University profileNashville, TNFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does Meharry Medical College get?
Meharry Medical College received $56.1 million in federal awards in FY2025, 269th of 998 institutions (top 27%).In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $56.1 million to Meharry Medical College (Nashville, TN), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.
Ranked 269th of 998 by federal awards
FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of Meharry Medical College.
| Fayetteville State University #266 · NC | $56M |
| Virginia State University #267 · VA | $56M |
| California State University, Dominguez Hills #268 · CA | $56M |
| Meharry Medical College #269 · TN | $56M |
| University of Maryland #270 · MD | $56M |
| Delgado Community College #271 · LA | $55M |
| Sistema Universitario Ana G Mendez #272 · PR | $54M |
What the money is
That is up 19.3% from FY2024 ($47.0 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 76.0%. The largest share came as grants ($55.4 million, 98.8%). The Department of Health and Human Services was the biggest funder ($44.1 million). Its largest programs were Higher Education Institutional Aid ($10.9 million); Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance ($9.3 million); Minority Health and Health Disparities Research ($6.3 million). It ranks 269th of the 998 institutions on this site by FY2025 total.
What is counted: awards made directly to this institution, under the registered names MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE (UEI DLTJBDQBGBC9, NKU7XEBSMGV7). 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
Meharry Medical College: $56M in FY2025, up 76% 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
View every year as a table
| Fiscal year | Contracts | Grants | Direct payments | Loans | Insurance and other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2018 | $619,769 | $35.5M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $36.1M |
| FY2019 | $580,170 | $31.3M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $31.9M |
| FY2020 | $404,537 | $32.4M | $718,752 | $0 | $0 | $33.5M |
| FY2021 | $585,693 | $90.5M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $91.1M |
| FY2022 | $176,564 | $43.9M | -$77,052 | $0 | $0 | $44.0M |
| FY2023 | $178,173 | $50.1M | $367,244 | $0 | $0 | $50.6M |
| FY2024 | $62,197 | $46.5M | $454,288 | $0 | $0 | $47.0M |
| FY2025 | $188,506 | $55.4M | $500,000 | $0 | $0 | $56.1M |
| FY2026* | $22,890 | $37.5M | $458,802 | $0 | $0 | $38.0M |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Meharry Medical College, 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
| Agency | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Human Services | $44.1 million | 78.7% |
| Department of Education | $11.4 million | 20.3% |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $327,146 | 0.6% |
| Department of Defense | $182,316 | 0.3% |
| National Science Foundation | $128,082 | 0.2% |
| Department of Justice | -$70,042 | -0.1% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Higher Education Institutional Aid Assistance Listing 84.031 | $10.9 million | 19.4% |
| Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance Assistance Listing 93.243 | $9.3 million | 16.5% |
| Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Assistance Listing 93.307 | $6.3 million | 11.2% |
| Centers of Excellence Assistance Listing 93.157 | $6.0 million | 10.7% |
| Construction Support Assistance Listing 93.352 | $6.0 million | 10.7% |
| Health Systems Strengthening and HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care and Treatment under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Assistance Listing 93.266 | $4.3 million | 7.7% |
| Human Genome Research Assistance Listing 93.172 | $2.2 million | 3.9% |
| Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research Assistance Listing 93.855 | $1.8 million | 3.2% |
| Biomedical Research and Research Training Assistance Listing 93.859 | $1.3 million | 2.4% |
| Cancer Centers Support Grants Assistance Listing 93.397 | $1.2 million | 2.1% |
Other institutions in Tennessee
- Vanderbilt University$218M
- University of Tennessee (Knoxville)$180M
- Tennessee State University$74M
- University of Memphis$69M
- University of Tennessee (Memphis)$58M
- Middle Tennessee State University$54M
- East Tennessee State University$51M
- Tennessee Technological University$41M
Questions and answers
- How much federal funding does Meharry Medical College receive?
- $56.1 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
- Where does Meharry Medical College's federal money come from?
- The largest funder in FY2025 was the Department of Health and Human Services ($44.1 million, 78.7%). By type, grants were $55.4 million and contracts $188,506.
- Did Meharry Medical College's federal funding go up or down?
- FY2025: $56.1 million; FY2024: $47.0 million (+19.3%).
Sources and notes
- USAspending.gov (U.S. Department of the Treasury), API endpoints spending_over_time and spending_by_category, filtered by recipient ID(s) 12052fb7-c10d-e04e-28e2-5a81177c7bbc-C, 85f9c031-e87c-1d9e-7ecd-ebb24638a34b-C, 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.