Early Press About the Program’s Initial Awards

The National Institutes of Health will invest $130 million over four years, pending the availability of funds, to accelerate the widespread use of artificial intelligence (AI) by the biomedical and behavioral research communities. The NIH Common Fund’s Bridge to Artificial Intelligence (Bridge2AI) program is assembling team members from diverse disciplines and backgrounds to generate tools, resources, and richly detailed data that are responsive to AI approaches. At the same time, the program will ensure its tools and data do not perpetuate inequities or ethical problems that may occur during data collection and analysis. Through extensive collaboration across projects, Bridge2AI researchers will create guidance and standards for the development of ethically sourced, state-of-the-art, AI-ready data sets that have the potential to help solve some of the most pressing challenges in human health — such as uncovering how genetic, behavioral, and environmental factors influence a person’s physical condition throughout their life.

Learn about many of the Bridge2AI researchers and the unique projects to which they'll contribute:

• New NIH Program for Artificial Intelligence in Research | JAMA Article - October 25, 2022
• Artificial intelligence could soon diagnose illness based on the sound of your voice | NPR Press Article - October 10, 2022
• Advancing artificial intelligence at NIH to improve medicine | Government Matters - September 25, 2022
• Ambitious NIH project aims to improve data for AI-fueled research | HealthData Management Press Article - September 21, 2022
• Two HMS Center for Bioethics faculty awarded NIH Grants | Havard Gazette Article - September 19, 2022
• NIH launches Bridge2AI program to expand the use of artificial intelligence in biomedical and behavioral research | NIH Press Release - September 16, 2022
• USF doctors lead research project using your voice to detect early signs of diseases, disorders | Interview with Dr. Bensoussan - September 14, 2022
• Bridging Our Way to Health Restoration | NIH NCCIH Director's Page - September 13, 2022
• UW Medicine will lead study arm of national AI initiative | The University of Washington School of Medicine Press Release - September 13, 2022
• OHSU experts tapped for national Artificial Intelligence initiative | Oregon Health & Science University Press Release - September 13, 2022
• The FAIR Data Innovations Hub Is a Part of a New National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Initiative! | FAIR Data Innovations Hub Blog Post - September 16, 2022
• UCLA takes leading role in NIH Bridge2AI initiative to generate 'computable knowledge' that propels biomedical research forward | UCLA Health Press Release - September 13, 2022
• UC San Diego Joins NIH 'Bridge to Artificial Intelligence' Program | University of California San Diego Press Release - September 13, 2022
• Owsley and McGwin receive $2 million one-year grant from NIH's Bridge2AI program | University of Alabama at Birmingham Press Release - September 13, 2022
• UC San Francisco and UC San Diego Join NIH "Bridge to Artificial Intelligence" Program Globe Newswire Press Release - September 13, 2022
• Yale Researchers Join NIH Bridge2AI Program | Yale School of Medicine Press Release - September 13, 2022
• UAB aims to boost use of artificial intelligence in biomedical research | University of Alabama at Birmingham Press Release - September 13, 2022
• Owkin and 12 partners launch $14 million NIH project to allow doctors to spot cancer, depression and other diseases from the human voice | Owkin Press Release - September 13, 2022
• FHS assistant professor to co-develop ethics standards for innovative new AI initiative | Simon Fraser University Press Release - September 13, 2022
• Using voice as a biomarker for diagnosis | Interview with Vardit Ravitsky - September 13, 2022
• School of Medicine joins NIH initiative to expand use of AI in biomedical research | WashU Medicine Press Release - September 13, 2022
• USF Health, Weill Cornell Medicine earn inaugural funding in NIH's newly launched Bridge2AI initiative, will create artificial intelligence platform for using voice to diagnose disease | University of South Florida, Press Release - September 13, 2022
• USF Health, Weill Cornell Medicine earn inaugural funding in NIH's newly launched Bridge2AI initiative, will create artificial intelligence platform for using voice to diagnose disease | Weill Cornell Medicine Press Release - September 13, 2022
• CU Anshutz Researchers Part of National Effort to Rapidly Boost AI in Medical Research | University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Press Release - September 13, 2022
• NIH to Inject Healthy Bolus of Data to Sustain the Future of AI for Medical Discoveries | Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Article - October 1, 2021
• Department of Energy Invests $1 Million in Artificial Intelligence Research for Privacy-Sensitive Datasets | U.S. Department of Energy Article - September 2, 2021