Who funds inequality research?

We count 303 funded inequality projects, active between 2018 and 2034, from 6 funders. The most came from EU · ERC (111 projects), Wellcome (64 projects) and EU · MSCA (44 projects). The median award is $1.9M, across the 276 of 303 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

303

Funders

6

Median award

$1.9M

Open calls now

1

Top funders of inequality research

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

Open inequality funding calls

1 open call mentions inequality today.

• Impact of access to nature-positive environments in promoting social cohesion and reducing inequalities in urban and peri-urban settings
  European Commission · Horizon Europe€3,000,000 – €4,000,000Deadline: September 23, 2027 ·

Forecast: announced, not open yet

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

• ForecastResearch Grants on Reducing Inequality
  William T. Grant FoundationNot specifiedOpening date not announced
• ForecastInstitutional Challenge Grant
  William T. Grant FoundationNot specifiedOpening date not announced
• ForecastResearch Grants on Improving the Use of Research Evidence
  William T. Grant FoundationNot specifiedOpening date not announced
• ForecastWilliam T. Grant Scholars Program
  William T. Grant FoundationNot specifiedOpening date not announced

Funded inequality projects

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

• Transforming clinical evidence: causal inference in electronic healthcare records to improve inclusivity in management of MI with multimorbidity
  Wellcome · £2,127,514 · ends 2034
• Addressing consent-based challenges to improve inclusivity in research (ACCORD)
  Wellcome · £2,141,011 · ends 2034
• BiBBS ACHIEVE: Addressing Childhood Inequalities through Evidence-Based Early Interventions using Born in Bradford’s Better Start (BiBBS) birth cohort
  Wellcome · £4,498,717 · ends 2033
• Driving therapeutic impact by comprehensively mapping variant function
  UKRI · UKRI FLF · £2,678,570 · ends 2032
• GENERATE 2: Translating, Displacing, and Mapping Intersectional Disaster Justice
  UKRI · UKRI FLF · £601,402 · ends 2030
• Structural Gendered Racism-Related Policies and Mental Health among Cisgender Women at Intersecting Axes of Race, Ethnicity, and Nativity: An Intersectional Mixed Methods Study
  NIH · NINR · $3,277,196 · ends 2030
• A Regional Account for Clinical Researchers in Northern Ireland (RACR-NI): flexible support to enhance research capacity.
  UKRI · MRC · £1,128,186 · ends 2030
• TED Foundation, Inc. — Public Awareness and Analysis
  Gates Foundation · $2,000,000 · ends 2029
• HealthIntelAct - Actionable Performance Intelligence towards Health and Care Systems for People, Planet, and Prosperity
  UKRI · Horizon Europe Guarantee · £535,845 · ends 2029
• Coventry and Warwickshire OPIP (CW-OPIP)
  UKRI · Innovate UK · £7,999,289 · 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 “inequality or inequalities”. 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.