Who funds philosophy research?

We count 123 funded philosophy projects, active between 2020 and 2032, from 3 funders. The most came from EU · ERC (72 projects), EU · MSCA (42 projects) and EU · Widening participation and spreading excellence (2 projects). The median award is $1.6M, across the 121 of 123 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

123

Funders

3

Median award

$1.6M

Open calls now

1

Top funders of philosophy research

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

Open philosophy funding calls

1 open call mentions philosophy today.

• APS Franklin Research Grants
  American Philosophical SocietyUp to $7,000Deadline: December 1, 2026 ·

Forecast: announced, not open yet

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

• ForecastNational Humanities Center Residential Fellowships
  National Humanities CenterNot specifiedOpening date not announced

Funded philosophy projects

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

• Human understanding: behaviour, brain and neural computation
  Wellcome · £2,237,141 · ends 2029
• The mathematical turn in philosophy: measurement, computation, (de)idealization
  UKRI · AHRC · £353,345 · ends 2029
• SCIENTIFIC PHILOSOPHY: RISE AND FALL OF A EUROPEAN IDEAL (1850s-1940s)
  EU · MSCA · ends 2028
• Large Language Models as Philosophical Inquiry
  UKRI · AHRC · £238,219 · ends 2028
• Exploring the Grey Zone: A Biopsychosocial Approach to Religious Delusions and Conspiracy Beliefs
  UKRI · UKRI CRCRM · £995,065 · ends 2027
• Co-design and pilot of a novel model of compassionate community incorporating Ubuntu philosophy to better sup-port end-of-life for patients and their families in Zimbabwe.
  Wellcome · ends 2027
• Lost Epistemologies and Awareness of Flora
  EU · MSCA · €260,348 · 2027–2029 · UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
• Philosophical Investigation through Videographic Outputs and Techniques
  EU · MSCA · €396,991 · 2027–2030 · UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI TORINO
• A Philosophical Account of Animal Behavioural Control: the Foundation on Which the Capacity for Human Agency is Exercised
  EU · ERC · €2,363,629 · 2027–2032 · UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
• Concepts as Knowledge Facilitators
  EU · ERC · €1,999,985 · 2027–2031 · HELSINGIN YLIOPISTO

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 “philosophy or philosophical”. 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.