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# Health and Human Services provided 41.6% of US federal AI grant spending in 2024, double its 2013 share
- URL: https://aiadoption.org/data/us-ai-grant-spending-by-agency/
- Published: 2026-10-19T16:45:46.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-21T06:03:29.000Z
- Description: Health and Human Services provided 41.6% of US federal AI grant spending in 2024 and the National Science Foundation 37.6%, together 79.3%. The Department of Defense's share fell from 16.1% to 2.2%.
- Author: Manu
- Tags: Data, AI Regulation, AI in the US, #chart, #ai-index-2026, #hub-regulation, #country-us, #industry-government

41.6%

▲ 21.9 pts since 2013

Health and Human Services' share of US federal AI grant spending in 2024

20132024

## What the chart shows

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which includes the National Institutes of Health, provided 41.6% of US federal spending on AI-related grants in 2024, up from 19.7% in 2013\. The National Science Foundation (NSF) provided 37.6%; together the two account for 79.3%.

The NSF had the largest share every year from 2013 to 2020\. HHS led in 2021 (61.5%), fell behind the NSF in 2022 and 2023, and led again in 2024\. The Department of Defense’s share fell from 16.1% in 2013 to 2.2%, and Commerce’s from a high of 21.2% in 2014 to 5.3%.

## Key numbers

| Measure                                | Value |
| -------------------------------------- | ----- |
| Health and Human Services, 2024        | 41.6% |
| Health and Human Services, 2013        | 19.7% |
| Health and Human Services, 2021 (high) | 61.5% |
| National Science Foundation, 2024      | 37.6% |
| National Science Foundation, 2013      | 53.1% |
| Department of Defense, 2024            | 2.2%  |

## How to read it

- Shares of each year’s AI-related grant spending, which came to $5.05B in 2024 ([related chart](https://aiadoption.org/data/us-public-ai-spending-by-year/)). HHS is the Department of Health and Human Services and NSF the National Science Foundation; Commerce and Defense are the US departments.
- Energy (6.2% in 2024), Agriculture and the agencies grouped as other are in the CSV but not drawn.
- The AI Index text says the NSF led until a steep rise at Health and Human Services from 2020; the data shows Health and Human Services ahead in 2021 and 2024 and the NSF ahead in 2022 and 2023, which we use.

**Source:** [AI Index](https://aiadoption.org/sources/#ai-index), 2026, via the AI Index Report 2026 (Stanford HAI), figure 8.5.7: *Public spending on AI-related grants (% of total) in the United States by funding agency, 2013–24*. Chart and text by AI Adoption.  
Numbers checked against the published data on 20 October 2026.  
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