Who funds poverty research?

We count 75 funded poverty projects, active between 2022 and 2032, from 5 funders. The most came from EU · ERC (13 projects), Wellcome (13 projects) and Gates Foundation (12 projects). The median award is $1.6M, across the 72 of 75 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

75

Funders

5

Median award

$1.6M

Open calls now

1

Top funders of poverty research

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

Open poverty funding calls

1 open call mentions poverty today.

• Structured dialogue with people with lived experience of poverty
  European CommissionNot specifiedDeadline: October 29, 2026 ·

Funded poverty projects

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

• Structural characterization of key venom toxin neutralization vulnerabilities
  Wellcome · £3,441,833 · ends 2032
• 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
• ICTP - IAP - IPCC WGII Collaborative Research Assistance Grant
  Wellcome · £978,581 · ends 2030
• What are the impacts of climate shocks on people with disabilities and does the Ultra-Poor Graduation Programme improve their resiliency?
  UKRI · UKRI FLF · £1,686,913 · ends 2030
• In 2024, more than 1.7 million adults (25%) and nearly 450,000 children (27%) in nyc lived in poverty
  USDA · $5,764,693 · ends 2029
• Dalberg Catalyst — Global Health and Development Public Awareness and Analysis
  Gates Foundation · $1,300,000 · ends 2029
• Aquaculture plays a significant role in the world's development by promoting economic growth while reducing poverty
  USDA · $597,755 · ends 2028
• Ending Extreme Poverty through Social Protection? Experimental Evidence from 10-year Nationwide Randomised Cash Transfers in Rwanda and Malawi
  UKRI · UKRI FLF · £3,304,309 · ends 2028
• Experimental storying for intergenerational and intersectional equity in the 15-minute city
  UKRI · ESRC · £339,682 · ends 2028
• The University of Hong Kong — Global Health and Development Public Awareness and Analysis
  Gates Foundation · $600,000 · 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 “poverty”. 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.