Who funds water quality research?

We count 52 funded water quality projects, active between 2022 and 2031, from 6 funders. The most came from EU · Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (11 projects), EU · MSCA (11 projects) and USDA (8 projects). The median award is $793K, across the 52 of 52 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

52

Funders

6

Median award

$793K

Open calls now

0

Top funders of water quality research

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

Open water quality funding calls

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Funded water quality projects

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

• CAREER: Tracing hydrologic and biogeochemical consequences of multiple disturbances in mountain watersheds
  NSF · GEO · $888,026 · ends 2031
• CAREER: Quantifying the effects of earthquake-induced landslides on mountain erosion and organic carbon mobilization
  NSF · GEO · $682,771 · ends 2031
• Grazinglands are a hotspot for managing essential ecosystem services such as maintaining good water quality, and stream and soil health…
  USDA · $749,978 · ends 2030
• CAREER: COMPOSITION, TRANSPORT, AND FATE OF DISSOLVED AND PYROGENIC ORGANIC MATTER IN FIRE-IMPACTED SOILS
  NSF · GEO · $836,711 · ends 2030
• CAREER: CAS-Climate: Assessing Manure Management and Climate Emissions on Animal Feeding Operations via Satellite Remote Sensing
  NSF · ENG · $549,858 · ends 2030
• SeaDream: Sustainable Marine Energy and Ecosystem Resilience Advancement through Digital Technologies and Real- Time Crisis Management
  UKRI · Horizon Europe Guarantee · £12,013 · ends 2030
• Phosphorus is an essential nutrient for food production, but its mismanagement creates serious environmental and economic challenges
  USDA · $650,000 · ends 2030
• This project seeks funding to support the inclusion of students enrolled in several courses into an ongoing, long-term research and…
  USDA · $150,000 · ends 2029
• Next-Generation Low-Cost Electrochemical Biosensors for Water Quality Monitoring
  UKRI · NERC · £727,126 · ends 2029
• Data and solutions for impacts of climate-related extremes on incarcerated people in the United States
  Wellcome · £1,721,295 · 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 “water quality”. 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.