University profileRaleigh, NCFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does North Carolina State University get?
North Carolina State University received $278.7 million in federal awards in FY2025, 69th of 998 institutions (top 7%).In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $278.7 million to North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.
Ranked 69th of 998 by federal awards
FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of North Carolina State University.
| University of Texas M.d. Anderson Cancer Center #66 · TX | $289M |
| Iowa State University of Science and Technology #67 · IA | $287M |
| University of Iowa #68 · IA | $285M |
| North Carolina State University #69 · NC | $279M |
| University of Massachusetts Medical School #70 · MA | $276M |
| Rutgers, the State University (New Brunswick) #71 · NJ | $275M |
| University of New Mexico #72 · NM | $271M |
What the money is
That is down 14.8% from FY2024 ($327.1 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 26.0%. The largest share came as grants ($218.9 million, 78.6%). The National Science Foundation was the biggest funder ($71.8 million). Its largest programs were Federal Pell Grant Program ($42.2 million); STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) ($25.3 million); Engineering ($16.5 million). It ranks 69th of the 998 institutions on this site by FY2025 total.
What is counted: awards made directly to this institution, under the registered names NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY (UEI U3NVH931QJJ3). 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
North Carolina State University: $279M in FY2025, up 26% 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 | $209.7M | $0 | $0 | $2.2M | $213.6M |
| FY2019 | $1.1M | $217.4M | -$149,101 | $0 | $2.7M | $221.1M |
| FY2020 | $3.8M | $213.6M | $112,875 | $0 | $2.8M | $220.3M |
| FY2021 | $3.7M | $311.6M | $321,038 | $0 | $4.4M | $319.9M |
| FY2022 | $2.2M | $231.9M | $14.9M | $0 | $5.9M | $255.0M |
| FY2023 | $1.6M | $268.2M | $30.5M | $0 | $7.0M | $307.4M |
| FY2024 | $902,051 | $279.0M | $37.4M | $0 | $9.8M | $327.1M |
| FY2025 | $2.5M | $218.9M | $44.3M | $0 | $12.9M | $278.7M |
| FY2026* | $1.8M | $236.5M | $44.0M | $0 | $2.6M | $284.8M |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to North Carolina 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 |
|---|---|---|
| National Science Foundation | $71.8 million | 25.8% |
| Department of Agriculture | $68.9 million | 24.7% |
| Department of Education | $48.4 million | 17.4% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $46.9 million | 16.8% |
| Department of Energy | $11.5 million | 4.1% |
| Department of Defense | $11.2 million | 4.0% |
| Department of Commerce | $8.6 million | 3.1% |
| Small Business Administration | $4.0 million | 1.5% |
| Department of Homeland Security | $2.8 million | 1.0% |
| Department of the Interior | $2.7 million | 1.0% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $42.2 million | 15.2% |
| STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) Assistance Listing 47.076 | $25.3 million | 9.1% |
| Engineering Assistance Listing 47.041 | $16.5 million | 5.9% |
| Grants for Agricultural Research, Special Research Grants Assistance Listing 10.200 | $13.9 million | 5.0% |
| Environmental Health Assistance Listing 93.113 | $12.8 million | 4.6% |
| Smith-Lever Extension Funding Assistance Listing 10.511 | $12.6 million | 4.5% |
| Computer and Information Science and Engineering Assistance Listing 47.070 | $10.9 million | 3.9% |
| Payments to Agricultural Experiment Stations Under the Hatch Act Assistance Listing 10.203 | $8.9 million | 3.2% |
| Biomedical Research and Research Training Assistance Listing 93.859 | $8.9 million | 3.2% |
| Mathematical and Physical Sciences Assistance Listing 47.049 | $8.8 million | 3.2% |
Other institutions in North Carolina
- Duke University$762M
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$690M
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences$195M
- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University$134M
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte$88M
- North Carolina Central University$68M
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro$68M
- East Carolina University$67M
Questions and answers
- How much federal funding does North Carolina State University receive?
- $278.7 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
- Where does North Carolina State University's federal money come from?
- The largest funder in FY2025 was the National Science Foundation ($71.8 million, 25.8%). By type, grants were $218.9 million and contracts $2.5 million.
- Did North Carolina State University's federal funding go up or down?
- FY2025: $278.7 million; FY2024: $327.1 million (-14.8%).
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) d4b0ff0c-e3a2-f597-7ab0-1c78e1010874-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.