Who funds catalysis research?

We count 369 funded catalysis projects, active between 2020 and 2032, from 8 funders. The most came from EU · MSCA (105 projects), EU · ERC (104 projects) and NSF · MPS (44 projects). The median award is $811K, across the 365 of 369 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

369

Funders

8

Median award

$811K

Open calls now

6

Top funders of catalysis research

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

Open catalysis funding calls

6 open calls mention catalysis today.

• ‘Healthy Planet, Healthy People’: Catalyst and Change Awards
  Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE)Up to £5,000Deadline: December 1, 2026 ·
• BridgeAI Deployment Catalyst: AI for assurance and compliance
  Innovate UKUp to £5,000,000Deadline: December 8, 2026 ·
  Real odds: About 1 in 7 funded (14% · Innovate UK, all funding decisions, 2024-25)
• BridgeAI Deployment Catalyst: AI for operational systems
  Innovate UKUp to £5,000,000Deadline: December 8, 2026 ·
  Real odds: About 1 in 7 funded (14% · Innovate UK, all funding decisions, 2024-25)
• BridgeAI Deployment Catalyst: AI for decision critical systems
  Innovate UKUp to £5,000,000Deadline: December 8, 2026 ·
  Real odds: About 1 in 7 funded (14% · Innovate UK, all funding decisions, 2024-25)
• Catalysts, Advanced Chemicals and Materials
  National Science Foundation (SBIR/STTR)Not specifiedDeadline: July 7, 2027 ·
• AHRC Catalyst Awards: applicant-led mode
  Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)£100,000 – £300,000Deadline: Not listed
  Real odds: About 1 in 4 funded (23% · Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), all funding decisions, 2024-25)

Real odds

• About 1 in 7 funded · 14% · Innovate UK, all funding decisions, 2024-25 · UKRI investment and outputs data, table 2.1
• About 1 in 4 funded · 23% · Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), all funding decisions, 2024-25 · UKRI investment and outputs data, table 2.1

Published success rates for the programs behind the open calls above: the share of applications the funder funded, program-wide, not for this topic.

Funded catalysis projects

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

• ART Track 5: CART: Coordinating ART Tracks and Learning to Yield Sustained Transformation (CATALYST)
  NSF · TIP · $2,000,000 · ends 2031
• BioData Catalyst Data Management Core Program
  NIH · NHLBI · $4,691,810 · ends 2031
• QLCI: Hybrid Quantum Architectures and Networks (HQAN)
  NSF · MPS · $37,500,000 · ends 2031
• CAREER: Atomically Precise Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer at Solid-Liquid Interfaces
  NSF · MPS · $786,568 · ends 2031
• CAREER: From Maps to Mechanisms: Engineering Interfacial Electron Transfer via Nanoscale Electrostatic Landscapes
  NSF · MPS · $623,804 · ends 2031
• Embracing disorder: Pioneering catalyst disorder for transformative carbon dioxide conversion
  UKRI · EPSRC · £2,525,422 · ends 2031
• Advancing Life Sciences with Diamond-II
  Wellcome · £40,452,000 · ends 2031
• Mechanically Interlocked Polyamide Biomaterials
  UKRI · EPSRC · £1,463,263 · ends 2031
• Earth-Abundant Metal Catalysis in the Production of Pharmaceutical Drugs
  UKRI · EPSRC · £2,106,859 · ends 2030
• NSF ART TRACK 2: GROW: Auburn Research Translation Capacity & Culture Catalyst (ARTC3)
  NSF · TIP · $6,000,000 · 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 “catalysis or catalyst or catalysts”. 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.