Federal grants to Yale Univ
Yale Univ in New Haven, Connecticut received $3.6 billion in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 2,967 awards. Its largest program was Mental Health Research Grants, with $371 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $778 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated October 31, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$3.6 billion
- Awards2,967
- Awarded in FY 2025$778 million
- Largest award$74.1 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 1,336 | $705 million |
| FY 2022 | 1,374 | $678 million |
| FY 2023 | 1,378 | $733 million |
| FY 2024 | 1,375 | $738 million |
| FY 2025 | 1,270 | $778 million |
Programs that fund Yale Univ
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Mental Health Research Grants | 185 | $371 million |
| Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs | 150 | $305 million |
| Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research | 223 | $275 million |
| Biomedical Research and Research Training | 195 | $250 million |
| Cardiovascular Diseases Research | 205 | $238 million |
| Aging Research | 149 | $217 million |
| Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research | 166 | $207 million |
| Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders | 172 | $192 million |
| Trans-NIH Research Support | 84 | $149 million |
| Alcohol Research Programs | 74 | $86.4 million |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Human Services | 2,283 | $3.2 billion |
| National Science Foundation | 386 | $177 million |
| Department of Defense | 155 | $165 million |
| Department of Energy | 38 | $44.5 million |
| Agency for International Development | 5 | $17.0 million |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| The national drug abuse treatment clinical trials network | Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs | December 3, 2020 | $74.1 million |
| Pronet: psychosis-risk outcomes network | Mental Health Research Grants | January 22, 2021 | $59.3 million |
| Yale clinical and translational science award | National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences | June 1, 2021 | $53.5 million |
| Procan: psychosis risk outcomes compound assessment network - project summary it has now been two decades since the clinical high risk for psychosis (CHR) criteria were first formulated in service of the goal of preventing psychotic disorders, one of the most urgent unmet clinical needs in behaviora | Mental Health Research Grants | June 14, 2024 | $31.6 million |
| Graduate research fellowship program (GRFP) | STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) | August 30, 2021 | $27.7 million |
| A non-viral crispr-mediated genome editing delivery platform as a potential therapy for neurogenetic diseases - genome editing holds great promise for the treatment of many genetic diseases; however its application in the clinic has been slow due to the lack of the safe delivery tools and significan | Trans-NIH Research Support | September 20, 2023 | $26.5 million |
| Yale comprehensive cancer center | Cancer Centers Support Grants | March 11, 2021 | $24.7 million |
| The autism biomarkers consortium for clinical trials | Mental Health Research Grants | February 18, 2021 | $24.2 million |
| Yale center for the study of tobacco product use and addiction: flavors, nicotine and other constituents (YCSTP) | Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act Regulatory Research | August 27, 2021 | $20.7 million |
| Yale alzheimer disease research center | Aging Research | June 16, 2021 | $17.5 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Yale Univ get?
$3.6 billion in 2,967 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Yale Univ the most?
The Department of Health and Human Services, with $3.2 billion in 2,283 awards. The National Science Foundation and the Department of Defense follow.
What is Yale Univ's largest federal grant?
$74.1 million under Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs, with its first action in the period on December 3, 2020. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Yale Univ?
Its largest are Mental Health Research Grants, Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs and Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research.
Other grant recipients in New Haven
- City of New Haven
- Housing Authority of the City of New Haven
- Cornell Scott Hill Health Corporation
- Southern Connecticut State University
- City of New Haven
- Fair Haven Community Health Clinic, Inc.
- Higher Education, Connecticut Board of Regents for
- The Children's Community Programs of Connecticut, Inc.
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