Federal grants to Clarkson University
Clarkson University in Potsdam, New York received $63.4 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 126 awards. Its largest program was Education Stabilization Fund, with $10.7 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $4.4 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$63.4 million
- Awards126
- Awarded in FY 2025$4.4 million
- Largest award$6.2 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 37 | $18.9 million |
| FY 2022 | 45 | $9.7 million |
| FY 2023 | 47 | $19.0 million |
| FY 2024 | 46 | $11.4 million |
| FY 2025 | 24 | $4.4 million |
Programs that fund Clarkson University
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Education Stabilization Fund | 2 | $10.7 million |
| Engineering | 37 | $9.2 million |
| Congressional Directives | 1 | $6.2 million |
| Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative | 1 | $5.9 million |
| Biomedical Research and Research Training | 6 | $5.2 million |
| Computer and Information Science and Engineering | 11 | $3.8 million |
| Basic and Applied Scientific Research | 6 | $2.9 million |
| STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) | 8 | $1.7 million |
| Mathematical and Physical Sciences | 8 | $1.6 million |
| TRIO McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement | 2 | $1.6 million |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| National Science Foundation | 75 | $18.5 million |
| Department of Education | 6 | $14.8 million |
| Department of Health and Human Services | 14 | $13.3 million |
| Environmental Protection Agency | 3 | $7.4 million |
| Department of Defense | 12 | $4.0 million |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community project funding/congressionally directed spending - construction - project address: clarkson university science center, 8 clarkson avenue, potsdam, ny 13699 project director: kelly chezum, vice president for external relations email/phone: kchezum@clarkson.edu / 315-268-4483 website: clark | Congressional Directives | August 24, 2023 | $6.2 million |
| Higher education emergency relief fund - institutional portion | Education Stabilization Fund | March 20, 2021 | $6.0 million |
| This project supports the great lakes restoration initiative (GLRI) and the great lakes water quality agreement, pursuant to clean water act, section 118(c)(7), as amended by public law 114-322, to protect and restore the chemical, physical and biological integrity of the great lakes basin ecosystem | Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative | April 12, 2021 | $5.9 million |
| Allocation for section 18004(a)(1) of the CARES act - emergency financial aid grants to students | Education Stabilization Fund | March 20, 2021 | $4.7 million |
| Description: the project will develop and validate nanosensing technology integrated with a nano-remediation platform to monitor and completely degrade per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in water.activities: the specific activities to be performed are 1) validate the technology using standard | Science To Achieve Results (STAR) Research Program | August 7, 2024 | $1.5 million |
| Development and application of organelle chemotype fingerprinting for the functional investigation of organellar chloride - summary/abstract as one of the most abundant anions in the human body, chloride plays a crucial role in human health. Chloride homeostasis is maintained inside the cell while t | Biomedical Research and Research Training | July 12, 2022 | $1.5 million |
| Nonlinear viscoelastic-viscoplastic model development for strength prediction of bonded joints | Basic and Applied Scientific Research | October 27, 2022 | $1.4 million |
| Clarkson university ronald e. Mcnair post baccalaureate achievement (MCNAIR) program | TRIO McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement | August 9, 2022 | $1.4 million |
| Clarkson university student support services program | TRIO Student Support Services | August 17, 2021 | $1.3 million |
| Mechanisms of cellular morphogenesis that coordinate signaling during tissue patterning - project summary the long-term goal of our research program is to understand and identify the mechanisms of cell shape dynamics that facilitate the emergence of tissue-wide patterns from local cell-cell communic | Biomedical Research and Research Training | August 9, 2023 | $1.2 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Clarkson University get?
$63.4 million in 126 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Clarkson University the most?
The National Science Foundation, with $18.5 million in 75 awards. The Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services follow.
What is Clarkson University's largest federal grant?
$6.2 million under Congressional Directives, with its first action in the period on August 24, 2023. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Clarkson University?
Its largest are Education Stabilization Fund, Engineering and Congressional Directives.
Other grant recipients in Potsdam
- SUNY College at Potsdam
- The Research Foundation for the State University of New York
- Mission Power Corp.
- Pharmacoustics Technologies LLC
- Mission Sun Corp.
- St Lawrence Health System Inc
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