Who funds food safety research?

We count 62 funded food safety projects, active between 2024 and 2031, from 7 funders. The most came from USDA (26 projects), EU · Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (10 projects) and EU · MSCA (8 projects). The median award is $746K, across the 61 of 62 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

62

Funders

7

Median award

$746K

Open calls now

3

Top funders of food safety research

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

Open food safety funding calls

3 open calls mention food safety today.

• Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program Foundational and Applied Science Program
  National Institute of Food and Agriculture$10,000 – $10,000,000Deadline: December 31, 2026 ·
• Animal Food Regulatory Program Standards Implementation Development and Maintenance, with Mutual Reliance Initiatives Clinical Trials Not Allowed
  Food and Drug AdministrationUp to $300,000Deadline: April 1, 2027 ·
• Laboratory Flexible Funding Model (LFFM)
  Food and Drug AdministrationUp to $1,500,000Deadline: January 11, 2028 ·

Forecast: announced, not open yet

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

• ForecastRetail Food Safety Regulatory Association Collaboration
  Food and Drug AdministrationNot specifiedOpening date not announced

Funded food safety projects

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

• CAREER: Understanding the Biosynthesis of Terpenoid Mycotoxins
  NSF · MPS · $800,000 · ends 2031
• The growing global innovators in agriculture project aims to deepen youth engagement inagriculture, empowering them to become agricultural…
  USDA · $750,000 · ends 2030
• Despite efforts to improve food safety, microbial contamination remains a significant issue in the u.s., particularly in the ready-to-eat…
  USDA · $649,767 · ends 2030
• The food animal residue avoidance databank (farad) program is a chemical food safety program designed to provide up-to-date pharmacokinetic…
  USDA · $148,000 · ends 2029
• Institute for Food Safety and Health National Center for Food Safety and Technology Cooperative Agreement Renewal Application
  FDA · Food and Drug Administration · $3,997,000 · ends 2029
• Tackling the Risks of Aflatoxins and Climate Effects on Child Health in Africa (TRACE)
  Wellcome · £2,731,498 · ends 2029
• Expansion of the Food Safety Research Network to create and mobilise new capabilities that act on microbial risk
  UKRI · BBSRC · £587,797 · ends 2028
• Onza Corp — Agricultural Development
  Gates Foundation · $1,494,786 · ends 2028
• BBSRC Institute Strategic Programme: Microbes and Food Safety Partner Grant
  UKRI · BBSRC · £657,991 · ends 2028
• Microbes and Food Safety: Microbial survival in established and evolving food systems
  UKRI · BBSRC · £2,966,464 · ends 2028

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 “food safety”. 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.