Who funds immunology research?

We count 923 funded immunology projects, active between 2019 and 2035, from 8 funders. The most came from EU · ERC (295 projects), Wellcome (189 projects) and EU · MSCA (133 projects). The median award is $2.1M, across the 865 of 923 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

923

Funders

8

Median award

$2.1M

Open calls now

3

Top funders of immunology research

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

Open immunology funding calls

3 open calls mention immunology today.

• Immune Tolerance Network (UM1 Clinical Trial Required)
  National Institutes of HealthNot specifiedDeadline: January 29, 2027 ·
• Early Immune System Development and Ontogeny (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
  National Institutes of HealthUp to $400,000Deadline: November 5, 2028 ·
  Real odds: About 1 in 8 funded (13% · NIH R01-equivalent grants, all NIH institutes, FY2025)
• NIAID Investigator Initiated Program Project Applications (P01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  National Institutes of HealthNot specifiedDeadline: May 25, 2029 ·

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

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

• ForecastCapacity Building for Global, Regional, and National Immunization Programs
  Centers for Disease Control-GHCUp to $120,000,000Expected to open December 14, 2026
• ForecastCapacity Building for National Immunization Programs in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
  Centers for Disease Control-GHCNot specifiedExpected to open December 14, 2026
• ForecastImmune Drivers of Autoimmune Disease
  National Institutes of HealthNot specifiedExpected to open February 26, 2027
• ForecastThe Role of the Innate Immune System in the Pathogenesis of Type 1 Diabetes
  National Institutes of HealthNot specifiedExpected to open July 15, 2027
• ForecastUrban Indian Health 4-in-1 Program
  Indian Health ServiceNot specifiedExpected to open December 1, 2026

Funded immunology projects

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

• Support for Correlates of Protection efforts associated with the C113 phase 2b trial of MTBVAC in IGRA+, HIV- African adults and adolescents
  Wellcome · £2,283,453 · ends 2035
• Targeted Pathogen Degradation and its Synergy with Antiviral Immunity
  Wellcome · £3,000,000 · ends 2035
• Structural and mechanistic basis of protein tyrosine phosphatase regulation by CABIT family proteins in immune signalling
  Wellcome · £2,749,690 · ends 2034
• MRC CoRE in Restorative Immunology
  UKRI · MRC · £21,647,682 · ends 2033
• Functional Rewiring of Neutrophils: From Transcriptional States to Therapeutic Targets
  UKRI · MRC · £2,712,225 · ends 2031
• Immune mechanisms shaping airborne influenza transmission
  NIH · NIAID · $3,987,706 · ends 2031
• Protective immunity to HCV and rational vaccine design
  NIH · NIAID · $3,263,400 · ends 2031
• CAREER: Advancing Ion-ion Reactions to Capture the Combinatorial Molecular Features of the Glycocode
  NSF · MPS · $786,605 · ends 2031
• CAREER: Electrically Encoded Innate Immune Sensing in Cardiomyocytes
  NSF · BIO · $702,662 · ends 2031
• CAREER: Structure-Aware Protein Language Models for Decoding Immune Recognition
  NSF · CISE · $522,190 · ends 2031

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 “immune or immunity”. 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.