University profileDayton, OHFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does University of Dayton get?
University of Dayton received $261.6 million in federal awards in FY2025, 77th of 998 institutions (top 8%).In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $261.6 million to University of Dayton (Dayton, OH), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.
Ranked 77th of 998 by federal awards
FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of University of Dayton.
| Florida International University #74 · FL | $265M |
| Arizona State University (Scottsdale) #75 · AZ | $265M |
| University of Kentucky Research Foundation #76 · KY | $263M |
| University of Dayton #77 · OH | $262M |
| University of Missouri System (Columbia) #78 · MO | $258M |
| Harvard University (Cambridge) #79 · MA | $254M |
| University of Maryland, Baltimore #80 · MD | $246M |
What the money is
That is up 22.4% from FY2024 ($213.8 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 56.4%. The largest share came as contracts ($245.4 million, 93.8%). The Department of Defense was the biggest funder ($239.8 million). Its largest programs were Federal Pell Grant Program ($8.3 million); Research and Technology Development ($2.6 million); Pipeline Safety Research Competitive Academic Agreement Program (CAAP) ($1.0 million). It ranks 77th of the 998 institutions on this site by FY2025 total.
94% of the FY2025 total is contracts rather than grants. Universities that run large research laboratories or centers for a federal agency usually show this pattern.
What is counted: awards made directly to this institution, under the registered names UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON (UEI V62NC51F7YV1). 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
University of Dayton: $262M in FY2025, up 56% 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 | $114.3M | $15.3M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $129.6M |
| FY2019 | $150.5M | $16.8M | $0 | $0 | $16,065 | $167.3M |
| FY2020 | $171.8M | $25.9M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $197.7M |
| FY2021 | $173.3M | $35.8M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $209.1M |
| FY2022 | $158.1M | $15.1M | $3.5M | $0 | $0 | $176.7M |
| FY2023 | $223.9M | $23.9M | $8.6M | $0 | $299,992 | $256.7M |
| FY2024 | $184.2M | $19.7M | $9.9M | $0 | $0 | $213.8M |
| FY2025 | $245.4M | $6.3M | $9.9M | $0 | $0 | $261.6M |
| FY2026* | $178.6M | $5.9M | $8.8M | $0 | $0 | $193.3M |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to University of Dayton, 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 Defense | $239.8 million | 91.7% |
| Department of Education | $10.3 million | 3.9% |
| General Services Administration | $8.4 million | 3.2% |
| Department of Transportation | $1.2 million | 0.4% |
| National Science Foundation | $1.0 million | 0.4% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $845,731 | 0.3% |
| National Endowment for the Humanities | $38,206 | 0.0% |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $28,970 | 0.0% |
| Environmental Protection Agency | $0 | 0.0% |
| Department of Commerce | $0 | 0.0% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $8.3 million | 3.2% |
| Research and Technology Development Assistance Listing 12.910 | $2.6 million | 1.0% |
| Pipeline Safety Research Competitive Academic Agreement Program (CAAP) Assistance Listing 20.724 | $1.0 million | 0.4% |
| Federal Work-Study Program Assistance Listing 84.033 | $1.0 million | 0.4% |
| Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants Assistance Listing 84.007 | $601,292 | 0.2% |
| STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) Assistance Listing 47.076 | $480,990 | 0.2% |
| Cancer Detection and Diagnosis Research Assistance Listing 93.394 | $451,131 | 0.2% |
| Computer and Information Science and Engineering Assistance Listing 47.070 | $349,583 | 0.1% |
| Vision Research Assistance Listing 93.867 | $328,525 | 0.1% |
| TRIO Upward Bound Assistance Listing 84.047 | $224,574 | 0.1% |
Other institutions in Ohio
- Ohio State University$586M
- Case Western Reserve University$217M
- University of Cincinnati$199M
- Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University$117M
- Kent State University$83M
- Ohio University$61M
- University of Toledo$52M
- Columbus State Community College$50M
Questions and answers
- How much federal funding does University of Dayton receive?
- $261.6 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
- Where does University of Dayton's federal money come from?
- The largest funder in FY2025 was the Department of Defense ($239.8 million, 91.7%). By type, grants were $6.3 million and contracts $245.4 million.
- Did University of Dayton's federal funding go up or down?
- FY2025: $261.6 million; FY2024: $213.8 million (+22.4%).
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) 58d13fb1-427c-0461-53db-341b90f81c0c-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.