Federal grants to Kansas State University
Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas received $570 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 688 awards. Its largest program was Education Stabilization Fund, with $54.7 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $91.2 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated October 31, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$570 million
- Awards688
- Awarded in FY 2025$91.2 million
- Largest award$30.8 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 205 | $144 million |
| FY 2022 | 197 | $78.1 million |
| FY 2023 | 219 | $99.6 million |
| FY 2024 | 196 | $158 million |
| FY 2025 | 132 | $91.2 million |
Programs that fund Kansas State University
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Education Stabilization Fund | 2 | $54.7 million |
| USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas | 7 | $39.4 million |
| Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) | 54 | $37.1 million |
| Congressionally-Identified Projects | 2 | $32.4 million |
| Brownfields Training, Research, and Technical Assistance Grants and Cooperative Agreements | 3 | $32.1 million |
| Biomedical Research and Research Training | 14 | $31.6 million |
| Smith-Lever Extension Funding | 10 | $30.1 million |
| Office of Science Financial Assistance Program | 11 | $25.6 million |
| Payments to Agricultural Experiment Stations Under the Hatch Act | 10 | $23.2 million |
| Integrative Activities | 22 | $15.2 million |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Agriculture | 331 | $175 million |
| Department of Education | 23 | $80.1 million |
| Department of Health and Human Services | 62 | $72.2 million |
| National Science Foundation | 148 | $60.7 million |
| Department of Commerce | 9 | $42.3 million |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education emergency relief fund-ihe/institution | Education Stabilization Fund | January 17, 2021 | $30.8 million |
| Purpose: the aerospace education hub is the second facility of the aerospace innovation ramp at Kansas state university salina, a cluster of industry-connected teaching and research spaces that support the campus' vision of being the most technically progressive operational aerospace education and t | Congressionally-Identified Projects | August 28, 2024 | $27.7 million |
| CARES act: higher education emergency relief fund | Education Stabilization Fund | January 17, 2021 | $23.9 million |
| Description: purpose: this agreement will provide funding under the infrastructure investment and jobs act for Kansas state university (KSU) to conduct eligible technical assistance-related activities as authorized by cercla 104(k)(7). The purpose of this cooperative agreement is to provide funding t | Brownfields Training, Research, and Technical Assistance Grants and Cooperative Agreements | November 2, 2023 | $23.0 million |
| Structure and dynamics of atoms, ions, molecules and surfaces | Office of Science Financial Assistance Program | March 4, 2021 | $13.8 million |
| Cognitive and neurobiological approaches to plasticity (c-nap) center | Biomedical Research and Research Training | June 14, 2021 | $11.1 million |
| This activity aims to build institutional and human capacity so that haiti is able to identify and seek the solutions to its agricultural problems in partnership with U.S. Universities. By focusing on haitian institutions, this activity will provide greatly needed assistance to a consortium of unive | USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas | September 30, 2021 | $10.0 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.** declines of the ogallala-high plains aquifer have been particularly severe in the southern great plains (SGP) region where thousands | Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) | December 20, 2024 | $10.0 million |
| Center on emerging and zoonotic infectious diseases | Biomedical Research and Research Training | April 26, 2021 | $9.0 million |
| This innovation lab will focus on five cereal crops (wheat, rice, maize, sorghum and millets) to discover genes/markers controlling adaptation to climate resilience, validate and deploy them in elite breeding materials. The aim is to provide a pipeline of climate adapted traits to breeding networks | USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas | September 22, 2023 | $8.8 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Kansas State University get?
$570 million in 688 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Kansas State University the most?
The Department of Agriculture, with $175 million in 331 awards. The Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services follow.
What is Kansas State University's largest federal grant?
$30.8 million under Education Stabilization Fund, with its first action in the period on January 17, 2021. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Kansas State University?
Its largest are Education Stabilization Fund, USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas and Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI).
Other grant recipients in Manhattan
- Kansas Department of Agriculture
- City of Manhattan
- Kansas State University Research Foundation
- Unified School District 383
- Manhattan Housing Authority
- Flint Hills Area Transportation Agency Board
- Pawnee Mental Health Services, Inc.
- Radiation Detection Technologies, Inc.
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