Who funds conflict and violence research?

We count 271 funded conflict and violence projects, active between 2020 and 2034, from 8 funders. The most came from EU · ERC (104 projects), EU · MSCA (85 projects) and Wellcome (23 projects). The median award is $1.6M, across the 266 of 271 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

271

Funders

8

Median award

$1.6M

Open calls now

12

Top funders of conflict and violence research

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

Open conflict and violence funding calls

12 open calls mention conflict and violence today.

• BJA FY 2026 Students, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Program
  Bureau of Justice AssistanceUp to $2,000,000Deadline: October 30, 2026 ·
• Strengthen integrated child protection systems (CPS) incl. via cross-sectoral collaboration, and ensure child-centred, coordinated responses to violence against children, to contribute to the implementation of Commission Recommendation on integrated CPS
  European Commission · Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values ProgrammeNot specifiedDeadline: November 5, 2026 ·
• Supporting the achievement of the objectives of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women (VAW) and domestic violence in the Union and the implementation of the Directive on combating VAW and domestic violence
  European Commission · Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values ProgrammeNot specifiedDeadline: November 5, 2026 ·
• Preventing gender-based violence
  European Commission · Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values ProgrammeNot specifiedDeadline: November 5, 2026 ·
• Protecting and supporting victims and survivors of gender-based violence.
  European Commission · Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values ProgrammeNot specifiedDeadline: November 5, 2026 ·
• Supporting intermediary organisations (providing financial support to civil society organisations) working in the fields of gender-based violence and violence against children
  European Commission · Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values ProgrammeNot specifiedDeadline: November 5, 2026 ·
• Enhancing the security of citizens against terrorism and lone-actor violence in confined spaces such as schools
  European Commission · Horizon EuropeUp to €4,835,000Deadline: November 5, 2026 ·
• OJJDP FY 2026 Strategies to Support Children Exposed to Violence
  Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Up to $815,000Deadline: November 16, 2026 ·
• Women’s, LGBTIQ and minority rights in a context of autocracy, conflict and geopolitical shifts
  European Commission · Horizon Europe€3,500,000 – €4,000,000Deadline: September 23, 2027 ·
• F26AS00071 Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund: Habitat Conservation Plan Land Acquisition Grants
  Fish and Wildlife Service$10,000 – $26,000,000Deadline: October 30, 2026 ·
• NIJ FY 2026 Research and Evaluation on School Safety
  National Institute of JusticeUp to $5,000,000Deadline: November 23, 2026 ·
• NIJ FY 2026 Research on Gender Dysphoria and Violent Crime
  National Institute of JusticeUp to $1,000,000Deadline: November 23, 2026 ·

Forecast: announced, not open yet

8 forecast calls on conflict and violence. Funders publish forecasts before a call opens; you can't apply to these yet, and dates can change.

• ForecastCDC National Centers of Excellence in Youth Violence Prevention (YVPCs): Rigorous Evaluation of Prevention Approaches to Prevent and Reduce Youth Violence
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERAUp to $1,200,000Expected to open October 1, 2026
• ForecastNew Investigator Grants to Conduct Research to Prevent Interpersonal Violence and Suicide Among Children and Adolescents (K01)
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERAUp to $150,000Expected to open October 1, 2026
• ForecastResearch Grants to Rigorously Evaluate Innovative and Promising Approaches to Prevent Firearm-Related Violence and Injuries
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERAUp to $650,000Expected to open October 1, 2026
• ForecastPreventing Suicide and Interpersonal Violence Among Youth and Young Adults
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERAUp to $500,000Expected to open October 1, 2026
• ForecastDomestic Violence Prevention
  Indian Health ServiceNot specifiedExpected to open February 1, 2027
• ForecastDomestic Violence Prevention: Forensic Healthcare Services
  Indian Health ServiceNot specifiedExpected to open February 1, 2027
• ForecastSupporting Community Application of Life-Saving Evidence to Prevent Injury and Violence (SCALE)
  Centers for Disease Control - NCIPCNot specifiedExpected to open February 5, 2027
• ForecastPreventing Violence Affecting Young Lives (PREVAYL 2.0)
  Centers for Disease Control - NCIPCUp to $450,000Expected to open March 3, 2027

Funded conflict and violence projects

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

• Uncovering the Molecular Mechanisms of Collisions Between the DNA Replication and Transcription Machinery
  Wellcome · £2,745,284 · ends 2034
• CRITICAL SEEING: using film, ethnographic, and deliberative methods to form multimodal representations of ICU decision-making dispute, and to model practices of conflict reduction
  Wellcome · £3,675,059 · ends 2032
• Ethical Challenges of Chronic Disease Care in Humanitarian Settings
  Wellcome · £713,284 · ends 2031
• Pathogenic inhibition of epithelial cell extrusion
  NIH · NIAID · $3,100,748 · ends 2030
• Global food security relies heavily on the international trade of a small number of crops and fertilizers, yet much of this trade passes…
  USDA · $463,296 · ends 2030
• Indigenous Movement for Peace Advancement and Conflict Transformation (I.M.P.A.C.T.) — Agricultural Development
  Gates Foundation · $4,999,963 · ends 2029
• FemIDEAS: Transforming Theory, Policy, and Practice to Decolonise Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Higher Education
  UKRI · UKRI FLF · £593,406 · ends 2029
• Excellence in Research: Unraveling Mechanisms of Host-Pathogen Conflict Using Caenorhabditis elegans and Environmental Klebsiella pneumoniae
  NSF · BIO · $879,047 · ends 2029
• The need to feed a growing population while improving the system's resource use efficiency, soil health, and profitability challenges…
  USDA · $749,267 · ends 2029
• Doe/nnsa is implementing enhanced reporting requirements for applications and awards
  DOE · $9,100,000 · ends 2028

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 “conflict or violence”. 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.