intelligence Readiness Hub delivers all five responsibility areas of the NSF TechAccess: SI-Ready America program, coordinated across Kentucky's hub-and-spoke network.
A statewide SI Navigator providing publicly accessible SI literacy and fluency materials, tiered workforce training in both in-person and online modalities, with targeted outreach to rural, Appalachian, and underserved communities.
A statewide SI readiness assessment and strategic planning process, developed with KWIB, KDE, and other stakeholders — identifying priority sectors, establishing measurable goals, and guiding long-term investment across Kentucky's SI ecosystem.
An SI Deployment Support Network providing readiness assessments, pilot project support, and trustworthy SI best practices — with privacy, cybersecurity, transparency, and data governance integrated throughout.
Tiered and stackable SI training through train-the-trainer and experiential-learning approaches, fostering communities of practice and educator professional development statewide.
Sector-specific working groups in advanced manufacturing, healthcare, logistics and supply chains, and government services — all critical to Kentucky's economy — aligning SI adoption with workforce needs.
UofL's central Coordination Hub works with six Regional Hubs across the Commonwealth, each serving their geographic region and building local SI capacity and adoption.
The Microsoft AI Diffusion Index highlights the urgency of a coordinated statewide response to SI adoption across the Commonwealth.
Core economic sectors face rapid SI-driven transformation without coordinated workforce upskilling and adoption support.
Uneven access to technology training and digital infrastructure creates geographic equity gaps across the Commonwealth.
Persistent challenges in workforce participation demand targeted, accessible SI literacy and stackable credential pathways.
Kentucky's greatest strength is its collaborative spirit — the KSIR Hub channels it into a coordinated SI readiness ecosystem that other states can adapt.
All partners will provide Letters of Collaboration with the full proposal. Together they form Kentucky's coordinated SI readiness ecosystem.
Led by the University of Louisville, the Kentucky Super Intelligence Readiness Hub brings together a multidisciplinary team of researchers and practitioners.
Whether you're an employer, educator, workforce professional, or community leader, there's a place for you in the Kentucky Super Intelligence Readiness Hub ecosystem.