Federal grants to California Institute of Technology
California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California received $1.1 billion in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 914 awards. Its largest program was Mathematical and Physical Sciences, with $316 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $218 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$1.1 billion
- Awards914
- Awarded in FY 2025$218 million
- Largest award$135 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 399 | $232 million |
| FY 2022 | 367 | $208 million |
| FY 2023 | 349 | $198 million |
| FY 2024 | 308 | $206 million |
| FY 2025 | 287 | $218 million |
Programs that fund California Institute of Technology
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Mathematical and Physical Sciences | 148 | $316 million |
| Science | 167 | $107 million |
| Office of Science Financial Assistance Program | 48 | $78.5 million |
| Trans-NIH Research Support | 16 | $59.4 million |
| Biomedical Research and Research Training | 61 | $54.3 million |
| Mental Health Research Grants | 27 | $44.5 million |
| Human Genome Research | 4 | $34.9 million |
| STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) | 4 | $30.3 million |
| Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders | 23 | $29.9 million |
| Basic and Applied Scientific Research | 49 | $28.0 million |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| National Science Foundation | 287 | $401 million |
| Department of Health and Human Services | 238 | $346 million |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 182 | $109 million |
| Department of Defense | 124 | $91.5 million |
| Department of Energy | 51 | $81.8 million |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ligo laboratory operations and maintenance 2019-2023 | Mathematical and Physical Sciences | November 16, 2020 | $135 million |
| Research infrastructure: ligo laboratory operations and maintenance 2024-2028 -- exploring the gravitational-wave cosmos -researchers at nsf's laser interferometer gravitational wave observatory (LIGO) seek to observe and understand gravitational waves. Gravitational waves (GWS) are oscillations in | Mathematical and Physical Sciences | December 12, 2023 | $96.0 million |
| Irsa enables cutting-edge research by providing critical long-term access to data sets documentation and analysis tools from 18 past and ongoing astronomical missions. These include images and photometry from an unparalleled array of infrared all | Science | December 29, 2020 | $41.4 million |
| Graduate research fellowship program (GRFP) | STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) | August 10, 2021 | $30.0 million |
| Alliance alzheimers disease model portal | Human Genome Research | August 16, 2021 | $23.7 million |
| Liquid sunlight alliance (LISA) | Office of Science Financial Assistance Program | November 12, 2020 | $19.7 million |
| Development structure and function of broadly neutralizing anti-hiv antibodies | Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research | November 24, 2020 | $15.8 million |
| Research accomplishments and goals of the experimental high energy physics group | Office of Science Financial Assistance Program | March 31, 2021 | $14.0 million |
| A global map of interactions among human cell surface proteins and secreted ligands - project summary/abstract the challenge addressed by this proposal is to generate a map, the global human cell-surface interactome, that defines in vitro interactions among the extracellular domains of human cellsur | Trans-NIH Research Support | September 26, 2022 | $11.1 million |
| Wormbase: a core data resource for c. Elegans and other nematodes | Human Genome Research | July 1, 2021 | $8.2 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does California Institute of Technology get?
$1.1 billion in 914 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives California Institute of Technology the most?
The National Science Foundation, with $401 million in 287 awards. The Department of Health and Human Services and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration follow.
What is California Institute of Technology's largest federal grant?
$135 million under Mathematical and Physical Sciences, with its first action in the period on November 16, 2020. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund California Institute of Technology?
Its largest are Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Science and Office of Science Financial Assistance Program.
Other grant recipients in Pasadena
- Pasadena Area Community College District
- Pacific Clinics Head Start
- City of Pasadena
- Foothill Family Service
- La Asociacion Nacional Pro Personas Mayores (the National Association for Hispanic Elderly
- Day One
- Pasadena Unified School District
- Calstart, Inc.
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