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Federal funding for universities in Alabama 33 universities and colleges in Alabama received $1.4 billion in federal awards in FY2025. University of Alabama at Birmingham received the most ($397.6 million).
The largest recipients in Alabama
Federal awards, FY2025.
Source: USAspending.gov, awards to each institution's registered UEIs.
All 33 institutions 33 institutions
# Institution Location FY2025 total Grants 1 University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL $397.6M $343.0M 2 Auburn University Auburn, AL $164.3M $106.1M 3 University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL $148.6M $98.6M 4 University of Alabama in Huntsville Huntsville, AL $88.8M $68.2M 5 University of South Alabama Mobile, AL $68.5M $39.2M 6 Alabama A & M University Normal, AL $66.3M $36.7M 7 Tuskegee University Tuskegee Institute, AL $48.7M $35.1M 8 Alabama State University Montgomery, AL $43.0M $23.8M 9 Troy University Troy, AL $33.6M $5.3M 10 Jacksonville State University Jacksonville, AL $32.4M $4.6M 11 Lawson State Community College Birmingham, AL $26.2M $12.9M 12 Bishop State Community College Mobile, AL $24.6M $11.6M 13 Coastal Alabama Community College Bay Minette, AL $21.8M $2.7M 14 Gadsden State Community College Gadsden, AL $19.7M $4.7M 15 Jc Calhoun State Community College Tanner, AL $19.5M $0 16 Jefferson State Community College Birmingham, AL $17.8M $830,220 17 H. Councill Trenholm State Community College Montgomery, AL $17.4M $7.5M 18 Wallace State Community College Hanceville, AL $16.2M $736,338 19 University of West Alabama Livingston, AL $15.8M $1.5M 20 University of North Alabama Florence, AL $15.7M $2.3M 21 George C Wallace Community College-Dothan Dothan, AL $15.4M $2.5M 22 Shelton State Community College Tuscaloosa, AL $15.3M $5.3M 23 Miles College Fairfield, AL $14.9M $8.5M 24 Bevill State Community College Jasper, AL $12.9M $4.5M 25 Stillman College Tuscaloosa, AL $12.0M $7.5M 26 Southern Union State Community College Wadley, AL $11.7M $0 27 Talladega College Talladega, AL $11.5M $8.2M 28 Auburn University Montgomery Montgomery, AL $10.9M $1.1M 29 Oakwood University Huntsville, AL $10.2M $6.0M 30 Northwest Shoals Community College Muscle Shoals, AL $10.0M $2.4M 31 University of Montevallo Montevallo, AL $8.7M $2.3M 32 Athens State University Athens, AL $8.3M $0 33 Marion Military Institute Marion, AL $958,033 $10,000
All federal money to Alabama
Sources and notes USAspending.gov (U.S. Department of the Treasury), API endpoints spending_over_time and spending_by_category, filtered by recipient, 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 .