{"id":1334,"date":"2019-06-27T13:48:56","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T13:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/research\/?p=1334"},"modified":"2019-06-27T13:48:56","modified_gmt":"2019-06-27T13:48:56","slug":"federal-funding-for-artificial-intelligence-research-sees-major-increase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/research\/2019\/06\/27\/federal-funding-for-artificial-intelligence-research-sees-major-increase\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Funding for Artificial Intelligence Research Sees Major Increase"},"content":{"rendered":"

Grants Resource Center – by\u00a0Mahaney, Kyle<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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\u200bThe subject of Artificial Intelligence (AI)\u00a0is of rising concern to the federal government. Earlier this year, the President signed an\u00a0executive order<\/a>\u00a0stating the primary importance of AI research in federal funding priorities.<\/p>\n

But the rise in AI funding can be traced back before the order was signed, as is clearly shown in this\u00a0clever visualization<\/a>\u00a0from the Quartz publication. The article tracks all federal awards of over $500,000 relating to AI since 2016. The explosion in the number and scale of these opportunities is clear for all to see.<\/p>\n

Most of the funds were made available through five agencies: the National Aeronautics\u00a0and Space Administration,\u00a0National Science Foundation, U.S.\u00a0Department of Defense, National Institutes of Health, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. But efforts from other federal depa\u200b\u200brtments are highlighted as well, such as the U.S. Department of\u00a0Justice’s\u00a0efforts to track opioid traffickers through the dark web. Several GRC\u00a0members are represented in the charts.<\/p>\n

For a convenient rundown of funding opportunities relating to AI within two of the larger agencies, please click the following links:<\/p>\n