University profileMoscow, IDFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does University of Idaho get?
University of Idaho received $85.7 million in federal awards in FY2025, 196th of 998 institutions (top 20%).In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $85.7 million to University of Idaho (Moscow, ID), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.
Ranked 196th of 998 by federal awards
FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of University of Idaho.
| Tarrant County College District #193 · TX | $87M |
| University of Montana #194 · MT | $87M |
| Community-Technical College #195 · CT | $87M |
| University of Idaho #196 · ID | $86M |
| 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 |
What the money is
That is down 15.7% from FY2024 ($101.6 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 49.3%. The largest share came as grants ($64.9 million, 75.8%). The National Science Foundation was the biggest funder ($23.3 million). Its largest programs were Federal Pell Grant Program ($15.7 million); Integrative Activities ($8.6 million); Biomedical Research and Research Training ($7.9 million). It ranks 196th of the 998 institutions on this site by FY2025 total.
What is counted: awards made directly to this institution, under the registered names REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO (UEI QWYKRJH5NNJ3). 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 Idaho: $86M in FY2025, up 49% 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 | $511,045 | $47.1M | $0 | $0 | $3.9M | $51.5M |
| FY2019 | $551,930 | $54.1M | $0 | $0 | $2.7M | $57.4M |
| FY2020 | $903,320 | $71.4M | $0 | $0 | $2.7M | $75.0M |
| FY2021 | $821,537 | $96.7M | $0 | $0 | $2.8M | $100.3M |
| FY2022 | $1.0M | $69.2M | $5.1M | $0 | $2.9M | $78.3M |
| FY2023 | $596,964 | $111.3M | $12.2M | $0 | $3.4M | $127.5M |
| FY2024 | $925,285 | $79.1M | $14.5M | $0 | $7.1M | $101.6M |
| FY2025 | $940,794 | $64.9M | $16.7M | $0 | $3.2M | $85.7M |
| FY2026* | $1.2M | $51.8M | $15.1M | $0 | $759,693 | $68.9M |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to University of Idaho, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| National Science Foundation | $23.3 million | 27.2% |
| Department of Education | $20.3 million | 23.7% |
| Department of Agriculture | $20.2 million | 23.5% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $11.7 million | 13.6% |
| Department of the Interior | $3.2 million | 3.7% |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $3.2 million | 3.7% |
| Department of Energy | $3.2 million | 3.7% |
| Department of Defense | $1.0 million | 1.2% |
| National Endowment for the Humanities | $74,807 | 0.1% |
| Institute of Museum and Library Services | $0 | 0.0% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $15.7 million | 18.4% |
| Integrative Activities Assistance Listing 47.083 | $8.6 million | 10.0% |
| Biomedical Research and Research Training Assistance Listing 93.859 | $7.9 million | 9.3% |
| Biological Sciences Assistance Listing 47.074 | $5.8 million | 6.8% |
| Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities Assistance Listing 10.937 | $4.1 million | 4.8% |
| STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) Assistance Listing 47.076 | $4.0 million | 4.6% |
| Office of Science Financial Assistance Program Assistance Listing 81.049 | $3.2 million | 3.7% |
| Smith-Lever Extension Funding Assistance Listing 10.511 | $3.1 million | 3.7% |
| Payments to Agricultural Experiment Stations Under the Hatch Act Assistance Listing 10.203 | $2.9 million | 3.4% |
| TRIO Upward Bound Assistance Listing 84.047 | $1.9 million | 2.2% |
Other institutions in Idaho
- Boise State University$100M
- Brigham Young University-Idaho$77M
- Idaho State University$47M
- College of Southern Idaho$21M
- College of Western Idaho$16M
- North Idaho College$10M
Questions and answers
- How much federal funding does University of Idaho receive?
- $85.7 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
- Where does University of Idaho's federal money come from?
- The largest funder in FY2025 was the National Science Foundation ($23.3 million, 27.2%). By type, grants were $64.9 million and contracts $940,794.
- Did University of Idaho's federal funding go up or down?
- FY2025: $85.7 million; FY2024: $101.6 million (-15.7%).
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) a9915c54-971b-ccc0-bc11-1f5b9bfdcd66-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.