Federal grants to Carnegie-Mellon University
Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania received $816 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 1,159 awards. Its largest program was Computer and Information Science and Engineering, with $153 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $157 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated October 31, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$816 million
- Awards1,159
- Awarded in FY 2025$157 million
- Largest award$22.8 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 425 | $198 million |
| FY 2022 | 403 | $170 million |
| FY 2023 | 403 | $140 million |
| FY 2024 | 425 | $151 million |
| FY 2025 | 350 | $157 million |
Programs that fund Carnegie-Mellon University
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Computer and Information Science and Engineering | 296 | $153 million |
| Basic and Applied Scientific Research | 86 | $57.0 million |
| STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) | 37 | $49.8 million |
| Mathematical and Physical Sciences | 138 | $47.1 million |
| Engineering | 107 | $36.3 million |
| Office of Science Financial Assistance Program | 22 | $33.1 million |
| Basic Scientific Research | 33 | $29.4 million |
| Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program | 32 | $25.5 million |
| Education Stabilization Fund | 2 | $25.4 million |
| Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders | 23 | $25.4 million |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| National Science Foundation | 680 | $336 million |
| Department of Health and Human Services | 170 | $171 million |
| Department of Defense | 185 | $158 million |
| Department of Energy | 33 | $42.3 million |
| Department of Education | 7 | $29.9 million |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graduate research fellowship program (GRFP) | STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) | September 2, 2021 | $22.8 million |
| Liver disease constitutes an urgent public health challenge because unlike most other diseases deaths due to liver disease are rapidly rising. This increase is adding to an already enormous health burden in which liver disease causes over 2 million deaths each year. As just one example of the challe | ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY for HEALTH (ARPA-H) | September 26, 2025 | $18.1 million |
| Category i: BRIDGES-2: scalable converged computing, data, and analytics for rapidly evolving science and engineering research | Computer and Information Science and Engineering | October 7, 2020 | $15.7 million |
| Higher education emergency relief fund - institutional portion | Education Stabilization Fund | January 19, 2021 | $14.4 million |
| Track 1: access resource allocations marketplace and platform services (RAMPS) -the carnegie-mellon university team provides allocation services as part of the advanced cyberinfrastructure coordination ecosystem: services & support (ACCESS) program. The resource allocations marketplace and platform | Computer and Information Science and Engineering | April 21, 2022 | $12.6 million |
| Artificial intelligence enabled additive manufacturing: enhancing expeditionary manufacturing capabilities up to the point of-need for the us army | Basic Scientific Research | June 29, 2021 | $12.1 million |
| University transportation centers | University Transportation Centers Program | April 3, 2023 | $11.1 million |
| Higher education emergency relief fund – emergency financial aid grants for students | Education Stabilization Fund | January 19, 2021 | $11.1 million |
| The delphi center for outbreak analytics and disease modeling in public health response: innovation and coordination | Public Health Response, Forecasting, and Analytic Capacities Related to Disease Outbreaks, Epidemics, and Pandemics | September 12, 2023 | $10.6 million |
| Stri: an integrated computational modeling and simulation platform for qualification and certification of additive manufacturing | Space Technology | September 14, 2023 | $10.1 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Carnegie-Mellon University get?
$816 million in 1,159 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Carnegie-Mellon University the most?
The National Science Foundation, with $336 million in 680 awards. The Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Defense follow.
What is Carnegie-Mellon University's largest federal grant?
$22.8 million under STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources), with its first action in the period on September 2, 2021. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Carnegie-Mellon University?
Its largest are Computer and Information Science and Engineering, Basic and Applied Scientific Research and STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources).
Other grant recipients in Pittsburgh
- University of Pittsburgh - of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
- Port Authority of Allegheny County Inc
- Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh
- County of Allegheny
- Allegheny County Airport Authority
- Kraft Heinz Foods Company
- Magee-Womens Research Institute and Foundation
- Council of 3 Rivers American Indian Center
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