Federal grants to Ball State University
Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana received $88.9 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 48 awards. Its largest program was Education Stabilization Fund, with $62.3 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $4.8 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated October 31, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$88.9 million
- Awards48
- Awarded in FY 2025$4.8 million
- Largest award$34.6 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 11 | $66.2 million |
| FY 2022 | 19 | $8.2 million |
| FY 2023 | 13 | $5.3 million |
| FY 2024 | 9 | $4.5 million |
| FY 2025 | 10 | $4.8 million |
Programs that fund Ball State University
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Education Stabilization Fund | 2 | $62.3 million |
| Trans-NIH Research Support | 1 | $8.1 million |
| American History and Civics Education | 2 | $2.9 million |
| Biological Sciences | 6 | $2.3 million |
| Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education | 1 | $2.1 million |
| Research in Special Education | 1 | $1.5 million |
| Mathematical and Physical Sciences | 4 | $1.2 million |
| Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health | 1 | $1.0 million |
| Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research | 1 | $981,939 |
| Biomedical Research and Research Training | 2 | $949,967 |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Education | 6 | $68.9 million |
| Department of Health and Human Services | 9 | $12.4 million |
| National Science Foundation | 19 | $5.7 million |
| Department of Agriculture | 1 | $649,997 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | 2 | $406,755 |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ball state university CARES act higher education emergency relief fund-ihe/institutional aid | Education Stabilization Fund | March 2, 2021 | $34.6 million |
| Ball state university CARES act higher education emergency relief fund-ihe/student aid | Education Stabilization Fund | March 2, 2021 | $27.7 million |
| The exercise and physical activity collaborative team (EXPACT): a proposed motrpac clinical center | Trans-NIH Research Support | January 6, 2021 | $8.1 million |
| Project brilliance: designing identification methods and programs for gifted students with disabilities | Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education | August 17, 2022 | $2.1 million |
| CREATE250: expanding the civic promise for all | American History and Civics Education | September 29, 2025 | $1.8 million |
| Compass across settings (CAST) for integrating school, home, and community services and improving transition outcomes for students with asd | Research in Special Education | July 14, 2023 | $1.5 million |
| Civic renewal through education for agency, tolerance, and engagement (CREATE) | American History and Civics Education | July 29, 2022 | $1.1 million |
| Nucleic acid nanoparticle-based monoclonal antibody mimics - abstract therapeutic monoclonal antibodies (MABS) are the fastest growing class of new therapeutic agents. They hold great promise for the treatment of various types of cancer including prostate cancer (PC). However, their complex structur | Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health | April 29, 2021 | $1.0 million |
| Distinguishing features of c. Albicans pseudouridylation and their roles in pathogenesis | Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research | February 23, 2021 | $981,939 |
| From genetic management to genetic rescue: quantifying outbreeding depression thresholds in threatened chiricahua leopard frogs (lithobates chiricahuensis) -this project will provide a scientific roadmap for saving threatened species from extinction. As animal populations shrink and become isolated, | Biological Sciences | August 27, 2025 | $876,730 |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Ball State University get?
$88.9 million in 48 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Ball State University the most?
The Department of Education, with $68.9 million in 6 awards. The Department of Health and Human Services and the National Science Foundation follow.
What is Ball State University's largest federal grant?
$34.6 million under Education Stabilization Fund, with its first action in the period on March 2, 2021. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Ball State University?
Its largest are Education Stabilization Fund, Trans-NIH Research Support and American History and Civics Education.
Other grant recipients in Muncie
- Open Door Health Services, Inc.
- Muncie Indiana Transit System
- Meridian Health Services Corp.
- Housing Authority of City of Muncie
- City of Muncie
- Delaware County Airport Authority
- Housing Authority of the County of Delaware
- A Better Way Services, Inc
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