Who funds gravitational wave research?

We count 101 funded gravitational wave projects, active between 2021 and 2032, from 4 funders. The most came from EU · ERC (49 projects), EU · MSCA (20 projects) and NSF · MPS (15 projects). The median award is $1.6M, across the 98 of 101 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

101

Funders

4

Median award

$1.6M

Open calls now

0

Top funders of gravitational wave research

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

Open gravitational wave funding calls

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Funded gravitational wave projects

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

• Unveiling the Black Hole Populations of Milky Way Globular Clusters
  NSF · MPS · $490,197 · ends 2029
• WoU-MMA: The GRavitatiOnal-Wave Paleontology CataLog (GROWL): Breaking Simulation Silos To Study Compact Object Mergers Across Cosmic Time
  NSF · MPS · $507,993 · ends 2029
• Frameworks: An Ecosystem of Services for Multi-Messenger and Time Domain Science
  NSF · CISE · $1,352,523 · ends 2029
• Collaborative Research: Frameworks: ML4GW, a machine learning ecosystem for gravitational wave data analysis
  NSF · CISE · $973,138 · ends 2029
• The song and the cacophony; searching LSST for eclipsing white dwarf binaries
  UKRI · STFC · £578,373 · ends 2029
• Probing supermassive black hole evolution with pulsar timing arrays
  UKRI · £430,407 · ends 2029
• Systematically characterising the exotic material properties of weakly collisional plasmas
  UKRI · UKRI FLF · £591,235 · ends 2029
• Collaborative Research: Understanding Compact Binary Formation With Gravitational Wave Observations
  NSF · MPS · $552,428 · ends 2029
• Collaborative Research: Elements: Portable Resistive GRMHD Cyberinfrastructure for Multi-Messenger Astrophysics
  NSF · CISE · $299,988 · ends 2029
• EPSCoR Research Fellows: NSF: Experimental Gravitational-Wave Research in Rhode Island
  NSF · Office of the Director · $260,886 · ends 2028

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 “gravitational waves or gravitational wave”. 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.