diff --git a/web/lib/wasm/jsep/backend-webgpu.ts b/web/lib/wasm/jsep/backend-webgpu.ts
index 8ca025d66550c..a48fe99570abf 100644
--- a/web/lib/wasm/jsep/backend-webgpu.ts
+++ b/web/lib/wasm/jsep/backend-webgpu.ts
@@ -428,13 +428,26 @@ export class WebGpuBackend {
           return;
         }
         // https://www.w3.org/TR/WGSL/#alignof
-        const baseAlignment = data.length <= 2 ? data.length * 4 : 16;
+        const sizeOfElement = v.type === 'float16' ? 2 : 4;
+        let sizeOfVecOrMat;
+        let baseAlignment;
+        if (v.type === 'float16') {
+          baseAlignment = data.length > 4 ? 16 : (data.length > 2 ? 8 : data.length * sizeOfElement);
+          sizeOfVecOrMat = data.length > 4 ? 16 : sizeOfElement * data.length;
+        } else {
+          baseAlignment = data.length <= 2 ? data.length * sizeOfElement : 16;
+          sizeOfVecOrMat = 16;
+        }
         currentOffset = Math.ceil(currentOffset / baseAlignment) * baseAlignment;
         offsets.push(currentOffset);
-        // When data.length > 4, the uniform variable is of type array<vec4<i32|u32|f32>,N>, where N =
-        // Math.ceil(data.length / 4) and SizeOf(vec4<i32|u32|f32>) = 16. The total byte length is N *
-        // SizeOf(vec4<i32|u32|f32>).
-        currentOffset += data.length > 4 ? Math.ceil(data.length / 4) * 16 : data.length * 4;
+        // For non-float16 type, when data.length > 4, the uniform variable is of type array<vec4<i32|u32|f32>,N>, where
+        // N = Math.ceil(data.length / 4) and SizeOf(vec4<i32|u32|f32>) = 16. The total byte length is N *
+        // SizeOf(vec4<i32|u32|f32>). For float16 type, when data.length > 4, the uniform variable is of type
+        // array<mat2x4<f16>,N>, where N = Math.ceil(data.length / 8) and SizeOf(mat2x4<f16>) = 16. The total byte
+        // length is N * SizeOf(mat2x4<f16>).
+        const elementPerVecOrMat = v.type === 'float16' ? 8 : 4;
+        currentOffset += data.length > 4 ? Math.ceil(data.length / elementPerVecOrMat) * sizeOfVecOrMat :
+                                           data.length * sizeOfElement;
       });
 
       // Meet alignment of struct here: https://www.w3.org/TR/WGSL/#alignment-and-size. For simplicity, set
@@ -449,6 +462,9 @@ export class WebGpuBackend {
           new Int32Array(arrayBuffer, offset, data.length).set(data);
         } else if (v.type === 'uint32') {
           new Uint32Array(arrayBuffer, offset, data.length).set(data);
+        } else if (v.type === 'float16') {
+          // TODO: use Float16Array.
+          new Uint16Array(arrayBuffer, offset, data.length).set(data);
         } else {
           new Float32Array(arrayBuffer, offset, data.length).set(data);
         }
diff --git a/web/lib/wasm/jsep/webgpu/ops/common.ts b/web/lib/wasm/jsep/webgpu/ops/common.ts
index bc3265be955f0..643744108c0f4 100644
--- a/web/lib/wasm/jsep/webgpu/ops/common.ts
+++ b/web/lib/wasm/jsep/webgpu/ops/common.ts
@@ -330,18 +330,28 @@ export const sumVector = (name: string, components: number) => {
  * @param name - the name of variable.
  * @param index - the index of variable element.
  * @param length - the length of variable.
+ * @param type - the type of variable, optional.
  */
-export const getElementAt = (name: string, index: number|string, length: number): string => {
-  if (name.startsWith('uniforms.') && length > 4) {
-    if (typeof (index) === 'string') {
-      return `${name}[(${index}) / 4][(${index}) % 4]`;
-    } else {
-      return `${name}[${Math.floor(index / 4)}][${index % 4}]`;
-    }
-  } else {
-    return length > 1 ? `${name}[${index}]` : name;
-  }
-};
+export const getElementAt =
+    (name: string, index: number|string, length: number, type?: UniformDataElementType): string => {
+      if (name.startsWith('uniforms.') && length > 4) {
+        if (typeof (index) === 'string') {
+          if (type === 'f16') {
+            return `${name}[(${index}) / 8][(${index}) % 8 / 4][(${index}) % 8 % 4]`;
+          } else {
+            return `${name}[(${index}) / 4][(${index}) % 4]`;
+          }
+        } else {
+          if (type === 'f16') {
+            return `${name}[${Math.floor(index / 8)}][${Math.floor(index % 8 / 4)}][${index % 8 % 4}]`;
+          } else {
+            return `${name}[${Math.floor(index / 4)}][${index % 4}]`;
+          }
+        }
+      } else {
+        return length > 1 ? `${name}[${index}]` : name;
+      }
+    };
 
