Who funds insect research?

We count 128 funded insect projects, active between 2020 and 2032, from 6 funders. The most came from USDA (30 projects), EU · MSCA (26 projects) and EU · ERC (22 projects). The median award is $749K, across the 125 of 128 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

128

Funders

6

Median award

$749K

Open calls now

1

Top funders of insect research

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

Open insect funding calls

1 open call mentions insect today.

• Cooperative Agreement for affiliated Partner with Rocky Mountain Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit
  Geological Survey$1 – $100,000Deadline: November 14, 2026 ·

Funded insect projects

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

• Making sense of how Leishmania detect changes in pH and temperature
  Wellcome · £2,263,414 · ends 2032
• CAREER: Exploiting genetic compensation to define mechanisms of juvenile hormone homeostasis
  NSF · BIO · $863,857 · ends 2031
• CAREER: From Molecules to Mates: Deciphering the Language of Pheromone Communication in Insects
  NSF · BIO · $1,428,695 · ends 2031
• Molecular mechanisms of thermotolerance in the major malaria vectors and its predicted impact on ecological adaption to climate change, fitness and insecticide-based control tools
  Wellcome · £1,040,692 · ends 2031
• Microbial communities across the agricultural landscape underpin insect virulence and crop susceptibility to pests and pathogens
  USDA · $749,351 · ends 2031
• Collaborative Research: Tree mortality and soil biogeochemical cycling during a northbound spruce beetle outbreak in Alaska
  NSF · Office of the Director · $559,837 · ends 2030
• NSF/BIO-UKRI/BBSRC: Tipping the balance of amphibian microbiome-immune interactions towards greater antifungal defences
  NSF · BIO · $1,199,311 · ends 2030
• LiDAR for enhanced remote sensing of zoonotic insect vectors in the UK
  UKRI · NERC · £799,915 · ends 2030
• Healthy soil is the foundation of productive farms, clean water, and resilient rural economies, but today's soil health scorecards…
  USDA · $737,740 · ends 2030
• Rna interference (rnai)-based pest management methods are attractive because of their target-specific action
  USDA · $749,888 · ends 2030

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 “insect or insects”. 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.