Who funds structural biology research?

We count 64 funded structural biology projects, active between 2022 and 2033, from 5 funders. The most came from EU · ERC (20 projects), Wellcome (11 projects) and EU · MSCA (7 projects). The median award is $2.6M, across the 59 of 64 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

64

Funders

5

Median award

$2.6M

Open calls now

2

Top funders of structural biology research

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

Open structural biology funding calls

2 open calls mention structural biology today.

• Centers for Structural Biology of HIV and Other Infectious Diseases (U54 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  National Institutes of HealthUp to $3,500,000Deadline: May 28, 2027 ·
• Limited Competition: NIGMS Mature Synchrotron Resources (MSR) for Structural Biology (P30 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  National Institutes of HealthNot specifiedDeadline: October 2, 2028 ·

Funded structural biology projects

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

• Molecular mechanisms of erythrocyte invasion in malaria
  Wellcome · £3,987,567 · ends 2033
• Resolving HIV-1 transport and host cofactor regulation in the cellular context
  Wellcome · £4,774,316 · ends 2033
• Transforming spatial and structural biology: Native ambient mass spectrometry
  Wellcome · £2,499,983 · ends 2032
• Technology development for high-resolution biological imaging and structural dynamics
  NIH · NIGMS · $3,099,037 · ends 2030
• A Synchrotron Radiation Structural Biology Resource
  NIH · NIGMS · $4,401,660 · ends 2030
• MRI: Track 1 Acquisition of a Microfocused Dual-Source X-ray Diffraction System
  NSF · MPS · $645,695 · ends 2029
• MacCHESS Synchrotron Source for Structural Biology
  NIH · NIGMS · $3,466,955 · ends 2029
• Collaborative Research: Tools for Tackling Preferred Specimen Orientation in Cryo-EM
  NSF · BIO · $808,664 · ends 2029
• Using cryo-EM and biophysics to understand how bacterial photosynthesis powers a range of cellular processes
  UKRI · BBSRC · ends 2028
• Combining structural biology with AI-guided protein design to develop new antibody-degrading enzymes.
  UKRI · BBSRC · £858,830 · ends 2028

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 “structural biology or cryo-em”. 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.