Federal grants to Thomas Jefferson University
Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania received $423 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 394 awards. Its largest program was Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research, with $51.3 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $77.1 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$423 million
- Awards394
- Awarded in FY 2025$77.1 million
- Largest award$15.3 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 209 | $106 million |
| FY 2022 | 207 | $85.8 million |
| FY 2023 | 188 | $77.1 million |
| FY 2024 | 176 | $77.5 million |
| FY 2025 | 144 | $77.1 million |
Programs that fund Thomas Jefferson University
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research | 48 | $51.3 million |
| Cardiovascular Diseases Research | 37 | $47.9 million |
| Biomedical Research and Research Training | 29 | $34.2 million |
| Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders | 36 | $32.8 million |
| Military Medical Research and Development | 27 | $23.2 million |
| Cancer Biology Research | 17 | $23.0 million |
| Cancer Treatment Research | 16 | $21.3 million |
| Cancer Detection and Diagnosis Research | 16 | $20.0 million |
| Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Research | 24 | $20.0 million |
| Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research | 16 | $19.1 million |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Human Services | 359 | $379 million |
| Department of Defense | 27 | $23.2 million |
| Department of Education | 2 | $17.6 million |
| Department of Energy | 1 | $1.3 million |
| National Science Foundation | 4 | $1.3 million |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Translational research in cancer | Cancer Centers Support Grants | July 8, 2021 | $15.3 million |
| CARES act - higher education emergency relief fund-ihe/institution - thomas jefferson university | Education Stabilization Fund | March 8, 2021 | $9.8 million |
| CARES act funds - thomas jefferson university | Education Stabilization Fund | February 17, 2021 | $7.8 million |
| Trna in codon usage | Biomedical Research and Research Training | March 12, 2021 | $5.1 million |
| Trmd-targeting actinobacterial natural products as next generation antibiotics - project summary. Discovering new antibiotics for gram-negative bacteria is uniquely challenging, due to their double-membrane structure that acts as a permeability barrier to drugs and as an anchor for efflux pumps. Eff | Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research | June 25, 2021 | $4.2 million |
| Genomic profiling of single circulating tumor cells in the precision medicine of metastatic prostate cancer - project summary and abstract metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (MCRPC) is the most lethal state of prostate cancer (PCA) and remains as the most challenging issue in pca treatm | Cancer Detection and Diagnosis Research | July 8, 2021 | $3.2 million |
| Analysis of a novel crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever vaccine and its mechanism of protection in rodent models - crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) causes severe disease in humans, with fatality rates reaching 40%. Cchfv is endemic to parts of africa, asia, the middle east, and europe, spec | Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research | August 25, 2022 | $3.1 million |
| Novel tumor-targeted immunotherapies against metastatic uveal melanoma | Military Medical Research and Development | July 31, 2025 | $3.1 million |
| Targeting CDK6 expression/activity in ph+ and PH1-LIKE acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) - abstract philadelphia-positive acute lymhoblastic leukemia (ph+ all) and PH1-LIKE b-all account for most cases of “high-risk” adult b-all. Current therapies with tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIS) have improve | Cancer Biology Research | June 23, 2021 | $3.1 million |
| Occult colorectal cancer elimination by GUCY2C-DIRECTED immunotherapy | Military Medical Research and Development | March 21, 2022 | $3.1 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Thomas Jefferson University get?
$423 million in 394 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Thomas Jefferson University the most?
The Department of Health and Human Services, with $379 million in 359 awards. The Department of Defense and the Department of Education follow.
What is Thomas Jefferson University's largest federal grant?
$15.3 million under Cancer Centers Support Grants, with its first action in the period on July 8, 2021. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Thomas Jefferson University?
Its largest are Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research, Cardiovascular Diseases Research and Biomedical Research and Research Training.
Other grant recipients in Philadelphia
- The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
- Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
- Opportunity Finance Network
- Pennvest
- Philadelphia Housing Authority
- The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- Temple University-of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
- City of Philadelphia
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