Federal grants to Portland State University
Portland State University in Portland, Oregon received $233 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 286 awards. Its largest program was Education Stabilization Fund, with $88.5 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $22.3 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated October 31, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$233 million
- Awards286
- Awarded in FY 2025$22.3 million
- Largest award$49.1 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 103 | $114 million |
| FY 2022 | 99 | $30.8 million |
| FY 2023 | 96 | $27.2 million |
| FY 2024 | 113 | $38.9 million |
| FY 2025 | 84 | $22.3 million |
Programs that fund Portland State University
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Education Stabilization Fund | 3 | $88.5 million |
| STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) | 15 | $10.2 million |
| Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education | 2 | $8.6 million |
| Trans-NIH Research Support | 4 | $7.9 million |
| Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research | 3 | $7.7 million |
| Computer and Information Science and Engineering | 22 | $7.4 million |
| Biomedical Research and Research Training | 7 | $7.3 million |
| Engineering | 23 | $7.2 million |
| Special Education - Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities | 5 | $4.7 million |
| Renewable Energy Research and Development | 1 | $4.4 million |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Education | 29 | $125 million |
| National Science Foundation | 104 | $38.4 million |
| Department of Health and Human Services | 30 | $33.6 million |
| Department of the Interior | 53 | $9.1 million |
| Department of Defense | 17 | $7.5 million |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARES act higher education emergency relief fund: may 2020 | Education Stabilization Fund | March 18, 2021 | $49.1 million |
| CARES act higher education emergency relief fund: april 2020 | Education Stabilization Fund | March 18, 2021 | $35.7 million |
| Access, connect, complete, engage (ACCE) | Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education | August 14, 2024 | $8.0 million |
| The objective of this project is to open-water test and validate a new type of electromagnetic resonant power take-off wave energy converter component technology. The electromagnetic resonant power take-off consists of a high gear-ratio magnetic gear generator and an adjustable magnetic spring. The | Renewable Energy Research and Development | September 21, 2022 | $4.5 million |
| Enhancing cross disciplinary infrastructure and training at Oregon (EXITO) | Trans-NIH Research Support | July 15, 2021 | $4.0 million |
| CARES act higher education emergency relief application: july 30, 2020 | Education Stabilization Fund | March 7, 2021 | $3.7 million |
| School-based mental health workforce development project | School Safely National Activities | March 30, 2023 | $3.5 million |
| Second-generation novel liver stage active antimalarials - project summary/abstract the global impact of malaria remains staggering despite extensive efforts to eradicate the disease. We have developed a novel antimalarial acridone chemotype with dual stage efficacy against both liver stage and bloo | Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research | April 1, 2021 | $3.3 million |
| Diverse inclusive collaborative educators pluss (dice pluss) | English Language Acquisition State Grants | September 29, 2021 | $3.0 million |
| Evolving the culture of biology: promoting graduate teaching assistant professional development to foster inclusion, efficacy, and evidence-based practices -this project aims to serve the national interest by implementing evidence-based teaching practices in biology. Based on the ongoing need to imp | STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) | August 2, 2022 | $2.9 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Portland State University get?
$233 million in 286 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Portland State University the most?
The Department of Education, with $125 million in 29 awards. The National Science Foundation and the Department of Health and Human Services follow.
What is Portland State University's largest federal grant?
$49.1 million under Education Stabilization Fund, with its first action in the period on March 18, 2021. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Portland State University?
Its largest are Education Stabilization Fund, STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) and Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education.
Other grant recipients in Portland
- Oregon Health & Science University
- Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon
- Oregon Department of Housing & Community Services
- Mercy Corps
- Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission
- Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
- Port of Portland
- Nuscale Power LLC
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