Who funds early modern history research?

We count 96 funded early modern history projects, active between 2020 and 2032, from 3 funders. The most came from EU · ERC (45 projects), EU · MSCA (45 projects) and UKRI · AHRC (3 projects). The median award is $1.2M, across the 93 of 96 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

96

Funders

3

Median award

$1.2M

Open calls now

4

Top funders of early modern history research

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

Open early modern history funding calls

4 open calls mention early modern history today.

• Folger Long-term Fellowships
  Folger Shakespeare Library (Folger Institute)Not specifiedDeadline: December 15, 2026 ·
• Folger Long-term Public Humanities Fellowships
  Folger Shakespeare Library (Folger Institute)Not specifiedDeadline: December 15, 2026 ·
• Folger Artistic Research Fellowships
  Folger Shakespeare Library (Folger Institute)Not specifiedDeadline: January 15, 2027 ·
• Folger Short-term Fellowships
  Folger Shakespeare Library (Folger Institute)Not specifiedDeadline: January 15, 2027 ·

Forecast: announced, not open yet

1 forecast call on early modern history. Funders publish forecasts before a call opens; you can't apply to these yet, and dates can change.

• ForecastFolger Books in Progress Fellowships
  Folger Shakespeare Library (Folger Institute)Not specifiedOpening date not announced

Funded early modern history projects

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

• AMEND - eArly Modern European NeuroDivergence
  Wellcome · £991,411 · ends 2030
• The Fats of Life in the Early Modern World, 1500-1750: Matter in Multispecies Medicine
  Wellcome · £442,145 · ends 2030
• Use of econometric and political economy methods to analyse the behaviour of the Reichstage of the Holy Roman Empire
  UKRI · ESRC · ends 2029
• Witchcraft politics (Hexenpolitik) across the sea. A new entangled history of early modern England and the Holy Roman Empire.
  UKRI · AHRC · £344,443 · ends 2029
• Three Latin Shijings
  UKRI · AHRC · £248,729 · ends 2028
• Spectacles of Consumption: Arts, Ecologies, and Politics of Feasting at Early Modern Muslim Courts
  EU · ERC · €1,999,500 · 2027–2032 · UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA
• Mobile Matter: American Goods in the Early Modern Maghrib (1492-1659)
  EU · MSCA · ends 2027
• European Migration, Social Structure and Empire Building in Portuguese Asia, 1500-1650
  EU · MSCA · €232,916 · 2027–2029 · KONINKLIJKE NEDERLANDSE AKADEMIE VAN WETENSCHAPPEN - KNAW
• Beyond Stockfish: Migratory and Freshwater Fisheries during the Rise of Early Modern Trading Companies
  UKRI · AHRC · £248,989 · ends 2027
• SEAMAP: Early Modern Maritime Knowledge and Cartography in the Atlantic World
  EU · MSCA · €277,207 · 2027–2030 · UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA

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 “early modern”. 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.