Who funds tobacco research?

We count 65 funded tobacco projects, active between 2021 and 2031, from 8 funders. The most came from NIH · NIDA (8 projects), NSF · GEO (8 projects) and NIH · NCI (6 projects). The median award is $2.1M, across the 62 of 65 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

65

Funders

8

Median award

$2.1M

Open calls now

5

Top funders of tobacco research

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

Open tobacco funding calls

5 open calls mention tobacco today.

• Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment or Prevention (SBIRT/P) for alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs (ATOD) use and misuse in adult populations that experience health disparities (R01, Clinical Trial Required)
  National Institutes of HealthNot specifiedDeadline: May 7, 2027 ·
  Real odds: About 1 in 8 funded (13% · NIH R01-equivalent grants, all NIH institutes, FY2025)
• Pilot Health Services and Economic Research on the Treatment of Drug, Alcohol, and Tobacco Use Disorders (R34 Clinical Trial Optional)
  National Institutes of HealthNot specifiedDeadline: October 27, 2027 ·
• NIH Brain Development Cohorts (NBDC) and Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study Biospecimen Access (X01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  National Institutes of HealthNot specifiedDeadline: April 17, 2029 ·
• Accelerating the Pace of Substance Use Research Using Existing Data (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  National Institutes of HealthNot specifiedDeadline: December 3, 2027 ·
  Real odds: About 1 in 8 funded (13% · NIH R01-equivalent grants, all NIH institutes, FY2025)
• Accelerating the Pace of Substance Use Research Using Existing Data (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  National Institutes of HealthNot specifiedDeadline: December 3, 2027 ·
  Real odds: About 1 in 9 funded (11% · NIH R21 (exploratory/developmental), all NIH institutes, FY2025)

Real odds

• About 1 in 8 funded · 13% · NIH R01-equivalent grants, all NIH institutes, FY2025 · NIH Data Book, report 29
• About 1 in 9 funded · 11% · NIH R21 (exploratory/developmental), all NIH institutes, FY2025 · NIH Data Book, report 202

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

Forecast: announced, not open yet

1 forecast call on tobacco. Funders publish forecasts before a call opens; you can't apply to these yet, and dates can change.

• ForecastTobacco Centers of Regulatory Science (TCORS) (Clinical Trial Optional)
  National Institutes of HealthNot specifiedExpected to open June 14, 2027

Funded tobacco projects

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

• FIRE-WUI: Emerging Wildfire Hazards in High-Biomass Forests and Community Adaptation
  NSF · GEO · $2,995,072 · ends 2031
• Clean Air and Heat Relief: Evaluating Cardiovascular and Respiratory Health Outcomes Among Recipients of Oregon's Free AC and Air Filter Program
  NIH · NIEHS · $3,203,867 · ends 2030
• Kicking the Habit: Historicising 'Addictive' Sport Sponsorship in Britain, 1965-2025
  Wellcome · £1,696,710 · ends 2030
• POPULATION ASSESSMENT OF TOBACCO AND HEALTH (PATH) STUDY PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: 02/01/2024 - 01/31/2029
  NIH · NIDA · $4,500,000 · ends 2029
• African Tax Administration Forum — Global Health and Development Public Awareness and Analysis
  Gates Foundation · $2,600,000 · ends 2029
• Multispectral Colloidal Quantum Dot Infrared Detectors
  NSF · ENG · $461,804 · ends 2029
• SaTC 2.0: RES: Guaranteed Execution of Critical Code
  NSF · CISE · $660,000 · ends 2029
• Collaborative Research: FIRE-WUI: Investigating Fire Behavior-Emission Relationships for Building Materials
  NSF · GEO · $367,772 · ends 2029
• Collaborative Research: Unique Sources of Carbonaceous Aerosol in the North Atlantic Basin--Impacts of African Smoke, Dust, and Marine Emission on Physicochemical Properties
  NSF · GEO · $435,773 · ends 2029
• Elements: Aerosol Model Benchmarking Repository and Standards (AMBRS): A Community Cyberinfrastructure for Process-Level Aerosol Model Evaluation
  NSF · CISE · $593,169 · 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 “tobacco or smoking”. 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.