Federal grants to Rutgers the State University of New Jersey
Rutgers the State University of New Jersey in Newark, New Jersey received $929 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 643 awards. Its largest program was Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research, with $174 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $225 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$929 million
- Awards643
- Awarded in FY 2025$225 million
- Largest award$17.5 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 192 | $123 million |
| FY 2022 | 268 | $152 million |
| FY 2023 | 358 | $215 million |
| FY 2024 | 379 | $214 million |
| FY 2025 | 400 | $225 million |
Programs that fund Rutgers the State University of New Jersey
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research | 80 | $174 million |
| Cardiovascular Diseases Research | 45 | $69.5 million |
| Aging Research | 35 | $48.8 million |
| Mental Health Research Grants | 28 | $48.6 million |
| Biomedical Research and Research Training | 31 | $45.9 million |
| Cancer Cause and Prevention Research | 26 | $45.6 million |
| Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs | 38 | $43.8 million |
| Environmental Health | 28 | $42.2 million |
| Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research | 26 | $31.6 million |
| National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences | 8 | $30.1 million |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Human Services | 607 | $909 million |
| Department of Defense | 15 | $12.7 million |
| Department of Education | 6 | $2.7 million |
| Department of Agriculture | 2 | $1.4 million |
| National Science Foundation | 8 | $1.2 million |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer center support grant | Cancer Centers Support Grants | February 22, 2021 | $17.5 million |
| Fend for tb | Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research | January 28, 2021 | $16.0 million |
| Bacterial and host heterogeneity in tb latency, persistence and progression - abstract - overall until recently, tuberculosis (TB) has been viewed as a disease that progresses over several discrete stages, principally consisting of a period of infection followed by either active tb disease or a late | Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research | September 23, 2021 | $13.9 million |
| New Jersey alliance for clinical and translational science: nj acts | National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences | February 26, 2021 | $12.9 million |
| Resources, workforce development, and animal models for the rutgers rbl - overall abstract the rutgers university regional biocontainment laboratory (RBL) serves as a central facility to perform biosafety level three (BSL3) therapeutic, pathogenesis, and diagnostic research on high threat biological | Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research | August 18, 2023 | $12.5 million |
| Tb-ricc 3.0 - tb-ricc 3.0 is designed to support the regional prospective observational research tuberculosis (REPORT) consortium to produce the highest quality observational and interventional research on tuberculosis (TB), tb-hiv, and TB-COVID-19. To accomplish this goal, tb-ricc 3.0 will: i) coll | Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research | March 6, 2023 | $11.8 million |
| Rutgers-nyu center for asian health promotion and equity - overall – abstract in response to RFA-MD-21-007, we propose the rutgers-nyu center for asian health promotion and equity (CAHPE) to advance interdisciplinary research on comorbid cardiometabolic disease and mental health of asian adults. The | Minority Health and Health Disparities Research | September 24, 2021 | $11.6 million |
| Worker health and safety training cooperative agreement | NIEHS Hazardous Waste Worker Health and Safety Training | March 3, 2021 | $11.3 million |
| Mechanisms of the brca-network in tumorigenesis and therapeutic response - mechanisms of the brca-network in tumorigenesis and therapeutic response (overall) abstract: the faithful repair of dna damage and efficient resolution of stalled replication forks are fundamental mechanisms by which mammalia | Cancer Cause and Prevention Research | April 22, 2021 | $11.3 million |
| Nj acts: a platform for translational science in New Jersey | National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences | April 24, 2024 | $11.3 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Rutgers the State University of New Jersey get?
$929 million in 643 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Rutgers the State University of New Jersey the most?
The Department of Health and Human Services, with $909 million in 607 awards. The Department of Defense and the Department of Education follow.
What is Rutgers the State University of New Jersey's largest federal grant?
$17.5 million under Cancer Centers Support Grants, with its first action in the period on February 22, 2021. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Rutgers the State University of New Jersey?
Its largest are Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research, Cardiovascular Diseases Research and Aging Research.
Other grant recipients in Newark
- New Jersey Transit Corporation
- Housing Authority of City of Newark
- New Jersey Institute of Technology
- Rutgers, the State University
- The Leaguers, Inc.
- City of Newark New Jersey
- City of Newark
- Newark Public Schools
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