Who funds volcano research?

We count 63 funded volcano projects, active between 2021 and 2032, from 5 funders. The most came from NSF · GEO (22 projects), EU · ERC (14 projects) and EU · MSCA (9 projects). The median award is $526K, across the 63 of 63 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

63

Funders

5

Median award

$526K

Open calls now

1

Top funders of volcano research

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

Open volcano funding calls

1 open call mentions volcano today.

• GSA Jack Kleinman Memorial Award for Volcano Research
  Geological Society of AmericaUp to $5,000Deadline: December 30, 2026 ·

Funded volcano projects

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

• Enhancing our understanding of volcanic clouds using long-term satellite records and next-generation instruments
  UKRI · NERC · £907,041 · ends 2032
• Collaborative Research: Seismic Experiment for Eastern Aleutian Subduction Tremor and Earthquake Research
  NSF · GEO · $526,026 · ends 2030
• Constraining hidden mantle volatile fluxes in volcanically quiescent regions.
  UKRI · NERC · £747,853 · ends 2030
• CAREER: Coordinated Geochronology: A toolkit for revealing Earth's impact history and a new laboratory "field" course paradigm
  NSF · GEO · $874,603 · ends 2030
• NSFGEO-DFG: Uncovering Atmospheric Composition during the Past 14,000 Years Using European Ice Cores
  NSF · GEO · $805,958 · ends 2030
• 4DMIX:Unravelling magma mixing and eruption dynamics by 4D HPHT x-ray tomographic experiments, numerical modelling and observations
  UKRI · UKRI FLF · £595,585 · ends 2029
• The agronomic benefits of basaltic (volcanic) rock dust (bard) used as a soil amendment to significantly improve soil health will be…
  USDA · $749,999 · ends 2029
• Multivariate Marked Point Process Fusion and Statistical Emulation for Uncertainty Quantification in Geophysical Extremes
  NSF · MPS · $192,147 · ends 2029
• SMASHING! Unravelling the climate impact of Small-to-Moderate magnitude eruptions through volcanic ASH IN Greenland ice cores
  UKRI · NERC · £798,290 · ends 2029
• The work to be performed is to ensure that the instrument acquires altimetry and radiometry for lunar volcanism topography and surface…
  NASA · $180,000 · 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 “volcano or volcanic”. 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.