Federal grants to Wright State University
Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio received $99.3 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 73 awards. Its largest program was Education Stabilization Fund, with $46.1 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $15.0 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated October 31, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$99.3 million
- Awards73
- Awarded in FY 2025$15.0 million
- Largest award$26.5 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 11 | $54.4 million |
| FY 2022 | 31 | $9.7 million |
| FY 2023 | 32 | $11.5 million |
| FY 2024 | 31 | $8.8 million |
| FY 2025 | 31 | $15.0 million |
Programs that fund Wright State University
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Education Stabilization Fund | 2 | $46.1 million |
| Research and Technology Development | 2 | $9.6 million |
| Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance | 5 | $5.5 million |
| Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders | 3 | $4.4 million |
| Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Research | 5 | $3.4 million |
| Engineering | 3 | $3.2 million |
| Aging Research | 5 | $2.8 million |
| American History and Civics Education | 1 | $2.7 million |
| Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships | 3 | $2.5 million |
| Primary Care Training and Enhancement | 2 | $2.3 million |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Education | 5 | $50.0 million |
| Department of Health and Human Services | 35 | $28.9 million |
| Department of Defense | 12 | $12.1 million |
| National Science Foundation | 17 | $6.3 million |
| Department of Commerce | 1 | $1.9 million |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARES act higher education relief fund institutional portion | Education Stabilization Fund | January 17, 2021 | $26.5 million |
| CARES act higher education relief fund | Education Stabilization Fund | January 17, 2021 | $19.6 million |
| This cooperative agreement shall be performed in accordance with the statement of work (SOW) entitled, "assured digital microelectronics education& | Research and Technology Development | November 13, 2020 | $6.4 million |
| This cooperative agreement shall be performed in accordance with the statement of work entitled, 'study of emerging exploitation developments (SEED): | Research and Technology Development | January 25, 2021 | $3.1 million |
| Fmrg: cyber: custom product manufacture at metal recycling plants using artificial intelligence, extended reality, and human-robot collaboration -this future manufacturing research grant (FMRG) project funds research that attempts to make novel strides in future manufacturing by contributing new cyb | Engineering | July 28, 2025 | $3.0 million |
| Civic foundations: equipping educators and students for america’s next 250 years | American History and Civics Education | September 29, 2025 | $2.7 million |
| Mechanisms underlying excitability regulation of motoneuron types in als | Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders | December 17, 2021 | $2.1 million |
| Purpose/scope: the power houser project will renovate approximately 13,700 sf of a pre-existing building for collaboration space with up to 2,000 sf of dedicated classified scif space for dod projects. This additional space will accommodate approximately 22 additional workstations, a modeling & simu | Congressionally-Identified Projects | September 15, 2023 | $2.0 million |
| Minority AIDS initiative (MAI) - high risk populations "reachable, teachable, and inclusive" (RTI) project - african americans remain at much higher risk of acquiring HIV, are more likely to be unaware of their hiv-positive status, are less likely to be linked to and retained in care, and are less l | Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance | September 15, 2022 | $1.9 million |
| Excitability dysfunction mechanisms underlying the TDP43-DEPENDENT als and ftd pathogenesis - project summary/abstract despite much effort to identify mechanisms underlying amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal lobar degeneration dementia (ftld or ftd), effective treatments remain e | Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders | May 2, 2023 | $1.9 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Wright State University get?
$99.3 million in 73 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Wright State University the most?
The Department of Education, with $50.0 million in 5 awards. The Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Defense follow.
What is Wright State University's largest federal grant?
$26.5 million under Education Stabilization Fund, with its first action in the period on January 17, 2021. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Wright State University?
Its largest are Education Stabilization Fund, Research and Technology Development and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance.
Other grant recipients in Dayton
- Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority
- Miami Valley Child Development Centers, Inc.
- City of Dayton
- University of Dayton
- Dayton Metropolitan Housing Authority
- Sinclair Community College
- County of Montgomery
- Five Rivers Health Centers
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