Michigan State University — Federal Grants & Funding Profile

Michigan State University has received 139 federal grant awards totaling $1.68B across 60 assistance programs and 11 federal agencies, based on USAspending.gov records aggregated by Grantoria.

139awards

$1.68Btotal funding

$836.1Mlargest award

$12.1Mavg award

60programs

🏆 Top 3% by total funding · #22 of 6,944 by number of awards among U.S. federal grant recipients tracked by Grantoria.

Open grants Michigan State University could apply for now

Live opportunities in the federal programs Michigan State University 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
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
BJA FY 2026 Students, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Program
Bureau of Justice Assistance CFDA 16.839

up to $2M Deadline: Oct 30, 2026 Open
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
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
Continuation and Expansion of the National Mesothelioma Virtual Bank for Translational Research (U24)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA CFDA 93.262

up to $1.1M Deadline: Nov 2, 2026 Open
NSF Small Business Innovation Research / Small Business Technology Transfer Phase I, Phase II, Fast-Track Programs: A Pilot Emphasis on Scientific Instrumentation
U.S. National Science Foundation CFDA 47.084

Deadline: Nov 4, 2026 Open
U.S. National Science Foundation State and Regional Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Hubs:
U.S. National Science Foundation CFDA 47.084

Deadline: Nov 4, 2026 Open

Federal programs Michigan State University has been funded under

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

Office of Science Financial Assistance ProgramCFDA 81.049 $1.35B
Smith-Lever Extension FundingCFDA 10.511 $49.5M
NIEHS Superfund Hazardous Substances_Basic Research and EducationCFDA 93.143 $40.7M
Specialty Crop Research InitiativeCFDA 10.309 $30.8M
Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI)CFDA 10.310 $25.2M
Biological SciencesCFDA 47.074 $15.9M
Occupational Safety and Health ProgramCFDA 93.262 $14.5M
Minority Health and Health Disparities ResearchCFDA 93.307 $10.7M
STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources)CFDA 47.076 $9M
International Science and EngineeringCFDA 47.079 $8.8M
Vision ResearchCFDA 93.867 $8.4M
Construction SupportCFDA 93.352 $6.7M
Integrative ActivitiesCFDA 47.083 $6M
Crop Protection and Pest Management Competitive Grants ProgramCFDA 10.329 $5.8M
National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project GrantsCFDA 16.560 $5.7M

Top awarding agencies

Department of Energy$1.35B
Department of Agriculture$132.1M
Department of Health and Human Services$96M
National Science Foundation$44.7M
Department of Education$26.6M
Department of Justice$8.2M
Department of the Interior$7.1M
Department of Defense$5.5M
Department of Commerce$2.4M
Department of State$1M
National Endowment for the Humanities$250K

Private foundation funding

Grants from private foundations (IRS Form 990-PF) — $20.5M total:

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation $15.7M
Skyline Foundation $1M
Matilda R Wilson Fund $400K
Ruth Mott Foundation $400K
Daniel and Sharon Bowen Foundation $383K
Fred & Barbara Erb Family Foundation $361K
Cascade Hemophilia Consortium $322K
Spencer Foundation $274K
Joe D Pentecost Foundation $250K
William T Grant Foundation INC $211K
Irving S Gilmore Foundation $200K
Steelcase Foundation $134K
The Americana Foundation 71089 $133K
Max M & Marjorie S Fisher Foundation INC $105K
Dr Ralph and Marian Falk Medical Research Trust $100K

Where this funding went

Awards recorded across 1 state/territories: MI.

Similar grant recipients

Organizations with a similar federal funding profile.

Rutgers, The State University 69 awards · $356.7M North Carolina State University 156 awards · $712.6M Regents of the University of Minnesota 189 awards · $1.34B University of Massachusetts 38 awards · $87.6M University of Florida 175 awards · $821M University of Wyoming 69 awards · $288.1M

Frequently asked questions

How much federal grant funding has Michigan State University received?

Michigan State University has received 139 federal grant awards totaling $1.68B, based on USAspending.gov assistance records aggregated by Grantoria.

Which federal agencies fund Michigan State University?

Its largest federal funders are Department of Energy, Department of Agriculture, Department of Health and Human Services and others.

Is Michigan State University a nonprofit, and what is its EIN?

Michigan State University is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN 382440233), headquartered in Monroe, MI. See its IRS filings on ProPublica.

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

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