Federal grants to Texas Southern University
Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas received $350 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 89 awards. Its largest program was Education Stabilization Fund, with $142 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $92.4 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$350 million
- Awards89
- Awarded in FY 2025$92.4 million
- Largest award$88.5 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 34 | $167 million |
| FY 2022 | 28 | $25.5 million |
| FY 2023 | 35 | $29.8 million |
| FY 2024 | 27 | $34.7 million |
| FY 2025 | 23 | $92.4 million |
Programs that fund Texas Southern University
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Education Stabilization Fund | 3 | $142 million |
| Higher Education Institutional Aid | 6 | $91.5 million |
| Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program (EJ TCGM) | 2 | $60.0 million |
| Minority Health and Health Disparities Research | 1 | $10.9 million |
| STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) | 10 | $7.3 million |
| Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education | 2 | $5.7 million |
| Scholarships for Health Professions Students from Disadvantaged Backgrounds | 2 | $5.1 million |
| General Research and Technology Activity | 2 | $4.0 million |
| TRIO Upward Bound | 4 | $3.9 million |
| TRIO Talent Search | 1 | $2.7 million |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Education | 23 | $250 million |
| Environmental Protection Agency | 2 | $60.0 million |
| Department of Health and Human Services | 15 | $23.6 million |
| National Science Foundation | 13 | $8.4 million |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | 2 | $4.0 million |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education emergency relief fund_HBCU funds authorized under the higher education emergency relief fund under the care. | Education Stabilization Fund | February 26, 2021 | $88.5 million |
| Description: this agreement provides funding under the inflation reduction act (IRA) to Texas southern university. The recipient is a regional grantmaker (RGM), in collaboration with achieving community tasks successfully (ACTS), for the subsequent award grantmaking activities. The grantmaker program | Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program (EJ TCGM) | December 18, 2024 | $55.1 million |
| Historically black colleges and universities program | Higher Education Institutional Aid | August 3, 2022 | $48.9 million |
| Provide emergency aid assistance to students and as appropriate to institutional needs related directly to the disruption in services due to the coronavirus pandemic | Education Stabilization Fund | January 17, 2021 | $30.5 million |
| Application for emergency funding provided through the higher education relief fund through the CARES act for Texas southern university. | Education Stabilization Fund | January 17, 2021 | $22.9 million |
| Unknown title | Higher Education Institutional Aid | July 9, 2021 | $16.1 million |
| Center for biomedical and minority health research | Minority Health and Health Disparities Research | December 8, 2020 | $11.3 million |
| Title III, part b strengthening historically black graduate institutions (HBGI) program | Higher Education Institutional Aid | July 31, 2024 | $10.8 million |
| Unknown title | Higher Education Institutional Aid | July 20, 2021 | $8.3 million |
| Historically black colleges and universities program (future act) | Higher Education Institutional Aid | July 20, 2021 | $5.9 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Texas Southern University get?
$350 million in 89 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Texas Southern University the most?
The Department of Education, with $250 million in 23 awards. The Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Health and Human Services follow.
What is Texas Southern University's largest federal grant?
$88.5 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 Texas Southern University?
Its largest are Education Stabilization Fund, Higher Education Institutional Aid and Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program (EJ TCGM).
Other grant recipients in Houston
- Baylor College of Medicine
- 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
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