Who funds exoplanet research?

We count 57 funded exoplanet projects, active between 2020 and 2031, from 4 funders. The most came from EU · ERC (34 projects), EU · MSCA (8 projects) and UKRI · STFC (6 projects). The median award is $1.6M, across the 55 of 57 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

57

Funders

4

Median award

$1.6M

Open calls now

0

Top funders of exoplanet research

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

Open exoplanet funding calls

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Funded exoplanet projects

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

• Rainbow Connection: Exoplanet Cloud Scattering Via Neural Networks
  UKRI · STFC · £504,986 · ends 2029
• Magnetism in Hot Jupiters
  UKRI · STFC · £444,339 · ends 2029
• Galactic scale hot and cool exoplanet demography with Roman and Euclid
  UKRI · STFC · £529,287 · ends 2029
• This proposal investigates the physical mechanisms that generate three-dimensional structure in exoplanet atmospheres and determines how…
  NASA · $169,588 · ends 2029
• The Demographics of Pre-main Sequence Stars and their Disks
  NSF · MPS · $222,386 · ends 2029
• RASSCALS: Robotic AO Survey of Sco-Cen for Companions at Large Separations
  NSF · MPS · $452,836 · ends 2029
• The project will combine data from direct imaging radial velocity and astrometric surveys to create a unified demographics analysis of…
  NASA · $236,257 · ends 2029
• The project updates the open source exoplex massradiuscomposition calculator to incorporate multiple interior models atmospheric formalisms…
  NASA · $161,392 · ends 2029
• Energetic Particle Impact on the Chemistry of Exoplanet Atmospheres
  EU · MSCA · €252,729 · 2027–2029 · DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES
• Mapping Giant Planet Formation Sites with Spectral Line Tomography
  EU · MSCA · €202,125 · 2027–2029 · MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN EV

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 “exoplanet or exoplanets”. 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.