Who funds extreme weather research?

We count 153 funded extreme weather projects, active between 2023 and 2032, from 7 funders. The most came from EU · MSCA (25 projects), NSF · GEO (22 projects) and Wellcome (17 projects). The median award is $1.1M, across the 150 of 153 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

153

Funders

7

Median award

$1.1M

Open calls now

2

Top funders of extreme weather research

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

Open extreme weather funding calls

2 open calls mention extreme weather today.

• Cooperative Agreement for Affiliated Partner with the Southern Appalachian Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)
  Geological Survey$1 – $330,000Deadline: October 30, 2026 ·
• EDA FY25 Disaster Supplemental
  Economic Development AdministrationUp to $50,000,000Deadline: Not listed

Forecast: announced, not open yet

2 forecast calls on extreme weather. Funders publish forecasts before a call opens; you can't apply to these yet, and dates can change.

• ForecastHealth and Extreme Weather Solutions-Focused Research Hubs (U54 - Clinical Trial Optional)
  National Institutes of HealthUp to $2,000,000Expected to open November 27, 2026
• ForecastHealth and Extreme Weather Research Coordination and Data Center (U2C - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  National Institutes of HealthNot specifiedExpected to open November 27, 2026

Funded extreme weather projects

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

• CAREER: Hurricane Surge, Wave, and Debris-induced Forces in Non-stationary Urban Shorelines
  NSF · ENG · $586,625 · ends 2031
• Blue Anthropocene Wellbeing: Coastal Dwelling Skills and Multispecies Disease Entanglements under Climate Change in the Pacific
  Wellcome · £1,437,952 · ends 2031
• CAREER: Topology-Driven Uncertainty Visualization for Scientific Ensembles
  NSF · CISE · $549,689 · ends 2031
• Collaborative Research: GEER - Collecting and Archiving AI-ready Perishable Data for Geotechnical Engineering Natural Hazards Research
  NSF · ENG · $1,633,151 · ends 2031
• CAREER: A Computational Framework for Rare-Event Resilience Planning and Education in Infrastructure Systems
  NSF · ENG · $616,762 · ends 2031
• Role of heat related gut-microbiota-brain-axis changes in psychosis (HEATMAP)
  Wellcome · £2,635,443 · ends 2031
• Climate and Health Science and Policy Consortium for West Africa
  Wellcome · £20,806,491 · ends 2031
• Long-term health effects of disasters on post acute care of patients with Alzheimers Dementia and other vulnerable groups
  NIH · NIA · $4,048,745 · ends 2030
• Wildfires and heatwaves: Chronic effects on development of autism
  NIH · NIEHS · $3,676,852 · ends 2030
• Extreme Weather Impacts and Interventions for Childhood Asthma
  NIH · NIEHS · $3,381,122 · ends 2030

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 “extreme weather or hurricane or heatwave”. 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.