University of Tennessee — Federal Grants & Funding Profile

University of Tennessee has received 113 federal grant awards totaling $401.7M across 60 assistance programs and 12 federal agencies, based on USAspending.gov records aggregated by Grantoria.

113awards

$401.7Mtotal funding

$28.4Mlargest award

$3.6Mavg award

60programs

🏆 Top 10% by total funding · Top 1% by number of awards among U.S. federal grant recipients tracked by Grantoria.

Open grants University of Tennessee could apply for now

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

ONR FY27 NOFO for Young Investigator Program
Office of Naval Research CFDA 12.300

Deadline: Oct 30, 2026 Open
SBE Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (SPRF)
U.S. National Science Foundation CFDA 47.075

up to $170K Deadline: Nov 4, 2026 Open
Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Department of War (DoW) Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP)
Dept of the Army -- Materiel Command CFDA 12.431

up to $3M 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
Fiscal Year 2027 Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP)
Air Force Office of Scientific Research CFDA 12.800

up to $7M Deadline: Nov 6, 2026 Open
Capacity Building Grants for Non-Land-Grant Colleges of Agriculture Program
National Institute of Food and Agriculture CFDA 10.326

up to $750K Deadline: Nov 10, 2026 Open
WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH ACT PROGRAM NATIONAL COMPETITIVE GRANTS FY2026 (104g General)
Geological Survey CFDA 15.805

up to $120K Deadline: Nov 12, 2026 Open
Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program (2027)
Institute of Museum and Library Services CFDA 45.313

up to $1M Deadline: Nov 13, 2026 Open

Federal programs University of Tennessee has been funded under

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

Basic Scientific ResearchCFDA 12.431 $60.6M
Education Stabilization FundCFDA 84.425 $51.3M
Smith-Lever Extension FundingCFDA 10.511 $37.6M
Renewable Energy Research and DevelopmentCFDA 81.087 $20M
Air Force Defense Research Sciences ProgramCFDA 12.800 $17.9M
Manufacturing Extension PartnershipCFDA 11.611 $16.6M
Office of Science Financial Assistance ProgramCFDA 81.049 $15M
Research and Technology DevelopmentCFDA 12.910 $14.8M
Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation ResearchCFDA 81.113 $14.7M
Dairy Business Innovation InitiativesCFDA 10.176 $14M
Nuclear Energy Research, Development and DemonstrationCFDA 81.121 $13.6M
Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) Education, Outreach and Workforce ProgramCFDA 12.330 $12.7M
Nurse Education, Practice Quality and Retention GrantsCFDA 93.359 $11.1M
Computer and Information Science and EngineeringCFDA 47.070 $9M
Basic and Applied Scientific ResearchCFDA 12.300 $7.4M

Top awarding agencies

Department of Defense$115.7M
Department of Agriculture$71.2M
Department of Energy$68.4M
Department of Education$62.9M
Department of Health and Human Services$28.5M
National Science Foundation$18.7M
Department of Commerce$17.9M
Department of the Interior$6.7M
Department of State$3.9M
Department of Labor$3M
Department of Transportation$1.9M
Environmental Protection Agency$1M

Private foundation funding

Grants from private foundations (IRS Form 990-PF) — $2M total:

The Duffield Family Foundation $1.2M
Powell Foundation $500K
Dave and Cheryl Duffield Foundation $175K
National Endowment for Financial Education $51K
Society of Family Planning $45K
Tennessee Health Foundation INC $40K
Willard & Ruth Johnson Charitable Foundation $25K
Edward M Armfield SR Foundation INC $23K
Roberta and Ernest Scheller JR Family Foundation $3K

Where this funding went

Awards recorded across 1 state/territories: TN.

Similar grant recipients

Organizations with a similar federal funding profile.

Tennessee State University 34 awards · $169.3M University of Memphis 19 awards · $30.2M University of Alabama 41 awards · $311.1M Tennessee Technological University 8 awards · $5.2M The University of Kentucky Research Foundation 89 awards · $621.6M Department of Education Tennessee 39 awards · $2.24B

Frequently asked questions

How much federal grant funding has University of Tennessee received?

University of Tennessee has received 113 federal grant awards totaling $401.7M, based on USAspending.gov assistance records aggregated by Grantoria.

Which federal agencies fund University of Tennessee?

Its largest federal funders are Department of Defense, Department of Agriculture, Department of Energy and others.

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

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