Who funds migration and refugees research?

We count 167 funded migration and refugees projects, active between 2020 and 2032, from 6 funders. The most came from EU · MSCA (65 projects), EU · ERC (64 projects) and Wellcome (15 projects). The median award is $1.6M, across the 158 of 167 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

167

Funders

6

Median award

$1.6M

Open calls now

5

Top funders of migration and refugees research

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

Open migration and refugees funding calls

5 open calls mention migration and refugees today.

• NIJ FY 2026 Research and Evaluation on Justice System Responses to Illegal Immigration
  National Institute of JusticeUp to $3,000,000Deadline: November 16, 2026 ·
• Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
  Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New AmericansNot specifiedDeadline: October 29, 2026 ·
• NIJ FY 2026 Research and Evaluation on Drones as First Responders
  National Institute of JusticeUp to $3,500,000Deadline: November 30, 2026 ·
• BJA FY 2026 Missing and Unidentified Human Remains (MUHR) Program
  Bureau of Justice AssistanceUp to $1,000,000Deadline: December 2, 2026 ·
• Home Study and Post-Release Services for Unaccompanied Alien Children​​
  Administration for Children and Families - ORR$1,000,000 – $100,000,000Deadline: October 1, 2027 ·

Funded migration and refugees projects

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

• Evaluating the impacts of climate and environmental stressors on migration and migrant health in Brazil
  Wellcome · £2,048,855 · ends 2032
• The congolese integration network (cin) will implement a five-year digital literacy and coding workforce development initiative to expand…
  NASA · $1,031,000 · ends 2031
• Geolinking UKcensus 1841-1921: new data, methods, and perspectives
  UKRI · AHRC · £1,352,492 · ends 2031
• INNOVETH: Innovative Health Intervention for Ethiopian Migrant Domestic Workers in the Middle East
  Wellcome · £94,125 · ends 2029
• Working on the Edge: Examining the Gendered Health Implications of Precarious Employment and Job Insecurity among Palestinian Workers
  Wellcome · £559,362 · ends 2029
• Living longer in poorer health? Understanding the immigrant morbidity-mortality paradox
  EU · ERC · €1,498,870 · ends 2028
• The Geography of Jobs: Gender Gaps in Mobility and Opportunity
  EU · MSCA · €202,125 · 2027–2029 · UNIVERSITAET MANNHEIM
• Entangled Routes: Border-Crossers, Maritime Labour, and the Mediterranean Infrastructures of Capital
  EU · MSCA · €181,424 · 2027–2029 · IDRYMA TECHNOLOGIAS KAI EREVNAS
• Planning 'the otherwise.' Scaling up the role of spatial policies for migrants, temporary and mobile populations
  EU · MSCA · €420,751 · 2027–2030 · POLITECNICO DI MILANO
• (Dis)advantage Across Countries and Generations: Intergenerational Social Mobility in Immigrant Families
  EU · ERC · €1,499,425 · 2027–2032 · STOCKHOLMS UNIVERSITET

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 “migrants or refugees or immigration or international migration”. 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.