University profileRochester, NYFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does Rochester Institute of Technology get?
Rochester Institute of Technology received $63.2 million in federal awards in FY2025, 245th of 998 institutions (top 25%).In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $63.2 million to Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, NY), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.
Ranked 245th of 998 by federal awards
FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of Rochester Institute of Technology.
| Rockefeller University #242 · NY | $65M |
| University of Puerto Rico (Mayaguez) #243 · PR | $64M |
| Boston College #244 · MA | $63M |
| Rochester Institute of Technology #245 · NY | $63M |
| University of North Dakota #246 · ND | $63M |
| University of Arizona Global Campus #247 · AZ | $62M |
| University of Maine System (Orono) #248 · ME | $62M |
What the money is
That is down 14.3% from FY2024 ($73.8 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 136.3%. The largest share came as direct payments ($32.2 million, 50.9%). The Department of Education was the biggest funder ($33.3 million). Its largest programs were Federal Pell Grant Program ($28.1 million); Engineering ($4.2 million); STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) ($3.7 million). It ranks 245th of the 998 institutions on this site by FY2025 total.
What is counted: awards made directly to this institution, under the registered names ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (UEI J6TWTRKC1X14). 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
Rochester Institute of Technology: $63M in FY2025, up 136% 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 | $177,795 | $24.3M | $0 | $0 | $57,600 | $24.5M |
| FY2019 | $779,049 | $26.0M | $0 | $0 | $20,283 | $26.8M |
| FY2020 | $540,262 | $31.6M | $0 | $0 | $49,794 | $32.2M |
| FY2021 | $263,928 | $71.8M | $0 | $0 | $27,998 | $72.1M |
| FY2022 | $4.9M | $24.8M | $11.0M | $0 | $21,421 | $40.7M |
| FY2023 | $48,800 | $30.8M | $25.6M | $0 | $34,989 | $56.5M |
| FY2024 | $115,998 | $43.7M | $29.9M | $0 | $67,751 | $73.8M |
| FY2025 | $4.0M | $26.9M | $32.2M | $0 | $172,473 | $63.2M |
| FY2026* | $105,417 | $51.6M | $30.6M | $0 | $325,620 | $82.7M |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Rochester Institute of Technology, 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 Education | $33.3 million | 52.6% |
| National Science Foundation | $12.9 million | 20.3% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $10.3 million | 16.2% |
| Department of Defense | $3.4 million | 5.4% |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $2.6 million | 4.2% |
| National Endowment for the Humanities | $977,636 | 1.5% |
| Department of the Interior | $689,071 | 1.1% |
| Department of Agriculture | $167,840 | 0.3% |
| National Archives and Records Administration | $48,652 | 0.1% |
| Department of Energy | $0 | 0.0% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $28.1 million | 44.5% |
| Engineering Assistance Listing 47.041 | $4.2 million | 6.6% |
| STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) Assistance Listing 47.076 | $3.7 million | 5.9% |
| Biomedical Research and Research Training Assistance Listing 93.859 | $3.4 million | 5.4% |
| Federal Work-Study Program Assistance Listing 84.033 | $2.7 million | 4.3% |
| Computer and Information Science and Engineering Assistance Listing 47.070 | $2.4 million | 3.8% |
| Mathematical and Physical Sciences Assistance Listing 47.049 | $2.3 million | 3.7% |
| Science Assistance Listing 43.001 | $2.2 million | 3.5% |
| Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants Assistance Listing 84.007 | $1.3 million | 2.1% |
| Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program Assistance Listing 12.800 | $1.3 million | 2.1% |
Other institutions in New York
- Columbia University in the City of New York$964M
- New York University$688M
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai$606M
- Cornell University$351M
- University of Rochester$346M
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University$322M
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine$194M
- Research Foundation for the State University of New York (Stony Brook)$190M
Questions and answers
- How much federal funding does Rochester Institute of Technology receive?
- $63.2 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
- Where does Rochester Institute of Technology's federal money come from?
- The largest funder in FY2025 was the Department of Education ($33.3 million, 52.6%). By type, grants were $26.9 million and contracts $4.0 million.
- Did Rochester Institute of Technology's federal funding go up or down?
- FY2025: $63.2 million; FY2024: $73.8 million (-14.3%).
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) 488884a4-deb2-d5cb-349b-b8c145a83a5e-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.