Who funds agriculture research?

We count 1,187 funded agriculture projects, active between 2010 and 2034, from 10 funders. The most came from USDA (297 projects), Gates Foundation (285 projects) and EU · Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (149 projects). The median award is $1M, across the 1,169 of 1,187 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

1,187

Funders

10

Median award

$1M

Open calls now

30

Top funders of agriculture research

Projects whose title or summary mentions agriculture. Median award: of the projects that list an amount, in US dollars; “—” when fewer than 3 do.

Open agriculture funding calls

30 open calls mention agriculture today; the 12 most on-topic are listed.

• Capacity Building Grants for Non-Land-Grant Colleges of Agriculture Program
  National Institute of Food and Agriculture$30,000 – $750,000Deadline: November 10, 2026 ·
• Additional activities for the European Partnership of Agriculture of Data
  European Commission · Horizon EuropeUp to €60,000,000Deadline: November 26, 2026 ·
• Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program Foundational and Applied Science Program
  National Institute of Food and Agriculture$10,000 – $10,000,000Deadline: December 31, 2026 ·
• Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program Education and Workforce Development
  National Institute of Food and Agriculture$10,000 – $650,000Deadline: December 31, 2026 ·
• Support for information measures relating to the common agricultural policy (IMCAP)
  European CommissionNot specifiedDeadline: January 21, 2027 ·
• Agriculture Innovation Center Grant Program
  Rural Business-Cooperative Service $600,000 – $1,000,000Deadline: January 31, 2027 ·
• Optimising the water-nutrient-energy nexus for sustainable and climate smart agriculture in Africa (FNSSA)
  European Commission · Horizon EuropeUp to €6,000,000Deadline: April 8, 2027 ·
• Living Labs for co-creating solutions to reduce eutrophication from agriculture
  European Commission · Horizon Europe · EU MissionsUp to €12,000,000Deadline: April 8, 2027 ·
• Innovative biotechnologies to restore soil health and improve agricultural competitiveness and resilience
  European Commission · Horizon Europe · EU MissionsUp to €6,400,000Deadline: April 8, 2027 ·
• Improving analytical capacity for sustainable competitiveness of the agricultural sector
  European Commission · Horizon EuropeUp to €6,000,000Deadline: May 11, 2027 ·
• Fostering generational renewal in agriculture via EU advisory network
  European Commission · Horizon EuropeUp to €4,500,000Deadline: May 11, 2027 ·
• Precision Agriculture
  National Science Foundation (SBIR/STTR)Not specifiedDeadline: July 7, 2027 ·

Forecast: announced, not open yet

2 forecast calls on agriculture. Funders publish forecasts before a call opens; you can't apply to these yet, and dates can change.

• ForecastNIOSH National Center of Excellence for the Prevention of Childhood Agricultural Injury (U54)
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERAUp to $1,600,000Expected to open December 4, 2026
• ForecastNIOSH Centers for Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing Safety and Health (U54)
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERAUp to $2,200,000Expected to open December 4, 2026

Funded agriculture projects

A sample, latest start first, at most three per program.

• Centromere Dynamics: Bridging Fundamental Mechanisms and Agricultural Innovation
  Wellcome · £2,062,441 · ends 2034
• Healthy Soil Communities: Understanding the Biosocial Relations of Health through Soils, Stomachs and Society
  Wellcome · £419,810 · ends 2032
• S-STEM: Prototyping, Research, and Integrated Manufacturing Excellence: A Vertical Systems-Thinking Framework for Student-Scholar Success
  NSF · EDU · $2,000,000 · ends 2032
• Spring Continental Harvest Limited — Agricultural Development
  Gates Foundation · $3,250,181 · ends 2032
• CAREER: Neural Fields for Efficient Representation and Exploratory Analysis of Heterogeneous Geospatial Signal Sets
  NSF · CISE · $605,024 · ends 2031
• National Cybersecurity Training & Education (NCyTE) Center
  NSF · EDU · $6,750,015 · ends 2031
• AEGIS - Ancient Environmental Genomics Initiative for Sustainability
  Wellcome · £9,716,729 · ends 2031
• The usda national institute of food and agriculture (nifa) southern regional aquaculture center (srac) is one of five regional aquaculture…
  USDA · $934,771 · ends 2031
• Agricultural drainage systems help farmers improve crop production by removing excess water from poorly drained soils
  USDA · $2,940,000 · ends 2031
• American farmers are seeking new opportunities to increase profitability, expand market opportunities, and generate greater value from…
  USDA · $10,000,000 · ends 2031

How we count

Funded projects come from public award records (NIH RePORTER, NSF, EU CORDIS, UKRI Gateway to Research, Wellcome, the Gates Foundation, DOE, NASA and USDA NIFA) whose title or summary matches “agriculture or agricultural”. NIH lists each budget year separately; one project counts once. Amounts are as the funder lists them; medians use only projects that list one, in US dollars. Open calls and forecasts are from our listings of October 28, 2026. A project can mention a topic without being mainly about it, so treat the counts as a guide to who funds the area.