Carnegie-mellon University — Federal Grants & Funding Profile

Carnegie-mellon University has received 33 federal grant awards totaling $288.3M across 21 assistance programs and 6 federal agencies, based on USAspending.gov records aggregated by Grantoria.

33awards

$288.3Mtotal funding

$35.7Mlargest award

$8.7Mavg award

21programs

🏆 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 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 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 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 Career Development Award
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA CFDA 12.420

Deadline: Oct 22, 2026 Closing soon

Federal programs Carnegie-mellon University has been funded under

Top programs ranked by total funding received (21 programs in total).

Computer and Information Science and EngineeringCFDA 47.070 $58.5M
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
Basic Scientific ResearchCFDA 12.431 $15.6M
Space TechnologyCFDA 43.012 $15.1M
Occupational Safety and Health ProgramCFDA 93.262 $12.3M
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
ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation ResearchCFDA 93.433 $7.1M
Social, Behavioral, and Economic SciencesCFDA 47.075 $6.3M
ScienceCFDA 43.001 $5.9M
21st Century Cures Act – Brain Research through Advancing Innovative NeurotechnologiesCFDA 93.372 $5.9M

Top awarding agencies

National Science Foundation$131.5M
Department of Defense$76.7M
Department of Energy$30.7M
Department of Health and Human Services$25.3M
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$21M
Department of State$3.1M

Private foundation funding

Grants from private foundations (IRS Form 990-PF) — $46.7M total:

Richard King Mellon Foundation Dtd 01-01-47 $22.7M
The Heinz Endowments $5.7M
Allegheny Foundation $4.3M
Posner Foundation of Pittsburgh $3M
Hillman Family Foundations $1.8M
Simons Foundation INC $1.4M
Alfred P Sloan Foundation $1.2M
The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic Innovation $1.2M
Hrh Foundation $1M
Hopper-dean Foundation $1M
John S and James L Knight Foundation INC $809K
The Tepper Foundation $700K
Additional Ventures Foundation $557K
Grable Foundation $287K
Highmark Foundation $275K

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 141 awards · $621.8M University of Pittsburgh – of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education 106 awards · $1.24B Brown University 25 awards · $345.5M The Johns Hopkins University 166 awards · $2.78B University of Delaware 74 awards · $808.2M University of Texas at Dallas 8 awards · $31.8M

Frequently asked questions

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

Carnegie-mellon University has received 33 federal grant awards totaling $288.3M, 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.