Federal grants to University of Arkansas System
University of Arkansas System in Pine Bluff, Arkansas received $157 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 102 awards. Its largest program was Education Stabilization Fund, with $39.6 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $19.3 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$157 million
- Awards102
- Awarded in FY 2025$19.3 million
- Largest award$23.8 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 32 | $59.5 million |
| FY 2022 | 28 | $24.3 million |
| FY 2023 | 21 | $20.1 million |
| FY 2024 | 22 | $34.2 million |
| FY 2025 | 15 | $19.3 million |
Programs that fund University of Arkansas System
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Education Stabilization Fund | 3 | $39.6 million |
| Higher Education Institutional Aid | 1 | $23.8 million |
| Payments to 1890 Land-Grant Colleges and Tuskegee University | 5 | $16.8 million |
| Congressional Directives | 1 | $15.0 million |
| Extension Services at 1890 Colleges and Tuskegee University, West Virginia State College, and Central State University | 5 | $13.7 million |
| STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) | 7 | $8.3 million |
| Head Start | 3 | $6.0 million |
| Cooperative Extension Service | 2 | $5.8 million |
| Scholarships for Students at 1890 Institutions | 9 | $4.6 million |
| 1890 Institution Capacity Building Grants | 14 | $4.5 million |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Education | 5 | $63.9 million |
| Department of Agriculture | 74 | $56.6 million |
| Department of Health and Human Services | 4 | $21.0 million |
| National Science Foundation | 12 | $13.0 million |
| Department of Defense | 4 | $2.7 million |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Historically black colleges and universities program | Higher Education Institutional Aid | August 3, 2022 | $23.8 million |
| CARES act certification and agreement submission-hbcu portion | Education Stabilization Fund | February 26, 2021 | $21.1 million |
| Community project funding/congressionally directed spending - construction - the proposed nursing education building at the university of Arkansas at pine bluff will be a first-class state-of-the-art facility that will contain the latest health care technology for educating nursing students from the | Congressional Directives | September 19, 2024 | $15.0 million |
| CARES act certification and agreement submission: institutional portion | Education Stabilization Fund | February 19, 2021 | $10.5 million |
| CARES act: recipient's funding certification and agreement | Education Stabilization Fund | February 17, 2021 | $8.0 million |
| To enhance the aquaculture research station to include an indoor hatchery, several research laboratories, feed processing and storage rooms, machine shops, and a greenhouse often rigged to demonstrate aquaponics design and production. It is for departmental tours and a venue to host recruitment and | Payments to 1890 Land-Grant Colleges and Tuskegee University | December 10, 2024 | $3.5 million |
| The university of Arkansas at pine bluff (UAPB), school of agriculture, fisheries and human sciences, comprises three academic departments; our research faculty are integrated into the academic departments. Personnel with a majority research appointment are under the supervision of the department ch | Payments to 1890 Land-Grant Colleges and Tuskegee University | February 15, 2024 | $3.5 million |
| The university of Arkansas at pine bluff (UAPB), school of agriculture, fisheries and human sciences has three academic departments, the 1890 extension program, the 1890 research program, the aquaculture and fisheries center of excellence and the regulatory science center of excellence. Research fac | Payments to 1890 Land-Grant Colleges and Tuskegee University | November 25, 2022 | $3.5 million |
| Evans-allen research program for the university of Arkansas at pinebluff | Payments to 1890 Land-Grant Colleges and Tuskegee University | December 1, 2021 | $3.2 million |
| Early head start/child care partnership | Head Start | August 3, 2021 | $3.1 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does University of Arkansas System get?
$157 million in 102 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives University of Arkansas System the most?
The Department of Education, with $63.9 million in 5 awards. The Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Human Services follow.
What is University of Arkansas System's largest federal grant?
$23.8 million under Higher Education Institutional Aid, with its first action in the period on August 3, 2022. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund University of Arkansas System?
Its largest are Education Stabilization Fund, Higher Education Institutional Aid and Payments to 1890 Land-Grant Colleges and Tuskegee University.
Other grant recipients in Pine Bluff
- Jefferson Comprehensive Care System Inc
- University of Arkansas System
- Ambassadors for Christ Youth Ministries
- Department of Higher Education Arkansas
- Southeast Arkansas Economic Development District, Inc.
- Cotton Belt Federal Credit Union
- National Black Growers Council
- Pine Bluff, City of
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