Massachusetts Institute of Technology — Federal Grants & Funding Profile

Massachusetts Institute of Technology has received 84 federal grant awards totaling $1.17B across 37 assistance programs and 9 federal agencies, based on USAspending.gov records aggregated by Grantoria.

84awards

$1.17Btotal funding

$112.3Mlargest award

$13.9Mavg award

37programs

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

Open grants Massachusetts Institute of Technology could apply for now

Live opportunities in the federal programs Massachusetts Institute of Technology has previously been funded under — sorted by upcoming deadline.

The DOE Quantum Genesis Q Competition
Office of Science CFDA 81.049

up to $200M Deadline: Oct 19, 2026 Closing soon
Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (MSPRF)
U.S. National Science Foundation CFDA 47.049

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
ROSES25: D.8 Habitable Worlds Observatory Precursor Science Investigation
NASA Headquarters CFDA 43.001

Deadline: Oct 26, 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 Open
NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Phase I
NASA Headquarters CFDA 43.012

up to $225K Deadline: Oct 28, 2026 Open
ONR FY27 NOFO for Young Investigator Program
Office of Naval Research CFDA 12.300

Deadline: Oct 30, 2026 Open
NCI Research Specialist (Clinician Scientist) Award (R50 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
National Institutes of Health CFDA 93.397

Deadline: Nov 2, 2026 Open

Federal programs Massachusetts Institute of Technology has been funded under

Top programs ranked by total funding received (37 programs in total).

Office of Science Financial Assistance ProgramCFDA 81.049 $287M
STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources)CFDA 47.076 $134.2M
Basic and Applied Scientific ResearchCFDA 12.300 $119.8M
Cancer Centers Support GrantsCFDA 93.397 $70.1M
Basic Scientific ResearchCFDA 12.431 $61.8M
Research and Technology DevelopmentCFDA 12.910 $61M
Integrative ActivitiesCFDA 47.083 $48.1M
Environmental HealthCFDA 93.113 $25.6M
Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human HealthCFDA 93.286 $24M
Air Transportation Centers of ExcellenceCFDA 20.109 $23M
Sea Grant SupportCFDA 11.417 $22.9M
Mental Health Research GrantsCFDA 93.242 $21.7M
Air Force Defense Research Sciences ProgramCFDA 12.800 $21.1M
Technology, Innovation, and PartnershipsCFDA 47.084 $21M
International Science and EngineeringCFDA 47.079 $20.1M

Top awarding agencies

Department of Energy$337.9M
Department of Defense$269.2M
National Science Foundation$254.6M
Department of Health and Human Services$234M
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$24.1M
Department of Transportation$23M
Department of Commerce$22.9M
Millennium Challenge Corporation$1.2M
Department of the Interior$1.1M

Private foundation funding

Grants from private foundations (IRS Form 990-PF) — $85.6M total:

Stephen a Schwarzman Foundation $24.1M
Gates Foundation $18.9M
Good Ventures Foundation $10.5M
Freedom Together Foundation $6.8M
Laura and John Arnold Foundation $3.8M
Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation $2.9M
Alfred P Sloan Foundation $2.7M
Lemelson Foundation $2.4M
Wellspring Philantropic Fund INC $2M
Aphorism Foundation $1.8M
The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic Innovation $1.1M
Sunlin and Priscilla Chou Foundation $620K
Kinglsey Gillespie Charitable Trust $539K
G Harold and Leila Mathers Charitable Foundation $527K
Syyk Foundation $500K

Where this funding went

Awards recorded across 1 state/territories: MA.

Similar grant recipients

Organizations with a similar federal funding profile.

President and Fellows of Harvard College 109 awards · $2.14B California Institute of Technology 43 awards · $877.4M The Johns Hopkins University 166 awards · $2.78B Northeastern University 32 awards · $204.4M University System of New Hampshire 52 awards · $185.9M Rochester Institute of Technology 13 awards · $35.3M

Frequently asked questions

How much federal grant funding has Massachusetts Institute of Technology received?

Massachusetts Institute of Technology has received 84 federal grant awards totaling $1.17B, based on USAspending.gov assistance records aggregated by Grantoria.

Which federal agencies fund Massachusetts Institute of Technology?

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

Is Massachusetts Institute of Technology a nonprofit, and what is its EIN?

Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN 042103594), headquartered in Cambridge, MA. See its IRS filings on ProPublica.

Can Massachusetts Institute of Technology apply for grants that are open now?

Yes — there are federal grants open today in the same programs Massachusetts Institute of Technology 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.