Who funds dark matter research?

We count 124 funded dark matter projects, active between 2020 and 2031, from 4 funders. The most came from EU · ERC (41 projects), EU · MSCA (30 projects) and NSF · MPS (23 projects). The median award is $753K, across the 119 of 124 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

124

Funders

4

Median award

$753K

Open calls now

0

Top funders of dark matter research

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

Open dark matter funding calls

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Funded dark matter projects

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

• Reimagining New Physics: Higgs, Flavour, Dark Matter, and Topology Beyond the Standard Model
  UKRI · STFC · £740,253 · ends 2031
• Newcastle Particle Cosmology Programme
  UKRI · STFC · £18,371 · ends 2030
• Precision Measurements and Fundamental Interaction Studies at Indiana University
  NSF · MPS · $6,000,000 · ends 2030
• Taking galactic archaeology beyond the near field
  UKRI · UKRI FLF · £599,541 · ends 2029
• Euclid as a dark matter particle collider experiment
  UKRI · STFC · £496,663 · ends 2029
• ANUBIS: AN Underground Belayed In-Shaft experiment to search for long-lived particles using LHC service shafts at CERN
  UKRI · UKRI FLF · £593,398 · ends 2029
• New light particles: from theory to experiment and observations
  UKRI · UKRI FLF · £594,154 · ends 2029
• Collaborative Research: The effects of parasitism: from host consequences to ecosystem processes
  NSF · BIO · $969,254 · ends 2029
• Multi-probe cosmological and astrophysical constraints using a dynamical halo model
  NSF · MPS · $815,517 · ends 2029
• Collaborative Research: The mass profiles of dwarf galaxies with the Rubin Observatory
  NSF · MPS · $510,337 · 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 “dark matter”. 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.