University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — Federal Grants & Funding Profile

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has received 149 federal grant awards totaling $2.86B across 60 assistance programs and 11 federal agencies, based on USAspending.gov records aggregated by Grantoria.

149awards

$2.86Btotal funding

$977Mlargest award

$19.2Mavg award

60programs

🏆 Top 1% by total funding · #19 of 6,944 by number of awards among U.S. federal grant recipients tracked by Grantoria.

Open grants University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill could apply for now

Live opportunities in the federal programs University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has previously been funded under — sorted by upcoming deadline.

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
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
Nutrition Obesity Research Centers (NORCs) (P30 Clinical Trial Optional)
National Institutes of Health CFDA 93.847

Deadline: Oct 20, 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
DoW Military Burn, Discovery Award
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA CFDA 12.420

Deadline: Oct 21, 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

Federal programs University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been funded under

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

Drug Use and Addiction Research ProgramsCFDA 93.279 $977M
Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act Regulatory ResearchCFDA 93.077 $175.1M
Environmental HealthCFDA 93.113 $120.5M
Cancer Centers Support GrantsCFDA 93.397 $96.4M
Lung Diseases ResearchCFDA 93.838 $87.8M
National Center for Advancing Translational SciencesCFDA 93.350 $85.9M
Minority Health and Health Disparities ResearchCFDA 93.307 $81.4M
Trans-NIH Research SupportCFDA 93.310 $71.5M
Office of Science Financial Assistance ProgramCFDA 81.049 $69M
Allergy and Infectious Diseases ResearchCFDA 93.855 $65.5M
Human Genome ResearchCFDA 93.172 $62.8M
Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases ResearchCFDA 93.846 $60M
Child Health and Human Development Extramural ResearchCFDA 93.865 $57.4M
Occupational Safety and Health ProgramCFDA 93.262 $52.3M
Research Infrastructure ProgramsCFDA 93.351 $47.9M

Top awarding agencies

Department of Health and Human Services$2.59B
Department of Education$81.1M
Department of Energy$69M
National Science Foundation$65.5M
Department of Defense$40.7M
Department of Transportation$5.5M
Institute of Museum and Library Services$2.2M
Department of the Interior$2M
Department of Commerce$788K
Department of Agriculture$579K
Department of Housing and Urban Development$493K

Private foundation funding

Grants from private foundations (IRS Form 990-PF) — $13.3M total:

Bloomberg Family Foundation INC $5.6M
Duke Endowment $3M
Sall Family Foundation INC $1M
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation INC $822K
Annie E Casey Foundation $520K
Wonderful Life Foundation $400K
The Robert D and Patricia E Kern Family Foundation INC $381K
China Medical Board INC $340K
Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts $270K
The Wilke Family Foundation $250K
Spencer Foundation $164K
The Francis Family Foundation $109K
Research Corporation $100K
Grable Foundation $90K
Frey Foundation $54K

Where this funding went

Awards recorded across 1 state/territories: NC.

Similar grant recipients

Organizations with a similar federal funding profile.

University of South Carolina 75 awards · $250.4M North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University 36 awards · $222.2M University of North Carolina at Charlotte 9 awards · $33.7M University of North Carolina at Wilmington 6 awards · $4.2M University of North Carolina at Greensboro 10 awards · $36.3M Duke University 91 awards · $1.97B

Frequently asked questions

How much federal grant funding has University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill received?

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has received 149 federal grant awards totaling $2.86B, based on USAspending.gov assistance records aggregated by Grantoria.

Which federal agencies fund University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill?

Its largest federal funders are Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Education, Department of Energy and others.

Is University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill a nonprofit, and what is its EIN?

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN 566001393), headquartered in Chapel Hill, NC. See its IRS filings on ProPublica.

Can University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill apply for grants that are open now?

Yes — there are federal grants open today in the same programs University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 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.