Who funds sustainable agriculture research?

We count 285 funded sustainable agriculture projects, active between 2020 and 2033, from 7 funders. The most came from EU · Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (65 projects), EU · MSCA (53 projects) and Gates Foundation (41 projects). The median award is $2.1M, across the 281 of 285 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

285

Funders

7

Median award

$2.1M

Open calls now

3

Top funders of sustainable agriculture research

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

Open sustainable agriculture funding calls

3 open calls mention sustainable agriculture today.

• Optimising the water-nutrient-energy nexus for sustainable and climate smart agriculture in Africa (FNSSA)
  European Commission · Horizon EuropeUp to €6,000,000Deadline: April 8, 2027 ·
• Improving analytical capacity for sustainable competitiveness of the agricultural sector
  European Commission · Horizon EuropeUp to €6,000,000Deadline: May 11, 2027 ·
• African Union – European Union Partnership on Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture (FNSSA)
  European Commission · Horizon EuropeUp to €6,750,000Deadline: September 23, 2027 ·

Funded sustainable agriculture projects

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

• AEGIS - Ancient Environmental Genomics Initiative for Sustainability
  Wellcome · £9,716,729 · ends 2031
• Center: CREST Phase II: Center for Research, Education, Application, and Technology Transfer Excellence for AI-Driven Agricultural Water Sustainability (CREATE-AI Water)
  NSF · EDU · $4,999,997 · ends 2031
• CAREER: A framework for assessing agrivoltaic technical scalability in the US
  NSF · ENG · $599,892 · ends 2031
• CAREER: Integrating the Next Generation into Investigating Cross-kingdom Interactions between Mycorrhizal Fungi and Hyphosphere Bacteria
  NSF · BIO · $869,052 · ends 2031
• CAREER: Spatiotemporal Coordination of Growth and Differentiation Across Tissues
  NSF · BIO · $1,563,148 · ends 2031
• The university of texas at san antonio (utsa) and southwest research institute (swri) at san antonio propose to offer undergraduate…
  USDA · $750,000 · ends 2031
• Microbial communities across the agricultural landscape underpin insect virulence and crop susceptibility to pests and pathogens
  USDA · $749,351 · ends 2031
• Modern agriculture increasingly relies on data-driven technologies to monitor soil, water, and crop health in real-time, driving crucial…
  USDA · $591,500 · ends 2030
• Haskè Conseil — Agricultural Development
  Gates Foundation · $3,997,667 · ends 2030
• CAREER: Cultivating Sustainable Agriculture and Education through Transitions
  NSF · ENG · $549,852 · ends 2030

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 “sustainable agriculture”. 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.