Federal grants to Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana received $134 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 80 awards. Its largest program was Biomedical Research and Research Training, with $36.0 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $28.8 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated October 31, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$134 million
- Awards80
- Awarded in FY 2025$28.8 million
- Largest award$23.2 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 44 | $27.2 million |
| FY 2022 | 39 | $22.5 million |
| FY 2023 | 43 | $26.9 million |
| FY 2024 | 47 | $28.7 million |
| FY 2025 | 40 | $28.8 million |
Programs that fund Pennington Biomedical Research Center
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Biomedical Research and Research Training | 4 | $36.0 million |
| Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research | 33 | $34.1 million |
| Trans-NIH Research Support | 9 | $19.4 million |
| Aging Research | 9 | $13.2 million |
| Military Medical Research and Development | 1 | $13.1 million |
| Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research | 7 | $3.6 million |
| Cancer Detection and Diagnosis Research | 2 | $2.7 million |
| Cardiovascular Diseases Research | 3 | $2.7 million |
| Nursing Research | 1 | $2.3 million |
| Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health | 3 | $2.2 million |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Human Services | 79 | $121 million |
| Department of Defense | 1 | $13.1 million |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana clinical and translational science center | Biomedical Research and Research Training | June 4, 2021 | $23.2 million |
| Center for military performance and resilience | Military Medical Research and Development | September 22, 2023 | $13.1 million |
| Metabolic basis of disease | Biomedical Research and Research Training | January 25, 2021 | $11.3 million |
| Laaz-nph clinical center - project summary nutrition is at the epicenter of human health and disease. However, our current “one size fits all” approach to clinical nutrition is failing a large segment of the population. Individual factors including genetics, metabolism, physiology, microbiome, behav | Trans-NIH Research Support | December 10, 2021 | $7.3 million |
| Nutritional programming: environmental and molecular in* | Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research | February 12, 2021 | $5.5 million |
| Pennington motrpac adults | Trans-NIH Research Support | November 19, 2020 | $5.4 million |
| Reducing african americans' alzheimer's disease risk through exercise-mci cohort (raate-mci) | Aging Research | April 15, 2021 | $3.7 million |
| A planning project to pilot test and optimize dietary approaches to slow aging and design a long-term trial - project summary the world's population is aging in an obesogenic environment characterized by increased availability of high caloric, non-nutritious foods and reduced needs for physical acti | Aging Research | September 1, 2021 | $3.2 million |
| Promoting fat loss during pregnancy in women with grade 2 and 3 obesity | Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research | April 14, 2021 | $2.6 million |
| Effects of aerobic exercise on skeletal muscle remodeling in colon cancer - project summary/abstract postdiagnosis physical activity is associated with a lower risk of cancer recurrence and death in colon cancer survivors. However, the biological mechanisms that underpin the effects of physical acti | Cancer Detection and Diagnosis Research | May 30, 2022 | $2.5 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Pennington Biomedical Research Center get?
$134 million in 80 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Pennington Biomedical Research Center the most?
The Department of Health and Human Services, with $121 million in 79 awards. The Department of Defense follow.
What is Pennington Biomedical Research Center's largest federal grant?
$23.2 million under Biomedical Research and Research Training, with its first action in the period on June 4, 2021. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Pennington Biomedical Research Center?
Its largest are Biomedical Research and Research Training, Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research and Trans-NIH Research Support.
Other grant recipients in Baton Rouge
- Lousiana Department of Health
- LA Dept. of Admin
- Homeland Security & Emergency
- Transportation & Development Louisiana D
- Administration, Louisiana Division of
- Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services
- Department of Conservation and Energy, State of Louisiana
- Louisiana Works
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