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University profileRolla, MOFiscal year 2025

How much federal money does University of Missouri System (Rolla) get?

University of Missouri System (Rolla) received $26.0 million in federal awards in FY2025, 454th of 998 institutions (top 45%).In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $26.0 million to University of Missouri System (Rolla) (Rolla, MO), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.

FY2025 total
$26M
$26.0 million
Grants
$17M
64% of total
Contracts
$251K
1% of total
Rank
454th
of 998 institutions

Ranked 454th of 998 by federal awards

FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of University of Missouri System (Rolla).

Lawson State Community College #451 · AL$26M
Rio Hondo Community College District #452 · CA$26M
Sistema Universitario Ana G. Mendez, Incorporado (Carolina) #453 · PR$26M
University of Missouri System (Rolla) #454 · MO$26M
Chattahoochee Technical College #455 · GA$26M
Texas A & M University Kingsville #456 · TX$26M
Pikes Peak State College #457 · CO$26M

What the money is

That is down 3.0% from FY2024 ($26.8 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 53.7%. The largest share came as grants ($16.6 million, 64.0%). The Department of Education was the biggest funder ($9.1 million). Its largest programs were Federal Pell Grant Program ($8.7 million); Mathematical and Physical Sciences ($5.6 million); Occupational Safety and Health Program ($3.5 million). It ranks 454th 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 MISSOURI SYSTEM (UEI LXQKX17YWNN7, Y6MGH342N169). 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 (Rolla): $26M in FY2025, up 54% 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$20M$40M$60MFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26*$26M$0$20M$40M$60M'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26*$26M
View every year as a table
Fiscal yearContractsGrantsDirect paymentsLoansInsurance and otherTotal
FY2018$783,099$15.2M$0$0$343,200$16.3M
FY2019$1.0M$15.7M$0$0$99,998$16.9M
FY2020$1.5M$19.5M$0$0$27,160$21.0M
FY2021$681,270$22.5M$0$0$0$23.2M
FY2022$612,520$26.1M$3.1M$0-$11,674$29.8M
FY2023$338,005$49.8M$6.4M$0$0$56.5M
FY2024$734,602$18.1M$7.7M$0$151,714$26.8M
FY2025$251,158$16.6M$9.1M$0$0$26.0M
FY2026*$5,901$26.4M$8.0M$0$531,307$34.9M

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 Missouri System (Rolla), 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 Education$9.1 million35.0%
National Science Foundation$8.5 million32.7%
Department of Health and Human Services$4.0 million15.3%
Department of Defense$2.4 million9.1%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$957,9993.7%
Department of Energy$592,7182.3%
Environmental Protection Agency$349,7121.3%
Department of Veterans Affairs$225,0000.9%
Department of the Interior$00.0%
Department of Justice$00.0%

Top programs

ProgramFY2025Share
Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063$8.7 million33.4%
Mathematical and Physical Sciences Assistance Listing 47.049$5.6 million21.5%
Occupational Safety and Health Program Assistance Listing 93.262$3.5 million13.5%
Basic and Applied Scientific Research Assistance Listing 12.300$2.0 million7.8%
Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships Assistance Listing 47.084$1.1 million4.0%
Engineering Assistance Listing 47.041$897,7623.5%
Office of Science Financial Assistance Program Assistance Listing 81.049$810,2833.1%
Office of Stem Engagement (OSTEM) Assistance Listing 43.008$800,0003.1%
Computer and Information Science and Engineering Assistance Listing 47.070$544,5982.1%
Vision Research Assistance Listing 93.867$499,1891.9%

Other institutions in Missouri

All institutions in Missouri

Federal money to Missouri

Questions and answers

How much federal funding does University of Missouri System receive?
$26.0 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 Education ($9.1 million, 35.0%). By type, grants were $16.6 million and contracts $251,158.
Did University of Missouri System's federal funding go up or down?
FY2025: $26.0 million; FY2024: $26.8 million (-3.0%).

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) 80e47254-f029-906f-1450-11bd75b82073-C, 28ba2f4e-dd45-aaa0-c584-48ee85577d6f-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.