Auburn University — Federal Grants & Funding Profile

Auburn University has received 51 federal grant awards totaling $90.4M across 25 assistance programs and 10 federal agencies, based on USAspending.gov records aggregated by Grantoria.

51awards

$90.4Mtotal funding

$9.5Mlargest award

$1.8Mavg award

25programs

🏆 Top 25% by total funding · Top 3% by number of awards among U.S. federal grant recipients tracked by Grantoria.

Open grants Auburn University could apply for now

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

Food Safety Outreach Program Technical Assistance-Grant Writing Skills Projects
National Institute of Food and Agriculture-eRA CFDA 10.328

up to $300K Deadline: Jul 20, 2026 Closing soon
Food Safety Outreach Program-Collaborative Education and Training Projects
National Institute of Food and Agriculture-eRA CFDA 10.328

up to $550K Deadline: Jul 20, 2026 Closing soon
Food Safety Outreach Program-Community Outreach Projects
National Institute of Food and Agriculture-eRA CFDA 10.328

up to $300K Deadline: Jul 20, 2026 Closing soon
EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: EPSCoR Collaborations for Optimizing Research Ecosystems
U.S. National Science Foundation CFDA 47.083

Deadline: Jul 21, 2026 Closing soon
CyberAICorps Scholarship for Service
U.S. National Science Foundation CFDA 47.076

up to $2.5M Deadline: Jul 21, 2026 Closing soon
Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology – Research Infrastructure for Science and Engineering
U.S. National Science Foundation CFDA 47.076

up to $2M Deadline: Aug 7, 2026 Open
ECosystem for Leading Innovation in Plasma Science and Engineering
U.S. National Science Foundation CFDA 47.083

Deadline: Aug 11, 2026 Open
EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: EPSCoR Research Incubators for STEM Excellence
U.S. National Science Foundation CFDA 47.083

Deadline: Aug 11, 2026 Open

Federal programs Auburn University has been funded under

Top programs ranked by total funding received (25 programs in total).

Cooperative Extension ServiceCFDA 10.500 $23.8M
Fish and Aquatic Conservation – Aquatic Invasive SpeciesCFDA 15.608 $16.1M
STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources)CFDA 47.076 $7.9M
Integrative ActivitiesCFDA 47.083 $6M
National Center on Sleep Disorders ResearchCFDA 93.233 $5.8M
Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and EngineeringCFDA 12.630 $4.6M
Geographic Programs – Gulf of America ProgramCFDA 66.475 $4.1M
Space TechnologyCFDA 43.012 $3.5M
Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive ProgramCFDA 10.331 $3.1M
Crop Protection and Pest Management Competitive Grants ProgramCFDA 10.329 $2.2M
American History and Civics EducationCFDA 84.422 $1.9M
Motor Carrier Safety Assistance High Priority Activities Grants and Cooperative AgreementsCFDA 20.237 $1.9M
Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research Coastal Ocean ProgramCFDA 11.478 $1.5M
Biotechnology Risk Assessment ResearchCFDA 10.219 $1.3M
Food Safety Outreach ProgramCFDA 10.328 $1.1M

Top awarding agencies

Department of Agriculture$34.5M
Department of the Interior$16.8M
National Science Foundation$13.9M
Department of Health and Human Services$5.8M
Department of Defense$5.2M
Environmental Protection Agency$4.1M
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$3.5M
Department of Transportation$2.9M
Department of Education$1.9M
Department of Commerce$1.9M

Where this funding went

Awards recorded across 1 state/territories: AL.

Similar grant recipients

Organizations with a similar federal funding profile.

University of Alabama 27 awards · $278M Iowa State University of Science and Technology 69 awards · $243.2M University of South Alabama 19 awards · $109.5M Clemson University 54 awards · $135.6M University of Alabama at Birmingham 55 awards · $991.5M Oklahoma State University 39 awards · $142.6M

Frequently asked questions

How much federal grant funding has Auburn University received?

Auburn University has received 51 federal grant awards totaling $90.4M, based on USAspending.gov assistance records aggregated by Grantoria.

Which federal agencies fund Auburn University?

Its largest federal funders are Department of Agriculture, Department of the Interior, National Science Foundation and others.

Can Auburn University apply for grants that are open now?

Yes — there are federal grants open today in the same programs Auburn 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.