Federal grants to Emory University
Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia received $3.0 billion in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 2,154 awards. Its largest program was Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research, with $650 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $616 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$3.0 billion
- Awards2,154
- Awarded in FY 2025$616 million
- Largest award$79.0 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 940 | $562 million |
| FY 2022 | 977 | $625 million |
| FY 2023 | 1,041 | $622 million |
| FY 2024 | 1,031 | $562 million |
| FY 2025 | 962 | $616 million |
Programs that fund Emory University
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research | 282 | $650 million |
| Aging Research | 155 | $295 million |
| Cardiovascular Diseases Research | 194 | $213 million |
| Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders | 156 | $143 million |
| Mental Health Research Grants | 117 | $131 million |
| Biomedical Research and Research Training | 90 | $99.7 million |
| National Ebola Training and Education Center (NETEC) | 4 | $89.7 million |
| Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research | 92 | $85.4 million |
| Research Infrastructure Programs | 14 | $78.3 million |
| Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs | 46 | $68.1 million |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Human Services | 1,873 | $2.8 billion |
| National Science Foundation | 177 | $78.8 million |
| Department of Defense | 46 | $45.4 million |
| Department of Education | 6 | $32.1 million |
| Department of Energy | 14 | $13.5 million |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| National ebola training and education center | National Ebola Training and Education Center (NETEC) | March 18, 2021 | $79.0 million |
| Leadership group for the infectious diseases clinical research consortium (idcrclg) | Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research | December 1, 2020 | $62.9 million |
| Support of yerkes national primate research center | Research Infrastructure Programs | October 28, 2020 | $57.6 million |
| B cell autoimmunity in human sle | Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research | June 15, 2021 | $53.0 million |
| Antiviral countermeasures development center (ac/dc) - the antiviral countermeasures development center (ac/dc) will target pathogens in five families of rna viruses with significant pandemic potential, with the overarching goal to identify and develop orally bioavailable, direct acting antiviral dr | Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research | May 16, 2022 | $51.9 million |
| Together takemehome: achieving scale and improving access to mailed HIV self-testing for key us populations - emory university, collaboration with building healthy online communities, signal group, orasure technologies, and nastad propose a program that will use an iterative improvement process to o | HIV Prevention Activities Non-Governmental Organization Based | August 19, 2022 | $47.3 million |
| Georgia clinical & translational science alliance (GACTSA) | National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences | November 6, 2020 | $46.8 million |
| Open drug discovery center for alzheimer's disease | Aging Research | November 2, 2020 | $38.3 million |
| The emory healthy brain study: discovering predictive biomarkers for alzheimer's disease - abstract/summary progress in understanding alzheimer’s disease and related disorders (ADRD) is close to producing more effective treatments, creating an urgent need for disease-predictive biomarkers to guide t | Aging Research | February 10, 2021 | $35.2 million |
| Atlanta center for microsystems engineered point-of-care technologies (acme poct) | Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), Biodefense Medical Countermeasure Development | December 8, 2021 | $31.3 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Emory University get?
$3.0 billion in 2,154 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Emory University the most?
The Department of Health and Human Services, with $2.8 billion in 1,873 awards. The National Science Foundation and the Department of Defense follow.
What is Emory University's largest federal grant?
$79.0 million under National Ebola Training and Education Center (NETEC), with its first action in the period on March 18, 2021. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Emory University?
Its largest are Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research, Aging Research and Cardiovascular Diseases Research.
Other grant recipients in Atlanta
- Georgia Department of Community Health
- Georgia Dept of Education
- Georgia Department of Transportation
- Department of Early Care & Learning Georgia
- State of Georgia Department of Public Health
- Department of Insurance of the State of Georgia
- Department of Human Services
- Department of Human Services
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