Who funds greenhouse gas emissions research?

We count 907 funded greenhouse gas emissions projects, active between 2019 and 2032, from 9 funders. The most came from EU · MSCA (223 projects), EU · Climate, Energy and Mobility (212 projects) and EU · ERC (136 projects). The median award is $2.5M, across the 878 of 907 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

907

Funders

9

Median award

$2.5M

Open calls now

8

Top funders of greenhouse gas emissions research

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

Open greenhouse gas emissions funding calls

8 open calls mention greenhouse gas emissions today.

• 2026 Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Program
  Environmental Protection AgencyUp to $12,000,000Deadline: January 22, 2027 ·
• Demonstration of zero emission coaches and buses in long distance operations (2ZERO Partnership)
  European Commission · Horizon EuropeUp to €13,500,000Deadline: April 14, 2027 ·
• Emission or Waste Reduction and the Circular Economy
  National Science Foundation (SBIR/STTR)Not specifiedDeadline: July 7, 2027 ·
• Increasing mitigation of GHG emissions and feed efficiency through feed additives
  European Commission · Horizon EuropeUp to €6,000,000Deadline: September 23, 2027 ·
• DRIVE35 Scale-up Fund drawdown five
  Innovate UKUp to £150,000,000Deadline: November 4, 2026 ·
  Real odds: About 1 in 7 funded (14% · Innovate UK, all funding decisions, 2024-25)
• High Speed, Low Temperature Hyperspectral Imager for High Enthalpy Ground Testing
  U.S. Department of Defense – Air Force (SBIR)Not specifiedDeadline: November 25, 2026 ·
• Center of Excellence for Alternative Jet Fuels and Environment
  FAA-COE-AJFE$1 – $20,000,000Deadline: September 30, 2027 ·
• 2445: DRIVE35: Scale Up Fund
  Innovate UKUp to £150,000,000Deadline: Not listed
  Real odds: About 1 in 7 funded (14% · Innovate UK, all funding decisions, 2024-25)

Real odds

• About 1 in 7 funded · 14% · Innovate UK, all funding decisions, 2024-25 · UKRI investment and outputs data, table 2.1

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 greenhouse gas emissions projects

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

• CAREER: Characterizing Chemical Emissions and Multiphase Transformations from Personal Care Product Use in Indoor Environments
  NSF · ENG · $545,869 · ends 2031
• LTER V: Coastal Oligotrophic Ecosystems
  NSF · BIO · $6,375,000 · ends 2031
• CAREER: Lossless Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics via Directed Emission
  NSF · MPS · $750,000 · ends 2031
• Constraining OH concentrations with Satellite data and Machine learning to Investigate CH4 Trends (COSMIC)
  UKRI · NERC · £803,734 · ends 2031
• Earth-Abundant Metal Catalysis in the Production of Pharmaceutical Drugs
  UKRI · EPSRC · £2,106,859 · ends 2030
• Virtual Exascale Calculations Transform Aviation (VECTA)
  UKRI · EPSRC · £6,991,489 · ends 2030
• CAREER: Synergistic Urban Environmental Modeling: From Microclimate Dynamics to Community Resilience
  NSF · ENG · $549,999 · ends 2030
• From knee to brain: an integrated, whole-body approach to the study of inflammation in knee osteoarthritis
  NIH · NIAMS · $4,117,150 · ends 2030
• CAREER: CAS-Climate: Assessing Manure Management and Climate Emissions on Animal Feeding Operations via Satellite Remote Sensing
  NSF · ENG · $549,858 · ends 2030
• Modernization of the Yale PET Core
  NIH · Office of the Director · $7,651,943 · ends 2030

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 “greenhouse gas or emissions”. 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.