Who funds maize research?

We count 54 funded maize projects, active between 2021 and 2030, from 7 funders. The most came from USDA (26 projects), Gates Foundation (6 projects) and DOE (5 projects). The median award is $649K, across the 54 of 54 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

54

Funders

7

Median award

$649K

Open calls now

0

Top funders of maize research

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

Open maize funding calls

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Funded maize projects

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

• American farmers face constant threats from crop diseases that jeopardize food security, reduce agricultural yields, and erode farm…
  USDA · $1,000,000 · ends 2030
• Collaborative Research: FEC: Converging AI, Biomechanics, and Genomics to Engineer Lodging Resilient Field Crops
  NSF · Office of the Director · $2,430,128 · ends 2030
• Many crop-producing regions in the united states experience significant variability in crop revenues due to fluctuations in growing…
  USDA · $588,353 · ends 2030
• New award: university of illinois at urbana-champaign 3405-1519 foa number: de-foa-0003405 – technologies to emend and obviate synthetic…
  DOE · $4,749,995 · ends 2030
• Abiotic stress (heat, drought, cold, salinity, flooding, light, nutrients) is an important constraint in global crop production, including…
  USDA · $618,000 · ends 2030
• The research team proposes an integrated set of investigations into the mechanistic basis of variation in yield as a function of nitrogen…
  DOE · $5,400,000 · ends 2030
• University of tennessee: knoxville
  DOE · $2,500,000 · ends 2030
• Augmentum Advisory — Agricultural Development
  Gates Foundation · $3,488,841 · ends 2029
• Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo — Agricultural Development
  Gates Foundation · $6,575,227 · ends 2029
• Sahel Agriculture (Mauritius) Limited — Agricultural Development
  Gates Foundation · $4,816,445 · 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 “maize or corn”. 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.