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University profileIndianapolis, INFiscal year 2025

How much federal money does Indiana University (Indianapolis) get?

Indiana University (Indianapolis) received $292.9 million in federal awards in FY2025, 64th of 998 institutions (top 6%).In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $292.9 million to Indiana University (Indianapolis) (Indianapolis, IN), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.

FY2025 total
$293M
$292.9 million
Grants
$242M
83% of total
Contracts
$5.7M
2% of total
Rank
64th
of 998 institutions

Ranked 64th of 998 by federal awards

FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of Indiana University (Indianapolis).

Arizona State University (Tempe) #61 · AZ$319M
Purdue University (West Lafayette) #62 · IN$316M
Georgia Tech Research Corp #63 · GA$297M
Indiana University (Indianapolis) #64 · IN$293M
University of Hawaii (Honolulu) #65 · HI$292M
University of Texas M.d. Anderson Cancer Center #66 · TX$289M
Iowa State University of Science and Technology #67 · IA$287M

What the money is

That is down 1.7% from FY2024 ($297.8 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 23.1%. The largest share came as grants ($241.9 million, 82.6%). The Department of Health and Human Services was the biggest funder ($242.3 million). Its largest programs were Aging Research ($67.4 million); Federal Pell Grant Program ($42.4 million); Cardiovascular Diseases Research ($31.6 million). It ranks 64th of the 998 institutions on this site by FY2025 total.

What is counted: awards made directly to this institution, under the registered names TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY (UEI SHHBRBAPSM35, TA1NYNZ27LQ7). 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

Indiana University (Indianapolis): $293M in FY2025, up 23% 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
$0$100M$200M$300M$400MFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26*$293M$0$100M$200M$300M$400M'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26*$293M
View every year as a table
Fiscal yearContractsGrantsDirect paymentsLoansInsurance and otherTotal
FY2018$2.3M$214.9M$0$0$0$217.2M
FY2019$4.5M$233.6M$0$0$0$238.0M
FY2020$6.2M$246.8M$0$0$29,998$253.0M
FY2021$5.1M$243.2M-$333,846$0$0$248.0M
FY2022$6.9M$239.1M$18.8M$0$0$264.8M
FY2023$6.4M$265.4M$39.4M$0$0$311.2M
FY2024$7.7M$250.4M$39.7M$0$0$297.8M
FY2025$5.7M$241.9M$45.2M$0$0$292.9M
FY2026*$6.3M$254.8M$44.8M$0$0$305.8M

B = billion, M = million. Loans are the subsidy cost the government records. * FY2026 (October 2025 to September 2026) is preliminary: agencies keep reporting after the year ends, and Department of Defense contract data is published with a 90-day delay. Negative amounts are net de-obligations (money taken back from earlier awards).

Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).

Who pays and for what, FY2025

The agencies that obligated the most to Indiana University (Indianapolis), 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

AgencyFY2025Share
Department of Health and Human Services$242.3 million82.7%
Department of Education$45.2 million15.4%
Department of Commerce$6.1 million2.1%
National Endowment for the Humanities-$5,077-0.0%
Department of Defense-$9,969-0.0%
Department of Justice-$11,882-0.0%
Department of Veterans Affairs-$659,983-0.2%

Top programs

ProgramFY2025Share
Aging Research Assistance Listing 93.866$67.4 million23.0%
Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063$42.4 million14.5%
Cardiovascular Diseases Research Assistance Listing 93.837$31.6 million10.8%
Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research Assistance Listing 93.847$21.4 million7.3%
Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research Assistance Listing 93.855$17.0 million5.8%
Alcohol Research Programs Assistance Listing 93.273$13.3 million4.5%
Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research Assistance Listing 93.865$9.7 million3.3%
Biomedical Research and Research Training Assistance Listing 93.859$7.9 million2.7%
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences Assistance Listing 93.350$6.8 million2.3%
Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders Assistance Listing 93.853$6.4 million2.2%

Other institutions in Indiana

All institutions in Indiana

Federal money to Indiana

Questions and answers

How much federal funding does Indiana University receive?
$292.9 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
Where does Indiana University's federal money come from?
The largest funder in FY2025 was the Department of Health and Human Services ($242.3 million, 82.7%). By type, grants were $241.9 million and contracts $5.7 million.
Did Indiana University's federal funding go up or down?
FY2025: $292.9 million; FY2024: $297.8 million (-1.7%).

Sources and notes

  1. USAspending.gov (U.S. Department of the Treasury), API endpoints spending_over_time and spending_by_category, filtered by recipient ID(s) adf5ba97-e9a1-374f-72a1-40502b70df1a-C, 1b0700b7-f2e2-c62e-9202-6d6a6ccdfc41-C, fiscal years 2018–2026. Amounts are obligations in nominal dollars. Data retrieved 2026-10-04. Public domain.
  2. How the figures are built, and what they leave out: sources and methods.