Who funds supply chain research?

We count 189 funded supply chain projects, active between 2020 and 2032, from 7 funders. The most came from EU · Digital, Industry and Space (32 projects), EU · Climate, Energy and Mobility (25 projects) and EU · MSCA (22 projects). The median award is $2.2M, across the 188 of 189 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

189

Funders

7

Median award

$2.2M

Open calls now

3

Top funders of supply chain research

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

Open supply chain funding calls

3 open calls mention supply chain today.

• Circularity of seafood supply chain
  European Commission · Horizon Europe · EU Missions€7,200,000 – €7,725,000Deadline: September 21, 2027 ·
• Strengthening evidence-based policies for the resilience of European agriculture and forestry and related supply chains against crises and systemic risks
  European Commission · Horizon EuropeUp to €6,000,000Deadline: September 23, 2027 ·
• CfI: Battery innovation for dual use and defence phase 1
  Innovate UKNot specifiedDeadline: November 4, 2026 ·
  Real odds: About 1 in 7 funded (14% · Innovate UK, all funding decisions, 2024-25)

Real odds

• About 1 in 7 funded · 14% · Innovate UK, all funding decisions, 2024-25 · UKRI investment and outputs data, table 2.1

Published success rates for the programs behind the open calls above: the share of applications the funder funded, program-wide, not for this topic.

Funded supply chain projects

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

• AI Institute for Advances in Optimization
  NSF · ENG · $20,000,000 · ends 2031
• Farm-to-school (f2s) programs are vital for improving child nutrition and supporting regional agricultural economies
  USDA · $6,218,999 · ends 2031
• CAREER: Materials, Electrolyte, and Interphase Design for Rechargeable Fluoride-Ion Batteries
  NSF · ENG · $660,000 · ends 2031
• Collaborative Research: SaTC 2.0: RES: AIGIS: Securing the Deep Learning Model Supply Chain
  NSF · CISE · $410,000 · ends 2030
• CAREER: Advancing climate resilience of food supply chains through research and education
  NSF · ENG · $598,516 · ends 2030
• Collaborative Research: FEC: Transformative Bioprocessing and AI-Driven Frameworks for Sustainable Critical Mineral Recovery
  NSF · Office of the Director · $3,824,575 · ends 2030
• Forests in the southern united states support more than a million jobs, provide essential raw materials to rural economies, and supply a…
  USDA · $591,500 · ends 2030
• Collaborative Research: Building a Next-Generation Technician Workforce for Advanced Manufacturing and the Electric Vehicle Supply Chain
  NSF · EDU · $1,721,829 · ends 2029
• Collaborative Research: CPS-CIR: Community-maintained Resilient AI Infrastructure for Local Food Security in Hawaii
  NSF · CISE · $642,291 · ends 2029
• Development and evaluation of innovative devices for detecting falsified and substandard vaccines in supply chains
  UKRI · MRC · £3,740,293 · 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 “supply chain or supply chains”. 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.