Who funds groundwater research?

We count 67 funded groundwater projects, active between 2021 and 2032, from 6 funders. The most came from EU · MSCA (14 projects), EU · ERC (12 projects) and NSF · GEO (10 projects). The median award is $549K, across the 67 of 67 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

67

Funders

6

Median award

$549K

Open calls now

0

Top funders of groundwater research

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

Open groundwater funding calls

No open call mentions groundwater in our listings today. We add new calls twice a day; create a free account to get an alert when one opens.

Funded groundwater projects

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

• CAREER: Interplay Between Multiphase Flow Dynamics and Mineral Dissolution in Subsurface Environments
  NSF · GEO · $737,228 · ends 2031
• Fiu-arc's research and technology development, demonstration and testing will be in the 4 major areas of environmental cleanup operations…
  DOE · $3,050,000 · ends 2031
• CAREER: Cultivating Sustainable Agriculture and Education through Transitions
  NSF · ENG · $549,852 · ends 2030
• An innovative dual function sorbent-based remediation unit is proposed to reduce the demand for freshwater while protecting the surface and…
  USDA · $650,000 · ends 2030
• Collaborative Research: CAIG: Physics-Informed Conditional Generative Inversion of Fracture Fields
  NSF · GEO · $499,863 · ends 2029
• NSF-SNSF: Hydrology from Genes: Resolving snow and ice contributions to streamflow using environmental DNA (eDNA)
  NSF · GEO · $439,997 · ends 2029
• Quantum-Inspired Amplitude-Phase Frameworks for Uncertainty-Centric Groundwater Flow and Transport Modeling
  NSF · ENG · $352,443 · ends 2029
• RUI: Effective multi-method and domain decomposition approaches to solving multiphysics problems of fluid-porous flow with transport
  NSF · MPS · $166,327 · ends 2029
• Communities across the united states rely on land application of biosolids as a cost?effective way to recycle nutrients, support crop…
  USDA · $750,000 · ends 2029
• Groundwater from the high plains (ogallala) aquifer is essential to agriculture, rural communities, food production, and local economies…
  USDA · $649,946 · 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 “groundwater”. 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.