Federal grants to Delaware State University
Delaware State University in Dover, Delaware received $210 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 156 awards. Its largest program was Education Stabilization Fund, with $56.5 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $31.1 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$210 million
- Awards156
- Awarded in FY 2025$31.1 million
- Largest award$33.4 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 46 | $81.4 million |
| FY 2022 | 57 | $37.7 million |
| FY 2023 | 46 | $26.9 million |
| FY 2024 | 51 | $33.0 million |
| FY 2025 | 30 | $31.1 million |
Programs that fund Delaware State University
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Education Stabilization Fund | 3 | $56.5 million |
| Higher Education Institutional Aid | 6 | $41.9 million |
| Minority Health and Health Disparities Research | 1 | $14.8 million |
| Biomedical Research and Research Training | 10 | $13.6 million |
| Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering | 6 | $8.9 million |
| Payments to 1890 Land-Grant Colleges and Tuskegee University | 5 | $8.0 million |
| Extension Services at 1890 Colleges and Tuskegee University, West Virginia State College, and Central State University | 5 | $7.3 million |
| Scholarships for Students at 1890 Institutions | 10 | $6.5 million |
| Centers of Excellence at 1890 Institutions | 1 | $5.8 million |
| Cooperative Extension Service | 2 | $4.6 million |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Education | 15 | $103 million |
| Department of Agriculture | 60 | $40.3 million |
| Department of Health and Human Services | 24 | $37.7 million |
| National Science Foundation | 34 | $12.8 million |
| Department of Defense | 11 | $12.3 million |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education emergency relief fund - ihes | Education Stabilization Fund | February 26, 2021 | $33.4 million |
| Historically black colleges and universities program | Higher Education Institutional Aid | August 3, 2022 | $24.8 million |
| Interdisciplinary health equity research (IHER) center - interdisciplinary health equity research (IHER) center summary the COVID-19 pandemic put a spotlight on our nation’s stark disparities in health and the disproportional burden of disease related to race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. De | Minority Health and Health Disparities Research | September 19, 2022 | $14.8 million |
| Higher education emergency relief fund - ihes | Education Stabilization Fund | January 19, 2021 | $13.0 million |
| Higher education emergency relief fund - ihes | Education Stabilization Fund | January 19, 2021 | $10.2 million |
| Dod coe-aqs: center of excellence in advanced quantum sensing | Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering | June 9, 2021 | $7.1 million |
| ** awards issued prior to january 20, 2025, were funded under previous administrations and may not reflect the priorities and policies of the current administration.** the agricultural sector has been undergoing a period of rapid transformation, driven by the powerful and interconnected impacts of c | Centers of Excellence at 1890 Institutions | April 26, 2022 | $5.8 million |
| Cobre phase III: Delaware center for neuroscience research - overall proposal summary the Delaware center for neuroscience research, established in 2012 with a cobre award, is a collaboration between Delaware state university (DSU) and the university of Delaware (UD). Our unique center brings togeth | Biomedical Research and Research Training | August 30, 2022 | $5.4 million |
| Unknown title | Higher Education Institutional Aid | July 9, 2021 | $4.7 million |
| Unknown title | Higher Education Institutional Aid | July 20, 2021 | $3.9 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Delaware State University get?
$210 million in 156 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Delaware State University the most?
The Department of Education, with $103 million in 15 awards. The Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Human Services follow.
What is Delaware State University's largest federal grant?
$33.4 million under Education Stabilization Fund, with its first action in the period on February 26, 2021. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Delaware State University?
Its largest are Education Stabilization Fund, Higher Education Institutional Aid and Minority Health and Health Disparities Research.
Other grant recipients in Dover
- Department of Education Delaware
- Delaware Department of Transportation
- Executive Office of the Governor of Delaware
- State of Delaware, Dnrec
- Office of Management and Budget
- State of Delaware - Department of Technology and Information
- Delaware Technical & Community College
- Delaware State Housing Authority
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