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University profileTulsa, OKFiscal year 2025

How much federal money does Oklahoma State University (Tulsa) get?

Oklahoma State University (Tulsa) received $14.7 million in federal awards in FY2025, 692nd of 998 institutions.In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $14.7 million to Oklahoma State University (Tulsa) (Tulsa, OK), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.

FY2025 total
$15M
$14.7 million
Grants
$10M
70% of total
Contracts
$4.1M
28% of total
Rank
692nd
of 998 institutions

Ranked 692nd of 998 by federal awards

FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of Oklahoma State University (Tulsa).

Wilmington University #689 · DE$15M
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania #690 · PA$15M
San Juan College #691 · NM$15M
Oklahoma State University (Tulsa) #692 · OK$15M
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania #693 · PA$15M
Salem State University #694 · MA$15M
Eastern Illinois University #695 · IL$15M

What the money is

That is down 24.5% from FY2024 ($19.4 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 8.1%. The largest share came as grants ($10.3 million, 70.2%). The Department of Health and Human Services was the biggest funder ($13.1 million). Its largest programs were Biomedical Research and Research Training ($1.9 million); Community Programs to Improve Minority Health ($1.4 million); Medical Student Education ($1.4 million). It ranks 692nd of the 998 institutions on this site by FY2025 total.

What is counted: awards made directly to this institution, under the registered names OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY (UEI T3B4DWYVH7L5). 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

Oklahoma State University (Tulsa): $15M in FY2025, up 8% 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*$15M$0$10M$20M$30M'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26*$15M
View every year as a table
Fiscal yearContractsGrantsDirect paymentsLoansInsurance and otherTotal
FY2018$3.6M$6.4M$0$0$0$9.9M
FY2019$4.4M$9.2M$0$0$0$13.6M
FY2020$5.8M$18.0M$0$0$0$23.9M
FY2021$5.7M$24.1M$0$0$0$29.8M
FY2022$3.8M$22.9M$0$0$0$26.7M
FY2023$4.9M$15.0M$163,820$0$399,998$20.5M
FY2024$4.4M$14.8M$187,748$0$0$19.4M
FY2025$4.1M$10.3M$229,838$0$0$14.7M
FY2026*-$646,304$22.2M$0$0$142,176$21.7M

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 Oklahoma State University (Tulsa), 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$13.1 million89.5%
Department of Education$1.0 million7.0%
Department of Defense$325,6922.2%
Department of Justice$182,9641.2%
Department of Agriculture$00.0%

Top programs

ProgramFY2025Share
Biomedical Research and Research Training Assistance Listing 93.859$1.9 million12.9%
Community Programs to Improve Minority Health Assistance Listing 93.137$1.4 million9.3%
Medical Student Education Assistance Listing 93.680$1.4 million9.3%
Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs Assistance Listing 93.279$980,7436.7%
School Safely National Activities Assistance Listing 84.184$797,7205.4%
HIV-Related Training and Technical Assistance Assistance Listing 93.145$782,6075.3%
State Rural Hospital Flexibility Program Assistance Listing 93.241$775,3975.3%
Area Health Education Centers Assistance Listing 93.107$733,6335.0%
Centers of Excellence Assistance Listing 93.157$685,0304.7%
Small Rural Hospital Improvement Grant Program Assistance Listing 93.301$543,1913.7%

Other institutions in Oklahoma

All institutions in Oklahoma

Federal money to Oklahoma

Questions and answers

How much federal funding does Oklahoma State University receive?
$14.7 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
Where does Oklahoma State University's federal money come from?
The largest funder in FY2025 was the Department of Health and Human Services ($13.1 million, 89.5%). By type, grants were $10.3 million and contracts $4.1 million.
Did Oklahoma State University's federal funding go up or down?
FY2025: $14.7 million; FY2024: $19.4 million (-24.5%).

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) 18d54962-85d6-4276-998e-40bff12b00af-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.