University profileBlacksburg, VAFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University get?
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University received $235.0 million in federal awards in FY2025, 84th of 998 institutions (top 8%).In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $235.0 million to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Blacksburg, VA), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.
Ranked 84th of 998 by federal awards
FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University.
| University of Central Florida #81 · FL | $243M |
| Rutgers the State University of New Jersey (Newark) #82 · NJ | $242M |
| Oregon State University #83 · OR | $242M |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University #84 · VA | $235M |
| University of Oklahoma (Norman) #85 · OK | $233M |
| Florida State University #86 · FL | $227M |
| Virginia Commonwealth University #87 · VA | $221M |
What the money is
That is down 16.5% from FY2024 ($281.5 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 25.0%. The largest share came as grants ($155.7 million, 66.3%). The Department of Health and Human Services was the biggest funder ($54.3 million). Its largest programs were Federal Pell Grant Program ($33.0 million); Basic and Applied Scientific Research ($11.2 million); Engineering ($10.5 million). It ranks 84th of the 998 institutions on this site by FY2025 total.
What is counted: awards made directly to this institution, under the registered names VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY (UEI MNLXJS99LKP5, QDE5UHE5XD16). 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
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University: $235M in FY2025, up 25% 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 | $18.4M | $177.4M | $0 | $0 | $2.9M | $198.6M |
| FY2019 | $20.5M | $165.7M | -$73 | $0 | $1.9M | $188.1M |
| FY2020 | $17.4M | $211.2M | $0 | $0 | $2.4M | $231.0M |
| FY2021 | $19.3M | $260.5M | $0 | $0 | $2.5M | $282.3M |
| FY2022 | $39.7M | $188.8M | $13.3M | $0 | $2.1M | $243.9M |
| FY2023 | $33.1M | $336.0M | $28.0M | $0 | $2.0M | $399.0M |
| FY2024 | $31.1M | $213.0M | $32.8M | $0 | $4.7M | $281.5M |
| FY2025 | $31.3M | $155.7M | $36.0M | $0 | $12.0M | $235.0M |
| FY2026* | $24.8M | $181.1M | $36.9M | $0 | $2.3M | $245.0M |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, 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 | $54.3 million | 23.1% |
| National Science Foundation | $44.5 million | 18.9% |
| Department of Defense | $42.5 million | 18.1% |
| Department of Education | $37.5 million | 15.9% |
| Department of Agriculture | $32.4 million | 13.8% |
| Department of Transportation | $9.2 million | 3.9% |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $4.4 million | 1.9% |
| Department of Energy | $4.4 million | 1.9% |
| Department of the Interior | $2.5 million | 1.1% |
| Appalachian Regional Commission | $1.3 million | 0.6% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $33.0 million | 14.0% |
| Basic and Applied Scientific Research Assistance Listing 12.300 | $11.2 million | 4.8% |
| Engineering Assistance Listing 47.041 | $10.5 million | 4.5% |
| Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research Assistance Listing 93.855 | $9.6 million | 4.1% |
| Computer and Information Science and Engineering Assistance Listing 47.070 | $9.1 million | 3.9% |
| Partnership Agreements Assistance Listing 10.699 | $8.8 million | 3.7% |
| Smith-Lever Extension Funding Assistance Listing 10.511 | $7.9 million | 3.4% |
| Biomedical Research and Research Training Assistance Listing 93.859 | $7.0 million | 3.0% |
| Mathematical and Physical Sciences Assistance Listing 47.049 | $6.9 million | 2.9% |
| Payments to Agricultural Experiment Stations Under the Hatch Act Assistance Listing 10.203 | $5.5 million | 2.4% |
Other institutions in Virginia
- Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia$398M
- Virginia Commonwealth University$221M
- Liberty University$185M
- George Mason University$153M
- Strayer University, LLC$150M
- Virginia Community College System Office (Annandale)$79M
- Old Dominion University$66M
- Virginia State University$56M
Questions and answers
- How much federal funding does Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University receive?
- $235.0 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
- Where does Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University's federal money come from?
- The largest funder in FY2025 was the Department of Health and Human Services ($54.3 million, 23.1%). By type, grants were $155.7 million and contracts $31.3 million.
- Did Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University's federal funding go up or down?
- FY2025: $235.0 million; FY2024: $281.5 million (-16.5%).
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) 54713b78-258c-a4e1-ef18-1fbbb11ee4b7-C, 419196fe-a9a5-ba0f-e35e-853c1bc53682-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.