Federal grants to Michigan State University
Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan received $96.6 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 96 awards. Its largest program was Trans-NIH Research Support, with $19.8 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $47.5 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$96.6 million
- Awards96
- Awarded in FY 2025$47.5 million
- Largest award$10.7 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 4 | $4.6 million |
| FY 2022 | 4 | $4.4 million |
| FY 2023 | 14 | $11.0 million |
| FY 2024 | 57 | $29.1 million |
| FY 2025 | 80 | $47.5 million |
Programs that fund Michigan State University
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Trans-NIH Research Support | 7 | $19.8 million |
| Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research | 16 | $15.3 million |
| Aging Research | 9 | $11.5 million |
| Mental Health Research Grants | 8 | $6.5 million |
| Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders | 6 | $5.7 million |
| Cancer Biology Research | 3 | $4.6 million |
| Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research | 4 | $3.8 million |
| Nursing Research | 3 | $3.5 million |
| Cardiovascular Diseases Research | 5 | $3.3 million |
| Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health | 1 | $2.5 million |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Human Services | 96 | $96.6 million |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prenatal exposures and child health outcomes: a statewide study | Trans-NIH Research Support | April 9, 2021 | $10.7 million |
| Maternal health multilevel intervention/s for racial equity (miracle) center - specific aims (overall). The goal of the proposed multilevel interventions to advance maternal health equity (miracle) center is to reduce pregnancy-related and pregnancy-associated maternal morbidity and mortality (pramm | Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research | August 16, 2023 | $8.0 million |
| Prenatal exposures and child health outcomes: a statewide study | Trans-NIH Research Support | August 30, 2023 | $7.7 million |
| VPS72 controls treg cell stability and adaptation to tumor microenvironment - abstract it became well known that the immune suppressive niche inside the tumor microenvironment (TME) accounts for tumor immune escape and progression, in which the regulatory t cells (TREGS) play an important role. Alth | Cancer Biology Research | September 19, 2023 | $3.1 million |
| Efflux route responses of cerebral waste clearance during progression of alzheimer’s disease - abstract the objectives of this proposal are to optimize and validate detection of microvessels in the cerebral vascular, glymphatic and meningeal lymphatic (ML) systems using superparamagnetic iron oxide | Aging Research | September 5, 2025 | $3.1 million |
| Modeling effects of cadmium exposure on alzheimer’s disease pathology and neurodegeneration - project summary/abstract alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the pathological accumulation of the tau protein and amyloid beta (aΒ) peptide. Tau pathology i | Aging Research | August 4, 2025 | $2.9 million |
| Genetic silencing of striatal CAV1.3 calcium channels as a potent antidyskinetic therapy for pd | Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders | June 11, 2021 | $2.6 million |
| Asthma and technology in emerging african american adults (the athena project) - asthma causes substantial morbidity and mortality in the U.S., particularly among african american emerging adults (aaea; ages 18-30), but very few asthma programs have targeted this population. Interventions that provi | Nursing Research | August 31, 2021 | $2.6 million |
| Evaluation of tantalum oxide nanoparticles for in vivo x-ray computed tomography evaluation of implantable biomaterials - project abstract this grant proposes both an innovative contrast agent and x-ray computed tomography (CT) imaging method for monitoring implantable biomaterials, in vivo. Tissue | Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health | January 6, 2021 | $2.5 million |
| Pesticide use and markers of adrd neurodegeneration among us farmers - abstract many pesticides are neurotoxic, and high exposures may have long-term neurodegenerative consequences. However, empirical evidence on the association between pesticides and alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) | Aging Research | March 13, 2025 | $2.4 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Michigan State University get?
$96.6 million in 96 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Michigan State University the most?
The Department of Health and Human Services, with $96.6 million in 96 awards.
What is Michigan State University's largest federal grant?
$10.7 million under Trans-NIH Research Support, with its first action in the period on April 9, 2021. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Michigan State University?
Its largest are Trans-NIH Research Support, Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research and Aging Research.
Other grant recipients in East Lansing
- Michigan State University Foundation
- Michigan Center for Rural Health
- Great Lakes Crystal Technologies Inc
- Michigan Association of Conservation Districts
- City of East Lansing
- Attmos Inc
- Iaso Therapeutics Inc
- Advertent Biotherapeutics, Inc.
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