Who funds irrigation research?

We count 51 funded irrigation projects, active between 2021 and 2032, from 7 funders. The most came from USDA (19 projects), Gates Foundation (8 projects) and EU · ERC (6 projects). The median award is $715K, across the 51 of 51 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

51

Funders

7

Median award

$715K

Open calls now

0

Top funders of irrigation research

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

Open irrigation funding calls

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Funded irrigation projects

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

• Rural agricultural communities across the texas panhandle and neighboring states face a widening skills gap
  USDA · $715,000 · ends 2031
• International Bank for Reconstruction and Development — Agricultural Development
  Gates Foundation · $8,000,000 · ends 2030
• Soil salinity and drought are increasing challenges for turfgrass and forage production, particularly where high-quality irrigation water…
  USDA · $650,000 · ends 2030
• An innovative dual function sorbent-based remediation unit is proposed to reduce the demand for freshwater while protecting the surface and…
  USDA · $650,000 · ends 2030
• Aceli Africa Inc. — Agricultural Development
  Gates Foundation · $7,000,000 · ends 2029
• University of Manchester — Agricultural Development
  Gates Foundation · $3,999,210 · ends 2029
• CAIG: Implicit Neural Fields for Physics-Informed Assimilation of Satellite Irrigation Signals
  NSF · GEO · $744,608 · ends 2029
• CPS-FR: Multi Sensor Closed Loop Sensing and Decision Support for Soil Salinity Countermeasures for Resilient Crop Production
  NSF · CISE · $999,563 · ends 2029
• FERtigation Irrigation DEcisive Farming (FERIDE)
  UKRI · Innovate UK · £477,293 · ends 2029
• Raspberry Economics in Production
  UKRI · Innovate UK · £827,083 · ends 2028

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 “irrigation”. 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.