Who funds housing research?

We count 125 funded housing projects, active between 2021 and 2032, from 9 funders. The most came from EU · MSCA (21 projects), EU · ERC (18 projects) and EU · Climate, Energy and Mobility (8 projects). The median award is $1.6M, across the 121 of 125 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

125

Funders

9

Median award

$1.6M

Open calls now

8

Top funders of housing research

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

Open housing funding calls

8 open calls mention housing today.

• FAIR HOUSING INITIATIVES PROGRAM PRIVATE ENFORCEMENT INITIATIVE
  Department of Housing and Urban Development$500,000 – $1,500,000Deadline: November 2, 2026 ·
• Fair Housing Initiatives Program - Education and Outreach Initiative
  Department of Housing and Urban Development$175,000 – $2,500,000Deadline: November 2, 2026 ·
• Addressing homelessness through housing-led approaches aligned with the New European Bauhaus
  European Commission · Horizon EuropeUp to €6,300,000Deadline: December 1, 2026 ·
• 1890 Institution Teaching, Research, and Extension Capacity Building Grants Program
  National Institute of Food and Agriculture$50,000 – $750,000Deadline: November 4, 2026 ·
• Accelerating Solutions to Improve Access and Quality of Empirically-Supported Practices for Youth Mental Health (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
  National Institutes of HealthNot specifiedDeadline: January 7, 2027 ·
  Real odds: About 1 in 8 funded (13% · NIH R01-equivalent grants, all NIH institutes, FY2025)
• ROSS Rapid Response Program
  Department of Housing and Urban Development$112,500 – $250,000Deadline: January 25, 2027 ·
• Authority to Accept Unsolicited Proposals for Research Partnerships Notice of Intent (NOI)
  Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentNot specifiedDeadline: June 9, 2027 ·
• Home Study and Post-Release Services for Unaccompanied Alien Children​​
  Administration for Children and Families - ORR$1,000,000 – $100,000,000Deadline: October 1, 2027 ·

Real odds

• About 1 in 8 funded · 13% · NIH R01-equivalent grants, all NIH institutes, FY2025 · NIH Data Book, report 29

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

Forecast: announced, not open yet

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

• ForecastIndian Housing Block Grant Competitive Program (IHBG-COMP) for FY 2026
  Department of Housing and Urban Development$500,000 – $7,500,000Expected to open September 16, 2026
• ForecastComprehensive Housing Counseling (CHC) and the Housing Counseling Training (HCT) NOFO (FY2026)
  Department of Housing and Urban Development$1 – $3,000,000Expected to open September 30, 2026
• ForecastFamily Unification Program (FUP) Multi-Year NOFO
  Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentUp to $1,700,000Expected to open August 12, 2026
• ForecastCommunity Development Block Grant Program for Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Villages
  Department of Housing and Urban Development$500,000 – $2,000,000Expected to open August 31, 2026
• ForecastCommunity Development Block Grant Program for Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Villages
  Department of Housing and Urban Development$500,000 – $2,250,000Expected to open December 16, 2026
• ForecastGPD Grant Forecast
  Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem ProgramNot specifiedOpening date not announced

Funded housing projects

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

• Boston University National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories
  NIH · NIAID · $11,500,000 · ends 2031
• FY25 TO-C REFURBISH ELEVATORS
  NIH · NCI · $4,287,020 · ends 2030
• NSF-SNSF: Genetic, molecular, and behavioral characterization of inbreeding in a massive wild house mouse pedigree, followed by controlled experimental validations
  NSF · BIO · $1,450,000 · ends 2030
• CICI: IPAAI: XAI-Driven Data Forensics for Nuclear Edge LLMs: Provenance, Detection, and Recovery
  NSF · CISE · $899,868 · ends 2029
• The role of underheated homes in preschool respiratory infections: A national epidemiological and natural experiment study using linked data.
  Wellcome · £1,094,166 · ends 2029
• Virginia state university's small farm outreach program (sfop) proposes a comprehensive threeyear project to: 1) enhance bvfrs…
  USDA · $749,997 · ends 2029
• Rural communities across the western united states face significant challenges related to housing, workforce availability, economic…
  USDA · $614,206 · ends 2029
• Institute for Food Safety and Health National Center for Food Safety and Technology Cooperative Agreement Renewal Application
  FDA · Food and Drug Administration · $3,997,000 · ends 2029
• Improving Health Through HUD Housing Assistance for Chronic Disease Care
  NIH · NINR · $3,726,027 · ends 2029
• The Impact of Housing Choice Vouchers on Health and Housing Outcomes
  NIH · NINR · $4,151,046 · 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 “housing”. 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.