Who funds biodiversity research?

We count 458 funded biodiversity projects, active between 2019 and 2032, from 6 funders. The most came from EU · Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (137 projects), EU · MSCA (118 projects) and EU · ERC (70 projects). The median award is $2.1M, across the 445 of 458 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

458

Funders

6

Median award

$2.1M

Open calls now

14

Top funders of biodiversity research

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

Open biodiversity funding calls

14 open calls mention biodiversity today; the 12 most on-topic are listed.

• FAPESP/CONFAP/Biodiversa+: “Novel ecosystems: biodiversity, socio-ecological consequences and future trajectories (BiodivFuture)”
  São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP)Not specifiedDeadline: November 10, 2026 ·
• Novel ecosystems: biodiversity, socio-ecological consequences and future trajectories (BiodivFuture)
  Dutch Research Council (NWO)Up to €400,000Deadline: November 10, 2026 ·
• Understanding the nature and the extent of the effects of PFAS on biodiversity and ecosystem services
  European Commission · Horizon EuropeUp to €5,700,000Deadline: January 14, 2027 ·
• Better understanding, anticipating and addressing the biodiversity benefits and impacts of the clean and digital industries
  European Commission · Horizon EuropeUp to €6,000,000Deadline: January 14, 2027 ·
• Systemic approaches to accelerate transformative change for biodiversity
  European Commission · Horizon EuropeUp to €4,000,000Deadline: January 14, 2027 ·
• Assessing direct and indirect drivers of biodiversity decline of invertebrates
  European Commission · Horizon EuropeUp to €7,500,000Deadline: January 14, 2027 ·
• Cost-effective biodiversity monitoring for EU policies
  European Commission · Horizon Europe€5,000,000 – €6,000,000Deadline: January 14, 2027 ·
• A stronger Global Ocean Observing System to enhance Europe’s strategic autonomy, climate resilience and biodiversity conservation
  European Commission · Horizon EuropeUp to €50,000,000Deadline: February 16, 2027 ·
• Advancing interdisciplinary, data-driven research at the biodiversity- health interface under a One Health approach
  European Commission · Horizon EuropeUp to €20,000,000Deadline: September 16, 2027 ·
• Integrating Remote Sensing and in-situ observations of Biodiversity, towards a fully interoperable observation and data framework
  European Commission · Horizon EuropeUp to €5,000,000Deadline: September 22, 2027 ·
• Science-policy support to the implementation of EU and global biodiversity policies and strategies
  European Commission · Horizon EuropeUp to €7,000,000Deadline: September 22, 2027 ·
• Accelerating the transition to a nature positive economy: Integrating biodiversity into the private sector
  European Commission · Horizon EuropeUp to €7,000,000Deadline: September 22, 2027 ·

Funded biodiversity projects

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

• CAREER: Bridging Data, AI, Theory, and Education to Advance Global Urban Biodiversity Research
  NSF · BIO · $890,451 · ends 2031
• CAREER: Using recombination in a hybrid zone to interrogate pathogen evolutionary genetics
  NSF · BIO · $1,099,500 · ends 2031
• CAREER: Understanding and Harnessing the Unreasonable Effectiveness of Evolution with Microbial and Computational Model Systems
  NSF · BIO · $1,742,691 · ends 2031
• WET-RISK: Basin-wide assessment of amazon wetland forests sensitivity to extreme climatic events and its ecological consequences
  UKRI · NERC · £1,077,319 · ends 2031
• Conserving Global Health: Biodiversity Protection and the Prehistory of Planetary Health
  Wellcome · £1,072,426 · ends 2031
• CAREER: (TIERRA) Tracking Island Evolution and Resilience through Remote Analyses of Atolls
  NSF · GEO · $644,061 · ends 2030
• CAREER: Cultivating Sustainable Agriculture and Education through Transitions
  NSF · ENG · $549,852 · ends 2030
• LiDAR for enhanced remote sensing of zoonotic insect vectors in the UK
  UKRI · NERC · £799,915 · ends 2030
• Building the nExT generaTion of marine Eco-friendly wind faRm
  UKRI · Horizon Europe Guarantee · £535,844 · ends 2030
• ICTP - IAP - IPCC WGII Collaborative Research Assistance Grant
  Wellcome · £978,581 · 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 “biodiversity”. 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.