Who funds misinformation research?

We count 44 funded misinformation projects, active between 2021 and 2031, from 5 funders. The most came from EU · ERC (13 projects), EU · Culture, creativity and inclusive society (11 projects) and EU · MSCA (7 projects). The median award is $1.9M, across the 42 of 44 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

44

Funders

5

Median award

$1.9M

Open calls now

0

Top funders of misinformation research

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

Open misinformation funding calls

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Funded misinformation projects

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

• Rethinking Misinformation, Health and Human Security
  Wellcome · £305,989 · ends 2029
• New food technologies and artificial intelligence are rapidly changing how food is produced, processed, and shared, yet many young people…
  USDA · $750,000 · ends 2029
• Inundated with misinformation on platforms such as social media americans lack nutrition knowledge and confidence on how to make healthy…
  USDA · $149,690 · ends 2029
• Climate Misinformation Surveillance with Multidimensional GIS
  UKRI · EPSRC · £289,051 · ends 2028
• Myriad USA — Family Planning
  Gates Foundation · $300,000 · ends 2027
• Large Language models for climate communication
  UKRI · Other NPIF · ends 2027
• RESilient DEMocracies: Rethinking Democratic Resilience through Citizens' Public Connection in Societies Under Pressure
  EU · MSCA · ends 2027
• LEADING CYBERSECURITY IN THE GENERATIVE AI ERA
  EU · Horizon Europe and earlier · €2,379,517 · ends 2027
• VillageReach — Pneumonia & Pandemic Preparedness
  Gates Foundation · $1,612,076 · ends 2027
• Synthetic Realities: Understanding AI-Generated Visual Vaccine Misinformation in Digital Public Discourse - A Feasibility Study
  UKRI · ESRC · £163,846 · ends 2027

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 “misinformation or disinformation”. 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.