Who funds solar cells research?

We count 191 funded solar cells projects, active between 2019 and 2032, from 5 funders. The most came from EU · MSCA (59 projects), EU · ERC (45 projects) and EU · Climate, Energy and Mobility (36 projects). The median award is $1.6M, across the 184 of 191 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

191

Funders

5

Median award

$1.6M

Open calls now

1

Top funders of solar cells research

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

Open solar cells funding calls

1 open call mentions solar cells today.

• Production technologies for solar photovoltaics beyond the state-of-the-art (EUPI-PV Partnership)
  European Commission · Horizon EuropeUp to €12,000,000Deadline: March 31, 2027 ·

Funded solar cells projects

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

• CAREER: Predicting the Synthesis and Synthesizability of Metastable Epitaxial Thin Films
  NSF · MPS · $653,618 · ends 2031
• CAREER: A framework for assessing agrivoltaic technical scalability in the US
  NSF · ENG · $599,892 · ends 2031
• TACOS-PV: Temperature Analysis and Characterisation in Operational Solar PhotoVoltaics
  UKRI · EPSRC · £1,676,555 · ends 2030
• This project will install roof-mounted solar photovoltaic (pv) systems with an estimated total capacity of 148 kilowatts – direct current…
  DOE · $652,837 · ends 2030
• Comprehensive assessment of co-benefits and maladaptation of solarisation in Thailand
  Wellcome · £1,339,120 · ends 2029
• Spatiotemporal Transient Dynamics in Advanced Photonic Materials (STAD)
  UKRI · UKRI FLF · £1,456,120 · ends 2029
• Tailoring structure–property relationships in metal halide perovskites at an atomistic level
  UKRI · EPSRC · £1,729,967 · ends 2029
• EIR: Close-Space Sublimation for Scalable Perovskite Optoelectronics Manufacturing
  NSF · ENG · $1,328,340 · ends 2029
• MRI: Track 1: Development of a Fast Multi-Contrast High-Resolution Optical Pump-Probe Microscope
  NSF · MPS · $1,392,667 · ends 2029
• Data-Driven Understanding of Grain-Boundary Roles in Self-Healing Perovskites
  NSF · MPS · $662,397 · 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 “solar cell or solar cells or photovoltaic”. 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.