Who funds social media research?

We count 69 funded social media projects, active between 2021 and 2032, from 6 funders. The most came from EU · ERC (28 projects), EU · MSCA (18 projects) and Wellcome (7 projects). The median award is $1.6M, across the 66 of 69 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

69

Funders

6

Median award

$1.6M

Open calls now

0

Top funders of social media research

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

Open social media funding calls

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Funded social media projects

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

• Advancing social media data science to examine the causal relationship between social media content and adolescent health-risk behaviours
  Wellcome · £753,083 · ends 2031
• The Digital Labour of Covid-19 Volunteerism: The Post-2000 Political History of Medical Infrastructures in India
  Wellcome · £967,215 · ends 2030
• Collaborative Research: HCC: Small: Investigating Social Connectedness as a Primary Design Goal for Social Computing Systems
  NSF · CISE · $384,331 · ends 2029
• Using AI to unpack the bi-directional association between adolescent social media exposure and mental health and well being
  NIH · NIMH · $3,633,977 · ends 2029
• Autism in affinity spaces: Interest-driven social media practices during the transition to adulthood
  Wellcome · £713,657 · ends 2029
• AI-Driven Enhancement of Online Safety: Protecting Children by Disrupting CSAM Links (CSAMGuard+)
  UKRI · Innovate UK · £532,803 · ends 2029
• Inundated with misinformation on platforms such as social media americans lack nutrition knowledge and confidence on how to make healthy…
  USDA · $149,690 · ends 2029
• Foodborne diseases (fbd) pose a significant public health challenge and continue to affect many segments of the u.s
  USDA · $299,880 · ends 2028
• Artificial Intelligence & Data Science for Sustainable Futures
  UKRI · Other NPIF · ends 2027
• Corporate Science Communication (COSCOM): Risks, Opportunities, Interventions
  EU · ERC · €1,499,250 · 2027–2032 · LUDWIG-MAXIMILIANS-UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN

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 “social media”. 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.