Cornell University — Federal Grants & Funding Profile

Q: Is Cornell University a nonprofit, and what is its EIN?

Cornell University is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN 150532082).

Cornell University has received 111 federal grant awards totaling $800.1M across 59 assistance programs and 12 federal agencies, based on USAspending.gov records aggregated by Grantoria.

111awards

$800.1Mtotal funding

$81.4Mlargest award

$7.2Mavg award

59programs

🏆 Top 5% by total funding · Top 1% by number of awards among U.S. federal grant recipients tracked by Grantoria.

Open grants Cornell University could apply for now

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

Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (MSPRF)
U.S. National Science Foundation CFDA 47.049

Deadline: Oct 21, 2026 Closing soon
NSF’s Eddie Bernice Johnson Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (INCLUDES) Initiative
U.S. National Science Foundation CFDA 47.084

Deadline: Oct 27, 2026 Closing soon
NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Phase I
NASA Headquarters CFDA 43.012

up to $225K Deadline: Oct 28, 2026 Closing soon
Cooperative Agreement for Affiliated Partner with the Southern Appalachian Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)
Geological Survey CFDA 15.808

up to $330K Deadline: Oct 30, 2026 Open
ONR FY27 NOFO for Young Investigator Program
Office of Naval Research CFDA 12.300

Deadline: Oct 30, 2026 Open
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
Space Technology Research Institutes
NASA Headquarters CFDA 43.012

up to $13M Deadline: Nov 3, 2026 Open
Geometric Analysis
U.S. National Science Foundation CFDA 47.049

Deadline: Nov 3, 2026 Open

Federal programs Cornell University has been funded under

Top programs ranked by total funding received (59 programs in total).

Mathematical and Physical SciencesCFDA 47.049 $181.7M
Biological SciencesCFDA 47.074 $119.5M
Air Force Defense Research Sciences ProgramCFDA 12.800 $69.4M
Smith-Lever Extension FundingCFDA 10.511 $63.1M
Biomedical Research and Research TrainingCFDA 93.859 $59.5M
STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources)CFDA 47.076 $42.1M
Technology, Innovation, and PartnershipsCFDA 47.084 $23.3M
International Research and Research TrainingCFDA 93.989 $21.6M
Office of Science Financial Assistance ProgramCFDA 81.049 $21.3M
Integrative ActivitiesCFDA 47.083 $20M
Prevention of Disease, Disability, and Death by Infectious DiseasesCFDA 93.084 $19.2M
Basic and Applied Scientific ResearchCFDA 12.300 $15.7M
Specialty Crop Research InitiativeCFDA 10.309 $14M
ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation ResearchCFDA 93.433 $11M
International Science and EngineeringCFDA 47.079 $9.6M

Top awarding agencies

National Science Foundation$406.5M
Department of Health and Human Services$142.3M
Department of Agriculture$102.9M
Department of Defense$96.2M
Department of Energy$29.1M
Environmental Protection Agency$6.7M
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$6.7M
Department of the Interior$5.1M
Department of Education$3.2M
Department of Commerce$488K
Department of Homeland Security$350K
Department of Housing and Urban Development$350K

Private foundation funding

Grants from private foundations (IRS Form 990-PF) — $39.8M total:

Stephen M Ross Foundation $3M
Sequoia Climate Foundation $2.7M
Simons Foundation INC $2.6M
The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic Innovation $2.5M
Dave and Cheryl Duffield Foundation $2.4M
David R & Patricia D Atkinson Foundation $2.2M
Alfred P Sloan Foundation $2.1M
Stephanie and Peter Nolan Foundation $2.1M
Schleifer Family Foundation $2M
Charina Endowment Fund INC $1M
Conine Family Foundation $1M
Richard Riney Family Foundation $1M
Fried Foundation INC $983K
Charles Koch Foundation $902K
Pershing Square Foundation $880K

Where this funding went

Awards recorded across 2 states/territories: IL, NY.

Similar grant recipients

Organizations with a similar federal funding profile.

New York University 91 awards · $1.13B Rochester Institute of Technology 13 awards · $35.3M The Research Foundation for the State University of New York 109 awards · $899.6M University of Illinois 213 awards · $1.65B Research Foundation of the City University of New York 56 awards · $280.8M The Johns Hopkins University 166 awards · $2.78B

Frequently asked questions

How much federal grant funding has Cornell University received?

Cornell University has received 111 federal grant awards totaling $800.1M, based on USAspending.gov assistance records aggregated by Grantoria.

Which federal agencies fund Cornell University?

Its largest federal funders are National Science Foundation, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Agriculture and others.

Is Cornell University a nonprofit, and what is its EIN?

Cornell University is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN 150532082), headquartered in Ithaca, NY. See its IRS filings on ProPublica.

Can Cornell University apply for grants that are open now?

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