Who funds influenza research?

We count 78 funded influenza projects, active between 2019 and 2033, from 5 funders. The most came from NIH · NIAID (32 projects), Wellcome (13 projects) and EU · ERC (12 projects). The median award is $3.1M, across the 72 of 78 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

78

Funders

5

Median award

$3.1M

Open calls now

0

Top funders of influenza research

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

Open influenza funding calls

No open call mentions influenza in our listings today. We add new calls twice a day; create a free account to get an alert when one opens.

Forecast: announced, not open yet

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

• ForecastImproving Protection against Influenza and Other Respiratory Pathogens: the US Flu VE Network
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA$1,350,000 – $3,550,000Expected to open October 30, 2026

Funded influenza projects

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

• CIVICS DATA MANAGEMENT AND COORDINATING CENTER (DMCC)
  NIH · Office of the Director · $3,426,973 · ends 2033
• How using glycans vs. proteins as receptors affects the mechanism of viral entry
  Wellcome · £2,556,935 · ends 2032
• Quantifying the reassortment potential of influenza viruses for pandemic risk prediction
  Wellcome · £761,507 · ends 2031
• The Duke Catalyzing Observations into Mechanistic Models of Influenza Transmission (COMMIT) Center
  NIH · NIAID · $3,608,544 · ends 2031
• Immune mechanisms shaping airborne influenza transmission
  NIH · NIAID · $3,987,706 · ends 2031
• Rates, determinants, and transmissibility of respiratory virus re-infections
  Wellcome · £2,151,866 · ends 2031
• Collaborative Influenza Vaccine Innovation Centers (CIVICs): Component C: Clinical Core
  NIH · NIAID · $6,964,479 · ends 2030
• Infectious diseases are a major threat to the livestock industry
  USDA · $2,188,800 · ends 2030
• Management of avian influenza in a vaccination context
  UKRI · Horizon Europe Guarantee · £267,923 · ends 2030
• Development of Serological Tests to Differentiate Between Animals Infected with and Vaccinated Against Avian Influenza
  UKRI · BBSRC · £457,495 · 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 “influenza”. 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.