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University profileOklahoma City, OKFiscal year 2025

How much federal money does University of Oklahoma (Oklahoma City) get?

University of Oklahoma (Oklahoma City) received $108.2 million in federal awards in FY2025, 166th of 998 institutions (top 17%).In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $108.2 million to University of Oklahoma (Oklahoma City) (Oklahoma City, OK), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.

FY2025 total
$108M
$108.2 million
Grants
$92M
85% of total
Contracts
$4.8M
4% of total
Rank
166th
of 998 institutions

Ranked 166th of 998 by federal awards

FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of University of Oklahoma (Oklahoma City).

Florida A & M University #163 · FL$110M
Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station #164 · TX$109M
University of Texas at Dallas #165 · TX$109M
University of Oklahoma (Oklahoma City) #166 · OK$108M
Drexel University #167 · PA$105M
Northern Arizona University #168 · AZ$103M
University of Maryland Baltimore County #169 · MD$103M

What the money is

That is down 2.4% from FY2024 ($110.9 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 4.2%. The largest share came as grants ($91.7 million, 84.7%). The Department of Health and Human Services was the biggest funder ($90.2 million). Its largest programs were Biomedical Research and Research Training ($17.1 million); Federal Pell Grant Program ($8.9 million); Aging Research ($7.5 million). It ranks 166th of the 998 institutions on this site by FY2025 total.

What is counted: awards made directly to this institution, under the registered names OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA (UEI GY8NMUZQXVS7, M5W7KZTMJLK5). 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 Oklahoma (Oklahoma City): $108M in FY2025, up 4% 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*$108M$0$50M$100M$150M'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26*$108M
View every year as a table
Fiscal yearContractsGrantsDirect paymentsLoansInsurance and otherTotal
FY2018$1.4M$80.2M$0$0$0$81.5M
FY2019$5.8M$98.0M$0$0$0$103.8M
FY2020$7.3M$101.7M-$2,260$0$0$108.9M
FY2021$5.9M$99.2M$0$0$0$105.0M
FY2022$7.7M$95.1M$2.8M$0$0$105.5M
FY2023$6.4M$101.2M$6.2M$0$0$113.8M
FY2024$7.1M$96.7M$7.0M$0$130,000$110.9M
FY2025$4.8M$91.7M$11.7M$0$0$108.2M
FY2026*$5.5M$87.2M$11.1M$0$0$103.7M

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 Oklahoma (Oklahoma City), 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$90.2 million83.4%
Department of Education$10.5 million9.7%
Department of Defense$4.4 million4.0%
National Science Foundation$1.1 million1.0%
Environmental Protection Agency$988,7380.9%
Department of Veterans Affairs$836,1080.8%
Department of Agriculture$99,9910.1%
Department of Justice$7,6290.0%
Department of Transportation$00.0%

Top programs

ProgramFY2025Share
Biomedical Research and Research Training Assistance Listing 93.859$17.1 million15.8%
Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063$8.9 million8.2%
Aging Research Assistance Listing 93.866$7.5 million7.0%
Vision Research Assistance Listing 93.867$6.7 million6.2%
Cancer Treatment Research Assistance Listing 93.395$6.0 million5.6%
Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research Assistance Listing 93.847$5.2 million4.8%
Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research Assistance Listing 93.855$4.6 million4.3%
Military Medical Research and Development Assistance Listing 12.420$4.2 million3.9%
Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Assistance Listing 93.307$3.6 million3.4%
Cancer Centers Support Grants Assistance Listing 93.397$3.6 million3.3%

Other institutions in Oklahoma

All institutions in Oklahoma

Federal money to Oklahoma

Questions and answers

How much federal funding does University of Oklahoma receive?
$108.2 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
Where does University of Oklahoma's federal money come from?
The largest funder in FY2025 was the Department of Health and Human Services ($90.2 million, 83.4%). By type, grants were $91.7 million and contracts $4.8 million.
Did University of Oklahoma's federal funding go up or down?
FY2025: $108.2 million; FY2024: $110.9 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) 35c9af52-79d6-b585-258b-ae9342223de1-C, 0ad24c31-7adf-4b27-50d1-e8155083ea26-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.