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

MeasureValue
Health and Human Services, 202441.6%
Health and Human Services, 201319.7%
Health and Human Services, 2021 (high)61.5%
National Science Foundation, 202437.6%
National Science Foundation, 201353.1%
Department of Defense, 20242.2%

How to read it

  • Shares of each year’s AI-related grant spending, which came to $5.05B in 2024 (related chart). 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, 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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