Who funds autonomous vehicle research?

We count 69 funded autonomous vehicle projects, active between 2021 and 2032, from 3 funders. The most came from EU · ERC (15 projects), EU · MSCA (15 projects) and NSF · TIP (8 projects). The median award is $649K, across the 67 of 69 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

69

Funders

3

Median award

$649K

Open calls now

0

Top funders of autonomous vehicle research

Projects whose title or summary mentions autonomous vehicle. Median award: of the projects that list an amount, in US dollars; “—” when fewer than 3 do.

Open autonomous vehicle funding calls

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Funded autonomous vehicle projects

A sample, latest start first, at most three per program.

• CAREER: A Computational Framework for Integrating Trust, Shared Awareness, and Joint Action in Human-AI Driving Teams
  NSF · CISE · $517,813 · ends 2031
• CAREER: SIM-Integrated Air-to-Ground Autonomous Vehicle Networks
  NSF · CISE · $632,414 · ends 2031
• Continued Observations at the Panularis Hydrographic Station
  NSF · GEO · $952,734 · ends 2031
• Collaborative Research: CSR: VERITAS: Secure Vehicular Systems through Intelligent Information Flow Verification
  NSF · CISE · $400,000 · ends 2030
• Collaborative Research: Research Network on Computational Human-Embodied AI Interaction Models for Engineered Systems
  NSF · ENG · $671,236 · ends 2030
• Collaborative Research: CCSS: Semantic-Aware Collaborative Perception and Networking for Autonomous Urban Mobility
  NSF · ENG · $240,000 · ends 2030
• Composite Adaptive Predictive Safety via Barrier-Constrained Optimization
  NSF · ENG · $304,351 · ends 2029
• VINES: Track 2: OMNISCIENT: Enabling BVLOS for On-demand Mission Critical Aerial Networks through Self-adapting NextG IAB Mesh
  NSF · TIP · $4,799,999 · ends 2029
• Collaborative Research: VINES: Track 2: VICEROY: Vehicular Integrated Sensing and Communications for Enhanced Road Safety
  NSF · TIP · $3,747,903 · ends 2029
• Extended Duration Expendable microFloats for Dense Upper Ocean and Coastal Sampling
  NSF · GEO · $649,210 · ends 2029

How we count

Funded projects come from public award records (NIH RePORTER, NSF, EU CORDIS, UKRI Gateway to Research, Wellcome, the Gates Foundation, DOE, NASA and USDA NIFA) whose title or summary matches “autonomous vehicle or autonomous vehicles”. NIH lists each budget year separately; one project counts once. Amounts are as the funder lists them; medians use only projects that list one, in US dollars. Open calls and forecasts are from our listings of October 28, 2026. A project can mention a topic without being mainly about it, so treat the counts as a guide to who funds the area.