Federal grants to The Science Museum of Minnesota
The Science Museum of Minnesota in Saint Paul, Minnesota received $6.8 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 16 awards. Its largest program was STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources), with $3.7 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $22,454.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$6.8 million
- Awards16
- Awarded in FY 2025$22,454
- Largest award$1.5 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 6 | $1.7 million |
| FY 2022 | 7 | $2.4 million |
| FY 2023 | 5 | $1.3 million |
| FY 2024 | 5 | $1.5 million |
| FY 2025 | 3 | $22,454 |
Programs that fund The Science Museum of Minnesota
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) | 4 | $3.7 million |
| Geosciences | 3 | $957,631 |
| Museums for America | 4 | $780,856 |
| Biological Sciences | 2 | $693,691 |
| Cooperative Research and Training Programs – Resources of the National Park System | 2 | $383,939 |
| 21st Century Museum Professional Program | 1 | $344,157 |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| National Science Foundation | 9 | $5.3 million |
| Institute of Museum and Library Services | 5 | $1.1 million |
| Department of the Interior | 2 | $383,939 |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ipage 2.0: understanding and supporting transformative change toward equity in the ise sector | STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) | August 19, 2021 | $1.5 million |
| Expanding activities for outdoor, nature situated making -the science museum of Minnesota (SMM) will collaborate with four community organizations serving black, indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) audiences to research and develop a novel outdoor makerspace that engages families in stem learnin | STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) | June 27, 2022 | $1.1 million |
| Gp-in: connecting opportunities for research experiences (CORE) in the geosciences -there is an increasing need for trained geoscientists to tackle societally relevant issues such as climate change, natural hazards, and energy resources. Meaningful progress on these complex scientific and societal i | Geosciences | August 17, 2023 | $843,830 |
| Brains on! The move: stem podcasts as facilitators of automobile-based family learning experiences | STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) | July 21, 2021 | $556,544 |
| Building more inclusive makerspaces to support informal engineering learning experiences | STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) | August 17, 2021 | $521,005 |
| Collaborative research: ultra-data: developing global riverine solute regime and synchrony frameworks for understanding watershed-scale controls on river biogeochemical signals -rivers are vital to life, providing drinking water and supporting agriculture, recreation, transportation, and fisheries. | Biological Sciences | June 13, 2025 | $459,803 |
| The science museum of Minnesota will support transformative change toward inclusion, diversity, equity, and access among upper midwest museums by creating a durable community of practice. Using a field-tested model of professional development, the museum will collaborate with 20 small, underserved m | 21st Century Museum Professional Program | June 17, 2024 | $344,157 |
| P20AC00364 glkn smm glnf cesu: diatoms and water quality in great lakes national parks FY20 $36,803.44 | Cooperative Research and Training Programs – Resources of the National Park System | June 9, 2021 | $334,653 |
| The science museum of Minnesota will expand on recent efforts to build evaluation capacity across the museum by engaging in community-wide conversations about equity and climate action in the twin cities and the upper midwest. Using a wide variety of data collection strategies, ongoing data reportin | Museums for America | July 12, 2023 | $240,610 |
| Collaborative research: ltreb: dynamics of extreme climate disturbance in arctic lakes (decadal) -after a period of record heat and rainfall in west greenland, lakes which had been clear and blue rapidly turned brown and murky, a change that typically takes thousands of years. The causes and consequ | Biological Sciences | August 14, 2025 | $233,888 |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does The Science Museum of Minnesota get?
$6.8 million in 16 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives The Science Museum of Minnesota the most?
The National Science Foundation, with $5.3 million in 9 awards. The Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Department of the Interior follow.
What is The Science Museum of Minnesota's largest federal grant?
$1.5 million under STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources), with its first action in the period on August 19, 2021. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund The Science Museum of Minnesota?
Its largest are STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources), Geosciences and Museums for America.
Other grant recipients in Saint Paul
- Minnesota Department of Human Services
- Minnesota Department of Transportation
- Department of Commerce Minnesota
- Minnesota Department of Health
- The State of Minnesota of Employment & Economic Development
- Minnesota Department of Public Safety
- Judiciary Courts of State of Minnesota
- Minnesota Public Facilities Authority
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