Federal grants to American University
American University in Washington, District of Columbia received $115 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 168 awards. Its largest program was Education Stabilization Fund, with $26.2 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $12.8 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated October 31, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$115 million
- Awards168
- Awarded in FY 2025$12.8 million
- Largest award$14.7 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 54 | $46.2 million |
| FY 2022 | 57 | $29.7 million |
| FY 2023 | 47 | $15.5 million |
| FY 2024 | 43 | $11.1 million |
| FY 2025 | 44 | $12.8 million |
Programs that fund American University
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Education Stabilization Fund | 2 | $26.2 million |
| Engineering | 3 | $13.5 million |
| Science | 45 | $8.2 million |
| Military Medical Research and Development | 1 | $6.4 million |
| Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships | 2 | $5.3 million |
| STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) | 9 | $5.2 million |
| Biological Sciences | 10 | $4.6 million |
| Office of Stem Engagement (OSTEM) | 2 | $4.3 million |
| Veterans Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program | 3 | $3.8 million |
| National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants | 2 | $3.2 million |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| National Science Foundation | 50 | $34.3 million |
| Department of Education | 7 | $29.6 million |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 51 | $14.3 million |
| Department of Justice | 10 | $10.7 million |
| Department of Health and Human Services | 18 | $9.4 million |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| American university CARES fund: au CARES institutional | Education Stabilization Fund | March 4, 2021 | $14.7 million |
| Srs rn: multiscale recipes (resilient, equitable, and circular innovations with partnership and education synergies) for sustainable food systems | Engineering | August 11, 2021 | $12.8 million |
| American university CARES fund: au CARES | Education Stabilization Fund | March 4, 2021 | $11.5 million |
| Confirmation of the low-glutamate diet as a treatment for gulf war illness | Military Medical Research and Development | March 9, 2022 | $6.4 million |
| Art: american university translating research into action center (TRAC) -to address increasingly complex societal challenges, public and private sector leaders must leverage research to make evidence-based decisions. Yet public and private sector practitioners are not always informed of the best res | Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships | September 8, 2023 | $5.0 million |
| District of Columbia space grant consortium budget proposal for national space grant college and fellowship program: opportunities in NASA stem FY 2020-2024 | Office of Stem Engagement (OSTEM) | November 29, 2020 | $3.5 million |
| The purpose of this award is to fund the FY23 national service and civic engagement research cooperative agreement. | AmeriCorps National Service and Civic Engagement Research Competition 94.026 | July 26, 2023 | $3.1 million |
| The proposed project is a collaboration led by american university (AU) with western carolina university (WCU), the U.S. Department of veterans affairs (VA), abt associates, and m‐w consulting. Au proposes process, impact, and cost‐efficiency evaluations to empirically examine a variety of legal and | National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants | July 26, 2022 | $3.0 million |
| To address the growing crisis of democratic erosion worldwide, develop a partnership among a diverse set of drg stakeholders through which data, theories, research questions, and practices can be discussed, evaluated, and improved. | International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor | September 20, 2022 | $2.1 million |
| Testing the efficacy of safe south africa: an intervention to prevent HIV risk and interpersonal violence among adolescent boys - project summary/abstract adolescence presents an ideal developmental transition period for an integrated intervention targeting prevention of HIV risk behaviors and intim | Mental Health Research Grants | April 19, 2023 | $1.8 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does American University get?
$115 million in 168 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives American University the most?
The National Science Foundation, with $34.3 million in 50 awards. The Department of Education and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration follow.
What is American University's largest federal grant?
$14.7 million under Education Stabilization Fund, with its first action in the period on March 4, 2021. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund American University?
Its largest are Education Stabilization Fund, Engineering and Science.
Other grant recipients in Washington
- National Railroad Passenger Corporation
- District of Columbia, Government of
- Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees
- Coalition for Green Capital
- Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
- United Nations World Food Programme
- National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
- District of Columbia, Government of
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