Tennessee State University — Federal Grants & Funding Profile

Tennessee State University has received 34 federal grant awards totaling $169.3M across 16 assistance programs and 6 federal agencies, based on USAspending.gov records aggregated by Grantoria.

34awards

$169.3Mtotal funding

$45.5Mlargest award

$5Mavg award

16programs

🏆 Top 25% by total funding · Top 5% by number of awards among U.S. federal grant recipients tracked by Grantoria.

Open grants Tennessee State University could apply for now

Live opportunities in the federal programs Tennessee State University has previously been funded under — sorted by upcoming deadline.

Emergency Citrus Disease Research and Extension Pre-Applications
National Institute of Food and Agriculture CFDA 10.309

up to $15M Deadline: Nov 2, 2026 Open
1890 Institution Teaching, Research, and Extension Capacity Building Grants Program
National Institute of Food and Agriculture CFDA 10.216

up to $750K Deadline: Nov 4, 2026 Open
Capacity Building Grants for Non-Land-Grant Colleges of Agriculture Program
National Institute of Food and Agriculture CFDA 10.326

up to $750K Deadline: Nov 10, 2026 Open
Mechanisms that Impact Cancer Risk with Use of Incretin Mimetics (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
National Institutes of Health CFDA 93.393

Deadline: Jan 7, 2027 Open
National Cancer Institute’s Investigator-Initiated Early Phase Clinical Trials for Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (R01 Clinical Trial Required)
National Institutes of Health CFDA 93.393

up to $500K Deadline: Jan 7, 2027 Open
Mechanisms that Impact Cancer Risk with Use of Incretin Mimetics (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
National Institutes of Health CFDA 93.393

Deadline: Jan 7, 2027 Open
NOI: PROSPECT Program: Providing Opportunities for Specialized Education in Critical Technologies
Golden Field Office CFDA 81.117

up to $1 Deadline: Jan 15, 2027 Open
Notice of Intent to Issue NOFO DE-FOA-0003649: Leveraging Domestic Infrastructure and Resources to Unleash Alternative Chemicals, Fuels and Feedstocks
Golden Field Office CFDA 81.117

Deadline: Apr 26, 2027 Open

Federal programs Tennessee State University has been funded under

Top programs ranked by total funding received (16 programs in total).

Higher Education Institutional AidCFDA 84.031 $98.5M
Education Stabilization FundCFDA 84.425 $18.9M
Cancer Cause and Prevention ResearchCFDA 93.393 $12.4M
Cooperative Extension ServiceCFDA 10.500 $11.6M
Specialty Crop Research InitiativeCFDA 10.309 $6M
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/AssistanceCFDA 81.117 $5.4M
Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary EducationCFDA 84.116 $4.9M
1890 Institution Capacity Building GrantsCFDA 10.216 $4.2M
Scholarships for Students at 1890 InstitutionsCFDA 10.524 $2.3M
Capacity Building for Non-Land Grant Colleges of Agriculture (NLGCA)CFDA 10.326 $1.3M
General Research and Technology ActivityCFDA 14.506 $1.3M
Equipment Grants Program (EGP)CFDA 10.519 $859K
Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development ProgramCFDA 10.311 $750K
Aviation Maintenance Technical Workforce Grant ProgramCFDA 20.112 $500K
Food Safety Outreach ProgramCFDA 10.328 $300K

Top awarding agencies

Department of Education$122.4M
Department of Agriculture$27.4M
Department of Health and Human Services$12.4M
Department of Energy$5.4M
Department of Housing and Urban Development$1.3M
Department of Transportation$500K

Where this funding went

Awards recorded across 1 state/territories: TN.

Similar grant recipients

Organizations with a similar federal funding profile.

Department of Education Tennessee 39 awards · $2.24B University of Tennessee 113 awards · $401.7M Tennessee Technological University 8 awards · $5.2M North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University 36 awards · $222.2M South Carolina State University 19 awards · $56.4M University of Memphis 19 awards · $30.2M

Frequently asked questions

How much federal grant funding has Tennessee State University received?

Tennessee State University has received 34 federal grant awards totaling $169.3M, based on USAspending.gov assistance records aggregated by Grantoria.

Which federal agencies fund Tennessee State University?

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

Can Tennessee State University apply for grants that are open now?

Yes — there are federal grants open today in the same programs Tennessee State University 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.