Who funds rice research?

We count 66 funded rice projects, active between 2023 and 2031, from 8 funders. The most came from Gates Foundation (21 projects), EU · MSCA (12 projects) and USDA (9 projects). The median award is $649K, across the 65 of 66 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

66

Funders

8

Median award

$649K

Open calls now

0

Top funders of rice research

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

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Funded rice projects

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

• Tropic Biosciences UK Limited — Agricultural Development
  Gates Foundation · $4,993,349 · ends 2031
• CAREER: Elucidating and Harnessing Early Main Group Clusters for Bond Activation
  NSF · MPS · $700,000 · ends 2031
• Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences
  NIH · NCATS · $5,707,763 · ends 2031
• Rice is a major crop in the lower mississippi river basin, but traditional flooded production requires large volumes of water and can lead…
  USDA · $591,059 · ends 2030
• Nstgro is a fellowship opportunity focused on graduate student research and development of advanced and innovative space technologies…
  NASA · $84,000 · ends 2030
• Rice provides nutrition for over 3.5 billion people and is an important commodity in the united states
  USDA · $750,000 · ends 2030
• Rice is one of the world's most important crops, but it faces big challenges when there isn't enough phosphorus in the soil
  USDA · $649,998 · ends 2030
• Indian Council of Agricultural Research — Agricultural Development
  Gates Foundation · $3,371,771 · ends 2030
• POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS: ULTRASENSITIVE DETECTION,EARLY LIFE EXPOSURES-CLINICAL OUTCOMES (PRETERM BIRTHS, CHRONICLUNG DISEASE, AND NEUROCOGNITIVE DEFICITS), PREVENTION ANDREMEDIATION
  NIH · NIEHS · $3,026,835 · ends 2030
• Curators of the University of Missouri — Agricultural Development
  Gates Foundation · $3,444,753 · 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 “rice”. 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.