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University profileEdwardsville, ILFiscal year 2025

How much federal money does Southern Illinois University (Edwardsville) get?

Southern Illinois University (Edwardsville) received $43.4 million in federal awards in FY2025, 311th of 998 institutions (top 31%).In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $43.4 million to Southern Illinois University (Edwardsville) (Edwardsville, IL), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.

FY2025 total
$43M
$43.4 million
Grants
$20M
47% of total
Contracts
$18K
0% of total
Rank
311th
of 998 institutions

Ranked 311th of 998 by federal awards

FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of Southern Illinois University (Edwardsville).

Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi #308 · TX$45M
Ball State University #309 · IN$44M
Central Piedmont Community College #310 · NC$44M
Southern Illinois University (Edwardsville) #311 · IL$43M
Lehigh University #312 · PA$43M
Indian River State College #313 · FL$43M
Oakland University #314 · MI$43M

What the money is

That is up 21.4% from FY2024 ($35.8 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 122.2%. The largest share came as direct payments ($23.0 million, 52.9%). The Department of Education was the biggest funder ($24.5 million). Its largest programs were Federal Pell Grant Program ($21.8 million); Head Start ($14.3 million); Nurse Education, Practice Quality and Retention Grants ($3.0 million). It ranks 311th of the 998 institutions on this site by FY2025 total.

What is counted: awards made directly to this institution, under the registered names BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY (UEI HQ5NMP5HLL53). 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

Southern Illinois University (Edwardsville): $43M in FY2025, up 122% 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$20M$40M$60M$80MFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26*$43M$0$20M$40M$60M$80M'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26*$43M
View every year as a table
Fiscal yearContractsGrantsDirect paymentsLoansInsurance and otherTotal
FY2018$69,559$17.0M$0$0$38,444$17.1M
FY2019$0$19.5M$0$0$42,665$19.5M
FY2020-$23,844$30.1M$0$0$17,219$30.1M
FY2021$26,442$62.5M$0$0-$55$62.5M
FY2022$35,839$22.7M$8.1M$0-$88$30.8M
FY2023$49,654$13.9M$16.6M$0$0$30.6M
FY2024$51,104$16.6M$19.2M$0$0$35.8M
FY2025$17,984$20.4M$23.0M$0$0$43.4M
FY2026*$0$9.1M$25.3M$0$0$34.4M

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 Southern Illinois University (Edwardsville), 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 Education$24.5 million56.3%
Department of Health and Human Services$18.1 million41.8%
National Science Foundation$1.3 million3.1%
Department of Defense$17,9840.0%
Department of the Interior$00.0%
Institute of Museum and Library Services-$11-0.0%
Department of Homeland Security-$510,705-1.2%

Top programs

ProgramFY2025Share
Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063$21.8 million50.3%
Head Start Assistance Listing 93.600$14.3 million32.8%
Nurse Education, Practice Quality and Retention Grants Assistance Listing 93.359$3.0 million6.8%
TRIO Upward Bound Assistance Listing 84.047$1.5 million3.4%
STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) Assistance Listing 47.076$1.2 million2.8%
Federal Work-Study Program Assistance Listing 84.033$718,1301.7%
Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants Assistance Listing 93.732$512,0061.2%
Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants Assistance Listing 84.007$427,4261.0%
Biomedical Research and Research Training Assistance Listing 93.859$180,6250.4%
Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders Assistance Listing 93.853$144,5000.3%

Other institutions in Illinois

All institutions in Illinois

Federal money to Illinois

Questions and answers

How much federal funding does Southern Illinois University receive?
$43.4 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
Where does Southern Illinois University's federal money come from?
The largest funder in FY2025 was the Department of Education ($24.5 million, 56.3%). By type, grants were $20.4 million and contracts $17,984.
Did Southern Illinois University's federal funding go up or down?
FY2025: $43.4 million; FY2024: $35.8 million (+21.4%).

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) c3abd0f6-5fd6-ae4d-b934-c6538106c2f1-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.