Federal grants to Southern Research Institute
Southern Research Institute in Birmingham, Alabama received $8.3 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 10 awards. Its largest program was Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs, with $3.4 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $805,446.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$8.3 million
- Awards10
- Awarded in FY 2025$805,446
- Largest award$3.4 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 4 | $1.5 million |
| FY 2022 | 2 | $1.1 million |
| FY 2023 | 6 | $3.2 million |
| FY 2024 | 3 | $1.7 million |
| FY 2025 | 2 | $805,446 |
Programs that fund Southern Research Institute
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs | 1 | $3.4 million |
| Trans-NIH Research Support | 1 | $2.5 million |
| Biomedical Research and Research Training | 1 | $1.0 million |
| Military Medical Research and Development | 1 | $760,409 |
| Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act | 1 | $437,545 |
| Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders | 1 | $376,163 |
| Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research | 1 | $230,049 |
| Aging Research | 1 | $12,916 |
| Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Research | 1 | $3 |
| Research Infrastructure Programs | 1 | $1 |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Human Services | 8 | $7.5 million |
| Department of Defense | 1 | $760,409 |
| Environmental Protection Agency | 1 | $437,545 |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allosteric modulators of dopamine transporter as therapeutic agents for neuroaids | Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs | April 2, 2021 | $3.4 million |
| Development of small molecule inhibitors as anti-inflammatory agents and antidotes for arsenicals - arsenicals cause rapid, severe and painful inflammatory and blistering responses in the skin. The available medical countermeasures against arsenical-induced toxicity are not effective due to toxicity | Trans-NIH Research Support | August 30, 2023 | $2.5 million |
| An automated compound management system for small molecule drug discovery - abstract southern research (SR) is requesting funds for the purchase of a hamilton verso M3 (“verso”) to assist in the execution of drug discovery and chemical biology projects. The verso will serve as the small molecule rep | Biomedical Research and Research Training | August 2, 2023 | $1.0 million |
| Rank signaling inhibitors for treating breast cancer bone metastasis | Military Medical Research and Development | June 8, 2022 | $760,409 |
| Description: this action approves an award in the amount of $437,545 to support southern research institute to conduct ambient air monitoring of pollutants of greatest concern in communities with environmental and health outcome disparities stemming from pollution and the COVID-19 pandemic. This proj | Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act | August 30, 2023 | $437,545 |
| Transcriptional regulation of metabolism in neurons | Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders | May 3, 2021 | $376,163 |
| New drug leads for resistant visceral leishmaniasis | Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research | May 11, 2021 | $261,318 |
| Omic profiling of vulnerable synapses in age-related neurodegeneration | Aging Research | August 10, 2021 | $12,916 |
| Development of small molecule inhibitors as anti-inflammatory agents and antidotes for arsenicals - arsenicals cause rapid, severe and painful inflammatory and blistering responses in the skin. The available medical countermeasures against arsenical-induced toxicity are not effective due to toxicity | Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Research | August 30, 2023 | $3 |
| An automated compound management system for small molecule drug discovery - abstract southern research (SR) is requesting funds for the purchase of a hamilton verso M3 (“verso”) to assist in the execution of drug discovery and chemical biology projects. The verso will serve as the small molecule rep | Research Infrastructure Programs | August 2, 2023 | $1 |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Southern Research Institute get?
$8.3 million in 10 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Southern Research Institute the most?
The Department of Health and Human Services, with $7.5 million in 8 awards. The Department of Defense and the Environmental Protection Agency follow.
What is Southern Research Institute's largest federal grant?
$3.4 million under Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs, with its first action in the period on April 2, 2021. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Southern Research Institute?
Its largest are Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs, Trans-NIH Research Support and Biomedical Research and Research Training.
Other grant recipients in Birmingham
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Housing Authority of Birmingham District
- Southern Company Services, Inc.
- City of Birmingham
- Lawson State Community College
- Birmingham Jefferson County Transit Authority
- American Cast Iron Pipe Company
- Birmingham Airport Authority
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