This credential is awarded to participants of the HBCU Faculty Development Network workshop: Positioning HBCU Research for the AI Era. Recipients have engaged in a high-level strategic exploration of HigherEd+’s foundation-funded AI model. This program moves beyond basic tool usage to focus on the design of sustainable, ethically grounded, and scalable AI training infrastructures within the HBCU context. Earners of this badge understand the intersection of generative AI and scholarly research integrity, as well as the mechanisms for faculty credentialing and institutional growth.