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University profileShreveport, LAFiscal year 2025

How much federal money does Louisiana State University (Shreveport) get?

Louisiana State University (Shreveport) received $25.5 million in federal awards in FY2025, 459th of 998 institutions (top 46%).In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $25.5 million to Louisiana State University (Shreveport) (Shreveport, LA), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.

FY2025 total
$26M
$25.5 million
Grants
$25M
96% of total
Contracts
$785K
3% of total
Rank
459th
of 998 institutions

Ranked 459th of 998 by federal awards

FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of Louisiana State University (Shreveport).

Texas A & M University Kingsville #456 · TX$26M
Pikes Peak State College #457 · CO$26M
Stockton University #458 · NJ$26M
Louisiana State University (Shreveport) #459 · LA$26M
Indiana University of Pennsylvania #460 · PA$25M
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth #461 · MA$25M
American University #462 · DC$25M

What the money is

That is up 44.0% from FY2024 ($17.7 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 78.2%. The largest share came as grants ($24.7 million, 96.5%). The Department of Health and Human Services was the biggest funder ($17.2 million). Its largest programs were STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) ($7.5 million); Cardiovascular Diseases Research ($5.1 million); Biomedical Research and Research Training ($4.2 million). It ranks 459th of the 998 institutions on this site by FY2025 total.

What is counted: awards made directly to this institution, under the registered names LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY (UEI FA4VKPTJRLY8). 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

Louisiana State University (Shreveport): $26M in FY2025, up 78% 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$10M$20M$30MFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26*$26M$0$10M$20M$30M'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26*$26M
View every year as a table
Fiscal yearContractsGrantsDirect paymentsLoansInsurance and otherTotal
FY2018$822,096$13.8M$0$0$0$14.6M
FY2019$559,728$13.8M$0$0$0$14.3M
FY2020$666,810$12.3M$0$0$0$13.0M
FY2021$910,180$16.3M$0$0$0$17.2M
FY2022$674,483$24.6M$20,467$0$0$25.2M
FY2023$798,674$19.0M$33,125$0$0$19.8M
FY2024$695,141$17.0M$42,973$0$0$17.7M
FY2025$784,760$24.7M$110,916$0$0$25.5M
FY2026*$901,819$22.4M$116,128$0$0$23.4M

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 Louisiana State University (Shreveport), 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$17.2 million67.4%
National Science Foundation$7.5 million29.4%
Department of Veterans Affairs$617,8832.4%
Department of Defense$166,8770.7%
Department of Education$110,9160.4%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration-$61,817-0.2%

Top programs

ProgramFY2025Share
STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) Assistance Listing 47.076$7.5 million29.4%
Cardiovascular Diseases Research Assistance Listing 93.837$5.1 million19.9%
Biomedical Research and Research Training Assistance Listing 93.859$4.2 million16.4%
Cancer Biology Research Assistance Listing 93.396$1.9 million7.6%
Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research Assistance Listing 93.847$1.1 million4.3%
Aging Research Assistance Listing 93.866$784,7503.1%
Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research Assistance Listing 93.855$778,3003.0%
Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders Assistance Listing 93.853$747,7772.9%
Alcohol Research Programs Assistance Listing 93.273$684,5812.7%
Cancer Treatment Research Assistance Listing 93.395$416,0401.6%

Other institutions in Louisiana

All institutions in Louisiana

Federal money to Louisiana

Questions and answers

How much federal funding does Louisiana State University receive?
$25.5 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
Where does Louisiana State University's federal money come from?
The largest funder in FY2025 was the Department of Health and Human Services ($17.2 million, 67.4%). By type, grants were $24.7 million and contracts $784,760.
Did Louisiana State University's federal funding go up or down?
FY2025: $25.5 million; FY2024: $17.7 million (+44.0%).

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) c926c0d8-8c77-28e2-fb9e-2889e1116d26-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.