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University profileStony Brook, NYFiscal year 2025

How much federal money does Research Foundation for the State University of New York (Stony Brook) get?

Research Foundation for the State University of New York (Stony Brook) received $189.7 million in federal awards in FY2025, 101st of 998 institutions (top 10%).In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $189.7 million to Research Foundation for the State University of New York (Stony Brook) (Stony Brook, NY), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.

FY2025 total
$190M
$189.7 million
Grants
$161M
85% of total
Contracts
$28M
15% of total
Rank
101st
of 998 institutions

Ranked 101st of 998 by federal awards

FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of Research Foundation for the State University of New York (Stony Brook).

University of California (Riverside) #98 · CA$195M
Albert Einstein College of Medicine #99 · NY$194M
University of California, Santa Barbara #100 · CA$192M
Research Foundation for the State University of New York (Stony Brook) #101 · NY$190M
University of Nebraska (Omaha) #102 · NE$187M
Liberty University #103 · VA$185M
California State University -Fullerton #104 · CA$184M

What the money is

That is up 12.3% from FY2024 ($168.9 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 16.5%. The largest share came as grants ($161.4 million, 85.1%). The Department of Health and Human Services was the biggest funder ($98.8 million). Its largest programs were Computer and Information Science and Engineering ($20.0 million); Mathematical and Physical Sciences ($17.9 million); Biomedical Research and Research Training ($16.5 million). It ranks 101st of the 998 institutions on this site by FY2025 total.

What is counted: awards made directly to this institution, under the registered names THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK (UEI M746VC6XMNH9). 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

Research Foundation for the State University of New York (Stony Brook): $190M in FY2025, up 17% 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$50M$100M$150M$200MFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26*$190M$0$50M$100M$150M$200M'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26*$190M
View every year as a table
Fiscal yearContractsGrantsDirect paymentsLoansInsurance and otherTotal
FY2018$15.3M$131.8M$0$0$0$147.0M
FY2019$12.3M$150.5M$0$0$0$162.8M
FY2020$10.5M$164.4M$0$0$39,788$175.0M
FY2021$13.6M$161.5M$0$0$0$175.0M
FY2022$9.4M$184.5M$0$0$0$193.9M
FY2023$17.1M$144.7M$0$0$239,043$162.0M
FY2024$33.4M$135.1M$0$0$444,974$168.9M
FY2025$28.1M$161.4M$0$0$154,379$189.7M
FY2026*$7.1M$148.7M$0$0$840,000$156.6M

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 Research Foundation for the State University of New York (Stony Brook), 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$98.8 million52.1%
National Science Foundation$48.1 million25.3%
Department of Energy$16.6 million8.8%
Department of Defense$16.4 million8.6%
Department of Commerce$3.6 million1.9%
Environmental Protection Agency$3.0 million1.6%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$1.8 million1.0%
Department of Education$939,2540.5%
Department of Agriculture$461,8470.2%
Department of Transportation$00.0%

Top programs

ProgramFY2025Share
Computer and Information Science and Engineering Assistance Listing 47.070$20.0 million10.5%
Mathematical and Physical Sciences Assistance Listing 47.049$17.9 million9.5%
Biomedical Research and Research Training Assistance Listing 93.859$16.5 million8.7%
Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research Assistance Listing 93.855$11.5 million6.0%
Office of Science Financial Assistance Program Assistance Listing 81.049$10.4 million5.5%
Aging Research Assistance Listing 93.866$9.4 million4.9%
Mental Health Research Grants Assistance Listing 93.242$5.2 million2.8%
Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy Assistance Listing 81.135$4.4 million2.3%
Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs Assistance Listing 93.279$4.3 million2.3%
Basic and Applied Scientific Research Assistance Listing 12.300$4.3 million2.2%

Other institutions in New York

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Federal money to New York

Questions and answers

How much federal funding does Research Foundation for the State University of New York receive?
$189.7 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
Where does Research Foundation for the State University of New York's federal money come from?
The largest funder in FY2025 was the Department of Health and Human Services ($98.8 million, 52.1%). By type, grants were $161.4 million and contracts $28.1 million.
Did Research Foundation for the State University of New York's federal funding go up or down?
FY2025: $189.7 million; FY2024: $168.9 million (+12.3%).

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) 3313e5e7-fa36-d54b-e36d-0e1e09cc0c30-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.