Federal grants to Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia received $854 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 846 awards. Its largest program was Education Stabilization Fund, with $89.0 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $155 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated October 31, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$854 million
- Awards846
- Awarded in FY 2025$155 million
- Largest award$50.3 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 325 | $227 million |
| FY 2022 | 359 | $153 million |
| FY 2023 | 390 | $160 million |
| FY 2024 | 360 | $160 million |
| FY 2025 | 333 | $155 million |
Programs that fund Virginia Commonwealth University
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Education Stabilization Fund | 2 | $89.0 million |
| Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs | 73 | $79.9 million |
| Military Medical Research and Development | 38 | $51.9 million |
| Alcohol Research Programs | 48 | $41.8 million |
| Cancer Treatment Research | 32 | $41.6 million |
| Cardiovascular Diseases Research | 40 | $34.2 million |
| Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research | 30 | $30.3 million |
| Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research | 26 | $27.8 million |
| Oral Diseases and Disorders Research | 34 | $26.6 million |
| National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences | 12 | $25.4 million |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Human Services | 601 | $611 million |
| Department of Education | 39 | $123 million |
| Department of Defense | 52 | $58.4 million |
| National Science Foundation | 103 | $33.9 million |
| Department of Energy | 11 | $10.2 million |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARES: higher education emergency relief fund-institutional portion | Education Stabilization Fund | January 17, 2021 | $50.3 million |
| CARES act: higher education emergency relief fund | Education Stabilization Fund | January 16, 2021 | $38.7 million |
| Massey cancer center core support | Cancer Centers Support Grants | July 7, 2021 | $13.6 million |
| Wright regional center for clinical and translational science - building on the vcu c. Kenneth and dianne wright center for clinical and translational research and its research endowment, the wright regional center for clinical and translational science (wright regional ccts) is a collaboration of p | National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences | March 6, 2023 | $12.3 million |
| Long-term impact of military-relevant brain...new cooperative agreement, signed 9/24/2019, effective 9/30/2019, distributed 9/24/2019, faadc 9/24/2019 | Military Medical Research and Development | August 6, 2021 | $10.0 million |
| 20/21 abcd-USA consortium: research project site at vcu | Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs | December 18, 2020 | $8.3 million |
| Cross-species investigation of gene networks for ethanol-related behaviors | Alcohol Research Programs | June 7, 2021 | $7.8 million |
| Center for the study of tobacco products | Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act Regulatory Research | August 30, 2021 | $7.5 million |
| Center for clinical and translational research | National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences | May 24, 2021 | $6.2 million |
| Vcu healthy communities for youth: evaluation of violence prevention strategies to prevent and reduce community levels of youth violence | Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs | September 17, 2021 | $6.0 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Virginia Commonwealth University get?
$854 million in 846 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Virginia Commonwealth University the most?
The Department of Health and Human Services, with $611 million in 601 awards. The Department of Education and the Department of Defense follow.
What is Virginia Commonwealth University's largest federal grant?
$50.3 million under Education Stabilization Fund, with its first action in the period on January 17, 2021. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Virginia Commonwealth University?
Its largest are Education Stabilization Fund, Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs and Military Medical Research and Development.
Other grant recipients in Richmond
- VA Department of Medical Assistance Service
- Commonwealth of Virginia State Board of Education
- Virginia Department of Transportation
- Virginia Department of Social Services
- Housing & Community Development Virginia Department of
- VA Department of Transportation
- Emergency Mgmt Department of
- State Corporation Commission
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