University profileAthens, GAFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does University of Georgia get?
University of Georgia received $82.7 million in federal awards in FY2025, 200th of 998 institutions (top 20%).In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $82.7 million to University of Georgia (Athens, GA), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.
Ranked 200th of 998 by federal awards
FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of University of Georgia.
| Ca State Polytechnic University #197 · CA | $84M |
| Utah Valley University #198 · UT | $84M |
| Research Foundation of the City University of New York (New York) #199 · NY | $83M |
| University of Georgia #200 · GA | $83M |
| Kent State University #201 · OH | $83M |
| Fordham University #202 · NY | $82M |
| Montclair State University #203 · NJ | $80M |
What the money is
That is up 2.3% from FY2024 ($80.9 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 127.2%. The largest share came as direct payments ($44.7 million, 54.1%). The Department of Education was the biggest funder ($47.9 million). Its largest programs were Federal Pell Grant Program ($42.3 million); Smith-Lever Extension Funding ($8.7 million); Payments to Agricultural Experiment Stations Under the Hatch Act ($6.6 million). It ranks 200th of the 998 institutions on this site by FY2025 total.
What is counted: awards made directly to this institution, under the registered names UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA (UEI MYCAGKR1MLE3, Q2LKTLYJM4P8). 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 Georgia: $83M in FY2025, up 127% 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 | $399,930 | $30.4M | $0 | $0 | $964,423 | $31.8M |
| FY2019 | $523,284 | $32.0M | $0 | $0 | $3.9M | $36.4M |
| FY2020 | $433,841 | $59.0M | $0 | $0 | $3.9M | $63.3M |
| FY2021 | $595,896 | $128.6M | $16,060 | $0 | $5.0M | $134.2M |
| FY2022 | $458,394 | $32.2M | $16.4M | $0 | $5.9M | $54.9M |
| FY2023 | $250,224 | $36.5M | $33.1M | $0 | $8.1M | $77.9M |
| FY2024 | $255,287 | $33.1M | $39.3M | $0 | $8.2M | $80.9M |
| FY2025 | $491,273 | $35.9M | $44.7M | $0 | $1.6M | $82.7M |
| FY2026* | $252,235 | $36.5M | $43.5M | $0 | $999,650 | $81.3M |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to University of Georgia, 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 | $47.9 million | 57.9% |
| Department of Agriculture | $23.6 million | 28.5% |
| Small Business Administration | $4.0 million | 4.8% |
| National Science Foundation | $3.7 million | 4.5% |
| Department of Energy | $2.2 million | 2.6% |
| Department of Defense | $1.1 million | 1.3% |
| National Endowment for the Humanities | $150,000 | 0.2% |
| Department of the Interior | $73,591 | 0.1% |
| Department of Commerce | $30,276 | 0.0% |
| Environmental Protection Agency | $23,880 | 0.0% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $42.3 million | 51.2% |
| Smith-Lever Extension Funding Assistance Listing 10.511 | $8.7 million | 10.5% |
| Payments to Agricultural Experiment Stations Under the Hatch Act Assistance Listing 10.203 | $6.6 million | 8.0% |
| Small Business Development Centers Assistance Listing 59.037 | $4.2 million | 5.0% |
| Agricultural Research Basic and Applied Research Assistance Listing 10.001 | $2.8 million | 3.3% |
| Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program Assistance Listing 10.514 | $2.3 million | 2.8% |
| Office of Science Financial Assistance Program Assistance Listing 81.049 | $2.2 million | 2.6% |
| STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) Assistance Listing 47.076 | $2.0 million | 2.4% |
| Federal Work-Study Program Assistance Listing 84.033 | $1.8 million | 2.2% |
| Cooperative Forestry Research Assistance Listing 10.202 | $1.1 million | 1.4% |
Other institutions in Georgia
- Emory University$672M
- Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp$478M
- Georgia Tech Research Corp$297M
- Georgia State University$159M
- Kennesaw State University$131M
- Georgia State University Research Foundation$72M
- Georgia Southern University$67M
- Albany State University$58M
Questions and answers
- How much federal funding does University of Georgia receive?
- $82.7 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
- Where does University of Georgia's federal money come from?
- The largest funder in FY2025 was the Department of Education ($47.9 million, 57.9%). By type, grants were $35.9 million and contracts $491,273.
- Did University of Georgia's federal funding go up or down?
- FY2025: $82.7 million; FY2024: $80.9 million (+2.3%).
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) 41978dcd-498c-8ab8-89bf-c6abd4f48389-C, 4d30d085-02fa-c2c5-4b98-7101b75d57b2-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.