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Federal grants to University of San Diego

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University of San Diego in San Diego, California received $53.3 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 58 awards. Its largest program was Education Stabilization Fund, with $18.4 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $5.2 million.

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

By year

Federal grants to University of San Diego by fiscal year
Fiscal yearAwardsAmount
FY 202119$24.0 million
FY 202218$7.2 million
FY 202317$11.1 million
FY 202419$5.8 million
FY 202516$5.2 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 University of San Diego

The 10 largest programs, fiscal 2021 to 2025
ProgramAwardsAmount
Education Stabilization Fund 84.4252$18.4 million
Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program 12.8002$8.0 million
Criminal Justice Systems 19.7032$4.6 million
Mathematical and Physical Sciences 47.04912$2.9 million
TRIO Upward Bound 84.0473$2.7 million
Scholarships for Health Professions Students from Disadvantaged Backgrounds 93.9251$2.6 million
Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants 93.7321$2.5 million
STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) 47.0764$2.2 million
Biological Sciences 47.0743$2.1 million
Integrative Activities 47.0832$1.4 million

Awarding agencies

AgencyAwardsAmount
Department of Education8$23.0 million
National Science Foundation31$10.2 million
Department of Defense2$8.0 million
Department of Health and Human Services3$5.5 million
Department of State2$4.6 million

Largest awards

The 10 largest awards by money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025
AwardProgramFirst actionAmount
University of san diego funding certification and agreement emergency financial aid grants under the coronavirus aid, relief, and economic security (CARES) act, installment #2.
ASST_NON_P425F203297_091 on USAspending
Education Stabilization FundJanuary 18, 2021$10.3 million
University of san diego funding certification and agreement emergency financial aid grants to students under the coronavirus aid, relief, and economic security (CARES) act
ASST_NON_P425E200090_091 on USAspending
Education Stabilization FundJanuary 18, 2021$8.1 million
(MURI) "synthetic and constructive mathematics of higher structures in homotopy type theory"
ASST_NON_FA95502110009_097 on USAspending
Air Force Defense Research Sciences ProgramDecember 15, 2020$7.5 million
New award to implement the project law student litigation and mediation initiative in mexico
ASST_NON_SINLEC23GR0100_019 on USAspending
Criminal Justice SystemsJanuary 6, 2023$3.0 million
Scholarships for disadvantaged students
ASST_NON_T0839302_075 on USAspending
Scholarships for Health Professions Students from Disadvantaged BackgroundsMay 19, 2021$2.6 million
Behavioral health workforce education and training (BHWET) program
ASST_NON_M0131377_075 on USAspending
Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training GrantsMay 25, 2021$2.5 million
Award to the university of san diego (USD) for the project titled oral adversarial skill-building immersion seminar (OASIS) 2019-2022
ASST_NON_SINLEC19GR0328_019 on USAspending
Criminal Justice SystemsMarch 26, 2021$1.6 million
The rock, the river, the tree: the university of san diego upward bound at kearny high school in linda vista V2
ASST_NON_P047A221208_091 on USAspending
TRIO Upward BoundMay 23, 2022$1.2 million
The rock, the river, the tree: university of san diego upward bound at hoover high school in city heights V2
ASST_NON_P047A221210_091 on USAspending
TRIO Upward BoundMay 23, 2022$1.2 million
A culturally relevant approach to spatial computational thinking skills and career awareness through an immersive virtual environment -the project will design and research a project for developing upper-elementary latinx students' spatial computational thinking skills and awareness of computationall
ASST_NON_2148732_049 on USAspending
STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources)May 20, 2022$1.2 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 University of San Diego get?

$53.3 million in 58 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.

Which agency gives University of San Diego the most?

The Department of Education, with $23.0 million in 8 awards. The National Science Foundation and the Department of Defense follow.

What is University of San Diego's largest federal grant?

$10.3 million under Education Stabilization Fund, with its first action in the period on January 18, 2021. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.

Which federal programs fund University of San Diego?

Its largest are Education Stabilization Fund, Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program and Criminal Justice Systems.

Other grant recipients in San Diego

Largest federal grant recipients in California · Federal grants in California