This project provides funding to evaluate emerging practical large-language model solutions for the ASC and the ND program. Our initial set of tasks/projects includes an evaluation of language models for software engineering and code modernization (particularly for HPC and scientific programming), using language models for knowledge capture and retrieval. Underpinning all of this work are efforts to keep up with the rapid state-of-the-art advancements within open-source and industry, with the intention of identifying potential application and integration into ASC codes and tools.