Who funds generative AI research?

We count 201 funded generative AI projects, active between 2023 and 2032, from 7 funders. The most came from EU · MSCA (34 projects), NSF · CISE (34 projects) and EU · ERC (28 projects). The median award is $769K, across the 197 of 201 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

201

Funders

7

Median award

$769K

Open calls now

1

Top funders of generative AI research

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

Open generative AI funding calls

1 open call mentions generative AI today.

• Large scale operational validation and upscaling of state-of-the-art (Generative) AI tools and models powering a next generation digital energy system
  European Commission · Horizon EuropeUp to €10,000,000Deadline: March 31, 2027 ·

Funded generative AI projects

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

• CAREER: Structure-Aware Learning from Weak Supervision for Knowledge Acquisition
  NSF · CISE · $769,711 · ends 2031
• CAREER: A Runtime for Efficient and Observable Compound AI Systems
  NSF · CISE · $777,336 · ends 2031
• CAREER: A Safety-Aware Learning Framework for Identifying and Mitigating Risks in Human-LLM Interactions in Healthcare
  NSF · CISE · $499,821 · ends 2031
• National Cybersecurity Training & Education (NCyTE) Center
  NSF · EDU · $6,750,015 · ends 2031
• CAREER: Random Matrices, Schrodinger Bridges, Optimal Transport, and Generative Modeling
  NSF · MPS · $450,000 · ends 2031
• CAREER: Understanding the Inner Mechanism of Transformer Neural Operators
  NSF · MPS · $403,875 · ends 2031
• International Food Policy Research Institute — Agricultural Development
  Gates Foundation · $2,540,322 · ends 2030
• Collaborative Research: A Subspace Optimization Framework for Resource-Efficient and Private Fine-Tuning of Large Language Models
  NSF · ENG · $270,000 · ends 2029
• AI-SEED-RCC - using generative AI to Spatially map Evolution, Environment, and Drug responses to Renal Cell Carcinoma
  UKRI · MRC · £2,280,900 · ends 2029
• Collaborative Research: Integrating Responsible Generative AI Applications and Role-Playing Simulations to Improve Undergraduate Education and Practice in Technology-Based Design
  NSF · EDU · $357,355 · 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 “generative ai or language model or language models”. 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.