University profileNew York, NYFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai get?
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai received $606.3 million in federal awards in FY2025, 25th of 998 institutions (top 3%).In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $606.3 million to Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (New York, NY), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.
Ranked 25th of 998 by federal awards
FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
| Pennsylvania State University (University Park) #22 · PA | $659M |
| Colorado State University #23 · CO | $657M |
| University of Minnesota #24 · MN | $653M |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai #25 · NY | $606M |
| Ohio State University #26 · OH | $586M |
| Northwestern University #27 · IL | $582M |
| University of Florida #28 · FL | $559M |
What the money is
That is up 6.8% from FY2024 ($567.8 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 35.3%. The largest share came as grants ($508.5 million, 83.9%). The Department of Health and Human Services was the biggest funder ($578.6 million). Its largest programs were Aging Research ($61.0 million); Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research ($49.7 million); Cardiovascular Diseases Research ($47.0 million). It ranks 25th of the 998 institutions on this site by FY2025 total.
What is counted: awards made directly to this institution, under the registered names ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI (UEI C8H9CNG1VBD9). 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
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: $606M in FY2025, up 35% 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 | $48.4M | $346.2M | $471,324 | $0 | $0 | $395.0M |
| FY2019 | $65.4M | $382.8M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $448.2M |
| FY2020 | $87.6M | $398.0M | $923,487 | $0 | $0 | $486.6M |
| FY2021 | $84.6M | $406.2M | $1.2M | $0 | $0 | $492.0M |
| FY2022 | $72.0M | $455.2M | $613,293 | $0 | $0 | $527.8M |
| FY2023 | $98.3M | $478.9M | $2.3M | $0 | $0 | $579.5M |
| FY2024 | $83.2M | $475.6M | $9.0M | $0 | $0 | $567.8M |
| FY2025 | $81.6M | $508.5M | $16.3M | $0 | $0 | $606.3M |
| FY2026* | $83.0M | $519.8M | $2.4M | $0 | $0 | $605.2M |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 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 | $578.6 million | 95.4% |
| Department of Defense | $24.8 million | 4.1% |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $1.1 million | 0.2% |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $1.0 million | 0.2% |
| National Science Foundation | $683,088 | 0.1% |
| National Endowment for the Arts | $150,000 | 0.0% |
| Department of Education | $0 | 0.0% |
| General Services Administration | $0 | 0.0% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Aging Research Assistance Listing 93.866 | $61.0 million | 10.1% |
| Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research Assistance Listing 93.855 | $49.7 million | 8.2% |
| Cardiovascular Diseases Research Assistance Listing 93.837 | $47.0 million | 7.8% |
| Mental Health Research Grants Assistance Listing 93.242 | $45.7 million | 7.5% |
| Cancer Treatment Research Assistance Listing 93.395 | $36.2 million | 6.0% |
| Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research Assistance Listing 93.847 | $35.3 million | 5.8% |
| Military Medical Research and Development Assistance Listing 12.420 | $24.8 million | 4.1% |
| Trans-NIH Research Support Assistance Listing 93.310 | $23.9 million | 3.9% |
| Cancer Biology Research Assistance Listing 93.396 | $21.7 million | 3.6% |
| Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs Assistance Listing 93.279 | $21.5 million | 3.5% |
Other institutions in New York
- Columbia University in the City of New York$964M
- New York University$688M
- Cornell University$351M
- University of Rochester$346M
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University$322M
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine$194M
- Research Foundation for the State University of New York (Stony Brook)$190M
- Research Foundation of the City University of New York (New York)$83M
Questions and answers
- How much federal funding does Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai receive?
- $606.3 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
- Where does Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai's federal money come from?
- The largest funder in FY2025 was the Department of Health and Human Services ($578.6 million, 95.4%). By type, grants were $508.5 million and contracts $81.6 million.
- Did Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai's federal funding go up or down?
- FY2025: $606.3 million; FY2024: $567.8 million (+6.8%).
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) bace221f-a1f9-fa20-66e4-55984406cf48-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.