Who funds food security research?

We count 191 funded food security projects, active between 2010 and 2032, from 6 funders. The most came from EU · MSCA (50 projects), USDA (30 projects) and EU · ERC (27 projects). The median award is $1M, across the 185 of 191 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

191

Funders

6

Median award

$1M

Open calls now

1

Top funders of food security research

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

Open food security funding calls

1 open call mentions food security today.

• NordForsk call: Nordic and Baltic Solutions on Food Security
  Research Council of FinlandNot specifiedDeadline: December 2, 2026 ·

Funded food security projects

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

• AEGIS - Ancient Environmental Genomics Initiative for Sustainability
  Wellcome · £9,716,729 · ends 2031
• The center for tropical and subtropical aquaculture (ctsa) is one of five regional aquaculture centers (racs) established under the food…
  USDA · $934,771 · ends 2031
• African swine fever is a highly contagious and often fatal disease of domestic and wild pigs
  USDA · $10,000,000 · ends 2031
• The u.s. Oyster aquaculture industry is an important part of coastal economies and domestic food security, underpinning more than $4…
  USDA · $8,240,701 · ends 2031
• CAREER: DroughtRx - forecasting drought at decision-relevant scales for agricultural resilience
  NSF · GEO · $938,299 · ends 2031
• PHOENix: Planetary Health Optimisation for Enhancing Nutrition and Food Security through School Feeding Programmes in Egypt
  Wellcome · £782,317 · ends 2031
• CAREER: Uncovering the Gene Regulatory Networks of Coral Skeleton Development
  NSF · BIO · $841,721 · ends 2031
• EMBARC+ Exploring Mayflies and Bats: Assessing Risks to Chemicals (plus fish)
  UKRI · UKRI FLF · £609,856 · ends 2031
• Haskè Conseil — Agricultural Development
  Gates Foundation · $3,997,667 · ends 2030
• CoCentre for Sustainable Food Systems
  UKRI · ISPF · £6,280,664 · 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 “food security”. 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.