Federal grants to Creighton University
Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska received $79.3 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 87 awards. Its largest program was Biomedical Research and Research Training, with $13.9 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $10.4 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$79.3 million
- Awards87
- Awarded in FY 2025$10.4 million
- Largest award$11.7 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 33 | $25.4 million |
| FY 2022 | 31 | $14.9 million |
| FY 2023 | 36 | $15.1 million |
| FY 2024 | 34 | $13.5 million |
| FY 2025 | 26 | $10.4 million |
Programs that fund Creighton University
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Biomedical Research and Research Training | 5 | $13.9 million |
| Education Stabilization Fund | 2 | $13.5 million |
| Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders | 13 | $7.8 million |
| Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders | 6 | $5.9 million |
| TRIO Upward Bound | 4 | $4.8 million |
| Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research | 9 | $3.1 million |
| Public Health Training Centers Program | 1 | $3.0 million |
| Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education | 2 | $2.5 million |
| TRIO Talent Search | 1 | $2.2 million |
| Aging Research | 3 | $1.9 million |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Human Services | 53 | $46.6 million |
| Department of Education | 12 | $25.9 million |
| National Science Foundation | 12 | $3.2 million |
| Department of Defense | 6 | $2.2 million |
| Department of Energy | 1 | $730,000 |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Translational hearing center - project summary/abstract overall plan for the translational hearing center this center of biomedical research excellence (COBRE) application is to establish the translational hearing center, administered by centrally-located creighton university, with boys town nationa | Biomedical Research and Research Training | March 4, 2021 | $11.7 million |
| CARES act higher education emergency relief fund/institution - creighton university | Education Stabilization Fund | January 19, 2021 | $7.6 million |
| CARES act higher education emergency relief fund - creighton university | Education Stabilization Fund | January 19, 2021 | $6.0 million |
| Community health worker training program - service area: Nebraska target populations: african americans, latinx/hispanics, native americans, sudanese, somali, and karen immigrants, individuals experiencing homelessness or loss of employment, and individuals in public housing. Partners: douglas count | Public Health Training Centers Program | September 7, 2022 | $3.0 million |
| Creighton university upward bound program | TRIO Upward Bound | May 23, 2022 | $2.5 million |
| Creighton university talent search | TRIO Talent Search | August 5, 2021 | $2.2 million |
| Clinical factors in aminoglycoside-induced ototoxicity | Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders | June 18, 2021 | $2.0 million |
| Contributions of prion strains and substrains to prion zoonotic potential and evolution - prions are infectious protein-only zoonotic agents that can rapidly evolve in a new replication environment. Prion strains are encoded by strain-specific conformations of prpsc, the infectious form of the host- | Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders | June 2, 2023 | $1.7 million |
| Meeting patients and students where they are - virtual reality and other engaging technologies | Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education | August 21, 2024 | $1.4 million |
| Autoresuscitation and sudep - project summary approximately 30% of people with epilepsy are refractory to current anti-seizure medications and sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) occurs in ~1:150 per year for individuals with severe refractory generalized convulsive seizures (GCS). The long- | Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders | March 29, 2022 | $1.4 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Creighton University get?
$79.3 million in 87 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Creighton University the most?
The Department of Health and Human Services, with $46.6 million in 53 awards. The Department of Education and the National Science Foundation follow.
What is Creighton University's largest federal grant?
$11.7 million under Biomedical Research and Research Training, with its first action in the period on March 4, 2021. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Creighton University?
Its largest are Biomedical Research and Research Training, Education Stabilization Fund and Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders.
Other grant recipients in Omaha
- Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska
- City of Omaha
- University of Nebraska
- Omaha Airport Authority
- Housing Authority of the City of Omaha
- Regional Metropolitan Transit Authority of Omaha
- CHN Nebraska
- Oneworld Community Health Centers Inc
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