Who funds newborn health research?

We count 272 funded newborn health projects, active between 2021 and 2033, from 6 funders. The most came from Gates Foundation (186 projects), Wellcome (30 projects) and EU · ERC (11 projects). The median award is $1.3M, across the 257 of 272 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

272

Funders

6

Median award

$1.3M

Open calls now

4

Top funders of newborn health research

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

Open newborn health funding calls

4 open calls mention newborn health today.

• Innovative Screening Approaches and Therapies for Screenable Disorders in Newborns (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional)
  National Institutes of HealthNot specifiedDeadline: November 16, 2027 ·
  Real odds: About 1 in 8 funded (13% · NIH R01-equivalent grants, all NIH institutes, FY2025)
• Innovative Screening Approaches and Therapies for Screenable Disorders in Newborns (R21 - Clinical Trial Optional)
  National Institutes of HealthUp to $200,000Deadline: November 16, 2027 ·
  Real odds: About 1 in 9 funded (11% · NIH R21 (exploratory/developmental), all NIH institutes, FY2025)
• Natural History of Disorders Screenable in the Newborn Period (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
  National Institutes of HealthNot specifiedDeadline: January 7, 2028 ·
  Real odds: About 1 in 8 funded (13% · NIH R01-equivalent grants, all NIH institutes, FY2025)
• Early Immune System Development and Ontogeny (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
  National Institutes of HealthUp to $400,000Deadline: November 5, 2028 ·
  Real odds: About 1 in 8 funded (13% · NIH R01-equivalent grants, all NIH institutes, FY2025)

Real odds

• About 1 in 8 funded · 13% · NIH R01-equivalent grants, all NIH institutes, FY2025 · NIH Data Book, report 29
• About 1 in 9 funded · 11% · NIH R21 (exploratory/developmental), all NIH institutes, FY2025 · NIH Data Book, report 202

Published success rates for the programs behind the open calls above: the share of applications the funder funded, program-wide, not for this topic.

Forecast: announced, not open yet

1 forecast call on newborn health. Funders publish forecasts before a call opens; you can't apply to these yet, and dates can change.

• ForecastStatewide Perinatal Quality Collaboratives: Improving Perinatal Care and Outcomes
  Centers for Disease Control - NCCDPHPNot specifiedExpected to open March 4, 2027

Funded newborn health projects

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

• BLOOMS (Babies' Longitudinal 'Omics, Outcomes, and Milestones Study)
  Wellcome · £4,000,000 · ends 2033
• The Developing Children’s Connectome Project (DCCP)
  Wellcome · £3,895,566 · ends 2033
• A Burundian Health Intelligence Platform (BHIP): Leveraging technologies to track and improve maternal and neonatal outcomes in a very low-income setting
  Wellcome · £840,540 · ends 2032
• United States Fund for UNICEF — Maternal, Newborn, Child Nutrition and Health
  Gates Foundation · $50,000,000 · ends 2031
• International Bank for Reconstruction and Development — Family Planning
  Gates Foundation · $100,000,000 · ends 2030
• Lahore University of Management Sciences — Maternal, Newborn, Child Nutrition and Health
  Gates Foundation · $6,594,811 · ends 2030
• Hydrogen in neonatal encephalopathy (HIE) Trial
  NIH · NICHD · $3,424,232 · ends 2030
• Center for Immunological Interventions against Gonorrhea (CIIG)
  NIH · NIAID · $4,362,124 · ends 2030
• Gestational hypertension and preeclampsia blood pressure (BP) Treatment goals <140/90 vs. <160/110 mmHg: The GOALPOST Trial
  NIH · NICHD · $3,106,769 · ends 2030
• Neonatal Research Network Data Coordinating Center (DCC) 2023-2028
  NIH · NICHD · $3,099,937 · ends 2030

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 “newborn or neonatal”. 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.