Who funds nature-based solutions research?

We count 61 funded nature-based solutions projects, active between 2020 and 2032, from 3 funders. The most came from EU · Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (22 projects), EU · Climate, Energy and Mobility (18 projects) and EU · MSCA (7 projects). The median award is $5.3M, across the 59 of 61 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

61

Funders

3

Median award

$5.3M

Open calls now

1

Top funders of nature-based solutions research

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

Open nature-based solutions funding calls

1 open call mentions nature-based solutions today.

• Nature-based Solutions
  National Science Foundation (SBIR/STTR)Not specifiedDeadline: July 7, 2027 ·

Funded nature-based solutions projects

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

• Intertidal seagrass carbon stocks and accumulation rates
  UKRI · NERC · ends 2028
• RAISE: Safeguarding U.S. Coastal Groundwater Supplies from Flooding and Saltwater Intrusion
  NSF · GEO · $999,721 · ends 2028
• Building Sustainable and Resilient Ecosystems with the Convergence of Nature-Based Solutions and Digital Technologies
  EU · MSCA · ends 2027
• Fostering climate hopefulness: A synthesis study of the impacts of outdoor environmental education programs
  NSF · EDU · $497,829 · ends 2027
• Geospatial AI for sustainable biomass expansion and decarbonisation in the UK (GeoAI-SMART)
  UKRI · ESRC · £165,153 · ends 2027
• Center of Excellence in Nature-Based Solutions and Technologies for Protected Areas
  EU · Widening participation and spreading excellence · €15,000,000 · 2026–2032 · JAVNA USTANOVA UNIVERZITET CRNE GORE PODGORICA
• Justice-Driven Integrated Transformation for Climate-Resilient Coastal Futures: Co-creating just, systemic, and inclusive solutions for transformative adaptation in vulnerable coastal hotspots
  EU · Climate, Energy and Mobility · €9,977,081 · 2026–2030 · LABORATORIO NACIONAL DE ENGENHARIA CIVIL
• Transgenerational mechanisms of micro- and nanoplastic transport and adaptation in aquatic clonal plants
  EU · MSCA · €276,188 · 2026–2028 · THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM
• Hotspot Resilience: Co-Construct Approaches to Coastal Climate Adaptation
  EU · Climate, Energy and Mobility · €9,836,737 · 2026–2030 · LUNDS UNIVERSITET
• Linking Biodiversity, Microclimate, and Carbon Dynamics to understand forest potential under climate change
  EU · ERC · €1,936,960 · 2026–2031 · CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS

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 “nature-based”. 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.