Duke University — Federal Grants & Funding Profile

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

Duke University is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN 560532129).

Duke University has received 91 federal grant awards totaling $1.97B across 60 assistance programs and 12 federal agencies, based on USAspending.gov records aggregated by Grantoria.

91awards

$1.97Btotal funding

$200.6Mlargest award

$21.6Mavg award

60programs

🏆 Top 3% by total funding · Top 1% by number of awards among U.S. federal grant recipients tracked by Grantoria.

Open grants Duke University could apply for now

Live opportunities in the federal programs Duke 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
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 Military Burn, Patient-Centered Research Award
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA CFDA 12.420

Deadline: Oct 21, 2026 Closing soon
Impact of Immunotherapies on CNS Outcomes in People with HIV: Potential Benefits, Challenges and Risks
National Institutes of Health CFDA 93.242

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 Tick-Borne Disease Idea Development Award
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA CFDA 12.420

Deadline: Oct 22, 2026 Closing soon

Federal programs Duke University has been funded under

Top programs ranked by total funding received (60 programs in total).

Trans-NIH Research SupportCFDA 93.310 $374.9M
National Center for Advancing Translational SciencesCFDA 93.350 $216.8M
Environmental HealthCFDA 93.113 $200.6M
Allergy and Infectious Diseases ResearchCFDA 93.855 $180.7M
Cancer Centers Support GrantsCFDA 93.397 $161.2M
Cardiovascular Diseases ResearchCFDA 93.837 $90.1M
Office of Science Financial Assistance ProgramCFDA 81.049 $88M
NIEHS Superfund Hazardous Substances_Basic Research and EducationCFDA 93.143 $47.5M
Human Genome ResearchCFDA 93.172 $45.7M
Food and Drug Administration ResearchCFDA 93.103 $41.6M
Cancer Research ManpowerCFDA 93.398 $36M
Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases ResearchCFDA 93.846 $28.5M
Military Medical Research and DevelopmentCFDA 12.420 $27.4M
EngineeringCFDA 47.041 $25.7M
Research and Technology DevelopmentCFDA 12.910 $25.5M

Top awarding agencies

Department of Health and Human Services$1.63B
National Science Foundation$120M
Department of Energy$95.4M
Department of Defense$83.8M
Department of Education$23.2M
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$8.4M
Department of State$2.8M
Department of Homeland Security$1.4M
Department of Commerce$1.3M
Department of Agriculture$677K
National Endowment for the Humanities$551K
Department of Justice$277K

Private foundation funding

Grants from private foundations (IRS Form 990-PF) — $74.9M total:

Duke Endowment $43.8M
Lilly Endowment INC $6M
Michael and Karen Stone Family Foundation INC $2.1M
John Templeton Foundation $1.8M
Charles Koch Foundation $1.8M
William R Kenan JR Fund for Ethics $1.4M
Bhp Foundation $1.2M
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation INC $1.1M
Jvz Foundation $1.1M
Williams Family Private Foundation $1.1M
Marcus Foundation INC $1M
Mary Duke Biddle Foundation $815K
Mastercard Impact Fund $699K
Louis Dejoy and Aldona Z Wos Family Foundation INC $588K
Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation INC $550K

Where this funding went

Awards recorded across 2 states/territories: DC, NC.

Similar grant recipients

Organizations with a similar federal funding profile.

Vanderbilt University 50 awards · $240.1M The Regents of the University of Colorado 166 awards · $1.46B University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 149 awards · $2.86B Howard University 21 awards · $95.4M Georgetown University 60 awards · $394.8M The Trustees of Princeton University 28 awards · $370.8M

Frequently asked questions

How much federal grant funding has Duke University received?

Duke University has received 91 federal grant awards totaling $1.97B, based on USAspending.gov assistance records aggregated by Grantoria.

Which federal agencies fund Duke University?

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

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

Duke University is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN 560532129), headquartered in Durham, NC. See its IRS filings on ProPublica.

Can Duke University apply for grants that are open now?

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