University of Wisconsin System — Federal Grants & Funding Profile

University of Wisconsin System has received 232 federal grant awards totaling $2.15B across 60 assistance programs and 12 federal agencies, based on USAspending.gov records aggregated by Grantoria.

232awards

$2.15Btotal funding

$241Mlargest award

$9.3Mavg award

60programs

🏆 Top 1% by total funding · #2 of 6,944 by number of awards among U.S. federal grant recipients tracked by Grantoria.

Open grants University of Wisconsin System could apply for now

Live opportunities in the federal programs University of Wisconsin System has previously been funded under — sorted by upcoming deadline.

Limited Competition: Small Grant Program for the NCATS Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) Program (R03 Clinical Trial Optional)
National Institutes of Health CFDA 93.350

up to $50K Deadline: Oct 19, 2026 Closing soon
PRIMED-AI: Data-to-Model Academic-Industrial Partnerships (D2M-AIP) for Precision Medicine with AI: Integrating Imaging with Multimodal Data (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Optional)
National Institutes of Health CFDA 93.310

Deadline: Oct 19, 2026 Closing soon
Model-to-Clinic (M2C) for Precision Medicine with AI: Integrating Imaging with Multimodal Data (PRIMED-AI) (UG3/UH3, Clinical Trial Optional)
National Institutes of Health CFDA 93.310

Deadline: Oct 19, 2026 Closing soon
The DOE Quantum Genesis Q Competition
Office of Science CFDA 81.049

up to $200M Deadline: Oct 19, 2026 Closing soon
Historically Black Colleges and Universities – Excellence in Research (HBCU – EiR)
U.S. National Science Foundation CFDA 47.078

Deadline: Oct 20, 2026 Closing soon
DoW Military Burn, Patient-Centered Research Award
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA CFDA 12.420

Deadline: Oct 21, 2026 Closing soon
DoW Military Burn, Technology/Therapeutic Development Award
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA CFDA 12.420

Deadline: Oct 21, 2026 Closing soon
Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (MSPRF)
U.S. National Science Foundation CFDA 47.049

Deadline: Oct 21, 2026 Closing soon

Federal programs University of Wisconsin System has been funded under

Top programs ranked by total funding received (60 programs in total).

Office of Science Financial Assistance ProgramCFDA 81.049 $343.9M
Aging ResearchCFDA 93.866 $256.2M
Research Infrastructure ProgramsCFDA 93.351 $161M
Cancer Centers Support GrantsCFDA 93.397 $96.5M
Smith-Lever Extension FundingCFDA 10.511 $86.9M
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Cooperative InstitutesCFDA 11.432 $81.1M
National Center for Advancing Translational SciencesCFDA 93.350 $75.9M
Trans-NIH Research SupportCFDA 93.310 $68.8M
Polar ProgramsCFDA 47.078 $61.5M
Mathematical and Physical SciencesCFDA 47.049 $58.7M
Cancer Cause and Prevention ResearchCFDA 93.393 $58.5M
Cancer Biology ResearchCFDA 93.396 $47.7M
Biomedical Research and Research TrainingCFDA 93.859 $41.7M
Allergy and Infectious Diseases ResearchCFDA 93.855 $41.1M
STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources)CFDA 47.076 $30.2M

Top awarding agencies

Department of Health and Human Services$1.14B
Department of Energy$387.3M
National Science Foundation$191.4M
Department of Agriculture$174.4M
Department of Commerce$113.3M
Department of Defense$72M
Department of Education$38.5M
Department of the Interior$9.9M
Small Business Administration$7.9M
Department of Justice$4.3M
Environmental Protection Agency$994K
Institute of Museum and Library Services$696K

Private foundation funding

Grants from private foundations (IRS Form 990-PF) — $13.1M total:

Fund for Wisconsin Scholars INC $12.8M
David B Jones Foundation $273K

Where this funding went

Awards recorded across 3 states/territories: AR, WA, WI.

Similar grant recipients

Organizations with a similar federal funding profile.

University of Illinois 213 awards · $1.65B University of Maine System 64 awards · $160.9M University of Missouri System 115 awards · $559.7M University of Washington 234 awards · $2.49B University of Arkansas 37 awards · $98.3M The Ohio State University 162 awards · $976.4M

Frequently asked questions

How much federal grant funding has University of Wisconsin System received?

University of Wisconsin System has received 232 federal grant awards totaling $2.15B, based on USAspending.gov assistance records aggregated by Grantoria.

Which federal agencies fund University of Wisconsin System?

Its largest federal funders are Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation and others.

Can University of Wisconsin System apply for grants that are open now?

Yes — there are federal grants open today in the same programs University of Wisconsin System has previously been funded under. See the open grants section above.

Source: USAspending.gov assistance awards, aggregated by Grantoria. Historical record of awards received; not an endorsement or a guarantee of future funding.