Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute — Federal Grants & Funding Profile

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has received 11 federal grant awards totaling $43.4M across 8 assistance programs and 5 federal agencies, based on USAspending.gov records aggregated by Grantoria.

11awards

$43.4Mtotal funding

$9.1Mlargest award

$3.9Mavg award

8programs

🏆 Top 25% by total funding · Top 25% by number of awards among U.S. federal grant recipients tracked by Grantoria.

Open grants Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute could apply for now

Live opportunities in the federal programs Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has previously been funded under — sorted by upcoming deadline.

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

Deadline: Oct 26, 2026 Closing soon
NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Phase I
NASA Headquarters CFDA 43.012

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

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

up to $13M Deadline: Nov 3, 2026 Open
ROSES25: A.15 Biosphere
NASA Headquarters CFDA 43.001

Deadline: Nov 6, 2026 Open
Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Department of War (DoW) Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP)
Office of Naval Research CFDA 12.300

up to $3M Deadline: Nov 6, 2026 Open
ROSES25: C.4 Planetary Science Enabling Facilities
NASA Headquarters CFDA 43.001

Deadline: Nov 10, 2026 Open

Federal programs Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has been funded under

Top programs ranked by total funding received.

Nuclear Energy Research, Development and DemonstrationCFDA 81.121 $11.5M
Basic and Applied Scientific ResearchCFDA 12.300 $9.1M
ScienceCFDA 43.001 $9.1M
Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human HealthCFDA 93.286 $6.2M
U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data CollectionCFDA 15.808 $4.6M
Broad Agency AnnouncementCFDA 11.015 $1.4M
Space TechnologyCFDA 43.012 $844K
Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) Education, Outreach and Workforce ProgramCFDA 12.330 $640K

Top awarding agencies

Department of Energy$11.5M
Department of Defense$11.2M
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$9.9M
Department of Health and Human Services$6.2M
Department of the Interior$4.6M

Private foundation funding

Grants from private foundations (IRS Form 990-PF) — $18.7M total:

Priem Family Foundation $17.5M
Paul Beer Trust Under Will $362K
Helen V Froehlich Foundation $210K
Mjs Foundation INC $200K
Delman Mortenson Charitable Foundation $150K
The Fullgraf Foundation $110K
Patrick P Lee Foundation INC $50K
Oconnor Foundation $30K
Harold P Bovenkerk Scholarship Tr $20K
Seymour Fox Memorial Foundation INC $4K

Where this funding went

Awards recorded across 1 state/territories: NY.

Similar grant recipients

Organizations with a similar federal funding profile.

Rochester Institute of Technology 13 awards · $35.3M California Institute of Technology 43 awards · $877.4M The Johns Hopkins University 166 awards · $2.78B Massachusetts Institute of Technology 84 awards · $1.17B University of Rochester 49 awards · $478.9M New York University 91 awards · $1.13B

Frequently asked questions

How much federal grant funding has Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute received?

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has received 11 federal grant awards totaling $43.4M, based on USAspending.gov assistance records aggregated by Grantoria.

Which federal agencies fund Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute?

Its largest federal funders are Department of Energy, Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration and others.

Is Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute a nonprofit, and what is its EIN?

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN 141340095), headquartered in Troy, NY. See its IRS filings on ProPublica.

Can Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute apply for grants that are open now?

Yes — there are federal grants open today in the same programs Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 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.