Who funds machine learning research?

We count 471 funded machine learning projects, active between 2020 and 2035, from 9 funders. The most came from EU · ERC (114 projects), EU · MSCA (110 projects) and NSF · MPS (35 projects). The median award is $803K, across the 447 of 471 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

471

Funders

9

Median award

$803K

Open calls now

5

Top funders of machine learning research

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

Open machine learning funding calls

5 open calls mention machine learning today.

• Quantum Machine Learning
  European Commission · Horizon Europe€2,000,000 – €3,000,000Deadline: January 28, 2027 ·
• EuroHPC call Quantum Machine Learning
  Research Council of NorwayNot specifiedDeadline: January 28, 2027 ·
• Data Mining, Machine Learning (Non-deep learning-based), and Reinforcement Learning
  National Science Foundation (SBIR/STTR)Not specifiedDeadline: July 7, 2027 ·
• Pathways to Enable Secure Open-Source Ecosystems (PESOSE)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: March 2, 2027 ·
• Collaboratory to Advance Mathematics Education and Learning (CAMEL) for K-12
  U.S. National Science Foundation$1,000,000 – $1,500,000Deadline: Rolling (no fixed deadline listed)

Funded machine learning projects

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

• Data-driven Representation Learning for Equitable, Personalised Care in Multiple Sclerosis: DREAMS
  Wellcome · £2,725,760 · ends 2035
• Decrypting Necrotising Enterocolitis And Pediatric Intestinal Development Through Advanced Computational Biology and Machine Learning Approaches
  Wellcome · £2,581,826 · ends 2033
• Rational Design of Cross-protective T cell Vaccines
  Wellcome · £2,290,353 · ends 2032
• CAREER: TenAI: Tensorizing Machine Learning to Leverage Multiway Structure
  NSF · MPS · $500,000 · ends 2031
• CAREER: Mechanism-Driven Machine Learning for Water and Wastewater Treatment
  NSF · ENG · $550,000 · ends 2031
• CAREER: Internet of Foundation Models (IoFM): Expanding the Frontiers of Distributed Learning in Heterogeneous Networks
  NSF · ENG · $550,000 · ends 2031
• CAREER: Co-Designing Compilers and Architectures For High-Performance And Scalable Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing
  NSF · CISE · $790,087 · ends 2031
• Geolinking UKcensus 1841-1921: new data, methods, and perspectives
  UKRI · AHRC · £1,352,492 · ends 2031
• CAREER: Decoding the Glue That Binds Us: A Unified Research Program Using Lattice QCD, Quantum Computing, and Machine Learning
  NSF · MPS · $450,000 · ends 2031
• CAREER: Microscopic Transport, Machine Learning, and Bayesian Analysis for Extracting the Dense Nuclear Matter Equation of State from Heavy-Ion Collisions at RHIC and FRIB
  NSF · MPS · $450,000 · ends 2031

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 “machine learning”. 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.