Federal grants to University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas received $2.2 billion in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 2,050 awards. Its largest program was Computer and Information Science and Engineering, with $379 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $479 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated October 31, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$2.2 billion
- Awards2,050
- Awarded in FY 2025$479 million
- Largest award$175 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 757 | $462 million |
| FY 2022 | 782 | $349 million |
| FY 2023 | 795 | $432 million |
| FY 2024 | 780 | $437 million |
| FY 2025 | 660 | $479 million |
Programs that fund University of Texas at Austin
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Computer and Information Science and Engineering | 168 | $379 million |
| Education Stabilization Fund | 3 | $135 million |
| Biomedical Research and Research Training | 85 | $102 million |
| Office of Science Financial Assistance Program | 62 | $101 million |
| Fossil Energy Research and Development | 15 | $101 million |
| Mathematical and Physical Sciences | 184 | $84.3 million |
| Aging Research | 37 | $80.8 million |
| Engineering | 167 | $71.4 million |
| Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs | 7 | $71.0 million |
| STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) | 34 | $58.4 million |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| National Science Foundation | 838 | $737 million |
| Department of Health and Human Services | 570 | $609 million |
| Department of Education | 67 | $289 million |
| Department of Energy | 103 | $247 million |
| Department of Defense | 209 | $142 million |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construction for the leadership class computing facility -over the past decades, NSF has played a central role in enabling the transformation of science and engineering (s&e) research using computation-based methods, not only as a leading funder of pioneering research for all of s&e but also as a fu | Computer and Information Science and Engineering | July 10, 2024 | $175 million |
| CARES act higher education emergency relief fund _ the university of Texas at austin | Education Stabilization Fund | March 15, 2021 | $75.6 million |
| CARES act higher education emergency relief fund _ the university of Texas at austin | Education Stabilization Fund | March 15, 2021 | $58.7 million |
| Deepwater methane hydrate characterization in the gulf of mexico: scientific assessment and production potential | Fossil Energy Research and Development | December 14, 2021 | $36.6 million |
| Operations & maintenance for the endless frontier | Computer and Information Science and Engineering | June 28, 2021 | $36.0 million |
| Education and cognitive functioning in later life: the nation’s high school class of 1972 - project summary/abstract education is among the most important determinants of later-life cognitive functioning and biological markers of ad/adrd risk. However, we know very little about how, why, or for whom | Aging Research | July 26, 2024 | $32.8 million |
| Category i: STAMPEDE3 -- modernizing and evolving the largest access compute resource -computing, for simulation or data analysis, is a fundamental enabler of all fields of engineering and science supported by the national science foundation. The stampede and STAMPEDE2 projects deployed enormously s | Computer and Information Science and Engineering | June 8, 2023 | $29.4 million |
| Graduate research fellowship program (GRFP) | STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) | September 2, 2021 | $28.6 million |
| National deaf center on postsecondary outcomes | Special Education Technical Assistance and Dissemination to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities | August 10, 2021 | $22.4 million |
| Inflation reduction act (IRA) – methane management through multi-scale measurements: from measurement to mitigation in south central production regions develop consistent, accurate, granular, and transparent multi-scale methane emission measurement approaches focused on the permian, anadarko, arkoma | Fossil Energy Research and Development | January 14, 2025 | $20.0 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does University of Texas at Austin get?
$2.2 billion in 2,050 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives University of Texas at Austin the most?
The National Science Foundation, with $737 million in 838 awards. The Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Education follow.
What is University of Texas at Austin's largest federal grant?
$175 million under Computer and Information Science and Engineering, with its first action in the period on July 10, 2024. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund University of Texas at Austin?
Its largest are Computer and Information Science and Engineering, Education Stabilization Fund and Biomedical Research and Research Training.
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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