Federal grants to Washington State University
Washington State University in Pullman, Washington received $861 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 935 awards. Its largest program was Education Stabilization Fund, with $96.5 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $99.1 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$861 million
- Awards935
- Awarded in FY 2025$99.1 million
- Largest award$54.4 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 320 | $271 million |
| FY 2022 | 350 | $144 million |
| FY 2023 | 317 | $158 million |
| FY 2024 | 310 | $188 million |
| FY 2025 | 235 | $99.1 million |
Programs that fund Washington State University
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Education Stabilization Fund | 2 | $96.5 million |
| Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) | 64 | $61.5 million |
| Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs | 5 | $48.5 million |
| Aging Research | 17 | $38.7 million |
| Specialty Crop Research Initiative | 8 | $37.5 million |
| Stewardship Science Grant Program | 7 | $31.4 million |
| Strengthening Public Health through Surveillance, Epidemiologic Research, Disease Detection and Prevention | 2 | $23.2 million |
| Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research | 32 | $22.4 million |
| Biomedical Research and Research Training | 18 | $21.5 million |
| Protecting and Improving Health Globally: Building and Strengthening Public Health Impact, Systems, Capacity and Security | 4 | $19.1 million |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Human Services | 230 | $258 million |
| Department of Agriculture | 279 | $182 million |
| Department of Education | 54 | $181 million |
| Department of Energy | 43 | $75.1 million |
| National Science Foundation | 203 | $74.5 million |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARES act: higher education emergency relief fund - wsu | Education Stabilization Fund | February 16, 2021 | $54.4 million |
| CARES act: higher education emergency relief fund - wsu | Education Stabilization Fund | March 10, 2021 | $42.1 million |
| Washington state university project: dynamic compression of materials (DCS); multiscale measurements and analysis base mod provides year 1 incremental funding | Stewardship Science Grant Program | October 27, 2020 | $25.4 million |
| GH21-003, advancing public health research in kenya | Strengthening Public Health through Surveillance, Epidemiologic Research, Disease Detection and Prevention | August 10, 2021 | $22.3 million |
| ** awards issued prior to january 20, 2025, were funded under previous administrations and may not reflect the priorities and policies of the current administration.** a growing world population will increase food demand while at the same time agriculture faces complex challenges related to labor wa | Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) | July 6, 2021 | $20.0 million |
| Harvest of hope (HOH) gear up project | Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs | July 7, 2021 | $17.1 million |
| One vision partnership (OVP) gear up project | Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs | July 7, 2021 | $15.3 million |
| Enhancing preparedness and response to communicable diseases in kenya | Protecting and Improving Health Globally: Building and Strengthening Public Health Impact, Systems, Capacity and Security | December 7, 2020 | $12.2 million |
| Natives engaged in alzheimer's research - overall: abstract american indians/Alaska natives (ai/ans) and native hawaiians and pacific islanders (NHPIS) are increasingly concerned about alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, as these conditions will soon have a major impact on their communities. | Aging Research | July 30, 2021 | $11.8 million |
| Through the new deep vzn project, the U.S. Agency for international development (USAID) seeks to assist a limited number of countries, with a focus on africa, asia, and latin america, to establish capacity to detect, characterize, and disseminate information and findings regarding previously unknown | USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas | September 24, 2021 | $11.5 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Washington State University get?
$861 million in 935 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Washington State University the most?
The Department of Health and Human Services, with $258 million in 230 awards. The Department of Agriculture and the Department of Education follow.
What is Washington State University's largest federal grant?
$54.4 million under Education Stabilization Fund, with its first action in the period on February 16, 2021. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Washington State University?
Its largest are Education Stabilization Fund, Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) and Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs.
Other grant recipients in Pullman
- City of Pullman
- Washington State University
- Cancer Targeted Technology LLC
- Community Child Care Center
- Public Hospital District 1 a of Whitman County
- Palouse Conservation District
- Qualterra, Inc.
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