Who funds political science research?

We count 572 funded political science projects, active between 2020 and 2032, from 5 funders. The most came from EU · ERC (266 projects), EU · MSCA (184 projects) and EU · Culture, creativity and inclusive society (34 projects). The median award is $1.6M, across the 554 of 572 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

572

Funders

5

Median award

$1.6M

Open calls now

2

Top funders of political science research

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

Open political science funding calls

2 open calls mention political science today.

• Governance, sustainable development and international politics of a future ice-free Arctic
  European Commission · Horizon EuropeUp to €8,000,000Deadline: September 23, 2027 ·
• Balanced Prosecution of Transnational Organized Crime Cases
  Bureau of International Narcotics-Law Enforcement$750,000 – $1,100,000Deadline: November 9, 2026 ·

Funded political science projects

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

• Speculative Fertilities: Finance, Pharma, and the Future of Reproduction
  Wellcome · £1,216,916 · ends 2032
• Ethical Challenges of Chronic Disease Care in Humanitarian Settings
  Wellcome · £713,284 · ends 2031
• After the end: Lived experiences and aftermaths of Diseases, Disasters and Drugs in global health
  Wellcome · £7,790,614 · ends 2031
• GENERATE 2: Translating, Displacing, and Mapping Intersectional Disaster Justice
  UKRI · UKRI FLF · £601,402 · ends 2030
• ‘Intelligent Women: Citizenship, Meritocracy and the Equal Franchise Act’
  UKRI · AHRC · £250,572 · ends 2030
• A New Dimension for Agrochemical and Pharmaceutical Synthesis (ANDAPS): From Innovation to Application
  UKRI · UKRI FLF · £595,297 · ends 2029
• Pan-African Frontiers: Reparative Futures and the Reimagining of Global Order
  UKRI · UKRI FLF · £594,344 · ends 2029
• Baobab Institute — Global Education
  Gates Foundation · $10,000,000 · ends 2029
• Engineering Biology Hub for Microbial Food
  UKRI · BBSRC · £12,634,909 · ends 2029
• Use of econometric and political economy methods to analyse the behaviour of the Reichstage of the Holy Roman Empire
  UKRI · ESRC · ends 2029

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 “politics or political”. 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.