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Federal grants to Trustees of Boston University

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Trustees of Boston University in Boston, Massachusetts received $756 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 993 awards. Its largest program was Education Stabilization Fund, with $65.1 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $145 million.

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

By year

Federal grants to Trustees of Boston University by fiscal year
Fiscal yearAwardsAmount
FY 2021364$195 million
FY 2022398$144 million
FY 2023384$139 million
FY 2024376$133 million
FY 2025342$145 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 Trustees of Boston University

The 10 largest programs, fiscal 2021 to 2025
ProgramAwardsAmount
Education Stabilization Fund 84.4252$65.1 million
Biomedical Research and Research Training 93.85944$50.6 million
Science 43.001141$47.3 million
Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders 93.17339$42.0 million
Mental Health Research Grants 93.24235$41.9 million
Engineering 47.04156$41.8 million
Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health 93.28628$30.1 million
STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) 47.07626$28.5 million
Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders 93.85344$24.9 million
Computer and Information Science and Engineering 47.07075$24.2 million

Awarding agencies

AgencyAwardsAmount
Department of Health and Human Services356$375 million
National Science Foundation340$157 million
Department of Education24$90.6 million
National Aeronautics and Space Administration143$53.0 million
Department of Defense69$47.9 million

Largest awards

The 10 largest awards by money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025
AwardProgramFirst actionAmount
Boston university CARES act higher education emergency relief fund - institutional portion
ASST_NON_P425F203275_091 on USAspending
Education Stabilization FundJanuary 19, 2021$36.6 million
Boston university CARES act higher education emergency relief fund - student aid
ASST_NON_P425E204184_091 on USAspending
Education Stabilization FundJanuary 18, 2021$28.4 million
Nanosystems engineering research center for directed multiscale assembly of cellular metamaterials with nanoscale precision: cell-met
ASST_NON_1647837_049 on USAspending
EngineeringOctober 6, 2020$21.5 million
Carb-x
ASST_NON_IDSEP160030_075 on USAspending
Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), Biodefense Medical Countermeasure DevelopmentOctober 8, 2020$19.4 million
Our heliospheric shield
ASST_NON_80NSSC22M0164_080 on USAspending
ScienceSeptember 16, 2022$10.5 million
Local neuronal drive and neuromodulatory control of activity in the pial neurovascular circuit - project summary/abstract – overall we seek to understand the nature of the pial neurovascular circuit, whose dynamics is characterized by ultralow frequency oscillations near 0.1 hz that parcellate into
ASST_NON_U19NS123717_075 on USAspending
Drug Use and Addiction Research ProgramsAugust 16, 2021$8.3 million
National center on improving literacy
ASST_NON_H283D210004_091 on USAspending
Comprehensive CentersSeptember 29, 2021$7.5 million
Predicting and optimizing language outcomes in minimally verbal children with autism spectrum disorder
ASST_NON_P50DC018006_075 on USAspending
Research Related to Deafness and Communication DisordersAugust 17, 2021$7.4 million
Graduate research fellowship program (GRFP) -the national science foundation (NSF) graduate research fellowship program (GRFP) is a highly competitive, federal fellowship program. Grfp helps ensure the vitality and diversity of the scientific and engineering workforce of the united states. The progr
ASST_NON_2234657_049 on USAspending
STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources)August 15, 2022$6.9 million
21-ULI STEP-B-0034 safe low-noise operation of uam in urban canyons via integration of gust outcomes and trim optimization
ASST_NON_80NSSC23M0057_080 on USAspending
AeronauticsMay 24, 2023$5.7 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 Trustees of Boston University get?

$756 million in 993 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.

Which agency gives Trustees of Boston University the most?

The Department of Health and Human Services, with $375 million in 356 awards. The National Science Foundation and the Department of Education follow.

What is Trustees of Boston University's largest federal grant?

$36.6 million under Education Stabilization Fund, with its first action in the period on January 19, 2021. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.

Which federal programs fund Trustees of Boston University?

Its largest are Education Stabilization Fund, Biomedical Research and Research Training and Science.

Other grant recipients in Boston

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