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Federal grants to Florida State University

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Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida received $917 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 734 awards. Its largest program was Mathematical and Physical Sciences, with $228 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $157 million.

From USAspending.gov award records, updated October 31, 2026.

By year

Federal grants to Florida State University by fiscal year
Fiscal yearAwardsAmount
FY 2021275$252 million
FY 2022289$152 million
FY 2023293$189 million
FY 2024276$166 million
FY 2025224$157 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 Florida State University

The 10 largest programs, fiscal 2021 to 2025
ProgramAwardsAmount
Mathematical and Physical Sciences 47.04992$228 million
Education Stabilization Fund 84.4252$125 million
Basic and Applied Scientific Research 12.30031$46.1 million
Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research 93.86514$43.6 million
Biomedical Research and Research Training 93.85934$40.3 million
Mental Health Research Grants 93.24234$39.4 million
Office of Science Financial Assistance Program 81.04935$39.3 million
Aging Research 93.86618$21.4 million
Trans-NIH Research Support 93.3107$21.0 million
USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas 98.0012$20.6 million

Awarding agencies

AgencyAwardsAmount
National Science Foundation269$303 million
Department of Health and Human Services221$269 million
Department of Education41$168 million
Department of Defense65$70.6 million
Department of Energy37$43.4 million

Largest awards

The 10 largest awards by money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025
AwardProgramFirst actionAmount
National high magnetic field laboratory renewal 2023-2027 -high magnetic fields are a powerful tool for scientific research, and have wide spread technological applications. The most popular applications include magnetic resonance imaging for medical diagnosis, high-speed magnetic levitation trains,
ASST_NON_2128556_049 on USAspending
Mathematical and Physical SciencesDecember 12, 2022$118 million
CARES emergency relief funding at Florida state university - institution portion
ASST_NON_P425F200910_091 on USAspending
Education Stabilization FundFebruary 16, 2021$70.6 million
National high magnetic field laboratory renewal 2018-2022
ASST_NON_1644779_049 on USAspending
Mathematical and Physical SciencesOctober 6, 2020$65.0 million
CARES emergency relief funding at Florida state university
ASST_NON_P425E203062_091 on USAspending
Education Stabilization FundFebruary 16, 2021$54.9 million
Esrdc: electric ship research and development consortium 2021 - 2025
ASST_NON_N000142112124_097 on USAspending
Basic and Applied Scientific ResearchMarch 3, 2021$30.0 million
Adolescent medicine trials network for HIV/AIDS interventions (ATN) scientific leadership center - adolescents and young adults (AYA) under the age of 25 in the united states (US) are the least likely of all age groups to: 1) know their HIV status, 2) initiate prep if hiv-negative even when indicate
ASST_NON_UM2HD111102_075 on USAspending
Child Health and Human Development Extramural ResearchJanuary 24, 2023$27.0 million
Strengthening teacher education and practice activity in malawi (STEP) the objective of the strengthening teacher education and practice (STEP) activity is to strengthen the higher education systems to train teachers in early grade instruction and provide pathways of continuous professional developm
ASST_NON_72061222CA00001_072 on USAspending
USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs OverseasJanuary 19, 2022$15.6 million
Fostering institutional resources for science transformation: the Florida-first health-science brigade - project summary several factors contribute to fsu’s potential to create cultural transformation through an innovative approach to hiring, supporting, and retaining urm faculty. First, our college
ASST_NON_U54CA267730_075 on USAspending
Trans-NIH Research SupportSeptember 24, 2021$14.4 million
The proposed project is an academic-industry collaboration focused on achieving zero greenhouse gas emissions from commercial aviation by 2050. Avoidance of CO2 and minimization of nox emissions and contrails inspires novel hybrid hydrogen-electric
ASST_NON_80NSSC22M0068_080 on USAspending
AeronauticsApril 10, 2022$9.4 million
Mid-scale RI-1 (M1:dp): preliminary & final design of the 40T all superconducting magnet
ASST_NON_2131790_049 on USAspending
Mathematical and Physical SciencesSeptember 20, 2021$8.3 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 Florida State University get?

$917 million in 734 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.

Which agency gives Florida State University the most?

The National Science Foundation, with $303 million in 269 awards. The Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Education follow.

What is Florida State University's largest federal grant?

$118 million under Mathematical and Physical Sciences, with its first action in the period on December 12, 2022. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.

Which federal programs fund Florida State University?

Its largest are Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Education Stabilization Fund and Basic and Applied Scientific Research.

Other grant recipients in Tallahassee

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