University profileHouston, TXFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does Baylor College of Medicine get?
Baylor College of Medicine received $354.6 million in federal awards in FY2025, 52nd of 998 institutions (top 5%).In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $354.6 million to Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, TX), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.
Ranked 52nd of 998 by federal awards
FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of Baylor College of Medicine.
| University of Phoenix #49 · AZ | $391M |
| Oregon Health & Science University #50 · OR | $371M |
| Grand Canyon University #51 · AZ | $368M |
| Baylor College of Medicine #52 · TX | $355M |
| University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center #53 · TX | $351M |
| Cornell University #54 · NY | $351M |
| University of Rochester #55 · NY | $346M |
What the money is
That is down 13.8% from FY2024 ($411.2 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 14.4%. The largest share came as grants ($320.4 million, 90.3%). The Department of Health and Human Services was the biggest funder ($313.8 million). Its largest programs were Cardiovascular Diseases Research ($32.3 million); Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research ($31.0 million); Aging Research ($22.1 million). It ranks 52nd of the 998 institutions on this site by FY2025 total.
What is counted: awards made directly to this institution, under the registered names BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE (UEI FXKMA43NTV21). 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
Baylor College of Medicine: $355M in FY2025, up 14% 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
View every year as a table
| Fiscal year | Contracts | Grants | Direct payments | Loans | Insurance and other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2018 | $8.4M | $279.5M | $0 | $0 | $13.0M | $300.8M |
| FY2019 | $6.2M | $291.1M | $0 | $0 | $12.7M | $310.0M |
| FY2020 | $12.0M | $316.4M | $0 | $0 | $14.0M | $342.4M |
| FY2021 | $11.4M | $343.7M | $44.7M | $0 | $14.1M | $413.9M |
| FY2022 | $14.8M | $371.9M | $36.5M | $0 | $10.4M | $433.5M |
| FY2023 | $21.5M | $346.8M | $13.1M | $0 | $11.8M | $393.2M |
| FY2024 | $23.3M | $366.8M | $4.1M | $0 | $17.0M | $411.2M |
| FY2025 | $14.9M | $320.4M | $7.9M | $0 | $11.5M | $354.6M |
| FY2026* | $8.9M | $301.2M | $2.7M | $0 | $5.5M | $318.3M |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Baylor College of Medicine, 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
| Agency | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Human Services | $313.8 million | 88.5% |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $15.8 million | 4.5% |
| Department of Agriculture | $11.3 million | 3.2% |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $7.3 million | 2.1% |
| Department of Defense | $5.9 million | 1.7% |
| National Science Foundation | $502,022 | 0.1% |
| Department of Transportation | $15,896 | 0.0% |
| Department of Commerce | $0 | 0.0% |
| Department of Justice | -$45,779 | -0.0% |
| Department of Education | -$60,042 | -0.0% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Cardiovascular Diseases Research Assistance Listing 93.837 | $32.3 million | 9.1% |
| Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research Assistance Listing 93.847 | $31.0 million | 8.8% |
| Aging Research Assistance Listing 93.866 | $22.1 million | 6.2% |
| Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research Assistance Listing 93.865 | $22.0 million | 6.2% |
| Trans-NIH Research Support Assistance Listing 93.310 | $18.2 million | 5.1% |
| Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders Assistance Listing 93.853 | $17.4 million | 4.9% |
| Exploration Assistance Listing 43.003 | $15.8 million | 4.5% |
| Biomedical Research and Research Training Assistance Listing 93.859 | $15.2 million | 4.3% |
| Cancer Biology Research Assistance Listing 93.396 | $14.7 million | 4.2% |
| Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research Assistance Listing 93.855 | $14.4 million | 4.1% |
Other institutions in Texas
- University of Texas at Austin$800M
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center$351M
- University of Houston System (Houston)$337M
- University of Texas M.d. Anderson Cancer Center$289M
- Texas A & M University$204M
- University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston$201M
- University of Texas Rio Grande Valley$197M
- University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio$165M
Questions and answers
- How much federal funding does Baylor College of Medicine receive?
- $354.6 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
- Where does Baylor College of Medicine's federal money come from?
- The largest funder in FY2025 was the Department of Health and Human Services ($313.8 million, 88.5%). By type, grants were $320.4 million and contracts $14.9 million.
- Did Baylor College of Medicine's federal funding go up or down?
- FY2025: $354.6 million; FY2024: $411.2 million (-13.8%).
Sources and notes
- USAspending.gov (U.S. Department of the Treasury), API endpoints spending_over_time and spending_by_category, filtered by recipient ID(s) ddcd398f-5e59-e840-2368-a57b84efdc7d-C, fiscal years 2018–2026. Amounts are obligations in nominal dollars. Data retrieved 2026-10-04. Public domain.
- How the figures are built, and what they leave out: sources and methods.