The Artificial Intelligence R&D (AI R&D) Interagency Working Group (IWG) coordinates Federal AI R&D and supports activities tasked by both the NSTC Select Committee on AI and the Subcommittee on Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. This vital work promotes U.S. leadership and global competitiveness in AI R&D and its applications. The AI IWG reports investments to the AI R&D Program Component Area.
Overview
The Artificial Intelligence R&D Interagency Working Group (AI R&D IWG) was formed in 2018 to coordinate Federal AI R&D across 32 participating agencies and to support activities tasked by both the NSTC Select Committee on AI and the Subcommittee on Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence (MLAI). Through the NITRD Subcommittee, the AI IWG will coordinate AI activities to advance the mission of the National AI Initiative Office (NAIIO).
Co-Chairs
Program Manager
Advanced Scientific Computing Research
U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science
Leader, Data Sciences Group
NASA Ames Research Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Acting Senior Advisor for Artificial Intelligence
Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering
U.S. National Science Foundation
Senior Advisor for Risk Management
Office of Emerging Technologies
National Institute of Standards & Technology
Technical Coordinator
Technical Coordinator
National Coordination Office
Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program
Contact: nco@nitrd.gov
NITRD AI R&D Federal Investments Dashboard
This dashboard illustrates the Federal budget for nondefense AI R&D investments across several fiscal years. It provides both an overall budget rollup, as well as breakdowns of investments by agency and by NITRD Program Component Areas (PCAs), major subject areas for Federal IT R&D.
Learn more about Federal Agencies investments in AI R&D which shows sustained investments in key priority R&D areas: AI R&D Federal Investments Dashboard.
AI Research Program Repository
The AI Research Program Repository provides a searchable directory of AI-relevant Federal grant programs and collaboration opportunities. In this repository, programs can be filtered by the offering department or agency, AI strategy addressed and designation. This repository currently includes over 220 programs and will be updated as new programs are announced.
The National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Office (NAIIO)
- THE NATIONAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE INITIATIVE OFFICE (NAIIO)
The National AI Initiative Office was established in January 2021 to oversee and implement the National AI Initiative Act (NAIIA).
The NAIIO along with the NITRD Subcommittee directs the NITRD AI R&D IWG to coordinate Federal R&D investment in AI.
IWG Coordinated Activities
- Federal Register Notice: 90 FR 17835, “Request for Information on the Development of a 2025 National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research and Development (R&D) Strategic Plan”, April 29, 2025. Public Responses May 29, 2025.
- Federal Register Notice: 90 FR 9088, “Request for Information on the Development of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Plan”, February 6, 2025. Public Responses March 15, 2025.
- AI Research Program Repository, April 2024.
- Federal Register Notice: 87 FR 5876, “Request for Information to the Update of the National Artificial Intelligence Research and Development Strategic Plan”, February 2, 2022. Public Responses March 2022.
- Artificial Intelligence & Wireless Spectrum: Opportunities and Challenges, WSRD IWG Workshop, Griffiss Institute, Rome, NY (August 28-29, 2019).
- Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity Workshop, College Park, MD (June 4-6, 2019).
- Federal Register Notice: 83 FR 48655, “Request for Information on Update to the 2016 National Artificial Intelligence Research and Development Strategic Plan”, September 26, 2018. Public Responses October 2018.