Who funds literary studies research?

We count 79 funded literary studies projects, active between 2020 and 2031, from 3 funders. The most came from EU · MSCA (38 projects), EU · ERC (36 projects) and UKRI · AHRC (3 projects). The median award is $446K, across the 79 of 79 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

79

Funders

3

Median award

$446K

Open calls now

1

Top funders of literary studies research

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

Open literary studies funding calls

1 open call mentions literary studies today.

• Circulation of European literary works
  European Commission · Creative EuropeNot specifiedDeadline: January 27, 2027 ·

Funded literary studies projects

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

• Neurodiversifying the Academy
  Wellcome · £626,429 · ends 2029
• Beyond The Dear Green Place: Recovering the Lost Works and Literary Networks of Archie Hind
  UKRI · AHRC · £246,390 · ends 2028
• Computational Literary Studies UK - CLSUK
  UKRI · AHRC · £85,485 · ends 2028
• Documentary Culture and Empire in the Southern Levant: The Case of Early Judaism
  EU · MSCA · €260,348 · 2027–2029 · THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
• AI-Assisted Pattern Detection for the Analysis of Medieval Poetic Translations
  EU · MSCA · €267,419 · 2027–2029 · UNIVERSITETET I BERGEN
• Women’s Agency in Visionary Eco-Aquatic Storytelling: A Transnational Study of British and Italian Fairy Tales, 1840-1910
  EU · MSCA · €193,643 · 2027–2029 · UNIVERSITA CA' FOSCARI VENEZIA
• Empathy, Difficulty, Difference: Creative Curiosity in Practice
  UKRI · AHRC · £81,979 · ends 2027
• Literary reading, public libraries, young people, and inclusive democracies
  EU · ERC · €1,999,821 · 2027–2031 · UNIVERSIDAD POMPEU FABRA
• Measuring East European Literary Nations: Quantitative History, Geographies of Production, and Networks of Prestige
  EU · ERC · €1,500,000 · 2026–2031 · UNIVERSITATEA LUCIAN BLAGA DIN SIBIU
• Computational Analysis of Narratives and the Organization of Novels
  EU · ERC · €2,490,068 · 2026–2031 · CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS

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 “literary or poetry or english literature or comparative literature”. 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.