Trump administration says 15 agencies will get $5bn in ‘AI for science’ effort
Administration will also overhaul how US government funds federal research by supporting individual scientists and AI over universities The US will spend $5bn to tackle longstanding scientific problems across multiple fields using AI, the Trump...
The Trump administration said on Wednesday that 15 federal agencies will share $5 billion in funding for an artificial intelligence initiative aimed at tackling long-running scientific challenges, according to a monitored public feed based on reporting from The Guardian Technology.
In a statement, the administration said the money will support work across a range of fields, including efforts to identify the underlying causes of chronic diseases, speed up drug discovery and develop building materials that last longer. The program is being described as an “AI for science” effort, with the government seeking to use machine learning tools to help solve problems that have proved difficult for traditional research methods.
Michael Kratsios, the chief technology adviser to President Donald Trump, said in an interview with Reuters that scientists involved in the program will have access to the Department of Energy’s supercomputers, specialized datasets and other tools needed to carry out experiments with algorithms. The initiative is intended to give researchers more computing power and data support as they work on scientific questions across multiple disciplines.
The administration also said it plans to change how federal research funding is distributed, shifting more support toward individual scientists and artificial intelligence tools rather than relying mainly on universities as the primary recipients of government-backed research money. The statement did not provide further detail on how the new funding approach would work in practice or which agencies would receive specific allocations.
The announcement places AI at the center of a broader effort to speed up federally backed research, with the government framing the technology as a way to improve efficiency and expand scientific discovery. The administration did not immediately say when the funding would be deployed or how projects would be selected.
This report is based on a monitored public feed and reflects the information available in the source summary.
Source: The Guardian Technology - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/22/trump-science-funding-overhaul-ai
