Vanderbilt University Medical Center — Federal Grants & Funding Profile

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has received 65 federal grant awards totaling $1.38B across 39 assistance programs and 4 federal agencies, based on USAspending.gov records aggregated by Grantoria.

65awards

$1.38Btotal funding

$143.7Mlargest award

$21.2Mavg award

39programs

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

Open grants Vanderbilt University Medical Center could apply for now

Live opportunities in the federal programs Vanderbilt University Medical Center 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
PRIMED-AI: Data-to-Model Academic-Industrial Partnerships (D2M-AIP) for Precision Medicine with AI: Integrating Imaging with Multimodal Data (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Optional)
National Institutes of Health CFDA 93.310

Deadline: Oct 19, 2026 Closing soon
Model-to-Clinic (M2C) for Precision Medicine with AI: Integrating Imaging with Multimodal Data (PRIMED-AI) (UG3/UH3, Clinical Trial Optional)
National Institutes of Health CFDA 93.310

Deadline: Oct 19, 2026 Closing soon
Fiscal Year 2027 Regional Nutrition Hubs
Health Resources and Services Administration CFDA 93.129

up to $1M Deadline: Oct 20, 2026 Closing soon
Nutrition Obesity Research Centers (NORCs) (P30 Clinical Trial Optional)
National Institutes of Health CFDA 93.847

Deadline: Oct 20, 2026 Closing soon
DoW Military Burn, Patient-Centered Research Award
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA CFDA 12.420

Deadline: Oct 21, 2026 Closing soon
DoW Military Burn, Discovery Award
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA CFDA 12.420

Deadline: Oct 21, 2026 Closing soon
DoW Military Burn, Technology/Therapeutic Development Award
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA CFDA 12.420

Deadline: Oct 21, 2026 Closing soon

Federal programs Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been funded under

Top programs ranked by total funding received (39 programs in total).

Cancer Centers Support GrantsCFDA 93.397 $166.1M
National Center for Advancing Translational SciencesCFDA 93.350 $159.3M
Trans-NIH Research SupportCFDA 93.310 $143.7M
Public Health Emergency Response: Cooperative Agreement for Emergency Response: Public Health Crisis ResponseCFDA 93.354 $141.5M
Cardiovascular Diseases ResearchCFDA 93.837 $90.6M
Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural ResearchCFDA 93.847 $73.5M
Medical Library AssistanceCFDA 93.879 $50.1M
Cancer Cause and Prevention ResearchCFDA 93.393 $47.2M
Lung Diseases ResearchCFDA 93.838 $43.5M
Cancer Biology ResearchCFDA 93.396 $43.2M
Allergy and Infectious Diseases ResearchCFDA 93.855 $43M
State and Regional Primary Care Associations (PCAs), National Technical Assistance Programs (NTAPs), and Health Centered Controlled Networks (HCCNs)CFDA 93.129 $41.8M
Cancer Detection and Diagnosis ResearchCFDA 93.394 $37.6M
Aging ResearchCFDA 93.866 $37.5M
Research and Technology DevelopmentCFDA 12.910 $33.9M

Top awarding agencies

Department of Health and Human Services$1.33B
Department of Defense$43.3M
Department of Education$5.8M
National Endowment for the Arts$150K

Private foundation funding

Grants from private foundations (IRS Form 990-PF) — $3.6M total:

Red Gates Foundation $1M
G Harold and Leila Mathers Charitable Foundation $775K
Robert J Kleberg JR and Helen C Kleberg Foundation $583K
Daftuar Family Foundation $354K
Springer-lu Family Foundation $250K
Tawani Charitable Distribution Fund $175K
The Francis Family Foundation $133K
Ann M Duffer Family Foundation $125K
Counihan Family Foundation $100K
Dettwiller Foundation $75K
Yarbrough Family Foundation $26K

Where this funding went

Awards recorded across 1 state/territories: TN.

Similar grant recipients

Organizations with a similar federal funding profile.

Vanderbilt University 50 awards · $240.1M Regents of the University of Michigan 168 awards · $2.3B Mayo Clinic 30 awards · $865M Emory University 74 awards · $1.59B University of Rochester 49 awards · $478.9M Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, INC. 19 awards · $257.1M

Frequently asked questions

How much federal grant funding has Vanderbilt University Medical Center received?

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has received 65 federal grant awards totaling $1.38B, based on USAspending.gov assistance records aggregated by Grantoria.

Which federal agencies fund Vanderbilt University Medical Center?

Its largest federal funders are Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Defense, Department of Education and others.

Is Vanderbilt University Medical Center a nonprofit, and what is its EIN?

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN 352528741), headquartered in Nashville, TN. See its IRS filings on ProPublica.

Can Vanderbilt University Medical Center apply for grants that are open now?

Yes — there are federal grants open today in the same programs Vanderbilt University Medical Center 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.