The University of Chicago — Federal Grants & Funding Profile

The University of Chicago has received 59 federal grant awards totaling $764.9M across 38 assistance programs and 9 federal agencies, based on USAspending.gov records aggregated by Grantoria.

59awards

$764.9Mtotal funding

$135.4Mlargest award

$13Mavg award

38programs

🏆 Top 5% by total funding · Top 3% by number of awards among U.S. federal grant recipients tracked by Grantoria.

Open grants The University of Chicago could apply for now

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

Limited Competition: Small Grant Program for the NCATS Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) Program (R03 Clinical Trial Optional)
National Institutes of Health CFDA 93.350

up to $50K Deadline: Oct 19, 2026 Closing soon
Sustained Support for Informatics Technologies for Cancer Research and Management (U24 Clinical Trial Optional)
National Institutes of Health CFDA 93.395

up to $600K Deadline: Oct 19, 2026 Closing soon
Historically Black Colleges and Universities – Excellence in Research (HBCU – EiR)
U.S. National Science Foundation CFDA 47.078

Deadline: Oct 20, 2026 Closing soon
Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (MSPRF)
U.S. National Science Foundation CFDA 47.049

Deadline: Oct 21, 2026 Closing soon
ROSES25: D.8 Habitable Worlds Observatory Precursor Science Investigation
NASA Headquarters CFDA 43.001

Deadline: Oct 26, 2026 Closing soon
Climate Program Office (CPO) FY2026 Earth System Science and Services Partnership
DOC NOAA - ERA Production CFDA 11.431

up to $10M 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

Federal programs The University of Chicago has been funded under

Top programs ranked by total funding received (38 programs in total).

Cancer Treatment ResearchCFDA 93.395 $135.4M
Cancer Centers Support GrantsCFDA 93.397 $92.9M
National Center for Advancing Translational SciencesCFDA 93.350 $71.6M
Mathematical and Physical SciencesCFDA 47.049 $62.5M
Cancer Research ManpowerCFDA 93.398 $49.2M
GeosciencesCFDA 47.050 $44.4M
ScienceCFDA 43.001 $27M
STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources)CFDA 47.076 $24.8M
Human Genome ResearchCFDA 93.172 $24.4M
Minority Health and Health Disparities ResearchCFDA 93.307 $24.3M
EngineeringCFDA 47.041 $22.1M
21st Century Cures Act – Brain Research through Advancing Innovative NeurotechnologiesCFDA 93.372 $17M
National Center on Sleep Disorders ResearchCFDA 93.233 $16.5M
Technology, Innovation, and PartnershipsCFDA 47.084 $16M
Air Force Defense Research Sciences ProgramCFDA 12.800 $14.9M

Top awarding agencies

Department of Health and Human Services$494.7M
National Science Foundation$214.7M
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$27.7M
Department of Defense$14.9M
Department of Education$10.1M
Department of State$989K
Department of Justice$935K
Department of Commerce$573K
National Endowment for the Humanities$275K

Private foundation funding

Grants from private foundations (IRS Form 990-PF) — $4.9M total:

Alfred P Sloan Foundation $2.4M
Valhalla Foundation $810K
Raikes Foundation $350K
Margot and Thomas Pritzker Family Foundation $345K
Ben May Charitable Trust $250K
The Kemper Foundation $200K
Luminescence Foundation INC $200K
Strandberg Family Foundation $102K
The Pritzker Pucker Family Foundation $100K
Fox Family Kalb Foundation $63K
Albert and Janice Meister Family Foundation $50K
Minority Television Project INC $26K
Ziegler Family Foundation INC $20K
The Siragusa Family Foundation $20K
Eveillard Fam Charitable Tr $5K

Where this funding went

Awards recorded across 1 state/territories: IL.

Similar grant recipients

Organizations with a similar federal funding profile.

American University 18 awards · $43.9M University of Illinois 213 awards · $1.65B University of Notre Dame Du Lac 18 awards · $151.3M The Johns Hopkins University 166 awards · $2.78B The University of Iowa 70 awards · $667.4M Northeastern University 32 awards · $204.4M

Frequently asked questions

How much federal grant funding has The University of Chicago received?

The University of Chicago has received 59 federal grant awards totaling $764.9M, based on USAspending.gov assistance records aggregated by Grantoria.

Which federal agencies fund The University of Chicago?

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

Is The University of Chicago a nonprofit, and what is its EIN?

The University of Chicago is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN 362177139), headquartered in Chicago, IL. See its IRS filings on ProPublica.

Can The University of Chicago apply for grants that are open now?

Yes — there are federal grants open today in the same programs The University of Chicago 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.