University profileCollege Station, TXFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does Texas A&M Agrilife Research get?
Texas A&M Agrilife Research received $139.6 million in federal awards in FY2025, 133rd of 998 institutions (top 13%).In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $139.6 million to Texas A&M Agrilife Research (College Station, TX), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.
Ranked 133rd of 998 by federal awards
FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of Texas A&M Agrilife Research.
| Texas State University #130 · TX | $144M |
| Valencia College #131 · FL | $143M |
| University of Louisville #132 · KY | $142M |
| Texas A&M Agrilife Research #133 · TX | $140M |
| Nevada System of Higher Education (Las Vegas) #134 · NV | $138M |
| George Washington University #135 · DC | $136M |
| University of Rhode Island #136 · RI | $135M |
What the money is
That is up 72.7% from FY2024 ($80.8 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 70.1%. The largest share came as grants ($134.7 million, 96.5%). The Department of Agriculture was the biggest funder ($105.7 million). Its largest programs were Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities ($65.0 million); Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) ($14.3 million); Payments to Agricultural Experiment Stations Under the Hatch Act ($9.3 million). It ranks 133rd of the 998 institutions on this site by FY2025 total.
What is counted: awards made directly to this institution, under the registered names TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCH (UEI KU3DCFJJTVN3). 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
Texas A&M Agrilife Research: $140M in FY2025, up 70% 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 | $2.7M | $87.7M | $0 | $0 | $7.1M | $97.4M |
| FY2019 | $844,756 | $74.7M | $0 | $0 | $6.5M | $82.0M |
| FY2020 | $1.4M | $69.9M | $0 | $0 | $2.3M | $73.5M |
| FY2021 | $329,610 | $112.6M | $0 | $0 | $9.2M | $122.2M |
| FY2022 | $421,563 | $80.7M | $0 | $0 | $15.7M | $96.8M |
| FY2023 | $4.7M | $120.8M | $0 | $0 | $2.8M | $128.4M |
| FY2024 | $1.5M | $75.0M | $0 | $0 | $4.3M | $80.8M |
| FY2025 | $573,347 | $134.7M | $0 | $0 | $4.3M | $139.6M |
| FY2026* | $227,066 | $79.0M | $0 | $0 | $2.5M | $81.7M |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Texas A&M Agrilife Research, 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 Agriculture | $105.7 million | 75.7% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $18.5 million | 13.3% |
| Department of the Interior | $6.9 million | 4.9% |
| National Science Foundation | $5.0 million | 3.6% |
| Department of Defense | $1.9 million | 1.3% |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $1.2 million | 0.9% |
| Department of Commerce | $499,520 | 0.4% |
| General Services Administration | $0 | 0.0% |
| Department of Energy | $0 | 0.0% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities Assistance Listing 10.937 | $65.0 million | 46.6% |
| Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Assistance Listing 10.310 | $14.3 million | 10.2% |
| Payments to Agricultural Experiment Stations Under the Hatch Act Assistance Listing 10.203 | $9.3 million | 6.7% |
| National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements Assistance Listing 15.654 | $5.2 million | 3.8% |
| Agricultural Research Basic and Applied Research Assistance Listing 10.001 | $5.0 million | 3.6% |
| Biomedical Research and Research Training Assistance Listing 93.859 | $4.7 million | 3.4% |
| Aging Research Assistance Listing 93.866 | $4.7 million | 3.4% |
| Agricultural and Food Policy Research Centers Assistance Listing 10.291 | $3.0 million | 2.1% |
| Animal Disease and Animal Care Assistance Listing 10.025 | $2.6 million | 1.8% |
| Biological Sciences Assistance Listing 47.074 | $2.1 million | 1.5% |
Other institutions in Texas
- University of Texas at Austin$800M
- Baylor College of Medicine$355M
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center$351M
- University of Houston System (Houston)$337M
- University of Texas M.d. Anderson Cancer Center$289M
- Texas A & M University$204M
- University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston$201M
- University of Texas Rio Grande Valley$197M
Questions and answers
- How much federal funding does Texas A&M Agrilife Research receive?
- $139.6 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
- Where does Texas A&M Agrilife Research's federal money come from?
- The largest funder in FY2025 was the Department of Agriculture ($105.7 million, 75.7%). By type, grants were $134.7 million and contracts $573,347.
- Did Texas A&M Agrilife Research's federal funding go up or down?
- FY2025: $139.6 million; FY2024: $80.8 million (+72.7%).
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) d717ce39-5517-7fb6-1836-967d1cf594fd-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.