Carnegie-mellon University — Federal Grants & Funding Profile

Carnegie-mellon University has received 30 federal grant awards totaling $262.9M across 19 assistance programs and 6 federal agencies, based on USAspending.gov records aggregated by Grantoria.

30awards

$262.9Mtotal funding

$35.7Mlargest award

$8.8Mavg award

19programs

🏆 Top 10% by total funding · Top 5% by number of awards among U.S. federal grant recipients tracked by Grantoria.

Open grants Carnegie-mellon University could apply for now

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

DoW Hearing Restoration Focused Research Award
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA CFDA 12.420

Deadline: Sep 10, 2026 Closing soon
Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE): Future Computing Research
U.S. National Science Foundation CFDA 47.070

up to $12M Deadline: Sep 10, 2026 Closing soon
DoW Vision, Mentored Clinical Research Award
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA CFDA 12.420

Deadline: Sep 10, 2026 Closing soon
DoW Neurofibromatosis Research Academy – Leadership Award
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA CFDA 12.420

Deadline: Sep 14, 2026 Open
NSF Dynamic Language Infrastructure – NEH Documenting Endangered Languages
U.S. National Science Foundation CFDA 47.070

Deadline: Sep 15, 2026 Open
DoW Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Idea Development Award
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA CFDA 12.420

Deadline: Sep 18, 2026 Open
DoW Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Clinical/Translational Research Award
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA CFDA 12.420

Deadline: Sep 18, 2026 Open
DoW Neurofibromatosis Exploration-Hypothesis Development Award
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA CFDA 12.420

Deadline: Sep 22, 2026 Open

Federal programs Carnegie-mellon University has been funded under

Top programs ranked by total funding received (19 programs in total).

Computer and Information Science and EngineeringCFDA 47.070 $42.8M
Integrative ActivitiesCFDA 47.083 $35.7M
Office of Science Financial Assistance ProgramCFDA 81.049 $30.7M
Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and EngineeringCFDA 12.630 $30M
STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources)CFDA 47.076 $22.8M
Technology, Innovation, and PartnershipsCFDA 47.084 $16.7M
Basic Scientific ResearchCFDA 12.431 $15.6M
Space TechnologyCFDA 43.012 $15.1M
Research and Technology DevelopmentCFDA 12.910 $8.8M
Military Medical Research and DevelopmentCFDA 12.420 $8.7M
Basic and Applied Scientific ResearchCFDA 12.300 $7.5M
Social, Behavioral, and Economic SciencesCFDA 47.075 $6.3M
21st Century Cures Act – Brain Research through Advancing Innovative NeurotechnologiesCFDA 93.372 $5.9M
ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation ResearchCFDA 93.433 $4.6M
Scientific Research – Combating Weapons of Mass DestructionCFDA 12.351 $4M

Top awarding agencies

National Science Foundation$127.5M
Department of Defense$75.9M
Department of Energy$30.7M
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$15.1M
Department of Health and Human Services$10.5M
Department of State$3.1M

Where this funding went

Awards recorded across 1 state/territories: PA.

Similar grant recipients

Organizations with a similar federal funding profile.

The Pennsylvania State University 131 awards · $608.7M University of Pittsburgh – of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education 97 awards · $1.19B Purdue University 119 awards · $552.6M The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania 122 awards · $1.6B Brown University 23 awards · $325.1M The University of Texas at El Paso 11 awards · $141.9M

Frequently asked questions

How much federal grant funding has Carnegie-mellon University received?

Carnegie-mellon University has received 30 federal grant awards totaling $262.9M, based on USAspending.gov assistance records aggregated by Grantoria.

Which federal agencies fund Carnegie-mellon University?

Its largest federal funders are National Science Foundation, Department of Defense, Department of Energy and others.

Is Carnegie-mellon University a nonprofit, and what is its EIN?

Carnegie-mellon University is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN 250969449), headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA. See its IRS filings on ProPublica.

Can Carnegie-mellon University apply for grants that are open now?

Yes — there are federal grants open today in the same programs Carnegie-mellon 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.