University profileEast Lansing, MIFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does Michigan State University get?
Michigan State University received $453.1 million in federal awards in FY2025, 37th of 998 institutions (top 4%).In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $453.1 million to Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.
Ranked 37th of 998 by federal awards
FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of Michigan State University.
| University of Colorado (Boulder) #34 · CO | $482M |
| Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp #35 · GA | $478M |
| University of Arizona #36 · AZ | $465M |
| Michigan State University #37 · MI | $453M |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge) #38 · MA | $443M |
| University of Utah #39 · UT | $437M |
| University of Illinois (Urbana) #40 · IL | $429M |
What the money is
That is down 2.2% from FY2024 ($463.3 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 23.9%. The largest share came as grants ($380.9 million, 84.1%). The Department of Energy was the biggest funder ($134.0 million). Its largest programs were Office of Science Financial Assistance Program ($129.3 million); Federal Pell Grant Program ($60.5 million); Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research ($14.2 million). It ranks 37th of the 998 institutions on this site by FY2025 total.
What is counted: awards made directly to this institution, under the registered names MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY (UEI NH77YPDEGG84, R28EKN92ZTZ9). 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
Michigan State University: $453M in FY2025, up 24% 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 | $1.7M | $370.4M | $0 | $0 | $2.2M | $374.3M |
| FY2019 | $4.9M | $357.9M | $0 | $0 | $2.8M | $365.6M |
| FY2020 | $3.3M | $396.8M | $0 | $0 | $1.5M | $401.7M |
| FY2021 | $3.6M | $475.5M | $7.4M | $0 | $3.8M | $490.2M |
| FY2022 | $6.4M | $382.2M | $26.1M | $0 | $3.3M | $418.1M |
| FY2023 | $5.7M | $465.3M | $67.9M | $0 | $3.2M | $542.1M |
| FY2024 | $6.1M | $386.8M | $63.7M | $0 | $6.7M | $463.3M |
| FY2025 | $4.6M | $380.9M | $65.0M | $0 | $2.7M | $453.1M |
| FY2026* | $2.1M | $402.4M | $68.6M | $0 | $2.6M | $475.6M |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Michigan State University, 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 Energy | $134.0 million | 29.6% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $123.6 million | 27.3% |
| Department of Education | $81.7 million | 18.0% |
| National Science Foundation | $50.4 million | 11.1% |
| Department of Agriculture | $30.0 million | 6.6% |
| Department of Defense | $11.1 million | 2.4% |
| Agency for International Development | $10.4 million | 2.3% |
| Department of the Interior | $5.8 million | 1.3% |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $3.6 million | 0.8% |
| Department of Commerce | $1.6 million | 0.3% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Office of Science Financial Assistance Program Assistance Listing 81.049 | $129.3 million | 28.5% |
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $60.5 million | 13.3% |
| Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research Assistance Listing 93.865 | $14.2 million | 3.1% |
| Biomedical Research and Research Training Assistance Listing 93.859 | $11.5 million | 2.5% |
| Biological Sciences Assistance Listing 47.074 | $11.4 million | 2.5% |
| Mathematical and Physical Sciences Assistance Listing 47.049 | $10.6 million | 2.4% |
| USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas Assistance Listing 98.001 | $10.4 million | 2.3% |
| Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research Assistance Listing 93.855 | $10.1 million | 2.2% |
| Education Innovation and Research (formerly Investing in Innovation (i3) Fund) Assistance Listing 84.411 | $10.0 million | 2.2% |
| Smith-Lever Extension Funding Assistance Listing 10.511 | $9.9 million | 2.2% |
Other institutions in Michigan
- University of Michigan (Ann Arbor)$1.1B
- Wayne State University$149M
- Grand Valley State University$61M
- Michigan Technological University$61M
- Western Michigan University$47M
- Northern Michigan University$46M
- Oakland University$43M
- Central Michigan University$32M
Questions and answers
- How much federal funding does Michigan State University receive?
- $453.1 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
- Where does Michigan State University's federal money come from?
- The largest funder in FY2025 was the Department of Energy ($134.0 million, 29.6%). By type, grants were $380.9 million and contracts $4.6 million.
- Did Michigan State University's federal funding go up or down?
- FY2025: $453.1 million; FY2024: $463.3 million (-2.2%).
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) 55f37363-0a0a-cf69-f770-ef6464f3ff05-C, 2b195739-484d-923d-6b36-8f3ceebdc8ce-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.