Colorado State University — Federal Grants & Funding Profile

Colorado State University has received 203 federal grant awards totaling $1.25B across 56 assistance programs and 11 federal agencies, based on USAspending.gov records aggregated by Grantoria.

203awards

$1.25Btotal funding

$300Mlargest award

$6.2Mavg award

56programs

🏆 Top 3% by total funding · #2 of 5,937 by number of awards among U.S. federal grant recipients tracked by Grantoria.

Open grants Colorado State University could apply for now

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

Cooperative Agreement for Affiliated Partner with the Great Lakes – Northern Forest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)
Geological Survey CFDA 15.808

up to $276K Deadline: Sep 4, 2026 Closing soon
Southwest Border Resource Protection Program
National Park Service CFDA 15.963

up to $50K Deadline: Sep 8, 2026 Closing soon
Improved Oil and Gas Recovery and Produced Water Management Technologies
National Energy Technology Laboratory CFDA 81.089

up to $150M Deadline: Sep 8, 2026 Closing soon
Cook Inlet Beluga Whale (CIBW) Prey, Salmon Productivity Monitoring at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER).
Fort Worth District CFDA 12.005

up to $1.3M Deadline: Sep 10, 2026 Closing soon
Forest Legacy Program – FY2028 Funding
Forest Service CFDA 10.676

up to $20M Deadline: Sep 11, 2026 Closing soon
FY26 Bureau of Land Management Wildlife Resource Management Program – Bureau wide
Bureau of Land Management CFDA 15.247

up to $2M Deadline: Sep 11, 2026 Closing soon
FY26 Bureau of Land Management Threatened and Endangered Species – Bureau wide
Bureau of Land Management CFDA 15.246

up to $1M Deadline: Sep 11, 2026 Closing soon
Cooperative Agreement for Affiliated Partner with the Alaska Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)
Geological Survey CFDA 15.808

up to $453K Deadline: Sep 11, 2026 Closing soon

Federal programs Colorado State University has been funded under

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

Conservation and Rehabilitation of Natural Resources on Military InstallationsCFDA 12.005 $477.4M
Fossil Energy Research and DevelopmentCFDA 81.089 $320M
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Cooperative InstitutesCFDA 11.432 $148M
Animal Disease and Animal CareCFDA 10.025 $69.5M
Cooperative Research and Training Programs – Resources of the National Park SystemCFDA 15.945 $32.3M
Basic and Applied Scientific ResearchCFDA 12.300 $29.3M
Occupational Safety and Health ProgramCFDA 93.262 $25.7M
Cooperative Forestry AssistanceCFDA 10.664 $15.6M
Advanced Research Projects Agency – EnergyCFDA 81.135 $13.6M
ScienceCFDA 43.001 $11M
Biological SciencesCFDA 47.074 $9.8M
Department of War Energy, Installations, and Environment Innovation ProgramsCFDA 12.632 $9.3M
Soil and Water ConservationCFDA 10.902 $8.4M
Grants for Agricultural Research, Special Research GrantsCFDA 10.200 $8.4M
Climate and Atmospheric ResearchCFDA 11.431 $7.6M

Top awarding agencies

Department of Defense$519.5M
Department of Energy$333.6M
Department of Commerce$155.9M
Department of Agriculture$134.3M
Department of Health and Human Services$41.5M
Department of the Interior$38.7M
National Science Foundation$11.9M
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$11M
Department of Education$4.6M
Department of Housing and Urban Development$394K
Department of Transportation$330K

Where this funding went

Awards recorded across 17 states/territories: AK, AZ, CA, CO, CT, GA, HI, LA, NC, NM, NV, OK, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI.

Similar grant recipients

Organizations with a similar federal funding profile.

Arizona State University 76 awards · $447M New Mexico State University 47 awards · $148.1M Northern Arizona University 37 awards · $93.5M University of Arizona 112 awards · $655.9M The Regents of the University of Colorado 133 awards · $1.36B Texas State University 36 awards · $85.5M

Frequently asked questions

How much federal grant funding has Colorado State University received?

Colorado State University has received 203 federal grant awards totaling $1.25B, based on USAspending.gov assistance records aggregated by Grantoria.

Which federal agencies fund Colorado State University?

Its largest federal funders are Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Department of Commerce and others.

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

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