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University profileNotre Dame, INFiscal year 2025

How much federal money does University of Notre Dame Du Lac get?

University of Notre Dame Du Lac received $115.5 million in federal awards in FY2025, 160th of 998 institutions (top 16%).In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $115.5 million to University of Notre Dame Du Lac (Notre Dame, IN), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.

FY2025 total
$115M
$115.5 million
Grants
$95M
83% of total
Contracts
$8.3M
7% of total
Rank
160th
of 998 institutions

Ranked 160th of 998 by federal awards

FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of University of Notre Dame Du Lac.

Tufts College (Boston) #157 · MA$117M
San Diego State University #158 · CA$117M
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University #159 · OH$117M
University of Notre Dame Du Lac #160 · IN$115M
Purdue University Global #161 · IN$111M
University of Maryland Global Campus #162 · MD$110M
Florida A & M University #163 · FL$110M

What the money is

That is down 7.2% from FY2024 ($124.4 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 19.0%. The largest share came as grants ($95.4 million, 82.7%). The National Science Foundation was the biggest funder ($30.6 million). Its largest programs were Mathematical and Physical Sciences ($20.6 million); Office of Science Financial Assistance Program ($11.4 million); Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research ($10.2 million). It ranks 160th 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 NOTRE DAME DU LAC (UEI FPU6XGFXMBE9, KKBMKNFZ5PJ4). 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 Notre Dame Du Lac: $115M in FY2025, up 19% 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*$115M$0$50M$100M$150M'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26*$115M
View every year as a table
Fiscal yearContractsGrantsDirect paymentsLoansInsurance and otherTotal
FY2018$7.6M$74.3M$0$0$60,438$81.9M
FY2019$5.5M$91.4M$0$0$66,085$97.0M
FY2020$16.7M$99.1M$0$0$78,741$115.8M
FY2021$7.0M$74.0M$0$0$118,592$81.1M
FY2022$9.8M$104.3M$3.1M$0$0$117.1M
FY2023$11.5M$107.6M$9.4M$0$86,525$128.6M
FY2024$10.9M$102.7M$10.7M$0$9,699$124.4M
FY2025$8.3M$95.4M$11.1M$0$558,075$115.5M
FY2026*$6.9M$88.4M$10.2M$0$200,000$105.8M

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 Notre Dame Du Lac, 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
National Science Foundation$30.6 million26.5%
Department of Health and Human Services$30.0 million26.0%
Department of Defense$23.9 million20.7%
Department of Education$12.7 million11.0%
Department of Energy$12.0 million10.4%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$4.7 million4.0%
Agency for International Development$879,9490.8%
Corporation for National and Community Service$640,1080.6%
Department of Agriculture$330,0000.3%
Department of Commerce$56,7000.0%

Top programs

ProgramFY2025Share
Mathematical and Physical Sciences Assistance Listing 47.049$20.6 million17.9%
Office of Science Financial Assistance Program Assistance Listing 81.049$11.4 million9.9%
Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research Assistance Listing 93.855$10.2 million8.9%
Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063$9.6 million8.3%
Basic and Applied Scientific Research Assistance Listing 12.300$9.4 million8.1%
Biomedical Research and Research Training Assistance Listing 93.859$4.5 million3.9%
Basic Scientific Research Assistance Listing 12.431$4.2 million3.6%
Computer and Information Science and Engineering Assistance Listing 47.070$3.1 million2.7%
Aeronautics Assistance Listing 43.002$3.1 million2.7%
Engineering Assistance Listing 47.041$3.0 million2.6%

Other institutions in Indiana

All institutions in Indiana

Federal money to Indiana

Questions and answers

How much federal funding does University of Notre Dame Du Lac receive?
$115.5 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
Where does University of Notre Dame Du Lac's federal money come from?
The largest funder in FY2025 was the National Science Foundation ($30.6 million, 26.5%). By type, grants were $95.4 million and contracts $8.3 million.
Did University of Notre Dame Du Lac's federal funding go up or down?
FY2025: $115.5 million; FY2024: $124.4 million (-7.2%).

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) 65f6d07a-5df8-713f-2495-b8e648f44f20-C, 1cf4f246-c98f-cab7-d6b3-eb424df3e2f7-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.