Federal grants to National Jewish Health
National Jewish Health in Denver, Colorado received $163 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 100 awards. Its largest program was Cardiovascular Diseases Research, with $64.6 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $24.4 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$163 million
- Awards100
- Awarded in FY 2025$24.4 million
- Largest award$27.0 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 63 | $48.8 million |
| FY 2022 | 54 | $33.6 million |
| FY 2023 | 43 | $29.0 million |
| FY 2024 | 42 | $27.6 million |
| FY 2025 | 31 | $24.4 million |
Programs that fund National Jewish Health
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Cardiovascular Diseases Research | 49 | $64.6 million |
| Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research | 22 | $58.2 million |
| Military Medical Research and Development | 5 | $9.0 million |
| Environmental Health | 5 | $6.4 million |
| Congressional Directives | 1 | $6.1 million |
| Coal Miners Respiratory Impairment Treatment Clinics and Services | 1 | $4.1 million |
| Trans-NIH Research Support | 3 | $3.0 million |
| Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs | 2 | $2.5 million |
| Aging Research | 2 | $2.4 million |
| 21st Century Cures Act - Beau Biden Cancer Moonshot | 1 | $1.7 million |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Human Services | 94 | $154 million |
| Department of Defense | 5 | $9.0 million |
| National Science Foundation | 1 | $298,560 |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Airway transcriptomic responses to COVID-19 illnesses in the human epidemiology and response to SARS-COV-2 (HEROS) cohort | Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research | January 28, 2021 | $27.0 million |
| Genetic epidemiology of copd | Cardiovascular Diseases Research | July 2, 2021 | $6.7 million |
| Community project funding/congressionally directed spending - construction | Congressional Directives | September 19, 2023 | $6.1 million |
| Black lung | Coal Miners Respiratory Impairment Treatment Clinics and Services | January 27, 2021 | $4.1 million |
| Mesenchymal vascular progenitor depletion promotes lung aging and susceptibility to emphysema - the overall mission of this research program is to define how pulmonary mesenchymal vascular progenitor depletion promotes lung aging and susceptibility to emphysema. Loss of epithelial progenitor cell fu | Cardiovascular Diseases Research | December 20, 2021 | $4.0 million |
| Lung macrophage programming in acute lung injury | Cardiovascular Diseases Research | January 27, 2021 | $3.8 million |
| Role of KLF15 in airway smooth muscle and the response to glucocorticoids | Cardiovascular Diseases Research | June 9, 2022 | $3.0 million |
| Mechanisms of right ventricle adaptation to pulmonary hypertension | Cardiovascular Diseases Research | July 12, 2021 | $2.9 million |
| Parkin in mitochondrial dysfunction and airway inflammation of obese asthma | Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research | July 28, 2021 | $2.9 million |
| Sunbeam birth cohort: deciphering the role of early life skin dysfunction in development of the allergic march - project summary/abstract allergic diseases, including atopic dermatitis (AD), food allergies (FA), and asthma are common in young children and are often co-morbid, suggesting a shared all | Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research | September 6, 2024 | $2.8 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does National Jewish Health get?
$163 million in 100 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives National Jewish Health the most?
The Department of Health and Human Services, with $154 million in 94 awards. The Department of Defense and the National Science Foundation follow.
What is National Jewish Health's largest federal grant?
$27.0 million under Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research, with its first action in the period on January 28, 2021. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund National Jewish Health?
Its largest are Cardiovascular Diseases Research, Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research and Military Medical Research and Development.
Other grant recipients in Denver
- State of Colorado - Dept of Health Care Policy & Financing
- Board of Education Colorado
- Department of Human Services Colorado
- Colorado Department of Transportation
- Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment
- State of Colorado
- Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies
- Regional Transportation District
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