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Federal funding for universities in Tennessee 25 universities and colleges in Tennessee received $1.1 billion in federal awards in FY2025. Vanderbilt University received the most ($217.8 million).
The largest recipients in Tennessee
Federal awards, FY2025.
Source: USAspending.gov, awards to each institution's registered UEIs.
All 25 institutions 25 institutions
# Institution Location FY2025 total Grants 1 Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN $217.8M $190.2M 2 University of Tennessee (Knoxville) Knoxville, TN $179.7M $133.7M 3 Tennessee State University Nashville, TN $74.1M $53.5M 4 University of Memphis Memphis, TN $68.8M $19.1M 5 University of Tennessee (Memphis) Memphis, TN $57.8M $56.3M 6 Meharry Medical College Nashville, TN $56.1M $55.4M 7 Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN $53.9M $12.4M 8 East Tennessee State University Johnson City, TN $50.7M $22.7M 9 Tennessee Technological University Cookeville, TN $40.8M $19.8M 10 University of Tennessee (Chattanooga) Chattanooga, TN $32.4M $7.7M 11 Austin Peay State University Governor's Club Clarksville, TN $30.2M $0 12 University of Tennessee (Martin) Martin, TN $22.8M $549,525 13 Southwest Tn Community College Memphis, TN $20.8M $1.9M 14 Nashville State Community College Nashville, TN $17.0M $0 15 Volunteer State Community College Gallatin, TN $16.4M $286,109 16 Fisk University Nashville, TN $13.8M $10.2M 17 Lane College Jackson, TN $13.5M $7.6M 18 Belmont University Nashville, TN $13.2M $0 19 Motlow State Community College Tullahoma, TN $12.7M $1.2M 20 Columbia State Community College Columbia, TN $11.6M $272,364 21 Jackson State Community College Jackson, TN $11.1M $550,000 22 Walters State Community College Morristown, TN $10.8M $0 23 Roane State Community College Harriman, TN $9.0M $23,106 24 Dyersburg State Community College Dyersburg, TN $8.4M $768,968 25 Lipscomb University Nashville, TN $7.8M $1.4M
All federal money to Tennessee
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 .