Who funds geology research?

We count 124 funded geology projects, active between 2020 and 2033, from 5 funders. The most came from EU · ERC (42 projects), NSF · GEO (26 projects) and EU · MSCA (21 projects). The median award is $1.3M, across the 121 of 124 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

124

Funders

5

Median award

$1.3M

Open calls now

7

Top funders of geology research

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

Open geology funding calls

7 open calls mention geology today.

• Cooperative Agreement for Affiliated Partner with the Great Lakes-Northern Forest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)
  Geological Survey$1 – $150,000Deadline: November 14, 2026 ·
• Cooperative Agreement for affiliated Partner with Great Lakes-Northern Forest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit
  Geological Survey$1 – $485,000Deadline: November 14, 2026 ·
• Cooperative Agreement for affiliated Partner with Rocky Mountain Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit
  Geological Survey$1 – $100,000Deadline: November 14, 2026 ·
• Cooperative Agreement for Affiliated Partner with the Colorado Plateau Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)
  Geological Survey$1 – $90,000Deadline: November 14, 2026 ·
• Cooperative Agreement for Affiliated Partner with the Pacific Northwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)
  Geological Survey$1 – $200,000Deadline: November 14, 2026 ·
• GSA Jack Kleinman Memorial Award for Volcano Research
  Geological Society of AmericaUp to $5,000Deadline: December 30, 2026 ·
• GSA Section Research Grants for undergraduates
  Geological Society of AmericaNot specifiedDeadline: April 10, 2027 ·

Forecast: announced, not open yet

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

• ForecastGSA Cole Research Grant Awards
  Geological Society of AmericaUp to $10,000Opening date not announced
• ForecastGSA Graduate Student Research Grants
  Geological Society of AmericaNot specifiedOpening date not announced
• ForecastSEPM Student Research Grants
  SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology)Not specifiedOpening date not announced

Funded geology projects

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

• Supporting the Success of Physical and Quantitative Sciences Scholars in Rural Appalachia
  NSF · EDU · $2,000,000 · ends 2033
• CAREER: Back to the Beginning - Refining marine radiocarbon as a tracer of ocean circulation and time in the North Pacific
  NSF · GEO · $599,974 · ends 2030
• Seafloor Phosphorus Weathering and Earth System Response to Geologic Perturbations
  NSF · GEO · $494,304 · ends 2030
• TS: Technician to Support Clumped Isotope Research, Instrument Training, and STEM Outreach at North Carolina State University
  NSF · GEO · $759,752 · ends 2030
• CO2 and Climate Change: Deciphering the Role of the High Latitude Oceans
  UKRI · UKRI FLF · £594,741 · ends 2029
• STAR: Theory and Software for Detecting Speciation with Periodic Gene Flow
  NSF · BIO · $399,733 · ends 2029
• Shale 2.0
  NSF · TIP · $6,000,000 · ends 2029
• Unlocking the cryo-mineral record of ocean-surface transport at Jupiter's icy moons
  UKRI · STFC · £629,899 · ends 2029
• Infrastructure investment and jobs act (iija): project antheia: developing decarbonization solutions for georgia the carbonsafe phase iii…
  DOE · $25,000,000 · ends 2029
• Baker hughes new rocks award control number: 3592-1522 title: automated geological appraisal technology and explorer system (agates) this…
  DOE · $3,744,275 · 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 “geology or geological”. 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.