Who funds conservation research?

We count 56 funded conservation projects, active between 2021 and 2032, from 6 funders. The most came from EU · MSCA (24 projects), EU · ERC (11 projects) and EU · Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (4 projects). The median award is $702K, across the 52 of 56 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

56

Funders

6

Median award

$702K

Open calls now

4

Top funders of conservation research

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

Open conservation funding calls

4 open calls mention conservation today.

• F26AS00071 Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund: Habitat Conservation Plan Land Acquisition Grants
  Fish and Wildlife Service$10,000 – $26,000,000Deadline: October 30, 2026 ·
• F26AS00030 Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund: Recovery Land Acquisition Grant Program
  Fish and Wildlife Service$10,000 – $14,162,000Deadline: November 20, 2026 ·
• F26AS00088 Endangered Species Conservation – Wolf Livestock Loss Compensation and Prevention
  Fish and Wildlife Service$10,000 – $675,000Deadline: January 15, 2027 ·
• Cooperative Agreement for Affiliated Partner with the Great Lakes-Northern Forest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)
  Geological Survey$1 – $150,000Deadline: November 14, 2026 ·

Funded conservation projects

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

• LTREB: Disentangling mechanisms driving biomass decline in a temperate deciduous forest
  NSF · BIO · $600,000 · ends 2031
• Conserving Global Health: Biodiversity Protection and the Prehistory of Planetary Health
  Wellcome · £1,072,426 · ends 2031
• Reprogramming behaviour: Flexible assembly of object identification circuits
  Wellcome · £530,939 · ends 2030
• Collaborative Research: Using AI-powered Non-lethal Sampling to Inform Evidence-based Forest Management Practices and Enhance Pollinator Conservation
  NSF · BIO · $249,947 · ends 2030
• STAR: Testing the theoretical basis of microbe-mediated plant adaptation to drought.
  NSF · BIO · $395,449 · ends 2030
• Robust Conservation for a Dynamic World (Renewal)
  UKRI · UKRI FLF · £596,310 · ends 2029
• Ultrasound-induced artificial hibernation: Mimicking natural hibernation to enhance human health
  NIH · NIDDK · $3,265,500 · ends 2029
• Collaborative Research: Decoding GlycoRNAs on Cell Surfaces using Single-molecule and Single-cell Approaches
  NSF · MPS · $374,998 · ends 2029
• Harnessing Ensemble Models for Robust Near-Term Population Forecasts under Environmental Change
  UKRI · NERC · £793,868 · ends 2029
• Cultural Keystone Species as a tool to co-design biocultural stewardship for biodiversity conservation
  EU · MSCA · 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 “conservation species or conservation biology”. 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.