University profileRichardson, TXFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does University of Texas at Dallas get?
University of Texas at Dallas received $108.6 million in federal awards in FY2025, 165th of 998 institutions (top 17%).In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $108.6 million to University of Texas at Dallas (Richardson, TX), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.
Ranked 165th of 998 by federal awards
FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of University of Texas at Dallas.
| University of Maryland Global Campus #162 · MD | $110M |
| 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 |
What the money is
That is up 3.3% from FY2024 ($105.2 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 111.1%. The largest share came as grants ($60.3 million, 55.5%). The Department of Education was the biggest funder ($47.4 million). Its largest programs were Federal Pell Grant Program ($44.9 million); Biomedical Research and Research Training ($7.5 million); Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs ($7.3 million). It ranks 165th 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 TEXAS AT DALLAS (UEI EJCVPNN1WFS5). 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 Texas at Dallas: $109M in FY2025, up 111% 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 | $372,355 | $48.5M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $48.8M |
| FY2019 | $244,777 | $51.2M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $51.5M |
| FY2020 | $0 | $68.4M | $0 | $0 | $78,800 | $68.5M |
| FY2021 | $173,904 | $130.7M | $0 | $0 | $83,309 | $131.0M |
| FY2022 | $0 | $56.8M | $17.0M | $0 | $0 | $73.8M |
| FY2023 | $4.8M | $66.8M | $34.9M | $0 | $237,860 | $106.7M |
| FY2024 | $798,608 | $63.6M | $40.8M | $0 | -$136 | $105.2M |
| FY2025 | $808,421 | $60.3M | $47.3M | $0 | $242,673 | $108.6M |
| FY2026* | $3.3M | $66.9M | $49.9M | $0 | $99,944 | $120.2M |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to University of Texas at Dallas, 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 | $47.4 million | 43.6% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $36.7 million | 33.8% |
| National Science Foundation | $12.7 million | 11.7% |
| Department of Defense | $4.3 million | 3.9% |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $4.2 million | 3.9% |
| Department of Energy | $2.6 million | 2.4% |
| Department of the Interior | $554,390 | 0.5% |
| Department of Transportation | $204,850 | 0.2% |
| Department of Commerce | $99,700 | 0.1% |
| Environmental Protection Agency | $0 | 0.0% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $44.9 million | 41.4% |
| Biomedical Research and Research Training Assistance Listing 93.859 | $7.5 million | 6.9% |
| Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs Assistance Listing 93.279 | $7.3 million | 6.7% |
| Engineering Assistance Listing 47.041 | $4.9 million | 4.5% |
| Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders Assistance Listing 93.173 | $3.3 million | 3.1% |
| Mental Health Research Grants Assistance Listing 93.242 | $3.1 million | 2.9% |
| Science Assistance Listing 43.001 | $2.8 million | 2.6% |
| STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) Assistance Listing 47.076 | $2.6 million | 2.4% |
| Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research Assistance Listing 93.847 | $2.6 million | 2.4% |
| Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders Assistance Listing 93.853 | $2.5 million | 2.3% |
Other institutions in Texas
- University of Texas at Austin$800M
- Baylor College of Medicine$355M
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center$351M
- University of Houston System (Houston)$337M
- University of Texas M.d. Anderson Cancer Center$289M
- Texas A & M University$204M
- University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston$201M
- University of Texas Rio Grande Valley$197M
Questions and answers
- How much federal funding does University of Texas at Dallas receive?
- $108.6 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
- Where does University of Texas at Dallas's federal money come from?
- The largest funder in FY2025 was the Department of Education ($47.4 million, 43.6%). By type, grants were $60.3 million and contracts $808,421.
- Did University of Texas at Dallas's federal funding go up or down?
- FY2025: $108.6 million; FY2024: $105.2 million (+3.3%).
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) b31a6584-f8ff-0848-3b7a-04422c7b4762-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.