University profileBoston, MAFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does Harvard University (Boston) get?
Harvard University (Boston) received $155.6 million in federal awards in FY2025, 121st of 998 institutions (top 12%).In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $155.6 million to Harvard University (Boston) (Boston, MA), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.
Ranked 121st of 998 by federal awards
FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of Harvard University (Boston).
| Montana State University #118 · MT | $160M |
| Medical University of South Carolina #119 · SC | $159M |
| Georgia State University #120 · GA | $159M |
| Harvard University (Boston) #121 · MA | $156M |
| George Mason University #122 · VA | $153M |
| Dartmouth College #123 · NH | $151M |
| Strayer University, LLC #124 · VA | $150M |
What the money is
That is down 17.5% from FY2024 ($188.7 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is down 24.5%. The largest share came as grants ($152.6 million, 98.1%). The Department of Health and Human Services was the biggest funder ($149.3 million). Its largest programs were Biomedical Research and Research Training ($27.1 million); Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research ($20.1 million); National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences ($12.3 million). It ranks 121st of the 998 institutions on this site by FY2025 total.
What is counted: awards made directly to this institution, under the registered names PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE (UEI JDLVAVGYJQ21). 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
Harvard University (Boston): $156M in FY2025, down 25% 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 | $574,711 | $220.2M | $5.3M | $0 | $0 | $226.1M |
| FY2019 | -$2,205 | $206.2M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $206.2M |
| FY2020 | $67,222 | $187.9M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $187.9M |
| FY2021 | $92,960 | $181.5M | $2.2M | $0 | $0 | $183.8M |
| FY2022 | $10,258 | $185.2M | $2.6M | $0 | $0 | $187.8M |
| FY2023 | $2.2M | $189.7M | $71.0M | $0 | $0 | $262.8M |
| FY2024 | $1.5M | $180.8M | $6.4M | $0 | $0 | $188.7M |
| FY2025 | $3.0M | $152.6M | -$1,283 | $0 | $0 | $155.6M |
| FY2026* | $149,278 | $140.8M | $39.0M | $0 | $0 | $179.9M |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Harvard University (Boston), 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 | $149.3 million | 96.0% |
| Department of Defense | $6.3 million | 4.0% |
| Department of Education | $0 | 0.0% |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $0 | 0.0% |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $0 | 0.0% |
| Department of Energy | $0 | 0.0% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Biomedical Research and Research Training Assistance Listing 93.859 | $27.1 million | 17.4% |
| Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research Assistance Listing 93.855 | $20.1 million | 12.9% |
| National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences Assistance Listing 93.350 | $12.3 million | 7.9% |
| Aging Research Assistance Listing 93.866 | $12.1 million | 7.8% |
| Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders Assistance Listing 93.853 | $10.2 million | 6.5% |
| Mental Health Research Grants Assistance Listing 93.242 | $7.5 million | 4.8% |
| Human Genome Research Assistance Listing 93.172 | $6.6 million | 4.2% |
| Cardiovascular Diseases Research Assistance Listing 93.837 | $5.6 million | 3.6% |
| Cancer Biology Research Assistance Listing 93.396 | $5.3 million | 3.4% |
| Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders Assistance Listing 93.173 | $5.2 million | 3.4% |
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
- Northeastern University$149M
- Tufts College (Boston)$117M
Questions and answers
- How much federal funding does Harvard University receive?
- $155.6 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
- Where does Harvard University's federal money come from?
- The largest funder in FY2025 was the Department of Health and Human Services ($149.3 million, 96.0%). By type, grants were $152.6 million and contracts $3.0 million.
- Did Harvard University's federal funding go up or down?
- FY2025: $155.6 million; FY2024: $188.7 million (-17.5%).
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) 81e3f12d-5809-de22-dbd3-10b61910a90c-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.