Who funds cryptography research?

We count 72 funded cryptography projects, active between 2021 and 2032, from 3 funders. The most came from EU · ERC (35 projects), EU · MSCA (8 projects) and EU · EIC (6 projects). The median award is $1.6M, across the 72 of 72 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

72

Funders

3

Median award

$1.6M

Open calls now

2

Top funders of cryptography research

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

Open cryptography funding calls

2 open calls mention cryptography today.

• Cryptography, including Post-quantum Cryptography
  National Science Foundation (SBIR/STTR)Not specifiedDeadline: July 7, 2027 ·
• Cryptography, Security, and Cybersecurity
  National Science Foundation (SBIR/STTR)Not specifiedDeadline: July 7, 2027 ·

Funded cryptography projects

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

• CAREER: Quantum Cryptography: Towards New Functionalities and Foundations
  NSF · CISE · $679,721 · ends 2031
• CAREER: Geometry of moduli spaces of curves
  NSF · MPS · $425,000 · ends 2031
• CAREER: Pseudorandomness and Quantum Many-Body Physics
  NSF · MPS · $497,447 · ends 2031
• REU Site: Cryptography, Coding Theory and Quantum Computing at the USF
  NSF · CISE · $471,375 · ends 2029
• Special loci in algebraic geometry and number theory
  NSF · MPS · $230,000 · ends 2029
• Collaborative Research: SaTC 2.0: RES: Secure and Efficient CRYSTALS-Kyber Architecture to Resist Against Side-channel and Fault Attacks on Post-Quantum Cryptography
  NSF · CISE · $300,000 · ends 2029
• QUANTA: Quantum Communications over Atmospheric Channels Aided by Detector Arrays
  UKRI · EPSRC · £1,160,825 · ends 2029
• Basis Reduction for Structured Lattices With Applications to Post-Quantum Cryptography
  UKRI · EPSRC · £1,006,486 · ends 2029
• Algorithmic Proofs of Algorithmic Impossibility
  UKRI · EPSRC · £485,619 · ends 2028
• Secrecy-Preserving Proofs with Solid Foundations
  EU · ERC · €1,390,625 · ends 2027

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 “cryptography or cryptographic”. 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.