Who funds linguistics research?

We count 108 funded linguistics projects, active between 2021 and 2032, from 4 funders. The most came from EU · ERC (50 projects), EU · MSCA (38 projects) and EU · Culture, creativity and inclusive society (5 projects). The median award is $1.6M, across the 105 of 108 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

108

Funders

4

Median award

$1.6M

Open calls now

4

Top funders of linguistics research

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

Open linguistics funding calls

4 open calls mention linguistics today.

• Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP)
  U.S. National Science Foundation$100,000 – $3,500,000Deadline: January 11, 2027 ·
  Real odds: About 1 in 3 funded (40% · NSF Division of Equity for Excellence in STEM (EES), all proposals, FY2024)
• Focal awards: multilingual futures for UK growth and connectivity
  Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)Not specifiedDeadline: January 21, 2027 ·
  Real odds: About 1 in 4 funded (23% · Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), all funding decisions, 2024-25)
• Advancement and Innovation in Measurement of Language Development and Predictors (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  National Institutes of HealthNot specifiedDeadline: September 7, 2027 ·
  Real odds: About 1 in 8 funded (13% · NIH R01-equivalent grants, all NIH institutes, FY2025)
• Advancement and Innovation in Measurement of Language Development and Predictors (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  National Institutes of HealthNot specifiedDeadline: September 7, 2027 ·
  Real odds: About 1 in 9 funded (11% · NIH R21 (exploratory/developmental), all NIH institutes, FY2025)

Real odds

• About 1 in 3 funded · 40% · NSF Division of Equity for Excellence in STEM (EES), all proposals, FY2024 · NSF funding rates (directorate page)
• About 1 in 4 funded · 23% · Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), all funding decisions, 2024-25 · UKRI investment and outputs data, table 2.1
• About 1 in 8 funded · 13% · NIH R01-equivalent grants, all NIH institutes, FY2025 · NIH Data Book, report 29
• About 1 in 9 funded · 11% · NIH R21 (exploratory/developmental), all NIH institutes, FY2025 · NIH Data Book, report 202

Published success rates for the programs behind the open calls above: the share of applications the funder funded, program-wide, not for this topic.

Funded linguistics projects

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

• South Texas Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
  NIH · NIA · $4,585,962 · ends 2031
• Progression in Primary Languages and Transition to Secondary School: A longitudinal study of the route and rate of language learning from age 7 to 14
  UKRI · UKRI FLF · £593,274 · ends 2029
• Cortical Mechanisms of Innate Frequency Discrimination
  NIH · NIDCD · $3,262,585 · ends 2029
• Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science
  UKRI · ESRC · £104,705 · ends 2029
• Writing tasks at school and university
  UKRI · ESRC · £757,422 · ends 2029
• NeuroCognitive Shield
  UKRI · UKRI CRCRM · £986,432 · ends 2027
• Uncovering Transdiagnostic Dimensions of Neurodegeneration: A Multimodal Approach to Primary Progressive Aphasia and Related Syndromes
  Wellcome · ends 2027
• Towards a neuroscience of computational language modeling
  UKRI · Other NPIF · ends 2027
• Predictive Language Processing in Dyslexia: Protective and Compensatory Mechanisms in Pre-Readers and Adults with Dyslexia.
  EU · MSCA · €200,400 · 2027–2029 · KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN
• Closely Related Languages: Processing, Attrition and Exposure
  EU · MSCA · ends 2027

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 “linguistics or linguistic”. 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.