Who funds hydrology research?

We count 50 funded hydrology projects, active between 2021 and 2031, from 4 funders. The most came from NSF · GEO (14 projects), EU · MSCA (7 projects) and EU · ERC (6 projects). The median award is $589K, across the 50 of 50 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

50

Funders

4

Median award

$589K

Open calls now

0

Top funders of hydrology research

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

Open hydrology funding calls

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Funded hydrology projects

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

• CAREER: Tracing hydrologic and biogeochemical consequences of multiple disturbances in mountain watersheds
  NSF · GEO · $888,026 · ends 2031
• LTREB Renewal: Baltimore Urban Watershed Studies
  NSF · BIO · $600,000 · ends 2031
• CAREER: Unveiling the role of hillslope hydrology in mediating ecosystem response to drought
  NSF · BIO · $1,162,914 · ends 2030
• CAREER: Characteristics of Rain-on-Snow Flooding in the Midwest
  NSF · GEO · $673,168 · ends 2030
• CAREER: Assessing Responses of Precipitation Extremes to Anthropogenic Emission Changes
  NSF · GEO · $871,505 · ends 2030
• Quantum-Inspired Amplitude-Phase Frameworks for Uncertainty-Centric Groundwater Flow and Transport Modeling
  NSF · ENG · $352,443 · ends 2029
• Projecting extreme droughts in rapidly changing human-water systems
  UKRI · UKRI FLF · £595,585 · ends 2029
• Understanding Titan's Climate through Seasonal Changes in Methane Abundance
  NSF · MPS · $530,973 · ends 2029
• E-RISE RII: Forest Research for New Mexico Water and Carbon Management
  NSF · Office of the Director · $7,000,000 · ends 2029
• IRES: Responses of dryland agroecosystems to the compounding effects of climate variability, human intervention and the critical zone architecture on their hydrologic dynamics
  NSF · Office of the Director · $578,234 · 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 “hydrology or hydrological”. 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.