University profileCharlotte, NCFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does University of North Carolina at Charlotte get?
University of North Carolina at Charlotte received $87.5 million in federal awards in FY2025, 192nd of 998 institutions (top 19%).In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $87.5 million to University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Charlotte, NC), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.
Ranked 192nd of 998 by federal awards
FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
| Alamo Community College District (San Antonio) #189 · TX | $90M |
| University of Alabama in Huntsville #190 · AL | $89M |
| University of Kentucky #191 · KY | $88M |
| University of North Carolina at Charlotte #192 · NC | $88M |
| Tarrant County College District #193 · TX | $87M |
| University of Montana #194 · MT | $87M |
| Community-Technical College #195 · CT | $87M |
What the money is
That is up 4.6% from FY2024 ($83.7 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 229.2%. The largest share came as direct payments ($66.8 million, 76.4%). The Department of Education was the biggest funder ($67.9 million). Its largest programs were Federal Pell Grant Program ($64.6 million); Engineering ($2.9 million); STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) ($2.7 million). It ranks 192nd 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 NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE (UEI JB33DT84JNA5). 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 North Carolina at Charlotte: $88M in FY2025, up 229% 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 | $25,696 | $32.6M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $32.7M |
| FY2019 | $59,985 | $26.5M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $26.6M |
| FY2020 | $75,430 | $55.7M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $55.8M |
| FY2021 | $759,257 | $139.1M | $0 | $0 | $235,000 | $140.1M |
| FY2022 | $0 | $32.7M | $23.8M | $0 | $0 | $56.5M |
| FY2023 | $406,935 | $34.4M | $48.5M | $0 | $6,684 | $83.3M |
| FY2024 | $74,980 | $26.0M | $57.6M | $0 | $0 | $83.7M |
| FY2025 | $0 | $20.7M | $66.8M | $0 | $0 | $87.5M |
| FY2026* | $0 | $24.6M | $74.4M | $0 | $744,542 | $99.7M |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 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 | $67.9 million | 77.5% |
| National Science Foundation | $12.2 million | 13.9% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $7.5 million | 8.6% |
| Department of Defense | $1.5 million | 1.7% |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $0 | 0.0% |
| Department of Commerce | $0 | 0.0% |
| Department of the Interior | $0 | 0.0% |
| Department of State | $0 | 0.0% |
| National Endowment for the Arts | -$142 | -0.0% |
| Department of Agriculture | -$157 | -0.0% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $64.6 million | 73.8% |
| Engineering Assistance Listing 47.041 | $2.9 million | 3.3% |
| STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) Assistance Listing 47.076 | $2.7 million | 3.1% |
| Biological Sciences Assistance Listing 47.074 | $2.4 million | 2.7% |
| Biomedical Research and Research Training Assistance Listing 93.859 | $2.2 million | 2.5% |
| Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research Assistance Listing 93.855 | $2.1 million | 2.4% |
| Computer and Information Science and Engineering Assistance Listing 47.070 | $1.8 million | 2.0% |
| Federal Work-Study Program Assistance Listing 84.033 | $1.4 million | 1.6% |
| Mathematical and Physical Sciences Assistance Listing 47.049 | $934,103 | 1.1% |
| Cancer Cause and Prevention Research Assistance Listing 93.393 | $869,539 | 1.0% |
Other institutions in North Carolina
- Duke University$762M
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$690M
- North Carolina State University$279M
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences$195M
- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University$134M
- North Carolina Central University$68M
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro$68M
- East Carolina University$67M
Questions and answers
- How much federal funding does University of North Carolina at Charlotte receive?
- $87.5 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
- Where does University of North Carolina at Charlotte's federal money come from?
- The largest funder in FY2025 was the Department of Education ($67.9 million, 77.5%). By type, grants were $20.7 million and contracts $0.
- Did University of North Carolina at Charlotte's federal funding go up or down?
- FY2025: $87.5 million; FY2024: $83.7 million (+4.6%).
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) a1b3f72b-bb6f-8fd7-5ecd-fb4c67001bdd-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.