Who funds music research?

We count 92 funded music projects, active between 2020 and 2032, from 5 funders. The most came from EU · MSCA (42 projects), EU · ERC (32 projects) and EU · Culture, creativity and inclusive society (5 projects). The median award is $1.1M, across the 90 of 92 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

92

Funders

5

Median award

$1.1M

Open calls now

2

Top funders of music research

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

Open music funding calls

2 open calls mention music today.

• EONS 2018: Appendix E Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) for Sustainability and Innovation Collaborative – (MUSIC)
  National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationUp to $450,000Deadline: Not listed
• MacDowell Fellowship (artist residency)
  MacDowellNot specifiedDeadline: February 10, 2027 ·

Funded music projects

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

• A Life in Sound: Transforming Understandings of Health and Wellbeing through Music, Sonic Arts, and Modes of Listening
  Wellcome · £366,899 · ends 2029
• Cortical Mechanisms of Innate Frequency Discrimination
  NIH · NIDCD · $3,262,585 · ends 2029
• Musical Groove - Exploring the brain and body interactions that produce musical movement and pleasure in health and disease
  UKRI · ESRC · ends 2028
• Mobilising the power of music artists to increase the cultural salience of climate change and engage key audiences in the UK
  Wellcome · £334,998 · ends 2028
• Operetta and the Politics of Light Entertainment in Fascist Italy
  EU · MSCA · €209,483 · 2027–2029 · UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO
• Singers of the Japanese Pacific: Gender, Race, and Class in the East Asian Empire’s Actor Networks
  EU · ERC · €1,491,086 · 2027–2032 · UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM
• FUNCTUMUS: The Functional Turn in Music
  EU · MSCA · ends 2027
• I-Corps: Translation potential of accurate acoustic digital twins for complex real-world environments
  NSF · TIP · $50,000 · ends 2027
• Blurring the Lines: Arabic Musical Diagrams across Disciplinary and Cultural Boundaries
  EU · MSCA · €217,965 · 2027–2029 · UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG
• Inclusive astronomy: Combining citizen science and expressive arts therapy approach
  UKRI · STFC · £18,498 · 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 “music”. 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.