Who funds microelectronics research?

We count 98 funded microelectronics projects, active between 2021 and 2031, from 3 funders. The most came from EU · Digital, Industry and Space (30 projects), EU · EIC (18 projects) and EU · MSCA (16 projects). The median award is $2.6M, across the 98 of 98 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

98

Funders

3

Median award

$2.6M

Open calls now

4

Top funders of microelectronics research

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

Open microelectronics funding calls

4 open calls mention microelectronics today.

• Silicon Photonics and Photonic Integrated Circuits
  National Science Foundation (SBIR/STTR)Not specifiedDeadline: July 7, 2027 ·
• Integrated Circuit Design
  National Science Foundation (SBIR/STTR)Not specifiedDeadline: July 7, 2027 ·
• Microelectronics Packaging and Systems Integration
  National Science Foundation (SBIR/STTR)Not specifiedDeadline: July 7, 2027 ·
• Transport Phenomena (TP)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: Rolling (no fixed deadline listed)

Funded microelectronics projects

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

• Strategic Coordination for Advanced Learning and Employment in Manufacturing (Scale-M) Consortium
  NSF · EDU · $2,350,372 · ends 2030
• Collaborative Research: Percolation and Property Gradients in Polymer Nanocomposites: A Multiscale Mechanics Approach
  NSF · ENG · $228,498 · ends 2029
• Reframing the Structure and Synthesis of Semiconducting Polymers
  NSF · MPS · $575,000 · ends 2029
• Semiconductor Exposure, Exploration, and Development Collaborative to Broadening Participation in STEM Education
  NSF · EDU · $500,000 · ends 2029
• Collaborative Research: Coupling between Interfacial Electrostatics and Surface Structures at Transition-Metal Oxide/Liquid Interfaces
  NSF · MPS · $457,500 · ends 2029
• Adaptive Oxide Switching Devices for Scalable ESD Protection in AI Driven Microelectronics
  NSF · ENG · $413,369 · ends 2029
• Semiconductor-Gain-Integrated Nonlinear Nanophotonic Circuits in Lithium Niobate
  NSF · ENG · $437,500 · ends 2029
• Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Computing, and Microelectronics Research and Related Classroom Learning Experience Development with Rural Maine Teachers
  NSF · EDU · $626,227 · ends 2029
• Toward Technologically Relevant Single-Molecule Junctions: New Metals, New Interfaces, New Functionality
  NSF · MPS · $472,641 · ends 2029
• EPSCoR Research Fellows: NSF: Wafer-Scale Fabrication and Packaging of Magnetic Planar Inductors on Silicon Carbide for Extreme- Environment Microelectronics
  NSF · Office of the Director · $282,012 · 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 “microelectronics or integrated circuit or integrated circuits”. 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.