University profileBoston, MAFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does Tufts College (Boston) get?
Tufts College (Boston) received $117.4 million in federal awards in FY2025, 157th of 998 institutions (top 16%).In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $117.4 million to Tufts College (Boston) (Boston, MA), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.
Ranked 157th of 998 by federal awards
FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of Tufts College (Boston).
| University of Vermont & State Agricultural College #154 · VT | $126M |
| University of North Texas #155 · TX | $126M |
| Pennsylvania State University (State College) #156 · PA | $121M |
| Tufts College (Boston) #157 · MA | $117M |
| San Diego State University #158 · CA | $117M |
| Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University #159 · OH | $117M |
| University of Notre Dame Du Lac #160 · IN | $115M |
What the money is
That is up 12.9% from FY2024 ($104.0 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 52.4%. The largest share came as grants ($89.8 million, 76.5%). The Department of Health and Human Services was the biggest funder ($83.7 million). Its largest programs were Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research ($37.2 million); Agricultural Research Basic and Applied Research ($26.3 million); National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences ($13.9 million). It ranks 157th of the 998 institutions on this site by FY2025 total.
What is counted: awards made directly to this institution, under the registered names TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGE (UEI C1F5LNUF7W86). 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
Tufts College (Boston): $117M in FY2025, up 52% 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 | $6.8M | $64.4M | $0 | $0 | $11.7M | $83.0M |
| FY2019 | $4.7M | $63.9M | $0 | $0 | $8.5M | $77.1M |
| FY2020 | $3.2M | $83.1M | $0 | $0 | $12.5M | $98.8M |
| FY2021 | $2.0M | $80.8M | $0 | $0 | $12.5M | $95.3M |
| FY2022 | $631,785 | $97.1M | $0 | $0 | $5.0M | $102.7M |
| FY2023 | $1.0M | $97.1M | $0 | $0 | $10.8M | $108.9M |
| FY2024 | $1.1M | $89.9M | $0 | $0 | $13.1M | $104.0M |
| FY2025 | $1.3M | $89.8M | $0 | $0 | $26.3M | $117.4M |
| FY2026* | $883,991 | $82.6M | $0 | $0 | $2.1M | $85.6M |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Tufts College (Boston), 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 Health and Human Services | $83.7 million | 71.3% |
| Department of Agriculture | $27.6 million | 23.5% |
| Agency for International Development | $3.0 million | 2.5% |
| Department of Defense | $2.0 million | 1.7% |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $1.2 million | 1.0% |
| Department of Commerce | $0 | 0.0% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research Assistance Listing 93.855 | $37.2 million | 31.7% |
| Agricultural Research Basic and Applied Research Assistance Listing 10.001 | $26.3 million | 22.4% |
| National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences Assistance Listing 93.350 | $13.9 million | 11.8% |
| Aging Research Assistance Listing 93.866 | $4.6 million | 3.9% |
| Mental Health Research Grants Assistance Listing 93.242 | $4.5 million | 3.8% |
| Cardiovascular Diseases Research Assistance Listing 93.837 | $4.0 million | 3.4% |
| Trans-NIH Research Support Assistance Listing 93.310 | $3.0 million | 2.6% |
| USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas Assistance Listing 98.001 | $3.0 million | 2.5% |
| Biomedical Research and Research Training Assistance Listing 93.859 | $2.7 million | 2.3% |
| Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders Assistance Listing 93.853 | $2.6 million | 2.2% |
Other institutions in Massachusetts
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Lexington)$1.4B
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge)$443M
- Boston University$420M
- University of Massachusetts Medical School$276M
- Harvard University (Cambridge)$254M
- University of Massachusetts (Amherst)$165M
- Harvard University (Boston)$156M
- Northeastern University$149M
Questions and answers
- How much federal funding does Tufts College receive?
- $117.4 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
- Where does Tufts College's federal money come from?
- The largest funder in FY2025 was the Department of Health and Human Services ($83.7 million, 71.3%). By type, grants were $89.8 million and contracts $1.3 million.
- Did Tufts College's federal funding go up or down?
- FY2025: $117.4 million; FY2024: $104.0 million (+12.9%).
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) 1365968e-88a8-9046-4733-6ec9e7f54826-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.