University profileWaltham, MAFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does Brandeis University get?
Brandeis University received $44.9 million in federal awards in FY2025, 306th of 998 institutions (top 31%).In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $44.9 million to Brandeis University (Waltham, MA), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.
Ranked 306th of 998 by federal awards
FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of Brandeis University.
| Northern Michigan University #303 · MI | $46M |
| South Carolina State University #304 · SC | $45M |
| Morehouse School of Medicine #305 · GA | $45M |
| Brandeis University #306 · MA | $45M |
| Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans #307 · LA | $45M |
| Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi #308 · TX | $45M |
| Ball State University #309 · IN | $44M |
What the money is
That is down 7.5% from FY2024 ($48.6 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 5.7%. The largest share came as grants ($38.8 million, 86.4%). The Department of Health and Human Services was the biggest funder ($31.5 million). Its largest programs were Biomedical Research and Research Training ($9.9 million); Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders ($5.3 million); Federal Pell Grant Program ($4.9 million). It ranks 306th of the 998 institutions on this site by FY2025 total.
What is counted: awards made directly to this institution, under the registered names BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY (UEI MXLZGAMFEKN5). 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
Brandeis University: $45M in FY2025, up 6% 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 | $0 | $37.5M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $37.5M |
| FY2019 | $156,287 | $42.3M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $42.5M |
| FY2020 | $127,220 | $36.8M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $36.9M |
| FY2021 | $115,806 | $36.2M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $36.4M |
| FY2022 | $85,402 | $40.1M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $40.2M |
| FY2023 | $578,489 | $54.4M | $3.0M | $0 | $0 | $58.0M |
| FY2024 | $16,000 | $43.3M | $5.2M | $0 | $0 | $48.6M |
| FY2025 | $0 | $38.8M | $6.1M | $0 | $0 | $44.9M |
| FY2026* | $0 | $38.4M | $6.0M | $0 | $0 | $44.4M |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Brandeis University, 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 | $31.5 million | 70.0% |
| Department of Education | $6.8 million | 15.0% |
| National Science Foundation | $4.1 million | 9.2% |
| Department of Energy | $2.4 million | 5.3% |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $234,209 | 0.5% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Biomedical Research and Research Training Assistance Listing 93.859 | $9.9 million | 22.1% |
| Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders Assistance Listing 93.853 | $5.3 million | 11.8% |
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $4.9 million | 10.9% |
| Aging Research Assistance Listing 93.866 | $3.3 million | 7.4% |
| Mathematical and Physical Sciences Assistance Listing 47.049 | $3.3 million | 7.3% |
| ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research Assistance Listing 93.433 | $2.8 million | 6.2% |
| Office of Science Financial Assistance Program Assistance Listing 81.049 | $2.4 million | 5.3% |
| Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders Assistance Listing 93.173 | $1.9 million | 4.3% |
| Alcohol Research Programs Assistance Listing 93.273 | $1.8 million | 4.0% |
| Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research Assistance Listing 93.865 | $1.4 million | 3.2% |
Other institutions in Massachusetts
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Lexington)$1.4B
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge)$443M
- Boston University$420M
- University of Massachusetts Medical School$276M
- Harvard University (Cambridge)$254M
- University of Massachusetts (Amherst)$165M
- Harvard University (Boston)$156M
- Northeastern University$149M
Questions and answers
- How much federal funding does Brandeis University receive?
- $44.9 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
- Where does Brandeis University's federal money come from?
- The largest funder in FY2025 was the Department of Health and Human Services ($31.5 million, 70.0%). By type, grants were $38.8 million and contracts $0.
- Did Brandeis University's federal funding go up or down?
- FY2025: $44.9 million; FY2024: $48.6 million (-7.5%).
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) cbfadf27-8176-30f2-9f5f-7e229ff247ef-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.