Who funds geometry research?

We count 242 funded geometry projects, active between 2020 and 2031, from 6 funders. The most came from EU · ERC (95 projects), NSF · MPS (62 projects) and EU · MSCA (52 projects). The median award is $696K, across the 237 of 242 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

242

Funders

6

Median award

$696K

Open calls now

1

Top funders of geometry research

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

Open geometry funding calls

1 open call mentions geometry today.

• Geometric Analysis
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: November 3, 2026 ·
  Real odds: About 1 in 4 funded (26% · NSF Division of Mathematical Sciences (DMS), all proposals, FY2024)

Real odds

• About 1 in 4 funded · 26% · NSF Division of Mathematical Sciences (DMS), all proposals, FY2024 · NSF funding rates (directorate page)

Published success rates for the programs behind the open calls above: the share of applications the funder funded, program-wide, not for this topic.

Funded geometry projects

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

• CAREER: Geometry of moduli spaces of curves
  NSF · MPS · $425,000 · ends 2031
• CAREER: Higher Singularities and Birational Geometry in Positive and Mixed Characteristics
  NSF · MPS · $400,000 · ends 2031
• CAREER: Applications of Koszul duality to local algebra
  NSF · MPS · $400,000 · ends 2031
• BPS cohomology in geometry and representation theory
  UKRI · EPSRC · £1,040,004 · ends 2031
• Advancing Statistical Physics Methods for Combinatorics, Algorithms, and Geometry
  UKRI · UKRI FLF · £593,987 · ends 2030
• Chiral phononics: Controlling electronic phases with phonon angular momentum
  EU · ERC · €1,500,000 · ends 2029
• Intrinsic Geometry-Aware Distributed Continuous-Time Optimization on SO(3) for Multi-agent Systems
  NSF · ENG · $472,262 · ends 2029
• Critical Systems in Random Geometry
  UKRI · UKRI FLF · £551,964 · ends 2029
• Excellence in Research: From Geometry to Flow: Predicting Wind Turbulence in Realistic Urban Neighborhoods
  NSF · ENG · $696,138 · ends 2029
• Causal Sets: Geometry and Inference
  UKRI · UKRI FLF · £595,586 · 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 “geometry”. 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.