Federal grants to Austin Independent School District
Austin Independent School District in Austin, Texas received $48.3 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 21 awards. Its largest program was Conservation Research and Development, with $14.9 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $3.3 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$48.3 million
- Awards21
- Awarded in FY 2025$3.3 million
- Largest award$14.9 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 4 | $4.0 million |
| FY 2022 | 5 | $4.7 million |
| FY 2023 | 9 | $9.1 million |
| FY 2024 | 8 | $27.2 million |
| FY 2025 | 5 | $3.3 million |
Programs that fund Austin Independent School District
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Conservation Research and Development | 1 | $14.9 million |
| Head Start | 3 | $7.8 million |
| Clean School Bus Program | 1 | $6.3 million |
| Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs | 1 | $5.9 million |
| Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects | 2 | $3.5 million |
| Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous grants | 1 | $3.0 million |
| Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education | 1 | $2.7 million |
| Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education | 1 | $1.9 million |
| Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants | 3 | $1.0 million |
| STOP School Violence | 1 | $1.0 million |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Energy | 1 | $14.9 million |
| Department of Education | 7 | $13.8 million |
| Department of Health and Human Services | 3 | $7.8 million |
| Environmental Protection Agency | 1 | $6.3 million |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | 1 | $3.0 million |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iija: solar for schools at austin isd | Conservation Research and Development | April 29, 2024 | $14.9 million |
| Description: this agreement provides funding under the infrastructure investment and jobs act (IIJA) to austin independent school district to help improve air quality by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and reduce asthma-related illnesses in the austin independent school district (AISD) and travis c | Clean School Bus Program | July 10, 2024 | $6.3 million |
| Gear up austin will serve 6th grade students enrolled in (11) austin middle schools in 2017-2018 and follow them as a cohort to (7) high schools through the summer after 12th grade. | Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs | July 7, 2021 | $5.9 million |
| Head start | Head Start | April 16, 2021 | $5.6 million |
| Purpose: economic development initiative, community project funding/congressional directed spending awards are authorized under the consolidated appropriations act, 2022 public law 117-328 and the explanatory statement for division l of that act. Projects selected for community project funding/congr | Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous grants | August 20, 2024 | $3.0 million |
| Austin isd navigates: nurturing academic visions with gifted and talented education students | Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education | August 17, 2022 | $2.7 million |
| Equitable access to outdoor spaces | Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects | August 28, 2023 | $2.0 million |
| Head start | Head Start | April 23, 2025 | $1.9 million |
| College and career incubator | Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education | June 14, 2023 | $1.9 million |
| Resilience and innovation through community schools in east austin | Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects | December 22, 2022 | $1.4 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Austin Independent School District get?
$48.3 million in 21 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Austin Independent School District the most?
The Department of Energy, with $14.9 million in 1 award. The Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services follow.
What is Austin Independent School District's largest federal grant?
$14.9 million under Conservation Research and Development, with its first action in the period on April 29, 2024. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Austin Independent School District?
Its largest are Conservation Research and Development, Head Start and Clean School Bus Program.
Other grant recipients in Austin
- Health & Human Svc Commn TX
- TX Education Agency
- Texas Department of Transportation
- Texas Department of Agriculture
- Texas Workforce Commission
- Texas Division of Emergency Management
- Texas General Land Office
- Department of State Health Services
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