Who funds partial differential equations research?

We count 54 funded partial differential equations projects, active between 2020 and 2031, from 2 funders. The most came from EU · ERC (31 projects), NSF · MPS (18 projects) and EU · MSCA (4 projects). The median award is $1.4M, across the 54 of 54 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

54

Funders

2

Median award

$1.4M

Open calls now

1

Top funders of partial differential equations research

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

Open partial differential equations funding calls

1 open call mentions partial differential equations today.

• Geometric Analysis
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: November 3, 2026 ·
  Real odds: About 1 in 4 funded (26% · NSF Division of Mathematical Sciences (DMS), all proposals, FY2024)

Real odds

• About 1 in 4 funded · 26% · NSF Division of Mathematical Sciences (DMS), all proposals, FY2024 · NSF funding rates (directorate page)

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

Funded partial differential equations projects

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

• CAREER: Interfacial Fluid Mechanics: Well-posedness and Stability
  NSF · MPS · $400,000 · ends 2031
• AIMing: Automated Discovery for Structure-Preserving Discretizations
  NSF · MPS · $750,000 · ends 2029
• Generalization Capabilities of Machine Learning for Solving Multiple Partial Differential Equations
  NSF · MPS · $214,876 · ends 2029
• Geometric Analysis and Surface Groups
  EU · ERC · €2,325,043 · ends 2028
• Overcoming the curse of dimensionality through nonlinear stochastic algorithms
  EU · ERC · €1,351,528 · ends 2028
• Mean-field Approaches, optimal TRansport and artificial Intelligence: a mathematical framework for compleX systems
  EU · MSCA · €276,188 · 2027–2029 · CARDIFF UNIVERSITY
• Boundary Phenomena: Harmonic Measure, Unique Continuation and Area Minimizing Currents
  EU · MSCA · €194,075 · 2027–2029 · UNIVERSITAT AUTONOMA DE BARCELONA
• Theory and numerics for electronic structure
  EU · ERC · €1,223,750 · 2026–2031 · COMMUNAUTE D UNIVERSITES ET ETABLISSEMENTS UNIVERSITE PARIS-SACLAY
• Existence, stability and highest waves in 2D-surface water waves
  EU · MSCA · €251,579 · 2026–2028 · NORGES TEKNISK-NATURVITENSKAPELIGE UNIVERSITET NTNU
• HIGH SPEED AI-DRIVEN ENGINEERING SIMULATIONS FOR ADVANCED PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
  EU · EIC · €2,431,625 · 2026–2028 · FAST COMPUTING SRL SOCIETA' BENEFIT

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 “partial differential”. 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.