Who funds Indigenous research?

We count 83 funded Indigenous projects, active between 2020 and 2032, from 7 funders. The most came from EU · MSCA (27 projects), EU · ERC (23 projects) and Wellcome (8 projects). The median award is $1.2M, across the 81 of 83 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

83

Funders

7

Median award

$1.2M

Open calls now

2

Top funders of Indigenous research

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

Open Indigenous funding calls

2 open calls mention Indigenous today.

• Indigenous Innovation and Leadership in Research Network Grants
  Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)Up to CAD 1,750,000Deadline: December 3, 2026 ·
• NSERC Indigenous Student Ambassadors
  Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)Not specifiedDeadline: Not listed

Funded Indigenous projects

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

• Climate and Health Science and Policy Consortium for West Africa
  Wellcome · £20,806,491 · ends 2031
• Addressing Alzheimer's Disease and Alzheimer's Disease Related Dementias Needs in Indigenous Populations: The Indigenous Behavioral and Cognitive Symptoms (IBACS) Checklists
  NIH · NIA · $4,010,962 · ends 2031
• Indigenous Peoples and Vital-Toxic Relations in Brazil (In-VITAL)
  Wellcome · £2,496,756 · ends 2031
• A Latin American pangenome for mapping structural variation of medical relevance in underrepresented indigenous ancestries
  Wellcome · £2,222,081 · ends 2031
• In this project, colorado state university (csu) will partner with the ute mountain ute tribe(umut) to initiate the state's first…
  USDA · $102,000 · ends 2030
• In partnership with the fond du lac band of lake superior chippewa, this project addresses multi-generational disconnections from…
  USDA · $102,000 · ends 2030
• Life from the land: creating indigenous production capacity through educationthis proposal requests $500,000 over 48 months under the usda…
  USDA · $500,000 · ends 2030
• Understanding Risk Gradients from Environment on Native American Child Health Trajectories: Toxicants, Immunomodulation, Metabolic syndromes, & Metals Exposure
  NIH · Office of the Director · $3,394,391 · ends 2030
• Indigenous Movement for Peace Advancement and Conflict Transformation (I.M.P.A.C.T.) — Agricultural Development
  Gates Foundation · $4,999,963 · ends 2029
• Reimagining Urban Land for Inclusive African Futures
  UKRI · AHRC · £261,435 · 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 “indigenous”. 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.