University of Illinois — Federal Grants Received (134)

University of Illinois has received 134 federal grant awards totaling $1.28B across 60 assistance programs and 12 federal agencies, based on USAspending.gov records aggregated by Grantoria.

134awards

$1.28Btotal funding

$197.5Mlargest award

$9.6Mavg award

60programs

🏆 Top 3% by total funding · #5 of 3,833 by number of awards among U.S. federal grant recipients tracked by Grantoria.

Open grants University of Illinois could apply for now

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

NSF EPSCoR Graduate Fellowship Program
U.S. National Science Foundation CFDA 47.083

up to $3.2M Deadline: Jun 1, 2026 Closing soon
Biomedical Engineering, Imaging, and Technology Acceleration (BEITA) at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
National Institutes of Health CFDA 93.286

Deadline: Jun 1, 2026 Closing soon
Smith-Lever Special Needs Competitive Grants Program
National Institute of Food and Agriculture-eRA CFDA 10.511

up to $115K Deadline: Jun 1, 2026 Closing soon
Tribal Colleges and Universities Program
U.S. National Science Foundation CFDA 47.076

up to $3.5M Deadline: Jun 1, 2026 Closing soon
Cardiothoracic Surgical Trials Network (CTSN) Linked Clinical Research Centers
National Institutes of Health CFDA 93.837

Deadline: Jun 1, 2026 Closing soon
Defense Sciences Office (DSO) Office-wide BAA
DARPA - Defense Sciences Office CFDA 12.910

Deadline: Jun 2, 2026 Closing soon
Early Career Research Program (ECRP)
Office of Science CFDA 81.049

up to $2.8M Deadline: Jun 2, 2026 Closing soon
NIJ FY25 Research and Evaluation on Forensic Science Systems
National Institute of Justice CFDA 16.560

up to $2M Deadline: Jun 2, 2026 Closing soon

Federal programs University of Illinois has been funded under

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

Computer and Information Science and EngineeringCFDA 47.070 $277.5M
Office of Science Financial Assistance ProgramCFDA 81.049 $215.5M
Smith-Lever Extension FundingCFDA 10.511 $82.2M
Mathematical and Physical SciencesCFDA 47.049 $48.1M
Occupational Safety and Health ProgramCFDA 93.262 $48M
Lung Diseases ResearchCFDA 93.838 $47.5M
EngineeringCFDA 47.041 $36.9M
National Center for Advancing Translational SciencesCFDA 93.350 $32.7M
Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI)CFDA 10.310 $32.4M
Vision ResearchCFDA 93.867 $29.8M
Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and EngineeringCFDA 12.630 $29.3M
Research and Technology DevelopmentCFDA 12.910 $28.3M
Cardiovascular Diseases ResearchCFDA 93.837 $26.7M
STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources)CFDA 47.076 $26.6M
ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation ResearchCFDA 93.433 $26.6M

Top awarding agencies

National Science Foundation$465.1M
Department of Health and Human Services$308.4M
Department of Energy$250.1M
Department of Agriculture$122.2M
Department of Defense$92.7M
Department of the Interior$12.7M
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$9.9M
Department of Education$8.5M
Department of Labor$3.8M
Department of Transportation$3.5M
Department of Commerce$3M
Environmental Protection Agency$2M

Where this funding went

Awards recorded across 1 state/territories: IL.

Similar grant recipients

Organizations funded under the same federal programs.

University of Washington 165 awards · $2.14B University of Wisconsin System 160 awards · $1.83B The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York 130 awards · $2.57B University of California, San Diego 128 awards · $1.86B Regents of the University of Minnesota 126 awards · $1.14B Regents of the University of Michigan 124 awards · $2.11B

Frequently asked questions

How much federal grant funding has University of Illinois received?

University of Illinois has received 134 federal grant awards totaling $1.28B, based on USAspending.gov assistance records aggregated by Grantoria.

Which federal agencies fund University of Illinois?

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

Can University of Illinois apply for grants that are open now?

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