Federal grants to Baylor College of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas received $1.7 billion in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 1,319 awards. Its largest program was Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research, with $141 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $331 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$1.7 billion
- Awards1,319
- Awarded in FY 2025$331 million
- Largest award$78.4 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 629 | $335 million |
| FY 2022 | 667 | $369 million |
| FY 2023 | 652 | $349 million |
| FY 2024 | 656 | $366 million |
| FY 2025 | 590 | $331 million |
Programs that fund Baylor College of Medicine
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research | 128 | $141 million |
| Cardiovascular Diseases Research | 121 | $127 million |
| Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research | 116 | $124 million |
| Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research | 71 | $123 million |
| Aging Research | 86 | $115 million |
| Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders | 107 | $104 million |
| Exploration | 3 | $78.9 million |
| Biomedical Research and Research Training | 61 | $73.5 million |
| Military Medical Research and Development | 61 | $70.3 million |
| Cancer Biology Research | 53 | $67.4 million |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Human Services | 1,229 | $1.6 billion |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 4 | $79.9 million |
| Department of Defense | 63 | $71.1 million |
| National Science Foundation | 18 | $15.6 million |
| Department of Agriculture | 2 | $12.5 million |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| This proposal for a translational research institute is submitted on behalf of a consortium of non-profit academic institutions in response to NASA c | Exploration | October 20, 2020 | $78.4 million |
| Baylor college of medicine/stanford university clinical genome resource (clingen) - project summary/abstract the clinical genome resource (clingen) is an essential community resource developing clinically relevant genomic knowledge. Three research teams at harvard/geisinger, unc/kaiser and baylor co | Human Genome Research | September 15, 2021 | $23.9 million |
| Genomic approaches to understand disease susceptibility and pathogenesis of SARS-COV-2 | Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research | April 22, 2021 | $22.0 million |
| Baylor college of medicine cancer center | Cancer Centers Support Grants | January 11, 2021 | $18.8 million |
| Vaccine and treatment evaluation units (VTEU) | Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research | November 20, 2020 | $17.7 million |
| Lysosome regulation and signaling in aging and alzheimer's disease - no abstract available | Aging Research | May 28, 2021 | $13.5 million |
| Microbiome discovery and mechanisms to combat antibiotic resistance at mucosal surfaces - overall project summary the ability to control bacterial infections with antibiotics has been one of the most important public health advancements in human history. Before the discovery of antibiotics and vacci | Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research | February 22, 2021 | $12.4 million |
| Nutritional research of infants, children, adolescents, and pregnant and lactating women - the mission of the children's nutrition research center (CNRC) is to conduct research which will lead to a definition of the nutritional requirements needed to ensure health in children from conception through | Agricultural Research Basic and Applied Research | March 20, 2022 | $11.7 million |
| Baylor college of medicine - mendelian genomics research center (bcm-mgrc) - project summary the proposed baylor college of medicine mendelian genomics research center (bcm-mgrc) builds on the extensive discoveries and infrastructure established in the baylor hopkins center for mendelian genomics. T | Human Genome Research | July 15, 2021 | $11.6 million |
| Spore in lymphoma | Cancer Centers Support Grants | December 22, 2020 | $11.4 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Baylor College of Medicine get?
$1.7 billion in 1,319 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Baylor College of Medicine the most?
The Department of Health and Human Services, with $1.6 billion in 1,229 awards. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Department of Defense follow.
What is Baylor College of Medicine's largest federal grant?
$78.4 million under Exploration, with its first action in the period on October 20, 2020. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Baylor College of Medicine?
Its largest are Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research, Cardiovascular Diseases Research and Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research.
Other grant recipients in Houston
- The Univeristy of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
- Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County
- University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
- Harris County
- University of Houston System
- William Marsh Rice University
- City of Houston
- City of Houston
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