Who funds fuel cell research?

We count 81 funded fuel cell projects, active between 2019 and 2031, from 5 funders. The most came from EU · Climate, Energy and Mobility (40 projects), EU · MSCA (17 projects) and EU · ERC (6 projects). The median award is $4M, across the 77 of 81 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

81

Funders

5

Median award

$4M

Open calls now

0

Top funders of fuel cell research

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

Open fuel cell funding calls

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Funded fuel cell projects

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

• Improved Reaction Energies and Electronic Structures in Charged Electrocatalytic Environments
  NSF · ENG · $440,000 · ends 2029
• Fuel Cell Longevity in Motion: Understanding and Controlling Degradation in Dynamic Environments
  NSF · ENG · $466,896 · ends 2029
• Elements: NequIP infrastructure for training and deploying neural equivariant interatomic potentials and materials foundation models
  NSF · CISE · $600,000 · ends 2029
• The proposed project seeks to demonstrate increased hydropower flexibility by hybridizing hydrogen energy technology with a hydropower…
  DOE · $2,440,998 · ends 2028
• Understanding and Enhancing Cytochrome Biowires
  UKRI · BBSRC · ends 2028
• The goal of this project is to enable and perform world-class research in low-carbon electrochemical power production and hydrogen…
  DOE · $3,000,000 · ends 2028
• Form energy, inc. Control no. 3387-1981 vision open 2024 project title: regenerative metal fuels for renewable energy transmission without…
  DOE · $3,455,344 · ends 2028
• Fuel Cell Ionomers from Durable Aromatic Hydrocarbon Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity
  EU · MSCA · ends 2028
• Creating Cytochrome Wires for Sustainable Biotechnology
  UKRI · BBSRC · ends 2027
• machine learning enhanced Ab Initio Mesoscale electrochemical Simulator
  EU · MSCA · €202,125 · 2027–2029 · FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JULICH GMBH

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 “fuel cell or fuel cells”. 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.