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National AI Research Institutes


Added by:   National contact point
Added on:   09 Jul 2025
Updated by:   OECD analyst
Updated on:   25 Dec 2025

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Led by NSF, and in partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Google, Amazon, Intel and Accenture, the National AI Research Institutes will act as connections in a broader nationwide network to pursue transformational advances in a range of economic sectors, and science and engineering fields ” from food system security to next-generation edge networks.

Name in original language

National AI Research Institutes

Initiative overview

The 2019 Update to the National AI R&D Strategic Plan, informed by visioning activities in the scientific community as well as interaction with the public, identifies as its first strategic objective the need to make long-term investments in AI research in areas with the potential for long-term payoffs in AI. The President's Council of Advisors for Science and Technology has published Recommendations for Strengthening American Leadership in Industries of the Future, including AI, and calls for new and sustained research in AI to drive science and technology progress. The National AI Research Institutes program enables longer-term research and U.S. leadership in AI through the creation of AI Research Institutes. New to the program this year are contributions from partners in U.S. industry who share in the government's goal to advance national competitiveness through National AI Research Institutes. This year's industry partners are Accenture, Amazon, Google, and Intel Corporation.The initiative has the following objective(s):To support the following seven research areas: Human-AI Interaction and Collaboration; AI Institute for Advances in Optimization; AI and Advanced Cyberinfrastructure; Advances in AI and Computer and Network Systems; AI Institute in Dynamic Systems; AI-Augmented Learning; and AI-Driven Innovation in Agriculture and the Food System.

Name of responsible organisation (in English)

National Science Foundation (NSF)

About the policy initiative


Organisation:

  • National Science Foundation (NSF)

Category:

  • AI policy initiatives, programmes and projects

Initiative type:

  • AI Research Centres/Centres of Excellence/Expertise, specialised AI teams, labs

Status:

  • Active

Start Year:

  • 2020

Binding:

  • Non-binding

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