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University profileScottsdale, AZFiscal year 2025

How much federal money does Arizona State University (Scottsdale) get?

Arizona State University (Scottsdale) received $265.0 million in federal awards in FY2025, 75th of 998 institutions (top 8%).In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $265.0 million to Arizona State University (Scottsdale) (Scottsdale, AZ), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.

FY2025 total
$265M
$265.0 million
Grants
$237M
89% of total
Contracts
$28M
11% of total
Rank
75th
of 998 institutions

Ranked 75th of 998 by federal awards

FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of Arizona State University (Scottsdale).

University of New Mexico #72 · NM$271M
University of South Florida #73 · FL$269M
Florida International University #74 · FL$265M
Arizona State University (Scottsdale) #75 · AZ$265M
University of Kentucky Research Foundation #76 · KY$263M
University of Dayton #77 · OH$262M
University of Missouri System (Columbia) #78 · MO$258M

What the money is

That is down 29.2% from FY2024 ($374.3 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 7.8%. The largest share came as grants ($236.6 million, 89.3%). The Department of Health and Human Services was the biggest funder ($77.7 million). Its largest programs were Science ($18.3 million); USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas ($16.7 million); Computer and Information Science and Engineering ($14.4 million). It ranks 75th of the 998 institutions on this site by FY2025 total.

What is counted: awards made directly to this institution, under the registered names ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (UEI NTLHJXM55KZ6). Money that reaches it as a subaward through another organization is not included. Separately incorporated foundations, hospitals and laboratories have their own records and are not added in. Grouping rules are explained in the methodology.

Federal awards by year

Arizona State University (Scottsdale): $265M in FY2025, up 8% on FY2019

Federal award obligations by fiscal year and type, FY2018–FY2026, nominal dollars. FY26* is preliminary and still filling in.

  • Insurance and other
  • Loans (subsidy cost)
  • Direct payments
  • Grants
  • Contracts
$0$200M$400M$600MFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26*$265M$0$200M$400M$600M'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26*$265M
View every year as a table
Fiscal yearContractsGrantsDirect paymentsLoansInsurance and otherTotal
FY2018$16.9M$209.5M$15,000$0$440,507$226.8M
FY2019$30.1M$215.4M$0$0$274,909$245.9M
FY2020$23.6M$273.7M-$1,618$0$119,025$297.4M
FY2021$22.8M$532.5M$10.0M$0$621,758$565.9M
FY2022$21.9M$281.5M$2.5M$0$829,464$306.8M
FY2023$32.0M$341.3M$2.0M$0$3.3M$378.5M
FY2024$34.4M$337.8M$1.6M$0$564,758$374.3M
FY2025$28.0M$236.6M-$1$0$414,999$265.0M
FY2026*$22.6M$174.0M$7.5M$0$611,471$204.7M

B = billion, M = million. Loans are the subsidy cost the government records. * FY2026 (October 2025 to September 2026) is preliminary: agencies keep reporting after the year ends, and Department of Defense contract data is published with a 90-day delay. Negative amounts are net de-obligations (money taken back from earlier awards).

Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).

Who pays and for what, FY2025

The agencies that obligated the most to Arizona State University (Scottsdale), and the largest federal programs. Programs are federal Assistance Listings (formerly CFDA numbers); contracts have no listing number, so they do not appear there.

Top awarding agencies

AgencyFY2025Share
Department of Health and Human Services$77.7 million29.3%
National Science Foundation$73.6 million27.8%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$31.7 million12.0%
Department of Defense$25.6 million9.7%
Department of Energy$20.6 million7.8%
Agency for International Development$16.7 million6.3%
Department of Education$13.5 million5.1%
Department of the Interior$2.2 million0.8%
Department of Commerce$2.0 million0.8%
Corporation for National and Community Service$1.0 million0.4%

Top programs

ProgramFY2025Share
Science Assistance Listing 43.001$18.3 million6.9%
USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas Assistance Listing 98.001$16.7 million6.3%
Computer and Information Science and Engineering Assistance Listing 47.070$14.4 million5.4%
Biomedical Research and Research Training Assistance Listing 93.859$14.2 million5.4%
Biological Sciences Assistance Listing 47.074$13.7 million5.2%
Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships Assistance Listing 47.084$12.6 million4.7%
Engineering Assistance Listing 47.041$12.2 million4.6%
Aging Research Assistance Listing 93.866$11.6 million4.4%
Office of Science Financial Assistance Program Assistance Listing 81.049$10.5 million4.0%
Clean Energy Demonstrations Assistance Listing 81.255$8.6 million3.2%

Other institutions in Arizona

All institutions in Arizona

Federal money to Arizona

Questions and answers

How much federal funding does Arizona State University receive?
$265.0 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
Where does Arizona State University's federal money come from?
The largest funder in FY2025 was the Department of Health and Human Services ($77.7 million, 29.3%). By type, grants were $236.6 million and contracts $28.0 million.
Did Arizona State University's federal funding go up or down?
FY2025: $265.0 million; FY2024: $374.3 million (-29.2%).

Sources and notes

  1. USAspending.gov (U.S. Department of the Treasury), API endpoints spending_over_time and spending_by_category, filtered by recipient ID(s) 18ebe923-151d-7095-dfea-7767365ba71d-C, fiscal years 2018–2026. Amounts are obligations in nominal dollars. Data retrieved 2026-10-04. Public domain.
  2. How the figures are built, and what they leave out: sources and methods.