Who funds public health research?

We count 524 funded public health projects, active between 2019 and 2034, from 9 funders. The most came from Wellcome (90 projects), Gates Foundation (81 projects) and EU · MSCA (56 projects). The median award is $1.6M, across the 499 of 524 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

524

Funders

9

Median award

$1.6M

Open calls now

11

Top funders of public health research

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

Open public health funding calls

11 open calls mention public health today.

• Public Health Crisis Response Cooperative Agreement
  Centers for Disease Control - OPHPR$50,000 – $5,000,000Deadline: February 11, 2027 ·
• Tribal Colleges Extension Program Special Emphasis
  National Institute of Food and Agriculture$50,000 – $200,000Deadline: November 2, 2026 ·
• Emerging Infections Network - Research for Preventing, Detecting, and Managing Travel-associated Infectious Diseases
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA$1,750,000 – $6,000,000Deadline: November 5, 2026 ·
• Limited Competition: NIH Research Evaluation and Commercialization Hubs (REACH) (SB0 Clinical Trial Optional)
  National Institutes of HealthNot specifiedDeadline: November 10, 2026 ·
• Title X Family Planning Services Grants
  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health$200,000 – $22,000,000Deadline: January 11, 2027 ·
• NARMS Cooperative Agreement Program to Strengthen Antibiotic Resistance Surveillance in Retail Food Specimens
  Food and Drug AdministrationUp to $200,000Deadline: April 1, 2027 ·
• Emergency Competitive Revision to Existing NIH Awards (Emergency Supplement - Clinical Trial Optional)
  National Institutes of HealthNot specifiedDeadline: April 18, 2027 ·
• NIH Support for Conferences and Scientific Meetings (Parent R13 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  National Institutes of HealthNot specifiedDeadline: September 7, 2027 ·
• Limited Competition: CCRP Initiative: Promoting a Basic Understanding of Chemical Threats to Skin (R34 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  National Institutes of HealthNot specifiedDeadline: January 7, 2028 ·
• CCRP Initiative: Promoting a Basic Understanding of Chemical Threats to Skin (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  National Institutes of HealthUp to $300,000Deadline: November 5, 2028 ·
  Real odds: About 1 in 8 funded (13% · NIH R01-equivalent grants, all NIH institutes, FY2025)
• Implementation Science to Advance HIV Prevention, Treatment, and Care (R61/R33 Clinical Trial Optional)
  National Institutes of HealthNot specifiedDeadline: June 20, 2029 ·

Real odds

• About 1 in 8 funded · 13% · NIH R01-equivalent grants, all NIH institutes, FY2025 · NIH Data Book, report 29

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

Forecast: announced, not open yet

22 forecast calls on public health. Funders publish forecasts before a call opens; you can't apply to these yet, and dates can change.

• ForecastDigital Health Technology and Reciprocal Innovation to Improve Clinical and Public Health Outcomes
  National Institutes of HealthNot specifiedExpected to open December 1, 2026
• ForecastNative Public Health Resilience
  Indian Health ServiceNot specifiedExpected to open February 1, 2027
• ForecastStrengthening Public Health Systems and Services in Indian Country
  CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL CSTLTSNot specifiedExpected to open February 1, 2027
• ForecastPublic Health Nursing
  Indian Health ServiceNot specifiedExpected to open March 1, 2028
• ForecastClinical and Translational Science Award
  National Institutes of HealthNot specifiedExpected to open September 1, 2026
• ForecastLimited Competition: Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Research Training Grant for the Clinical and Translational Science Awards Program
  National Institutes of HealthNot specifiedExpected to open September 1, 2026
• ForecastLimited Competition: Research Education Program for the Clinical and Translational Science Awards Program
  National Institutes of HealthNot specifiedExpected to open September 1, 2026
• ForecastLimited Competition: High Impact Specialized Innovation Programs in Clinical and Translational Science
  National Institutes of HealthNot specifiedExpected to open September 1, 2026

Funded public health projects

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

• Reimagining Prevention Science: LGBTQ+ Collective Action to Prevent Depression and Anxiety in Urban Vietnam
  Wellcome · £2,609,727 · ends 2034
• Strengthening Adolescent Resilience to Improve Sexual and reproductive hEalth (ARISE) Uganda
  Wellcome · £3,385,545 · ends 2034
• The Ohio Valley Node of the Clinical Trials Network
  NIH · NIDA · $7,799,687 · ends 2032
• Arbovirus Vector Genomic Surveillance Platform (ArVGen): Building a platform to enable the genomic surveillance of arbovirus vectors at scale to address a major global health challenge
  Wellcome · £3,427,208 · ends 2031
• CAREER: Harnessing the Power of Off-Dynamics Reinforcement Learning: Foundations, Algorithms, and Applications
  NSF · CISE · $600,000 · ends 2031
• CAREER: Aqueous Click Functionalization of Nanocellulose for Scalable Production of Property Programmable Plastics
  NSF · MPS · $598,776 · ends 2031
• CAREER: Mechanism-Driven Machine Learning for Water and Wastewater Treatment
  NSF · ENG · $550,000 · ends 2031
• Boston University National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories
  NIH · NIAID · $11,500,000 · ends 2031
• Protective immunity to HCV and rational vaccine design
  NIH · NIAID · $3,263,400 · ends 2031
• Dartmouth Clinical and Translational Science Institute
  NIH · NCATS · $4,073,191 · ends 2031

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 “public health”. 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.