Who funds single-cell biology research?

We count 195 funded single-cell biology projects, active between 2020 and 2032, from 7 funders. The most came from EU · ERC (79 projects), Wellcome (28 projects) and EU · MSCA (28 projects). The median award is $2.1M, across the 185 of 195 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

195

Funders

7

Median award

$2.1M

Open calls now

1

Top funders of single-cell biology research

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

Open single-cell biology funding calls

1 open call mentions single-cell biology today.

• BRAIN Initiative: Exploratory Research Opportunities Using Invasive Neural Recording and Stimulating Technologies in the Human Brain (R61 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  National Institutes of HealthUp to $700,000Deadline: February 11, 2027 ·

Forecast: announced, not open yet

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

• ForecastSingle Cell Opioid Responses in the Context of HIV (SCORCH) Program: Phase 2
  National Institutes of HealthUp to $1,000,000Expected to open February 1, 2027

Funded single-cell biology projects

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

• Removing Barriers to Fungal Bioimaging for the Global Medical Mycology Community
  Wellcome · £4,910,112 · ends 2032
• Harnessing single cell image-transcriptomics and bespoke AI for a deeper understanding of tumour-microenvironment interactions
  Wellcome · £1,555,394 · ends 2032
• Role of locus-specific transposable element expression in development
  Wellcome · £3,084,629 · ends 2032
• CAREER: Linking Mechanical Forces and Energy Flow in Collective Cell Migration
  NSF · ENG · $504,665 · ends 2031
• CAREER: Genetic Determinants of Giant Virus Host Range
  NSF · BIO · $1,600,000 · ends 2031
• CAREER: Distribution-In-Distribution-Out Analytics: Modeling, Inference, and Applications in Data-Rich Science and Engineering
  NSF · ENG · $500,001 · ends 2031
• A multimodal brain cell atlas and community resource of Alzheimer's disease and comorbid dementias.
  NIH · NIA · $14,713,224 · ends 2030
• III: Mixed curvature spaces for single-cell functional genomics
  NSF · CISE · $1,000,000 · ends 2030
• Center for Integrated Cellular Analysis
  NIH · NHGRI · $10,000,000 · ends 2029
• Polygenic Embryo Screening: Towards Informed Decision-Making
  NIH · NHGRI · $3,291,424 · 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 “single cell or single-cell”. 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.