Who funds gender research?

We count 500 funded gender projects, active between 2018 and 2032, from 5 funders. The most came from Gates Foundation (285 projects), EU · MSCA (95 projects) and EU · ERC (54 projects). The median award is $1M, across the 492 of 500 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

500

Funders

5

Median award

$1M

Open calls now

6

Top funders of gender research

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

Open gender funding calls

6 open calls mention gender today.

• Preventing gender-based violence
  European Commission · Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values ProgrammeNot specifiedDeadline: November 5, 2026 ·
• Protecting and supporting victims and survivors of gender-based violence.
  European Commission · Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values ProgrammeNot specifiedDeadline: November 5, 2026 ·
• Supporting intermediary organisations (providing financial support to civil society organisations) working in the fields of gender-based violence and violence against children
  European Commission · Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values ProgrammeNot specifiedDeadline: November 5, 2026 ·
• NIJ FY 2026 Research on Gender Dysphoria and Violent Crime
  National Institute of JusticeUp to $1,000,000Deadline: November 23, 2026 ·
• Strengthen integrated child protection systems (CPS) incl. via cross-sectoral collaboration, and ensure child-centred, coordinated responses to violence against children, to contribute to the implementation of Commission Recommendation on integrated CPS
  European Commission · Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values ProgrammeNot specifiedDeadline: November 5, 2026 ·
• Supporting the achievement of the objectives of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women (VAW) and domestic violence in the Union and the implementation of the Directive on combating VAW and domestic violence
  European Commission · Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values ProgrammeNot specifiedDeadline: November 5, 2026 ·

Funded gender projects

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

• Instrumentalised Disability: Gendered Pathways to Health Injustice in China's one-child generation
  Wellcome · £379,729 · ends 2031
• United States Fund for UNICEF — Maternal, Newborn, Child Nutrition and Health
  Gates Foundation · $50,000,000 · ends 2031
• Flagship Labs Explorations, Inc — Create Novel Technology Platform Capabilities
  Gates Foundation · $12,332,172 · ends 2031
• Thriving Futures Philanthropic Fund — Empower Women and Girls
  Gates Foundation · $28,212,415 · ends 2031
• Structural Gendered Racism-Related Policies and Mental Health among Cisgender Women at Intersecting Axes of Race, Ethnicity, and Nativity: An Intersectional Mixed Methods Study
  NIH · NINR · $3,277,196 · ends 2030
• Making the margins visible: quantifying intersectional inequalities in youth mental health across time and place
  Wellcome · £736,598 · ends 2030
• Bridging Divides: Working with Young People to Understand the Causes of Gender Inequalities in Youth Mental Health in London and Tokyo
  Wellcome · £4,159,049 · ends 2030
• Longitudinal Study of Cognitive and Biological Aging in Midlife and Older Sexual and Gender Minority Adults
  NIH · NIA · $3,314,261 · ends 2029
• FemIDEAS: Transforming Theory, Policy, and Practice to Decolonise Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Higher Education
  UKRI · UKRI FLF · £593,406 · ends 2029
• Gender discrimination and sexual harassment in the NHS
  UKRI · ESRC · £252,147 · ends 2029

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 “gender”. 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.