Federal grants to Meharry Medical College
Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee received $255 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 100 awards. Its largest program was Education Stabilization Fund, with $57.4 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $54.9 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$255 million
- Awards100
- Awarded in FY 2025$54.9 million
- Largest award$56.5 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 34 | $80.7 million |
| FY 2022 | 38 | $33.5 million |
| FY 2023 | 51 | $39.1 million |
| FY 2024 | 49 | $46.7 million |
| FY 2025 | 46 | $54.9 million |
Programs that fund Meharry Medical College
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Education Stabilization Fund | 3 | $57.4 million |
| Centers of Excellence | 2 | $29.7 million |
| Minority Health and Health Disparities Research | 4 | $29.3 million |
| Health Systems Strengthening and HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care and Treatment under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief | 1 | $25.8 million |
| Higher Education Institutional Aid | 1 | $21.8 million |
| Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance | 9 | $15.3 million |
| Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research | 10 | $7.9 million |
| Cancer Centers Support Grants | 1 | $6.5 million |
| Primary Care Training and Enhancement | 4 | $6.3 million |
| Biomedical Research and Research Training | 7 | $6.3 million |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Human Services | 76 | $167 million |
| Department of Education | 4 | $79.2 million |
| National Science Foundation | 14 | $6.3 million |
| Department of Defense | 1 | $1.0 million |
| Department of Commerce | 2 | $754,774 |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Development of a virtual simulation and tele-medicine program for training and preparedness of future physicians to serve the under-served and underrepresented populations during the COVID-19 epidemic | Education Stabilization Fund | February 26, 2021 | $56.5 million |
| Office of global health - this application is responsive to HRSA 22-160. The historically black colleges and universities global health consortium (hbcu-ghc/consortium) work in zambia and malawi is consistent with the purposes described in the notice of funding opportunity (NOFO). Our program outcom | Health Systems Strengthening and HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care and Treatment under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief | September 23, 2022 | $25.8 million |
| The rcmi program in health disparities research at meharry medical college | Minority Health and Health Disparities Research | October 29, 2020 | $22.6 million |
| Five year title III funded program to support campus technology infrastructure and student success. | Higher Education Institutional Aid | July 31, 2024 | $21.8 million |
| Centers of excellence | Centers of Excellence | October 21, 2020 | $14.9 million |
| Centers of excellence program (HBCU) | Centers of Excellence | May 7, 2021 | $14.8 million |
| Community-based unified response to eliminate hepatitis c (CURE) - project title: community-based unified response to eliminate hepatitis c (CURE) applicant organization: meharry medical college target population: people who use drugs (PWUD), individuals experiencing homelessness, and those with co- | Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance | September 24, 2025 | $7.5 million |
| Mmc, vicc & tsu: partners in eliminating cancer disparities ( 1 of 3) | Cancer Centers Support Grants | September 23, 2021 | $6.5 million |
| Endowment for cardiometabolic health disparities research - project abstract the long-term objective of the endowment for cardiometabolic health disparities research is to expand the capacity of meharry medical college (MMC) to enhance research and research training in minority health. The program w | Minority Health and Health Disparities Research | July 5, 2023 | $6.0 million |
| Meharry research facilities for advanced genomics (MERFAG) - project summary the proposed application aims to establish the “meharry research facilities for advanced genomics” (MERFAG) at meharry medical college (MMC), an institution of emerging excellence (IEE) in the southern united states dedicat | Construction Support | September 15, 2025 | $6.0 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Meharry Medical College get?
$255 million in 100 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Meharry Medical College the most?
The Department of Health and Human Services, with $167 million in 76 awards. The Department of Education and the National Science Foundation follow.
What is Meharry Medical College's largest federal grant?
$56.5 million under Education Stabilization Fund, with its first action in the period on February 26, 2021. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Meharry Medical College?
Its largest are Education Stabilization Fund, Centers of Excellence and Minority Health and Health Disparities Research.
Other grant recipients in Nashville
- Finance & Administration Tennessee Depar
- Department of Education Tennessee
- Tennessee Department of Transportation
- Tennessee Department of Human Services
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Tennessee Department of Health
- Tennessee Emergency Management Authority
- Department of Environment & Conservation Tennessee
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