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Federal grants to The Leland Stanford Junior University

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The Leland Stanford Junior University in Stanford, California received $4.0 billion in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 3,374 awards. Its largest program was Cardiovascular Diseases Research, with $310 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $810 million.

From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.

By year

Federal grants to The Leland Stanford Junior University by fiscal year
Fiscal yearAwardsAmount
FY 20211,518$755 million
FY 20221,511$804 million
FY 20231,527$824 million
FY 20241,496$779 million
FY 20251,425$810 million

An award funded in several years counts in each of them, so yearly awards add up to more than the five-year total.

Programs that fund The Leland Stanford Junior University

The 10 largest programs, fiscal 2021 to 2025
ProgramAwardsAmount
Cardiovascular Diseases Research 93.837269$310 million
Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research 93.855158$295 million
Biomedical Research and Research Training 93.859186$290 million
Aging Research 93.866167$206 million
Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders 93.853170$192 million
Trans-NIH Research Support 93.310104$176 million
Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research 93.847138$171 million
Mental Health Research Grants 93.242121$162 million
Human Genome Research 93.17259$153 million
STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) 47.07616$123 million

Awarding agencies

AgencyAwardsAmount
Department of Health and Human Services2,266$3.1 billion
National Science Foundation504$343 million
Department of Defense327$301 million
Department of Energy73$116 million
National Aeronautics and Space Administration133$49.3 million

Largest awards

The 10 largest awards by money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025
AwardProgramFirst actionAmount
Graduate research fellowship program (GRFP)
ASST_NON_2146755_049 on USAspending
STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources)September 8, 2021$116 million
Development of outpatient antiviral cocktails against SARS-COV-2 and other potential pandemic rna viruses. - abstract: the overall platform and objective of the stanford avidd center, “synerx,” is to develop outpatient antiviral cocktails against SARS-COV-2 and other potential pandemic rna viruses.
ASST_NON_U19AI171421_075 on USAspending
Allergy and Infectious Diseases ResearchMay 16, 2022$69.1 million
A synchrotron radiation structural biology resource
ASST_NON_P30GM133894_075 on USAspending
Biomedical Research and Research TrainingFebruary 12, 2021$28.2 million
Stanford center for clinical & translational education and research (spectrum)
ASST_NON_UL1TR003142_075 on USAspending
National Center for Advancing Translational SciencesDecember 8, 2020$24.0 million
Stanford university cancer center
ASST_NON_P30CA124435_075 on USAspending
Cancer Centers Support GrantsMay 25, 2021$21.2 million
Stanford center for clinical and translational research and education - abstract the mission of the stanford ctsa is to transform clinical, translational, and science of translation research and education (CTSRE) at stanford and across the ctsa consortium. The stanford ctsa’s programs in ctsre have
ASST_NON_UM1TR004921_075 on USAspending
National Center for Advancing Translational SciencesJuly 1, 2024$20.1 million
A data and administrative coordinating center for the impact of genomic variation on function consortium - project summary/abstract the goals of the igvf data administrative and coordinating center (DACC) are to support the igvf consortium by defining and establishing a strategy that connects all pa
ASST_NON_U24HG012012_075 on USAspending
Human Genome ResearchAugust 31, 2021$18.9 million
The stanford-slac cryoem center
ASST_NON_U24GM129541_075 on USAspending
Trans-NIH Research SupportMay 21, 2021$17.9 million
Goals: 1) to understand the current state of resiliency and distributional and procedural equity of the U.S. Electricity sector; 2) to develop generalizable open-source data products, tools, and models that will support grid decisions that explicitly include resilience, distributional and procedural
ASST_NON_DEEE0010724_089 on USAspending
Renewable Energy Research and DevelopmentSeptember 20, 2023$17.8 million
Stanford alzheimer's disease research center
ASST_NON_P30AG066515_075 on USAspending
Aging ResearchMay 24, 2021$17.0 million

Amounts are net obligations: money committed, minus any amounts taken back. They are not payments. See how our data works.

Questions people ask

How much federal grant money does The Leland Stanford Junior University get?

$4.0 billion in 3,374 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.

Which agency gives The Leland Stanford Junior University the most?

The Department of Health and Human Services, with $3.1 billion in 2,266 awards. The National Science Foundation and the Department of Defense follow.

What is The Leland Stanford Junior University's largest federal grant?

$116 million under STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources), with its first action in the period on September 8, 2021. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.

Which federal programs fund The Leland Stanford Junior University?

Its largest are Cardiovascular Diseases Research, Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research and Biomedical Research and Research Training.

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