# ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY for HEALTH (ARPA-H) (93.384)

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/programs/93-384-advanced-research-projects-agency-for-health-arpa-h/  
Publisher: Well Told Grants. Data: USAspending.gov and Grants.gov, updated November 7, 2026.

ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY for HEALTH (ARPA-H) is run by Department of the Interior. From fiscal 2021 to 2025 it awarded $524 million in 42 grants, about $12.5 million per award.

## Objectives

The purpose of this program is to coordinate the acceleration of biomedical and health breakthroughs to deliver transformative, sustainable, and equitable health solutions for everyone by – (A) facilitating collaboration between Advance Research Projects Agency for Health and other Federal agencies, relevant industries, academia, and other persons, with respect to advance high-potential, high impact biomedical and health research that cannot be readily accomplished through traditional research and commercial activity; (B) identifying and promoting revolutionary advanced in health sciences; (C) promoting high reward innovation to develop high need cures (D) ensuring that the United States maintains, global leadership and science and innovation and the highest quality of life and health for its citizens.

## Funding by fiscal year

| Year | Amount | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $0 | 0 |
| 2022 | $0 | 0 |
| 2023 | $78.9 million | 8 |
| 2024 | $318 million | 28 |
| 2025 | $127 million | 14 |

## Largest recipients

| Recipient | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco | California | $51.9 million |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Tennessee | $39.8 million |
| University of Washington | Washington | $38.9 million |
| William Marsh Rice University | Texas | $35.4 million |
| Emory University | Georgia | $33.7 million |
| The Leland Stanford Junior University | California | $33.5 million |
| La Jolla Institute for Immunology | California | $31.1 million |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Massachusetts | $27.0 million |
| University of Illinois | Illinois | $20.4 million |
| The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York | New York | $18.5 million |
| University of California, San Diego | California | $18.3 million |
| Carnegie-Mellon University | Pennsylvania | $18.1 million |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | Massachusetts | $17.8 million |
| University of Missouri System | Missouri | $14.9 million |
| The Washington University | Missouri | $14.3 million |
| The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center | Texas | $14.3 million |
| Wake Forest University Health Sciences | North Carolina | $13.4 million |
| Yale Univ | Connecticut | $12.1 million |
| University of Illinois | Illinois | $9.8 million |
| The Administrators of Tulane Educational Fund | Louisiana | $9.4 million |