Who funds particle physics research?

We count 113 funded particle physics projects, active between 2020 and 2032, from 4 funders. The most came from EU · ERC (49 projects), UKRI · STFC (23 projects) and EU · MSCA (18 projects). The median award is $1.6M, across the 103 of 113 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

113

Funders

4

Median award

$1.6M

Open calls now

0

Top funders of particle physics research

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

Open particle physics funding calls

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Funded particle physics projects

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

• University of Cambridge
  UKRI · STFC · £1,468,701 · ends 2030
• Newcastle Particle Cosmology Programme
  UKRI · STFC · £18,371 · ends 2030
• University of Plymouth-Particle Physics Theory Consolidated Grants 2025
  UKRI · STFC · £12,114 · ends 2030
• Quantum Many-Body Physics with Ultracold Polar Molecules
  UKRI · EPSRC · £9,987,529 · ends 2030
• ANUBIS: AN Underground Belayed In-Shaft experiment to search for long-lived particles using LHC service shafts at CERN
  UKRI · UKRI FLF · £593,398 · ends 2029
• New light particles: from theory to experiment and observations
  UKRI · UKRI FLF · £594,154 · ends 2029
• Collaborative Research: Elements: Lattice QCD software for nuclear physics on heterogeneous architectures
  NSF · CISE · $394,273 · ends 2029
• Development of High-Precision Atomic Methods and New Physics Searches
  NSF · MPS · $413,090 · ends 2029
• Machine Learning the Total Width of the Higgs Boson at CMS
  NSF · MPS · $510,000 · ends 2029
• Advancing Theory and Technology for the detectiOn of dark Matter
  EU · MSCA · 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 “particle physics”. 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.