Who funds occupational health research?

We count 70 funded occupational health projects, active between 2021 and 2032, from 8 funders. The most came from EU · MSCA (20 projects), EU · ERC (19 projects) and Wellcome (4 projects). The median award is $1.2M, across the 69 of 70 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

70

Funders

8

Median award

$1.2M

Open calls now

6

Top funders of occupational health research

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

Open occupational health funding calls

6 open calls mention occupational health today.

• Commercial Fishing Occupational Safety Research Cooperative Agreement (U01)
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA$150,000 – $975,000Deadline: January 31, 2028 ·
• Commercial Fishing Occupational Safety Training Project Grants (T03)
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA$250,000 – $975,000Deadline: January 31, 2028 ·
• Occupational Safety and Health Education and Research Centers (T42)
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA$4,500,000 – $9,000,000Deadline: October 26, 2028 ·
• Occupational Safety and Health Training Project Grants (T03)
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA$50,000 – $550,000Deadline: October 26, 2028 ·
• Cooperative Research Agreements Related to the World Trade Center Health Program (U01)
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERAUp to $550,000Deadline: December 8, 2026 ·
• The Role of Work in Health Disparities in the U.S. (R01 Clinical Trials 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)

Real odds

• About 1 in 8 funded · 13% · NIH R01-equivalent grants, all NIH institutes, FY2025 · NIH Data Book, report 29

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

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

• ForecastState Occupational Safety and Health Surveillance Program (U60)
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA$150,000 – $685,000Expected to open October 30, 2026
• ForecastOccupational Safety and Health Research (R01)
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERAUp to $680,000Expected to open November 12, 2026
• ForecastHubs of Interdisciplinary Research and Training in Global Environmental and Occupational Health (GEOHealth)
  National Institutes of HealthNot specifiedExpected to open April 22, 2027
• ForecastWorld Trade Center Health Program Mentored Research Scientist Career Development Award (K01)
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERAUp to $189,000Expected to open October 7, 2026
• ForecastNIOSH Miner Safety and Health Training Program - Western United States – U60
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERAUp to $250,000Expected to open October 27, 2026
• ForecastWorld Trade Center Youth Research Coordinating Center (U54)
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERAUp to $10,000,000Expected to open November 24, 2026
• ForecastNIOSH Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01)
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA$50,000 – $100,000Expected to open November 30, 2026
• ForecastNIOSH National Center of Excellence for the Prevention of Childhood Agricultural Injury (U54)
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERAUp to $1,600,000Expected to open December 4, 2026

Funded occupational health projects

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

• Capturing Hidden Regulatory Mechanism of Human Membrane Proteins via Soft- landing Mass Spectrometry-Guided Cryo-EM
  Wellcome · £807,181 · ends 2031
• An ethnography of joy, satisfaction and challenge: subjective wellbeing and occupational justice for disabled children and youth in South Africa
  Wellcome · £315,905 · ends 2030
• Nickel exposure disrupts Sp1/ZEB1-dependent transcriptional regulation
  NIH · NIEHS · $3,234,310 · ends 2030
• VINES: Track 1: NSF-RCF: SmartSpaces: Novel Spatial Awareness Services to Enable New Verticals
  NSF · CISE · $700,000 · ends 2029
• Integrating Artificial Intelligence Skills into Technician Education for Computing and Manufacturing Careers
  NSF · EDU · $989,020 · ends 2029
• Undergraduate Engineering Track for Design-Oriented Occupation Readiness with Regional Industry Partners
  NSF · EDU · $400,000 · ends 2029
• Eastern utah is facing an overdose and suicide crisis
  USDA · $348,039 · ends 2029
• SERVICE: Newborn genomic sequencing and federally-supported early intervention
  NIH · NHGRI · $3,268,197 · ends 2029
• Retrieval-dependent Nitrous Oxide Therapy (R-NOT): A novel treatment for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  UKRI · MRC · £1,807,180 · ends 2029
• Rural families often struggle to get early support for their young children's development because there are too few speech…
  USDA · $650,000 · ends 2028

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 “occupational”. 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.