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How much federal money does University of Kansas Center for Research get?

University of Kansas Center for Research received $97.8 million in federal awards in FY2025, 179th of 998 institutions (top 18%).In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $97.8 million to University of Kansas Center for Research (Lawrence, KS), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.

FY2025 total
$98M
$97.8 million
Grants
$97M
99% of total
Contracts
$897K
1% of total
Rank
179th
of 998 institutions

Ranked 179th of 998 by federal awards

FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of University of Kansas Center for Research.

Georgetown University #176 · DC$99M
California State University Sacramento #177 · CA$99M
University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth #178 · TX$99M
University of Kansas Center for Research #179 · KS$98M
Morgan State University #180 · MD$97M
Pennsylvania State University (Hershey) #181 · PA$96M
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences #182 · AR$96M

What the money is

That is up 2.4% from FY2024 ($95.6 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 5.1%. The largest share came as grants ($96.5 million, 98.7%). The Department of Health and Human Services was the biggest funder ($35.5 million). Its largest programs were Education Innovation and Research (formerly Investing in Innovation (i3) Fund) ($14.0 million); Biomedical Research and Research Training ($12.4 million); Aging Research ($6.9 million). It ranks 179th 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 KANSAS CENTER FOR RESEARCH INC (UEI SSUJB3GSH8A5). 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 Kansas Center for Research: $98M in FY2025, up 5% 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
$0$50M$100M$150MFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26*$98M$0$50M$100M$150M'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26*$98M
View every year as a table
Fiscal yearContractsGrantsDirect paymentsLoansInsurance and otherTotal
FY2018$2.3M$82.3M$0$0$5,000$84.6M
FY2019$3.1M$90.0M$0$0$5,000$93.1M
FY2020$805,780$83.0M$0$0$5,000$83.8M
FY2021$581,448$85.5M$0$0$5,000$86.1M
FY2022$2.3M$95.7M-$240,996$0$5,000$97.8M
FY2023$3.5M$114.7M$0$0$255,000$118.4M
FY2024$2.4M$92.6M$171,969$0$477,604$95.6M
FY2025$897,048$96.5M$0$0$397,976$97.8M
FY2026*$2.6M$81.3M$0$0$150,000$84.0M

B = billion, M = million. Loans are the subsidy cost the government records. * FY2026 (October 2025 to September 2026) is preliminary: agencies keep reporting after the year ends, and Department of Defense contract data is published with a 90-day delay. Negative amounts are net de-obligations (money taken back from earlier awards).

Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).

Who pays and for what, FY2025

The agencies that obligated the most to University of Kansas Center for 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

AgencyFY2025Share
Department of Health and Human Services$35.5 million36.3%
Department of Education$35.3 million36.1%
National Science Foundation$19.0 million19.5%
Department of Agriculture$2.9 million3.0%
Department of Energy$1.6 million1.6%
Department of Defense$1.4 million1.5%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$794,7840.8%
Department of the Interior$698,5570.7%
Department of Justice$500,0000.5%
Department of Homeland Security$142,4740.1%

Top programs

ProgramFY2025Share
Education Innovation and Research (formerly Investing in Innovation (i3) Fund) Assistance Listing 84.411$14.0 million14.3%
Biomedical Research and Research Training Assistance Listing 93.859$12.4 million12.7%
Aging Research Assistance Listing 93.866$6.9 million7.0%
Integrative Activities Assistance Listing 47.083$6.7 million6.9%
Mathematical and Physical Sciences Assistance Listing 47.049$6.0 million6.1%
Research in Special Education Assistance Listing 84.324$5.6 million5.7%
Engineering Assistance Listing 47.041$4.8 million4.9%
Biological Sciences Assistance Listing 47.074$3.8 million3.9%
Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs Assistance Listing 84.334$3.2 million3.2%
Special Education Educational Technology Media, and Materials for Individuals with Disabilities Assistance Listing 84.327$2.9 million3.0%

Other institutions in Kansas

All institutions in Kansas

Federal money to Kansas

Questions and answers

How much federal funding does University of Kansas Center for Research receive?
$97.8 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
Where does University of Kansas Center for Research's federal money come from?
The largest funder in FY2025 was the Department of Health and Human Services ($35.5 million, 36.3%). By type, grants were $96.5 million and contracts $897,048.
Did University of Kansas Center for Research's federal funding go up or down?
FY2025: $97.8 million; FY2024: $95.6 million (+2.4%).

Sources and notes

  1. USAspending.gov (U.S. Department of the Treasury), API endpoints spending_over_time and spending_by_category, filtered by recipient ID(s) 77c2126f-1eeb-1497-ee97-f5b830ca5e7d-C, fiscal years 2018–2026. Amounts are obligations in nominal dollars. Data retrieved 2026-10-04. Public domain.
  2. How the figures are built, and what they leave out: sources and methods.