Who funds deep learning research?

We count 239 funded deep learning projects, active between 2021 and 2034, from 6 funders. The most came from EU · ERC (86 projects), EU · MSCA (60 projects) and Wellcome (10 projects). The median award is $1.4M, across the 226 of 239 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

239

Funders

6

Median award

$1.4M

Open calls now

0

Top funders of deep learning research

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

Open deep learning funding calls

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Funded deep learning projects

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

• Sympathetic Neural Circuitry Controlling Whole-body Metabolism
  Wellcome · £3,400,000 · ends 2034
• Principles of deep networks and their relevance for the neural circuit mechanisms underlying learning
  Wellcome · £823,787 · ends 2032
• CAREER: CompCog: Reverse Engineering Human Deliberation with Process-Tracing and Neural Networks
  NSF · SBE · $599,994 · ends 2031
• CAREER: Understanding the Inner Mechanism of Transformer Neural Operators
  NSF · MPS · $403,875 · ends 2031
• Collaborative Research: CRCNS Research Proposal: Optimal Transport for Comparative Analysis of Neural Representations
  NSF · SBE · $517,134 · ends 2031
• CAREER: Probing pathway complexity of biomolecular assemblies through coarse-grained deep learning models
  NSF · BIO · $840,000 · ends 2031
• SGAI: Brain-Inspired Nanosystems for Smart and Green AI
  UKRI · EPSRC · ends 2030
• Collaborative Research: SaTC 2.0: RES: AIGIS: Securing the Deep Learning Model Supply Chain
  NSF · CISE · $410,000 · ends 2030
• CAREER: Improving Data Efficiency in Deep Learning with Relaxed Symmetry Constraints
  NSF · CISE · $600,000 · ends 2030
• CAREER: A Time-Sensitive Large Model Training Platform for Dynamic Data Analytics
  NSF · CISE · $549,999 · ends 2030

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 “deep learning or neural network or neural networks”. 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.