Who funds number theory research?

We count 42 funded number theory projects, active between 2020 and 2032, from 3 funders. The most came from EU · ERC (19 projects), NSF · MPS (16 projects) and EU · MSCA (6 projects). The median award is $1.5M, across the 41 of 42 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

42

Funders

3

Median award

$1.5M

Open calls now

0

Top funders of number theory research

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

Open number theory funding calls

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Funded number theory projects

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

• Analytic Number Theory and Formalized Mathematics
  NSF · MPS · $305,000 · ends 2031
• Topics in Real and Discrete Harmonic Analysis
  NSF · MPS · $217,008 · ends 2029
• Collaborative Research: AIMing: Advancing Combinatorics and Number Theory with AI
  NSF · MPS · $249,928 · ends 2029
• Basis Reduction for Structured Lattices With Applications to Post-Quantum Cryptography
  UKRI · EPSRC · £1,006,486 · ends 2029
• Chromatic Algebraic Geometry
  EU · ERC · €2,000,000 · ends 2028
• Curvature aspects of rigidity and flexibility of complex manifolds
  EU · MSCA · ends 2027
• Additive Combinatorics and Higher-Order Fourier Analysis in Number Theory
  EU · ERC · €2,499,723 · 2027–2032 · THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
• Galois Representations attached to Elliptic Curves
  EU · MSCA · €226,421 · 2026–2028 · UNIVERSITE DE BORDEAUX
• Generalized Fermat equations, Darmon's program and Hypergeometric motives
  EU · MSCA · €191,343 · 2026–2028 · UNIVERSIDADE DE AVEIRO
• Manifolds and functor calculus
  EU · ERC · €1,499,601 · 2026–2031 · KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FUER TECHNOLOGIE

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 “number theory”. 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.