The University of Kentucky Research Foundation — Federal Grants & Funding Profile

The University of Kentucky Research Foundation has received 68 federal grant awards totaling $535.9M across 48 assistance programs and 10 federal agencies, based on USAspending.gov records aggregated by Grantoria.

68awards

$535.9Mtotal funding

$79.3Mlargest award

$7.9Mavg award

48programs

🏆 Top 10% by total funding · Top 3% by number of awards among U.S. federal grant recipients tracked by Grantoria.

Open grants The University of Kentucky Research Foundation could apply for now

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

Public Health Training Centers (PHTC) Program
Health Resources and Services Administration CFDA 93.516

up to $910K Deadline: Jul 17, 2026 Closing soon
OSERS-OSEP: National Assessment Center, Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.326G
Department of Education CFDA 84.326

up to $1M Deadline: Jul 20, 2026 Closing soon
Protecting and Rehabilitating Sexually Exploited Women and Girls Through Long-Term Safe Homes
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health CFDA 93.088

up to $2M Deadline: Jul 20, 2026 Closing soon
Protecting Women and Girls through Founding and Replication of Existing Long-Term Safe Homes
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health CFDA 93.088

up to $1.9M Deadline: Jul 20, 2026 Closing soon
EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: EPSCoR Collaborations for Optimizing Research Ecosystems
U.S. National Science Foundation CFDA 47.083

Deadline: Jul 21, 2026 Closing soon
University Centers for Developmental Disabilities in Education, Research, and Service
Administration for Community Living CFDA 93.632

up to $629K Deadline: Jul 22, 2026 Closing soon
Research Facilities Act Program
National Institute of Food and Agriculture CFDA 10.246

up to $30M Deadline: Jul 24, 2026 Closing soon
NAVIGATE Reproductive Center of Excellence (Network for Assessment, Validation, Innovation, Guidance, Access, Treatment and Evaluation)
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health CFDA 93.088

up to $500K Deadline: Jul 24, 2026 Closing soon

Federal programs The University of Kentucky Research Foundation has been funded under

Top programs ranked by total funding received (48 programs in total).

Drug Use and Addiction Research ProgramsCFDA 93.279 $79.3M
Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based ProgramsCFDA 93.136 $44.4M
Occupational Safety and Health ProgramCFDA 93.262 $43.9M
Integrative ActivitiesCFDA 47.083 $38.9M
National Center for Advancing Translational SciencesCFDA 93.350 $34.2M
NIEHS Superfund Hazardous Substances_Basic Research and EducationCFDA 93.143 $33.8M
Cancer Centers Support GrantsCFDA 93.397 $32.8M
Basic Scientific ResearchCFDA 12.431 $32.7M
Biomedical Research and Research TrainingCFDA 93.859 $22.7M
Medical Student EducationCFDA 93.680 $17.2M
Rural Health Research CentersCFDA 93.155 $16.1M
Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act Regulatory ResearchCFDA 93.077 $14.6M
Computer and Information Science and EngineeringCFDA 47.070 $14.6M
Environmental HealthCFDA 93.113 $14M
Research Infrastructure ProgramsCFDA 93.351 $11.4M

Top awarding agencies

Department of Health and Human Services$403.8M
National Science Foundation$59.1M
Department of Defense$50.2M
Small Business Administration$6.6M
Department of Education$6.1M
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$4.3M
Department of Agriculture$3.5M
Department of the Interior$1.8M
Department of Commerce$548K
Department of Labor$72K

Where this funding went

Awards recorded across 1 state/territories: KY.

Similar grant recipients

Organizations with a similar federal funding profile.

University of Georgia Research Foundation, INC. 64 awards · $150.5M University of Louisville 22 awards · $222.4M University of Tennessee 73 awards · $312.3M University of Kansas Center for Research INC 59 awards · $200.3M Oklahoma State University 39 awards · $142.6M University of Oklahoma 41 awards · $569.4M

Frequently asked questions

How much federal grant funding has The University of Kentucky Research Foundation received?

The University of Kentucky Research Foundation has received 68 federal grant awards totaling $535.9M, based on USAspending.gov assistance records aggregated by Grantoria.

Which federal agencies fund The University of Kentucky Research Foundation?

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

Can The University of Kentucky Research Foundation apply for grants that are open now?

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