Federal grants to Northern Arizona University
Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona received $416 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 456 awards. Its largest program was Education Stabilization Fund, with $109 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $44.4 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$416 million
- Awards456
- Awarded in FY 2025$44.4 million
- Largest award$57.9 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 185 | $171 million |
| FY 2022 | 169 | $82.0 million |
| FY 2023 | 148 | $57.7 million |
| FY 2024 | 154 | $61.3 million |
| FY 2025 | 116 | $44.4 million |
Programs that fund Northern Arizona University
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Education Stabilization Fund | 4 | $109 million |
| Southwest Forest Health and Wildfire Prevention | 6 | $25.6 million |
| Minority Health and Health Disparities Research | 4 | $22.9 million |
| Science | 70 | $22.9 million |
| Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs | 1 | $20.5 million |
| Biological Sciences | 26 | $19.6 million |
| STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) | 24 | $15.2 million |
| Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research | 5 | $15.1 million |
| Office of Science Financial Assistance Program | 9 | $10.4 million |
| Geosciences | 33 | $9.6 million |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Education | 25 | $156 million |
| Department of Health and Human Services | 44 | $74.1 million |
| National Science Foundation | 133 | $65.4 million |
| Department of Agriculture | 35 | $32.9 million |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 71 | $23.0 million |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Administration of the CARES act funding - institutional portion | Education Stabilization Fund | February 16, 2021 | $57.9 million |
| Administration of the CARES act funding | Education Stabilization Fund | February 16, 2021 | $45.8 million |
| Southwest health equity research collaborative | Minority Health and Health Disparities Research | October 29, 2020 | $21.9 million |
| Arizona gear up 2019-26: the five e's of equity | Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs | July 7, 2021 | $21.9 million |
| Infrastructure wildfire and treatment effectiveness mapping and assessment | Southwest Forest Health and Wildfire Prevention | September 12, 2022 | $16.5 million |
| Early in vivo expressed antigens and their role in virulence, immune response, and vaccines for coccidioidomycosis - overall section title: early in vivo expressed antigens and their role in virulence, immune response, and vaccines for coccidioidomycosis. Summary coccidioidomycosis, also known as va | Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research | August 24, 2022 | $9.2 million |
| The partnership for native american cancer prevention (1 of 2) | Cancer Centers Support Grants | May 18, 2021 | $6.6 million |
| This project will provide training, technical support and outreach, with associated activities, to hundreds of american indians and indian tribes to support and facilitate their development and implementation of air quality management and protection programs for areas within their jurisdiction as so | Internships, Training and Workshops for the Office of Air and Radiation | August 6, 2021 | $6.4 million |
| American indian vocational rehabilitation training and technical assistance center (aivrttac) | American Indian Vocational Rehabilitation Services | September 16, 2021 | $5.1 million |
| Molecular mechanisms of moisture-driven dac within charged polymers (missiondac) | Office of Science Financial Assistance Program | September 20, 2022 | $4.4 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Northern Arizona University get?
$416 million in 456 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Northern Arizona University the most?
The Department of Education, with $156 million in 25 awards. The Department of Health and Human Services and the National Science Foundation follow.
What is Northern Arizona University's largest federal grant?
$57.9 million under Education Stabilization Fund, with its first action in the period on February 16, 2021. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Northern Arizona University?
Its largest are Education Stabilization Fund, Southwest Forest Health and Wildfire Prevention and Minority Health and Health Disparities Research.
Other grant recipients in Flagstaff
- American Conservation Experience
- Northern Arizona Council of Governments
- Coconino County
- Northern Arizona Intergovernmental Public Transportation Authority
- North Country Healthcare, Inc.
- City of Flagstaff
- Hopi Utilities Corporation
- Hopi Telecommunications Inc
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