Who funds epigenetics research?

We count 148 funded epigenetics projects, active between 2021 and 2034, from 6 funders. The most came from EU · ERC (57 projects), EU · MSCA (36 projects) and Wellcome (23 projects). The median award is $1.6M, across the 143 of 148 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

148

Funders

6

Median award

$1.6M

Open calls now

0

Top funders of epigenetics research

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

Open epigenetics funding calls

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Funded epigenetics projects

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

• unlock:epi: unlocking the epigenome to understand, detect and modify age- related disease formation
  Wellcome · £2,883,693 · ends 2034
• The Birth of the Autophagosome
  Wellcome · £2,749,701 · ends 2033
• Mechanisms of biomolecular assembly in the establishment and maintenance of X-inactivation
  Wellcome · £2,022,527 · ends 2033
• CAREER: Investigating the dynamic interplay between DNA methylation and bacterial evolution
  NSF · BIO · $1,347,897 · ends 2031
• CAREER: How transgenerational chromatin landscapes shape C. elegans cell fate
  NSF · BIO · $1,100,000 · ends 2031
• CAREER: Unraveling the Epigenetic Grammar Governing Chromatin Organization
  NSF · BIO · $1,028,458 · ends 2031
• Research Initiation Award: Deciphering the Mechanistic Pathways of the Novel Epigenetic Modulator EBdCas9
  NSF · EDU · $449,395 · ends 2029
• Disentangling intrinsic and extrinsic stochasticity to understand epigenetic patterning and stability
  NSF · MPS · $300,000 · ends 2029
• A translational approach for novel precision medicine models
  NIH · NIAAA · $3,168,729 · ends 2029
• Decoding Positional Epigenetic Memory
  NIH · NIGMS · $3,125,817 · 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 “epigenetic or epigenetics”. 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.