Who funds hydrogen research?

We count 460 funded hydrogen projects, active between 2019 and 2032, from 7 funders. The most came from EU · Climate, Energy and Mobility (158 projects), EU · MSCA (103 projects) and EU · ERC (64 projects). The median award is $2.6M, across the 454 of 460 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

460

Funders

7

Median award

$2.6M

Open calls now

4

Top funders of hydrogen research

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

Open hydrogen funding calls

4 open calls mention hydrogen today.

• Underground hydrogen storage demonstrator DEVEX support
  UK Research and InnovationUp to £1,500,000Deadline: January 13, 2027 ·
• Testing and validating underground hydrogen storage components
  UK Research and InnovationUp to £5,000,000Deadline: January 13, 2027 ·
• Hydrogen Technologies
  National Science Foundation (SBIR/STTR)Not specifiedDeadline: July 7, 2027 ·
• Hydrogen cities
  European Commission · Horizon Europe · EU MissionsUp to €5,000,000Deadline: October 7, 2027 ·

Funded hydrogen projects

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

• CAREER: Atomically Precise Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer at Solid-Liquid Interfaces
  NSF · MPS · $786,568 · ends 2031
• CAREER: Mechanistic Foundations for Sustained and Scalable Hydrogen Generation from Stimulated Rock Formations
  NSF · GEO · $899,184 · ends 2031
• Hydrogen in neonatal encephalopathy (HIE) Trial
  NIH · NICHD · $3,424,232 · ends 2030
• CAREER: Molecular Studies of Enhanced Hydrogen Hydrate Storage
  NSF · ENG · $500,000 · ends 2030
• GOALI: Cooperative Homogeneous-Heterogeneous Catalysis for Hydrogen Isotope Labeling of Pharmaceuticals
  NSF · MPS · $562,468 · ends 2029
• Liquid hydrogen is essential to nasa s exploration propulsion strategy yet its phasechange behavior under mission conditions remains poorly…
  NASA · $395,838 · ends 2029
• Development of multi-principal element ceramics for hot gas path hydrogen turbine components the project objective is to develop new…
  DOE · $800,000 · ends 2029
• Resilient hot-section materials for fuel-flexible power turbines this project will research mechanisms by which both conventional and new…
  DOE · $799,760 · ends 2029
• Design, manufacturing and testing of advanced thermal barrier coatings bond coats for hot gas path hydrogen turbine components this project…
  DOE · $800,000 · ends 2029
• Rapid, Flexible Growth of Crystalline Earth-Abundant Metal Borides for Molecule-Surface Investigations Relevant to Electrocatalytic Hydrogen and Nitrogen Reduction Reactions
  NSF · MPS · $485,290 · 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 “hydrogen”. 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.