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University profileDurham, NHFiscal year 2025

How much federal money does University System of New Hampshire (Durham) get?

University System of New Hampshire (Durham) received $131.7 million in federal awards in FY2025, 142nd of 998 institutions (top 14%).In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $131.7 million to University System of New Hampshire (Durham) (Durham, NH), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.

FY2025 total
$132M
$131.7 million
Grants
$86M
65% of total
Contracts
$24M
18% of total
Rank
142nd
of 998 institutions

Ranked 142nd of 998 by federal awards

FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of University System of New Hampshire (Durham).

California State University Northridge #139 · CA$133M
Administrators of Tulane Educational Fund #140 · LA$133M
University of Oregon #141 · OR$133M
University System of New Hampshire (Durham) #142 · NH$132M
University of California Santa Cruz #143 · CA$132M
University of Alaska Fairbanks #144 · AK$131M
Kennesaw State University #145 · GA$131M

What the money is

That is down 12.1% from FY2024 ($149.8 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 104.0%. The largest share came as grants ($86.2 million, 65.5%). The National Aeronautics and Space Administration was the biggest funder ($32.0 million). Its largest programs were Federal Pell Grant Program ($16.7 million); Geodetic Surveys and Services (Geodesy and Applications of the National Geodetic Reference System) ($13.5 million); Science ($7.7 million). It ranks 142nd of the 998 institutions on this site by FY2025 total.

What is counted: awards made directly to this institution, under the registered names UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRE (UEI DLYQNLYNUM11, GBNGC495XA67, SGSJKMBMKAM8). 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 System of New Hampshire (Durham): $132M in FY2025, up 104% 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$150M$200MFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26*$132M$0$50M$100M$150M$200M'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26*$132M
View every year as a table
Fiscal yearContractsGrantsDirect paymentsLoansInsurance and otherTotal
FY2018$3.4M$65.6M$0$0$298,830$69.4M
FY2019$2.9M$61.4M$0$0$192,074$64.5M
FY2020$2.9M$96.9M$0$0$421,355$100.2M
FY2021$47.3M$128.8M$0$0$143,401$176.3M
FY2022$9.7M$94.5M$5.6M$0$462,061$110.2M
FY2023$58.1M$107.8M$15.4M$0$281,076$181.5M
FY2024$7.3M$122.4M$19.4M$0$676,707$149.8M
FY2025$24.1M$86.2M$20.5M$0$838,924$131.7M
FY2026*$18.9M$94.0M$18.4M$0$689,054$132.0M

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 System of New Hampshire (Durham), 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 Aeronautics and Space Administration$32.0 million24.3%
Department of Education$22.3 million17.0%
National Science Foundation$16.9 million12.9%
Department of Commerce$16.4 million12.5%
Department of Health and Human Services$13.6 million10.3%
Department of Defense$9.0 million6.8%
Department of Agriculture$7.9 million6.0%
Department of Energy$6.9 million5.2%
Environmental Protection Agency$3.4 million2.6%
Department of Transportation$2.1 million1.6%

Top programs

ProgramFY2025Share
Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063$16.7 million12.6%
Geodetic Surveys and Services (Geodesy and Applications of the National Geodetic Reference System) Assistance Listing 11.400$13.5 million10.3%
Science Assistance Listing 43.001$7.7 million5.8%
Basic and Applied Scientific Research Assistance Listing 12.300$7.1 million5.4%
Integrative Activities Assistance Listing 47.083$5.6 million4.3%
Renewable Energy Research and Development Assistance Listing 81.087$4.4 million3.4%
Biomedical Research and Research Training Assistance Listing 93.859$4.1 million3.1%
Geosciences Assistance Listing 47.050$3.3 million2.5%
Computer and Information Science and Engineering Assistance Listing 47.070$2.4 million1.8%
Federal Work-Study Program Assistance Listing 84.033$2.3 million1.7%

Other institutions in New Hampshire

All institutions in New Hampshire

Federal money to New Hampshire

Questions and answers

How much federal funding does University System of New Hampshire receive?
$131.7 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
Where does University System of New Hampshire's federal money come from?
The largest funder in FY2025 was the National Aeronautics and Space Administration ($32.0 million, 24.3%). By type, grants were $86.2 million and contracts $24.1 million.
Did University System of New Hampshire's federal funding go up or down?
FY2025: $131.7 million; FY2024: $149.8 million (-12.1%).

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) 95461d50-d116-e3a5-b390-021971a75d58-C, 9bbbe81d-792d-4289-78b6-31377da620b5-C, 1e199274-a625-cd63-378b-c1bd358ebea8-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.