Federal grants to Montana State University
Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana received $546 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 616 awards. Its largest program was Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education, with $52.5 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $76.4 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$546 million
- Awards616
- Awarded in FY 2025$76.4 million
- Largest award$26.7 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 213 | $159 million |
| FY 2022 | 207 | $90.8 million |
| FY 2023 | 214 | $98.7 million |
| FY 2024 | 202 | $121 million |
| FY 2025 | 132 | $76.4 million |
Programs that fund Montana State University
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education | 5 | $52.5 million |
| Education Stabilization Fund | 2 | $45.5 million |
| Biomedical Research and Research Training | 17 | $43.3 million |
| Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program | 5 | $33.1 million |
| Mathematical and Physical Sciences | 30 | $28.3 million |
| Integrative Activities | 26 | $19.7 million |
| Science | 41 | $18.3 million |
| Smith-Lever Extension Funding | 10 | $14.9 million |
| Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) | 35 | $14.8 million |
| Payments to Agricultural Experiment Stations Under the Hatch Act | 10 | $14.7 million |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Human Services | 87 | $135 million |
| Department of Agriculture | 128 | $113 million |
| National Science Foundation | 186 | $104 million |
| Department of Defense | 28 | $50.3 million |
| Department of Education | 8 | $49.8 million |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Applied quantum capacity and operational resilience and regional equity (CORE) | Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program | December 15, 2023 | $26.7 million |
| Institutional portion of the higher education emergency relief fund formula grants authorized by section 18004(a)(1) of the coronavirus aid, relief, and economic security (CARES) act | Education Stabilization Fund | January 19, 2021 | $25.6 million |
| Enabling quantum leap: q-amase-i: monark quantum foundry: rapidly incubating translational advances in qise with a 2D-QUANTUM materials pipeline (2D-QMAP) | Mathematical and Physical Sciences | August 17, 2021 | $20.0 million |
| Emergency financial aid grants to students under the coronavirus aid, relief, and economic security (CARES) act | Education Stabilization Fund | January 17, 2021 | $19.8 million |
| Montana inbre II: a multidisciplinary research network | Biomedical Research and Research Training | May 10, 2021 | $19.5 million |
| Research infrastructure: rii track 1: integrating Montana's environmental research with smart sensors (IMERSS) -prescribed fire is increasingly being employed across the western U.S., as it is needed to mitigate and manage wildfire risk. This integrating Montana's environmental research with smart s | Integrative Activities | May 5, 2023 | $11.8 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.** two main ideas guide our vision for sustainable agriculture in the western region: a) that foodsystems are complex, involving the mut | Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education | March 23, 2023 | $11.3 million |
| For more than 35 years, western sare (WSARE) has advanced innovations that improve profitability, stewardship, and quality of life in american agriculture. By funding groundbreaking research and education, wsare has consistently put farmers, ranchers, and foresters in the western region first, ident | Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education | September 19, 2025 | $10.8 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.** the 2023 host institution renewal facilitates continued efforts to provide new technologies and principles to amplify agricultural r | Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education | July 31, 2024 | $10.8 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.** over the past 30+ years the national institute of food and agriculture (NIFA) agency has been instrumental in the development and di | Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education | June 2, 2022 | $10.2 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Montana State University get?
$546 million in 616 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Montana State University the most?
The Department of Health and Human Services, with $135 million in 87 awards. The Department of Agriculture and the National Science Foundation follow.
What is Montana State University's largest federal grant?
$26.7 million under Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program, with its first action in the period on December 15, 2023. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Montana State University?
Its largest are Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education, Education Stabilization Fund and Biomedical Research and Research Training.
Other grant recipients in Bozeman
- Montana Conservation Corps, Inc.
- Human Resource Development Council of District IX, Inc.
- Bridgercare
- County of Gallatin
- City of Bozeman
- Headwaters Economics Inc
- Bridger Photonics Inc
- Haven
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