Who funds chronic pain research?

We count 63 funded chronic pain projects, active between 2021 and 2034, from 4 funders. The most came from NIH · NINDS (10 projects), EU · ERC (10 projects) and EU · MSCA (7 projects). The median award is $3.4M, across the 61 of 63 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

63

Funders

4

Median award

$3.4M

Open calls now

2

Top funders of chronic pain research

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

Open chronic pain funding calls

2 open calls mention chronic pain today.

• HEAL Initiative: Integrative Management of Chronic Pain and OUD for Whole Recovery (IMPOWR): Research Centers (RM1 Clinical Trial Required)
  National Institutes of HealthNot specifiedDeadline: January 26, 2027 ·
• HEAL Initiative: Integrative Management of chronic Pain and OUD for Whole Recovery (IMPOWR) - Building Engagement, Assistance, Capacity, Outreach, and Networks (BEACON) Center (U2C Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  National Institutes of HealthNot specifiedDeadline: January 26, 2027 ·

Funded chronic pain projects

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

• Hyperalgesic Priming in Chronic Widespread Pain: Role of the Stress Axes
  Wellcome · £1,721,828 · ends 2034
• ENDASCOP: Establishing Neuronal Drivers And the Spinal Circuitry of Osteoarthritis Pain
  Wellcome · £2,328,408 · ends 2031
• Peripheral Artery Disease Pain Assessment and Interventions: Vascular Interventions and Biopsychosocial Evaluation
  NIH · NHLBI · $4,170,568 · ends 2030
• Developing and Validating a Multi-Omic, Psychosocial, and Environmental Model of Individual Differences in Pain and Placebo Responses
  NIH · NCCIH · $4,929,839 · ends 2030
• Neuroendocrine mechanisms of female chronic overlapping pain conditions (COPC)
  NIH · NINDS · $3,462,365 · ends 2030
• Human Chemo-Nociceptor Signaling
  NIH · NINDS · $3,851,810 · ends 2030
• A SMART design study using patient-based algorithms for multicomponent therapy in chronic low back pain and beyond
  NIH · NIAMS · $3,976,966 · ends 2030
• Understanding vulvodynia: Using machine-learning-based modeling to identify factors associated with resolution and persistence of vulvar pain
  NIH · NICHD · $4,867,750 · ends 2030
• Multimodal Treatment for Chronic Pain after Total Knee Arthroplasty
  NIH · NIAMS · $3,519,366 · ends 2030
• From knee to brain: an integrated, whole-body approach to the study of inflammation in knee osteoarthritis
  NIH · NIAMS · $4,117,150 · 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 “chronic pain”. 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.