University profileHouston, TXFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston get?
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston received $201.2 million in federal awards in FY2025, 94th of 998 institutions (top 9%).In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $201.2 million to University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (Houston, TX), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.
Ranked 94th of 998 by federal awards
FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
| University of Delaware #91 · DE | $211M |
| Clemson University #92 · SC | $204M |
| Texas A & M University #93 · TX | $204M |
| University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston #94 · TX | $201M |
| University of Cincinnati #95 · OH | $199M |
| University of Texas Rio Grande Valley #96 · TX | $197M |
| Wake Forest University Health Sciences #97 · NC | $195M |
What the money is
That is up 0.8% from FY2024 ($199.6 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 66.2%. The largest share came as grants ($197.7 million, 98.3%). The Department of Health and Human Services was the biggest funder ($191.5 million). Its largest programs were Aging Research ($32.7 million); Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders ($19.5 million); Cardiovascular Diseases Research ($15.7 million). It ranks 94th 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 HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON (UEI ZUFBNVZ587D4). 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 Health Science Center at Houston: $201M in FY2025, up 66% 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 | $2.7M | $100.1M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $102.8M |
| FY2019 | $845,764 | $120.2M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $121.0M |
| FY2020 | $330,112 | $151.9M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $152.2M |
| FY2021 | -$68,293 | $171.3M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $171.3M |
| FY2022 | $25,715 | $153.6M | $766,467 | $0 | $0 | $154.4M |
| FY2023 | -$664,447 | $186.8M | $1.3M | $0 | $0 | $187.5M |
| FY2024 | $160,152 | $198.1M | $1.4M | $0 | $0 | $199.6M |
| FY2025 | $179,356 | $197.7M | $3.3M | $0 | $0 | $201.2M |
| FY2026* | $605,986 | $195.0M | $3.7M | $0 | $0 | $199.4M |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 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 Health and Human Services | $191.5 million | 95.2% |
| Department of Defense | $5.0 million | 2.5% |
| Department of Education | $1.6 million | 0.8% |
| Department of Homeland Security | $1.4 million | 0.7% |
| National Science Foundation | $1.2 million | 0.6% |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $328,126 | 0.2% |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $140,463 | 0.1% |
| Department of Agriculture | $0 | 0.0% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Aging Research Assistance Listing 93.866 | $32.7 million | 16.3% |
| Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders Assistance Listing 93.853 | $19.5 million | 9.7% |
| Cardiovascular Diseases Research Assistance Listing 93.837 | $15.7 million | 7.8% |
| Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs Assistance Listing 93.279 | $14.6 million | 7.2% |
| Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research Assistance Listing 93.855 | $14.3 million | 7.1% |
| Biomedical Research and Research Training Assistance Listing 93.859 | $11.5 million | 5.7% |
| Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research Assistance Listing 93.847 | $9.7 million | 4.8% |
| Mental Health Research Grants Assistance Listing 93.242 | $8.8 million | 4.4% |
| Oral Diseases and Disorders Research Assistance Listing 93.121 | $6.8 million | 3.4% |
| Trans-NIH Research Support Assistance Listing 93.310 | $6.6 million | 3.3% |
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 Rio Grande Valley$197M
- University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio$165M
Questions and answers
- How much federal funding does University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston receive?
- $201.2 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
- Where does University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston's federal money come from?
- The largest funder in FY2025 was the Department of Health and Human Services ($191.5 million, 95.2%). By type, grants were $197.7 million and contracts $179,356.
- Did University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston's federal funding go up or down?
- FY2025: $201.2 million; FY2024: $199.6 million (+0.8%).
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) 9adce466-3b6d-ecdb-7412-8082d6529b1f-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.