Who funds malaria research?

We count 202 funded malaria projects, active between 2020 and 2034, from 6 funders. The most came from Gates Foundation (75 projects), Wellcome (59 projects) and EU · Health (31 projects). The median award is $1.6M, across the 192 of 202 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

202

Funders

6

Median award

$1.6M

Open calls now

1

Top funders of malaria research

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

Open malaria funding calls

1 open call mentions malaria today.

• Accelerating Research and Development of Next Generation Vaccines against Malaria - a Model for Mosquito-Borne Diseases (R61/R33 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  National Institutes of HealthNot specifiedDeadline: February 11, 2027 ·

Funded malaria projects

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

• Behavioural and resistance genomics in an invasive urban malaria vector in Africa.
  Wellcome · £1,939,522 · ends 2034
• Molecular mechanisms of erythrocyte invasion in malaria
  Wellcome · £3,987,567 · ends 2033
• Role of Toxoplasma mitochondrial respiration and ATP synthesis in parasite survival, virulence, and persistence – a complex story!
  Wellcome · £3,300,451 · ends 2032
• Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Inc. — Discovery and Translational Sciences
  Gates Foundation · $18,836,184 · ends 2031
• CAREER: Regulation of female mating receptivity in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes
  NSF · BIO · $1,645,075 · ends 2031
• Society for Vector Ecology — Malaria
  Gates Foundation · $158,500 · ends 2030
• World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa — Malaria
  Gates Foundation · $10,000,000 · ends 2030
• Collaborative Research: Integrating Phylogenomics and Traits to Reveal the Eco-Evolutionary Range Dynamics of Anopheline Mosquitos
  NSF · BIO · $651,779 · ends 2029
• Still Waters: using hydrological models to improve malaria transmission estimates
  UKRI · NERC · £797,879 · ends 2029
• Next-generation vector intervention for malaria control
  UKRI · UKRI FLF · £596,222 · 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 “malaria”. 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.