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Federal funding for universities in Georgia 37 universities and colleges in Georgia received $2.7 billion in federal awards in FY2025. Emory University received the most ($672.5 million).
The largest recipients in Georgia
Federal awards, FY2025.
Source: USAspending.gov, awards to each institution's registered UEIs.
All 37 institutions 37 institutions
# Institution Location FY2025 total Grants 1 Emory University Atlanta, GA $672.5M $624.7M 2 Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp Atlanta, GA $477.7M $2.9M 3 Georgia Tech Research Corp Atlanta, GA $296.9M $269.9M 4 Georgia State University Atlanta, GA $159.3M $1.4M 5 Kennesaw State University Kennesaw, GA $130.7M $4.0M 6 University of Georgia Athens, GA $82.7M $35.9M 7 Georgia State University Research Foundation Atlanta, GA $72.0M $67.9M 8 Georgia Southern University Statesboro, GA $66.9M $0 9 Albany State University Albany, GA $58.0M $25.0M 10 Clark Atlanta University Atlanta, GA $52.5M $33.8M 11 Fort Valley State University Fort Valley, GA $45.9M $29.7M 12 Morehouse School of Medicine Atlanta, GA $45.0M $44.8M 13 Corporation of Mercer University (Warner Robins) Warner Robins, GA $40.4M $0 14 University of North Georgia Dahlonega, GA $40.1M $1.6M 15 Valdosta State University Valdosta, GA $30.0M $1.2M 16 Savannah State University Savannah, GA $29.2M $14.2M 17 University of West Georgia Carrollton, GA $27.9M $1.7M 18 Chattahoochee Technical College Marietta, GA $25.9M $0 19 Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA $24.4M $0 20 Morehouse College Atlanta, GA $23.4M $13.1M 21 Middle Georgia State University Macon, GA $23.1M $94,788 22 Augusta University Augusta, GA $22.7M $4.4M 23 Savannah College of Art and Design Atlanta, GA $22.5M -$321 24 Spelman College Atlanta, GA $21.0M $13.9M 25 Atlanta Technical College Atlanta, GA $21.0M $756,750 26 Clayton State University Morrow, GA $20.9M $983,133 27 Columbus State University Columbus, GA $20.4M $0 28 Southern Crescent Technical College Griffin, GA $19.7M $1.2M 29 Dalton State College Foundation Dalton, GA $19.6M $1.5M 30 Corporation of Mercer University (Macon) Macon, GA $19.2M $4.5M 31 Georgia Military College Milledgeville, GA $16.7M $0 32 Georgia Highlands College Foundation Rome, GA $14.2M $0 33 Paine College Augusta, GA $11.5M $9.3M 34 Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Tifton, GA $11.4M $1.5M 35 Georgia Southwestern State University Americus, GA $10.1M $0 36 Gordon State College Barnesville, GA $9.7M $570,760 37 College of Coastal Georgia Brunswick, GA $9.6M $162,500
All federal money to Georgia
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 .