Who funds biophysics research?

We count 64 funded biophysics projects, active between 2020 and 2032, from 6 funders. The most came from EU · ERC (15 projects), EU · MSCA (13 projects) and Wellcome (12 projects). The median award is $1.6M, across the 60 of 64 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

64

Funders

6

Median award

$1.6M

Open calls now

0

Top funders of biophysics research

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

Open biophysics funding calls

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Funded biophysics projects

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

• How do you build a wall? Mechanistic principles of bacterial division septum building
  Wellcome · £3,506,267 · ends 2032
• QLCI: Quantum Sensing for Biophysics and Bioengineering (QUBBE)
  NSF · MPS · $37,500,000 · ends 2031
• Mechanisms of complex transcriptional processes and assemblies in bacteria
  Wellcome · £3,042,794 · ends 2031
• Models of functional maturation in human cortical microcircuits
  Wellcome · £843,404 · ends 2031
• The Mesoscale Biophysics of RGG/RNA Interactions
  NSF · BIO · $967,237 · ends 2030
• REU Site: Research and Training in Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biodesign (B3) for Undergraduates.
  NSF · BIO · $465,014 · ends 2029
• Contactless isomotive dielectrophoresis for high throughput single cell spectroscopy
  NSF · BIO · $443,707 · ends 2029
• NSF-ANR: Biophysical Underpinnings and Regulation of Hair-Cell Mechanosensitivity in the Inner Ear
  NSF · MPS · $360,001 · ends 2029
• Measurements of Cellular-scale Biophysical Signals within the Intervertebral Disc using Nanoscale DNA Origami sensors
  NSF · ENG · $550,000 · ends 2029
• BRF: Renovation of the Biophysics Research Resources at the Medical College of Wisconsin
  NIH · Office of the Director · $8,000,000 · ends 2029

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 “biophysics or biophysical”. 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.