University of California, Davis — Federal Grants & Funding Profile

University of California, Davis has received 134 federal grant awards totaling $1.27B across 60 assistance programs and 11 federal agencies, based on USAspending.gov records aggregated by Grantoria.

134awards

$1.27Btotal funding

$191.3Mlargest award

$9.5Mavg award

60programs

🏆 Top 3% by total funding · #23 of 6,944 by number of awards among U.S. federal grant recipients tracked by Grantoria.

Open grants University of California, Davis could apply for now

Live opportunities in the federal programs University of California, Davis has previously been funded under — sorted by upcoming deadline.

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
Sustained Support for Informatics Technologies for Cancer Research and Management (U24 Clinical Trial Optional)
National Institutes of Health CFDA 93.395

up to $600K Deadline: Oct 19, 2026 Closing soon
Impact of Immunotherapies on CNS Outcomes in People with HIV: Potential Benefits, Challenges and Risks
National Institutes of Health CFDA 93.242

Deadline: Oct 22, 2026 Closing soon
NSF’s Eddie Bernice Johnson Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (INCLUDES) Initiative
U.S. National Science Foundation CFDA 47.084

Deadline: Oct 27, 2026 Open
NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Phase I
NASA Headquarters CFDA 43.012

up to $225K Deadline: Oct 28, 2026 Open
Cooperative Agreement for Affiliated Partner with the Southern Appalachian Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)
Geological Survey CFDA 15.808

up to $330K Deadline: Oct 30, 2026 Open
ONR FY27 NOFO for Young Investigator Program
Office of Naval Research CFDA 12.300

Deadline: Oct 30, 2026 Open

Federal programs University of California, Davis has been funded under

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

Research Infrastructure ProgramsCFDA 93.351 $265.1M
Cancer Treatment ResearchCFDA 93.395 $141.2M
Cancer Centers Support GrantsCFDA 93.397 $67.7M
Aging ResearchCFDA 93.866 $53.6M
Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI)CFDA 10.310 $52.8M
Cancer Cause and Prevention ResearchCFDA 93.393 $50.8M
National Center for Advancing Translational SciencesCFDA 93.350 $47.3M
Office of Science Financial Assistance ProgramCFDA 81.049 $46.9M
Cancer Biology ResearchCFDA 93.396 $45.7M
Environmental HealthCFDA 93.113 $41.9M
Research and Technology DevelopmentCFDA 12.910 $36.4M
Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological DisordersCFDA 93.853 $35.7M
Occupational Safety and Health ProgramCFDA 93.262 $32M
NIEHS Superfund Hazardous Substances_Basic Research and EducationCFDA 93.143 $30.7M
Specialty Crop Research InitiativeCFDA 10.309 $29.6M

Top awarding agencies

Department of Health and Human Services$977.9M
Department of Agriculture$102.1M
Department of Energy$52.3M
National Science Foundation$48.7M
Department of Defense$38.9M
Department of the Interior$23.9M
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$15.8M
Department of Education$8.6M
Department of Transportation$3.4M
Department of Justice$1.5M
Department of Commerce$100K

Private foundation funding

Grants from private foundations (IRS Form 990-PF) — $1.9M total:

The Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment $541K
William T Grant Foundation INC $512K
Pitzer Family Foundation $200K
Russell Sage Foundation $178K
Spencer Foundation $135K
Mackenzie Foundation $116K
The Mayday Fund $64K
Mcconnell Foundation $58K
William & Marian Ghidotti Foundation $39K
The Rapoport Family Foundation $25K
Kohler Foundation INC $24K
David E Gallo Foundation $13K
Tom and Cathy Hui Foundation $5K

Where this funding went

Awards recorded across 1 state/territories: CA.

Similar grant recipients

Organizations with a similar federal funding profile.

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation 57 awards · $1.08B University of California, San Diego 160 awards · $2.12B The Regents of the University of California 90 awards · $605.2M University of California, Merced 12 awards · $40M The Regents of the University of California 43 awards · $298.4M University of California, Santa Barbara 35 awards · $288.8M

Frequently asked questions

How much federal grant funding has University of California, Davis received?

University of California, Davis has received 134 federal grant awards totaling $1.27B, based on USAspending.gov assistance records aggregated by Grantoria.

Which federal agencies fund University of California, Davis?

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

Is University of California, Davis a nonprofit, and what is its EIN?

University of California, Davis is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN 464117124), headquartered in Davis, CA. See its IRS filings on ProPublica.

Can University of California, Davis apply for grants that are open now?

Yes — there are federal grants open today in the same programs University of California, Davis 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.