University profileColumbia, MOFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does University of Missouri System (Columbia) get?
University of Missouri System (Columbia) received $258.4 million in federal awards in FY2025, 78th of 998 institutions (top 8%).In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $258.4 million to University of Missouri System (Columbia) (Columbia, MO), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.
Ranked 78th of 998 by federal awards
FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of University of Missouri System (Columbia).
| 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 |
| University of Central Florida #81 · FL | $243M |
What the money is
That is down 7.9% from FY2024 ($280.6 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 46.9%. The largest share came as grants ($197.2 million, 76.3%). The Department of Health and Human Services was the biggest funder ($93.9 million). Its largest programs were Federal Pell Grant Program ($52.2 million); Office of Science Financial Assistance Program ($19.8 million); Cardiovascular Diseases Research ($14.3 million). It ranks 78th of the 998 institutions on this site by FY2025 total.
What is counted: awards made directly to this institution, under the registered names MISSOURI SYSTEM, UNIVERSITY OF, THE CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI, UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SYSTEM (UEI J9CDGR596MN3, LBFJB8N7LME3, LZB7DYND2JN5, SZPJL5ZRCLF4). 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 Missouri System (Columbia): $258M in FY2025, up 47% 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 | $12.0M | $152.3M | $0 | $0 | $4.8M | $169.1M |
| FY2019 | $10.9M | $158.8M | $0 | $0 | $6.2M | $175.9M |
| FY2020 | $14.5M | $216.4M | $57,063 | $0 | $6.1M | $237.1M |
| FY2021 | $12.0M | $316.1M | $0 | $0 | $5.2M | $333.3M |
| FY2022 | $18.1M | $317.3M | $20.2M | $0 | $8.0M | $363.6M |
| FY2023 | $14.9M | $378.8M | $43.0M | $0 | $9.2M | $445.9M |
| FY2024 | $1.1M | $219.1M | $51.7M | $0 | $8.7M | $280.6M |
| FY2025 | $2.0M | $197.2M | $56.5M | $0 | $2.7M | $258.4M |
| FY2026* | $5.1M | $206.9M | $46.3M | $0 | $2.4M | $260.6M |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to University of Missouri System (Columbia), 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 | $93.9 million | 36.4% |
| Department of Education | $65.8 million | 25.5% |
| Department of Agriculture | $34.7 million | 13.4% |
| National Science Foundation | $26.9 million | 10.4% |
| Department of Energy | $20.3 million | 7.9% |
| Department of Defense | $4.9 million | 1.9% |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $3.1 million | 1.2% |
| Small Business Administration | $2.5 million | 1.0% |
| Department of Transportation | $2.5 million | 1.0% |
| Department of Justice | $1.9 million | 0.7% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $52.2 million | 20.2% |
| Office of Science Financial Assistance Program Assistance Listing 81.049 | $19.8 million | 7.6% |
| Cardiovascular Diseases Research Assistance Listing 93.837 | $14.3 million | 5.5% |
| Smith-Lever Extension Funding Assistance Listing 10.511 | $9.8 million | 3.8% |
| Biomedical Research and Research Training Assistance Listing 93.859 | $8.9 million | 3.5% |
| Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research Assistance Listing 93.855 | $8.7 million | 3.4% |
| Medical Student Education Assistance Listing 93.680 | $7.7 million | 3.0% |
| Research Infrastructure Programs Assistance Listing 93.351 | $7.6 million | 2.9% |
| Payments to Agricultural Experiment Stations Under the Hatch Act Assistance Listing 10.203 | $6.6 million | 2.5% |
| Biological Sciences Assistance Listing 47.074 | $6.4 million | 2.5% |
Other institutions in Missouri
- Washington University$821M
- Saint Louis University$36M
- Missouri State University$36M
- Junior College District of St Louis$30M
- Lincoln University (MO)$28M
- University of Missouri System (Rolla)$26M
- University of Missouri System (Saint Louis)$24M
- Southeast Missouri State University$18M
Questions and answers
- How much federal funding does University of Missouri System receive?
- $258.4 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
- Where does University of Missouri System's federal money come from?
- The largest funder in FY2025 was the Department of Health and Human Services ($93.9 million, 36.4%). By type, grants were $197.2 million and contracts $2.0 million.
- Did University of Missouri System's federal funding go up or down?
- FY2025: $258.4 million; FY2024: $280.6 million (-7.9%).
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) f261384c-3ac1-b344-de46-81708f87aa6a-C, 466bb7e5-0742-3fc2-5029-530901df9261-C, b6821389-21b5-c793-818d-523b419f0ee3-C, ae9e84db-1004-f628-1ea5-879e55876d0b-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.