Federal grants to Allen Institute
Allen Institute in Seattle, Washington received $330 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 72 awards. Its largest program was Mental Health Research Grants, with $169 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $77.3 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated October 31, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$330 million
- Awards72
- Awarded in FY 2025$77.3 million
- Largest award$75.1 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 30 | $59.4 million |
| FY 2022 | 27 | $66.2 million |
| FY 2023 | 33 | $67.2 million |
| FY 2024 | 31 | $59.9 million |
| FY 2025 | 41 | $77.3 million |
Programs that fund Allen Institute
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Mental Health Research Grants | 21 | $169 million |
| Aging Research | 5 | $59.2 million |
| Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs | 4 | $31.9 million |
| Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders | 12 | $24.9 million |
| 21st Century Cures Act - Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies | 14 | $21.9 million |
| Trans-NIH Research Support | 6 | $9.3 million |
| Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health | 1 | $4.0 million |
| Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health | 2 | $3.6 million |
| Vision Research | 2 | $3.5 million |
| Computer and Information Science and Engineering | 2 | $1.1 million |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Human Services | 69 | $328 million |
| National Science Foundation | 3 | $1.7 million |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Functionally guided adult whole brain cell atlas in human and nhp - progress in treating brain disorders has been frustratingly slow, in large part due to the extraordinary complexity of the human brain and its inaccessibility to study. Remarkable advances in technologies for studying individual cel | Mental Health Research Grants | August 19, 2022 | $75.1 million |
| A platform for cell type-level transcriptomic, epigenomic and spatial interrogation of alzheimer's disease | Aging Research | March 15, 2021 | $48.4 million |
| Single cell transcriptomic and epigenomic changes during chronic HIV infection and cocaine self-administration - project summary this application is submitted in response to RFA-D-21-019: single cell opioid responses in the context of HIV (SCORCH) program expansion: cns data generation for chronic o | Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs | May 26, 2022 | $14.5 million |
| Thalamus in the middle: computations in multi-regional neural circuits - summary, overall (thalamus in the middle: computations in multi-regional neural circuits) this collaborative project aims to uncover the logic of signal routing from subcortical areas to the frontal cortex through the thalamus. | Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs | January 5, 2022 | $14.1 million |
| A comprehensive whole-brain atlas of cell types in the mouse | Mental Health Research Grants | June 17, 2021 | $12.9 million |
| Bridging function, connectivity, and transcriptomics of mouse cortical neurons - bridging function, connectivity, and transcriptomics of mouse cortical neurons the versatile and powerful functional properties of the brain are reflected in the neuronal activity patterns and computations, and their ev | Mental Health Research Grants | August 22, 2022 | $10.3 million |
| Brain connects: center for a pipeline of high throughput integrated volumetric electron microscopy for whole mouse brain connectomics - project summary: center for whole mouse brain connectomics using high-throughput integrated volumetric electron microscopy (HIVE) two fundamental components of the | Mental Health Research Grants | August 31, 2023 | $8.5 million |
| A community resource for single cell data in the brain - project summary the brain initiative cell atlas network (BICAN) will generate comprehensive molecular taxonomies and organizational principles of cell type diversity in the human and non-human primate extending comprehensive biccn work in the | Mental Health Research Grants | August 16, 2022 | $8.1 million |
| An extensible brain knowledge base and toolset spanning modalities for multi-species data-driven cell types - project summary brain initiative cell census network (BICCN) is completing a comprehensive cell census of the adult mouse brain, and brain initiative cell atlas network (BICAN) will extend t | Mental Health Research Grants | August 19, 2022 | $8.1 million |
| Open-access aav?toolbox for basal ganglia cell types and circuits - project summary we propose to leverage new and existing transcriptomic and epigenetic datasets from mouse, marmoset, macaque and human brain to develop refined approaches for brain cell type enhancer selection for creating cell- typ | Mental Health Research Grants | September 16, 2021 | $7.3 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Allen Institute get?
$330 million in 72 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Allen Institute the most?
The Department of Health and Human Services, with $328 million in 69 awards. The National Science Foundation follow.
What is Allen Institute's largest federal grant?
$75.1 million under Mental Health Research Grants, with its first action in the period on August 19, 2022. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Allen Institute?
Its largest are Mental Health Research Grants, Aging Research and Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs.
Other grant recipients in Seattle
- University of Washington
- Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
- King County Metro Transit
- Port of Seattle
- Seattle Children's Hospital
- Seattle Housing Authority
- University of Washington
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