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The National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) Pilot

The NAIRR Pilot aims to connect U.S. researchers and educators to computational, data, and training resources needed to advance AI research and research that employs AI. Federal agencies are collaborating with government-supported and non-governmental partners to implement the Pilot as a preparatory step toward an eventual full NAIRR implementation.
  • Spur innovation
  • Increase diversity of talent
  • Improve capacity
  • Advance trustworthy AI
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Current Opportunities

Pilot resources

Partners are contributing many kinds of resources to the pilot, such as pre-trained models, AI-ready datasets, and relevant platforms.

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Leadership, Partners, and Contributors

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) leads the NAIRR Pilot effort in collaboration with federal agency partners. The Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) are leading development of a NAIRR Secure element of the pilot.

The following federal agency partners are presently participating and contributing resources to the NAIRR Pilot:

  • U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)
  • Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
  • Department of Agriculture (USDA)
  • Department of Defense (DOD)
  • Department of Energy (DOE)
  • Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
  • National Aeronautics and Administration (NASA)
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  • National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
  • U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

Current non-governmental partners:

  • AI2: Allen Institute for AI
  • AMD
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  • Anthropic
  • Cerebras
  • Databricks
  • Datavant
  • EleutherAI
  • Google
  • Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
  • Hugging Face
  • IBM
  • Intel
  • Meta
  • Microsoft
  • MLCommons
  • NVIDIA
  • Omidyar Networks
  • OpenAI
  • OpenMined
  • Palantir
  • Regenstrief Institute
  • SambaNova Systems
  • Vocareum
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