Who funds atmospheric science research?

We count 459 funded atmospheric science projects, active between 2019 and 2032, from 7 funders. The most came from EU · ERC (129 projects), EU · MSCA (85 projects) and NSF · GEO (69 projects). The median award is $989K, across the 448 of 459 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

459

Funders

7

Median award

$989K

Open calls now

8

Top funders of atmospheric science research

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

Open atmospheric science funding calls

8 open calls mention atmospheric science today.

• ROSES25: A.14 Atmosphere
  NASA HeadquartersNot specifiedDeadline: December 2, 2026 ·
• Environment and Climate Change Canada Atmospheric and Meteorological graduate supplement
  Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)Up to CAD 5,000Deadline: June 1, 2027 ·
• FY 2027 - 2029 Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR)
  DOC NOAA - ERA ProductionNot specifiedDeadline: September 30, 2029 ·
• Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (AGS-PRF)
  U.S. National Science FoundationUp to $202,000Deadline: Rolling (no fixed deadline listed)
• Geosciences Core Research: Atmospheric, Geospace, Earth and Ocean Sciences (GEO Core)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: Rolling (no fixed deadline listed)
• Environment and Climate Change Canada Atmospheric and Meteorological undergraduate supplement
  Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)Not specifiedDeadline: Not listed
• Climate Program Office (CPO) FY2026 Earth System Science and Services Partnership
  DOC NOAA - ERA Production$1 – $10,000,000Deadline: October 29, 2026 ·
• Climate Program Office FY 2027 - Super Intelligence/Machine Learning Innovation to Advance NOAA's Earth System Science and Support Hazard Resilience
  DOC NOAA - ERA Production$1 – $750,000Deadline: February 9, 2027 ·

Forecast: announced, not open yet

1 forecast call on atmospheric science. Funders publish forecasts before a call opens; you can't apply to these yet, and dates can change.

• ForecastRMetS Rupert Ford Travel Award
  Royal Meteorological SocietyUp to £1,500Opening date not announced

Funded atmospheric science projects

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

• Enhancing our understanding of volcanic clouds using long-term satellite records and next-generation instruments
  UKRI · NERC · £907,041 · ends 2032
• Preparing Problem Solvers in Atmospheric, Computational, and Data Sciences
  NSF · EDU · $1,999,943 · ends 2032
• NSF-University of Wyoming King Air Research Aircraft Operations & Maintenance
  NSF · GEO · $14,818,934 · ends 2031
• CAREER: Tracking carbon cycling dynamics in river networks following terrestrial enhanced weathering
  NSF · GEO · $631,745 · ends 2031
• Advancing Atmospheric Sciences Through Radio Occultation
  NSF · GEO · $5,000,000 · ends 2031
• The scientific objectives of agage further the understanding of changes to global atmospheric chemical composition and their radiative…
  NASA · $149,143 · ends 2031
• Single source: the proposed project supports dr
  NASA · $29,791 · ends 2031
• Constraining OH concentrations with Satellite data and Machine learning to Investigate CH4 Trends (COSMIC)
  UKRI · NERC · £803,734 · ends 2031
• Execute a balanced science program based on discipline-specific guidance from the national academies of sciences engineering and medicine…
  NASA · $1,491,487 · ends 2031
• Long wavelength oxygenic photosynthesis
  UKRI · BBSRC · £5,069,750 · ends 2030

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 “atmosphere or atmospheric”. 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.