 /**
  * A helper function to get a IndicesHelper for a given input or output.
@@ -688,7 +698,7 @@ export const internalVariable =
     (name: string, type: number, shapeOrRank: number|readonly number[], components: 1|2|3|4 = 1): IndicesHelper =>
         createIndicesHelper(name, type, shapeOrRank, 'internal', components);
 
-export type UniformDataElementType = 'u32'|'f32'|'i32';
+export type UniformDataElementType = 'u32'|'f16'|'f32'|'i32';
 export type UniformsArrayType = Array<{name: string; type: UniformDataElementType; length?: number}>;
 
 /**
@@ -861,7 +871,11 @@ class ShaderHelperImpl implements ShaderHelper {
     const uniformSnippets: string[] = [];
     for (const {name, type, length} of this.uniforms) {
       if (length && length > 4) {
-        uniformSnippets.push(`${name}:array<vec4<${type}>, ${Math.ceil(length / 4)}>`);
+        if (type === 'f16') {
+          uniformSnippets.push(`@align(16) ${name}:array<mat2x4<${type}>, ${Math.ceil(length / 8)}>`);
+        } else {
+          uniformSnippets.push(`${name}:array<vec4<${type}>, ${Math.ceil(length / 4)}>`);
+        }
       } else {
         const typeTemp = length == null || length === 1 ? type : `vec${length}<${type}>`;
         uniformSnippets.push(`${name}:${typeTemp}`);
diff --git a/web/lib/wasm/jsep/webgpu/ops/pad.ts b/web/lib/wasm/jsep/webgpu/ops/pad.ts
index eca3fa7d944bb..c65b741e1105a 100644
--- a/web/lib/wasm/jsep/webgpu/ops/pad.ts
+++ b/web/lib/wasm/jsep/webgpu/ops/pad.ts
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ const validateInputs = (inputs: readonly TensorView[]): void => {
   if (!inputs || inputs.length < 1) {
     throw new Error('Too few inputs');
   }
-  if (inputs[0].dataType !== DataType.float) {
-    throw new Error('Input type must be float.');
+  if (inputs[0].dataType !== DataType.float && inputs[0].dataType !== DataType.float16) {
+    throw new Error('Input type must be float or float16.');
   }
 
   if (inputs.length >= 2) {
diff --git a/web/lib/wasm/jsep/webgpu/types.ts b/web/lib/wasm/jsep/webgpu/types.ts
index e55bfb6ba9f16..789ac70a6913a 100644
--- a/web/lib/wasm/jsep/webgpu/types.ts
+++ b/web/lib/wasm/jsep/webgpu/types.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export interface TensorInfo {
 }
 
 export interface ProgramUniform {
-  type: 'int32'|'float32'|'uint32';
+  type: 'int32'|'float16'|'float32'|'uint32';
   data: number|readonly number[];
 }