University of Southern California — Federal Grants & Funding Profile

University of Southern California has received 92 federal grant awards totaling $1.34B across 56 assistance programs and 10 federal agencies, based on USAspending.gov records aggregated by Grantoria.

92awards

$1.34Btotal funding

$198.4Mlargest award

$14.6Mavg award

56programs

🏆 Top 3% by total funding · Top 1% by number of awards among U.S. federal grant recipients tracked by Grantoria.

Open grants University of Southern California could apply for now

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

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
DoW Military Burn, Discovery Award
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA CFDA 12.420

Deadline: Oct 21, 2026 Closing soon
DoW Arthritis Clinical Research Award
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA CFDA 12.420

Deadline: Oct 22, 2026 Closing soon
DoW Arthritis Translational Research Award
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA CFDA 12.420

Deadline: Oct 22, 2026 Closing soon
DoW Autism Clinical Trial Award
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA CFDA 12.420

Deadline: Oct 22, 2026 Closing soon
DoW Autism Idea Development Award
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA CFDA 12.420

Deadline: Oct 22, 2026 Closing soon
DoW Tick-Borne Disease Idea Development Award
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA CFDA 12.420

Deadline: Oct 22, 2026 Closing soon

Federal programs University of Southern California has been funded under

Top programs ranked by total funding received (56 programs in total).

Trans-NIH Research SupportCFDA 93.310 $198.4M
Aging ResearchCFDA 93.866 $128.8M
Cancer Centers Support GrantsCFDA 93.397 $127.1M
Cancer Treatment ResearchCFDA 93.395 $120.2M
National Center for Advancing Translational SciencesCFDA 93.350 $81.3M
Oral Diseases and Disorders ResearchCFDA 93.121 $61.8M
Research and Technology DevelopmentCFDA 12.910 $50.3M
Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological DisordersCFDA 93.853 $49M
Human Genome ResearchCFDA 93.172 $46.1M
Basic Scientific ResearchCFDA 12.431 $45M
Environmental HealthCFDA 93.113 $41.2M
Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act Regulatory ResearchCFDA 93.077 $36.2M
Alcohol Research ProgramsCFDA 93.273 $30.4M
Cancer Cause and Prevention ResearchCFDA 93.393 $22.9M
Blood Diseases and Resources ResearchCFDA 93.839 $21.4M

Top awarding agencies

Department of Health and Human Services$1.11B
Department of Defense$120.6M
National Science Foundation$65M
Department of State$19.8M
Department of Commerce$14M
Department of the Interior$11.5M
Department of Education$4.6M
Department of Homeland Security$440K
National Endowment for the Arts$300K
Department of Transportation$250K

Private foundation funding

Grants from private foundations (IRS Form 990-PF) — $55.6M total:

W M Keck Foundation $8.8M
The Annenberg Foundation $5.7M
Hobson Lucas Family Foundation $5.1M
Sherman Fairchild Foundation INC $5M
Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Foundation $3M
Marcus Foundation INC $2.9M
Simons Foundation INC $2.8M
Argyros Family Foundation $2.5M
The California Endowment $1.9M
James Irvine Foundation $1.6M
Koret Foundation $1.5M
Laura and John Arnold Foundation $1.3M
Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation INC $1M
Alfred P Sloan Foundation $925K
H Leslie Hoffman and Elaine S Hoffman Foundation $869K

Where this funding went

Awards recorded across 1 state/territories: CA.

Similar grant recipients

Organizations with a similar federal funding profile.

University of California, Santa Barbara 35 awards · $288.8M University of California, Los Angeles 126 awards · $1.49B University of California, San Diego 160 awards · $2.12B The Regents of the University of California 90 awards · $605.2M University of California Santa Cruz 21 awards · $136.9M California Institute of Technology 43 awards · $877.4M

Frequently asked questions

How much federal grant funding has University of Southern California received?

University of Southern California has received 92 federal grant awards totaling $1.34B, based on USAspending.gov assistance records aggregated by Grantoria.

Which federal agencies fund University of Southern California?

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

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

University of Southern California is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN 951642394), headquartered in Los Angeles, CA. See its IRS filings on ProPublica.

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

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