Top funders of health economics and policy research, 2023–2025
Research funders ranked by the papers in the 14 tracked health economics and policy journals that name them, in each year from 2023 to 2025. Funders are the organisations OpenAlex links to a paper from its funding information (Crossref metadata and the paper's acknowledgements); a paper counts once for each funder it names. Grant numbers are not shown. Also as Markdown.
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Key findings#
- From 2023 to 2025, National Institute for Health and Care Research was named as a funder of the most papers in the 14 tracked health economics and policy journals (156), followed by European Commission (99) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (98).
- In 2025 alone, National Institute for Health and Care Research funded 52 of these papers.
| # | Funder | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2023–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | National Institute for Health and Care Research | 49 | 55 | 52 | 156 |
| 2 | European Commission | 29 | 33 | 37 | 99 |
| 3 | National Natural Science Foundation of China | 22 | 35 | 41 | 98 |
| 4 | Medical Research Council | 32 | 30 | 27 | 89 |
| 5 | National Institutes of Health | 23 | 34 | 23 | 80 |
| 6 | World Health Organization | 26 | 28 | 26 | 80 |
| 7 | Canadian Institutes of Health Research | 28 | 21 | 25 | 74 |
| 8 | National Health and Medical Research Council | 26 | 20 | 22 | 68 |
| 9 | EuroQol Research Foundation | 14 | 20 | 23 | 57 |
| 10 | Department of Health and Social Care | 17 | 12 | 22 | 51 |
| 11 | Australian Government | 15 | 18 | 15 | 48 |
| 12 | National Institute on Aging | 20 | 14 | 13 | 47 |
| 13 | Economic and Social Research Council | 11 | 14 | 11 | 36 |
| 14 | Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development | 14 | 11 | 10 | 35 |
| 15 | Wellcome Trust | 14 | 9 | 12 | 35 |
| 16 | Pfizer | 10 | 15 | 8 | 33 |
| 17 | Monash University | 10 | 9 | 12 | 31 |
| 18 | University of Melbourne | 6 | 8 | 13 | 27 |
| 19 | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia | 8 | 5 | 13 | 26 |
| 20 | Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | 10 | 10 | 5 | 25 |
| 21 | Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung | 12 | 4 | 9 | 25 |
| 22 | Israel National Institute for Health Policy Research | 7 | 12 | 6 | 25 |
| 23 | AstraZeneca | 8 | 13 | 3 | 24 |
| 24 | HORIZON EUROPE Framework Programme | 4 | 6 | 14 | 24 |
| 25 | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science | 11 | 5 | 8 | 24 |
| 26 | ZonMw | 7 | 6 | 10 | 23 |
| 27 | European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies | 5 | 13 | 4 | 22 |
| 28 | Bristol-Myers Squibb | 7 | 10 | 4 | 21 |
| 29 | Agence Nationale de la Recherche | 7 | 4 | 7 | 18 |
| 30 | Government of the United Kingdom | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 |
| 31 | Health Technology Assessment Programme | 8 | 5 | 5 | 18 |
| 32 | National Science Foundation | 5 | 6 | 7 | 18 |
| 33 | National Social Science Fund of China | 2 | 5 | 11 | 18 |
| 34 | F. Hoffmann-La Roche | 5 | 9 | 3 | 17 |
| 35 | Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 |
| 36 | Horizon 2020 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 16 |
| 37 | Deakin University | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 38 | Horizon 2020 Framework Programme | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| 39 | McMaster University | 5 | 8 | 2 | 15 |
| 40 | Medical Research Future Fund | 5 | 6 | 4 | 15 |
| 41 | Novo Nordisk | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 42 | Novo Nordisk Fonden | 5 | 6 | 4 | 15 |
| 43 | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada | 4 | 8 | 3 | 15 |
| 44 | Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam | 3 | 7 | 4 | 14 |
| 45 | H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions | 6 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 46 | Health Research Board | 6 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 47 | Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
| 48 | National Institute on Drug Abuse | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 |
| 49 | University of Sydney | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| 50 | Vetenskapsrådet | 3 | 8 | 3 | 14 |
Cite this page
Scholar4AI. (2026). Top funders of health economics and policy research, 2023–2025. Journal Research Rankings. Retrieved October 31, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/funders/health-economics-and-policy
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