Who funds cosmology research?

We count 114 funded cosmology projects, active between 2020 and 2032, from 4 funders. The most came from EU · ERC (60 projects), EU · MSCA (23 projects) and NSF · MPS (10 projects). The median award is $1.6M, across the 113 of 114 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

114

Funders

4

Median award

$1.6M

Open calls now

3

Top funders of cosmology research

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

Open cosmology funding calls

3 open calls mention cosmology today.

• NASA Hubble Fellowship Program (NHFP)
  Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) for NASANot specifiedDeadline: October 28, 2026 ·
• Lasker Fellowship
  Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) for NASANot specifiedDeadline: October 29, 2026 ·
• Brinson Prize Fellowships
  Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) for NASANot specifiedDeadline: November 5, 2026 ·

Funded cosmology projects

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

• TRANSCEND: Cosmology and astrophysics from a census of the transient Universe
  UKRI · STFC · £3,889,891 · ends 2032
• Astrophysics and cosmology from CMB scattering
  UKRI · STFC · £826,721 · ends 2031
• Newcastle Particle Cosmology Programme
  UKRI · STFC · £18,371 · ends 2030
• Quantum Many-Body Physics with Ultracold Polar Molecules
  UKRI · EPSRC · £9,987,529 · ends 2030
• Probing clumpy star formation using Euclid observations and cosmic simulations
  UKRI · £457,140 · ends 2029
• Multi-probe cosmological and astrophysical constraints using a dynamical halo model
  NSF · MPS · $815,517 · ends 2029
• Collaborative Research: Understanding Compact Binary Formation With Gravitational Wave Observations
  NSF · MPS · $552,428 · ends 2029
• Collaborative Research: COLIMATE: An On-Chip Spectrometer Array for Multi-Line Intensity Mapping Cosmology
  NSF · MPS · $313,253 · ends 2029
• Elements: A GPU-enabled exascale adaptive mesh code for multiphysics cosmological structure formation
  NSF · CISE · $597,465 · ends 2029
• Collaborative Research: Elements: Lattice QCD software for nuclear physics on heterogeneous architectures
  NSF · CISE · $394,273 · 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 “cosmology or cosmological”. 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.