William Marsh Rice University — Federal Grants & Funding Profile

William Marsh Rice University has received 16 federal grant awards totaling $149.6M across 11 assistance programs and 7 federal agencies, based on USAspending.gov records aggregated by Grantoria.

16awards

$149.6Mtotal funding

$36.2Mlargest award

$9.3Mavg award

11programs

🏆 Top 25% by total funding · Top 10% by number of awards among U.S. federal grant recipients tracked by Grantoria.

Open grants William Marsh Rice University could apply for now

Live opportunities in the federal programs William Marsh Rice University has previously been funded under — sorted by upcoming deadline.

CyberAICorps Scholarship for Service
U.S. National Science Foundation CFDA 47.076

up to $2.5M Deadline: Jul 21, 2026 Closing soon
A.12 Hemispheric Airborne Measurements of Air Quality (HAMAQ) Science Team
NASA Headquarters CFDA 43.001

Deadline: Jul 21, 2026 Closing soon
NSF Trailblazer Engineering Impact Award
U.S. National Science Foundation CFDA 47.041

Deadline: Jul 24, 2026 Closing soon
ROSES25: D.6 Astrophysics Research and Analysis
NASA Headquarters CFDA 43.001

Deadline: Aug 6, 2026 Open
ROSES25: D.7 Strategic Astrophysics Technology
NASA Headquarters CFDA 43.001

Deadline: Aug 6, 2026 Open
Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology – Research Infrastructure for Science and Engineering
U.S. National Science Foundation CFDA 47.076

up to $2M Deadline: Aug 7, 2026 Open
NEA National Heritage Fellowships Awards Program, FY 2027
National Endowment for the Arts CFDA 45.024

up to $820K Deadline: Aug 7, 2026 Open
Research and Education Program for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) and Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCU)
Dept of the Army -- Materiel Command CFDA 12.630

up to $2M Deadline: Aug 11, 2026 Open

Federal programs William Marsh Rice University has been funded under

Top programs ranked by total funding received.

STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources)CFDA 47.076 $42.6M
EngineeringCFDA 47.041 $36.2M
Biological SciencesCFDA 47.074 $15.5M
Medical Library AssistanceCFDA 93.879 $14.6M
Basic Scientific ResearchCFDA 12.431 $11.5M
Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and EngineeringCFDA 12.630 $11.1M
21st Century Cures Act – Brain Research through Advancing Innovative NeurotechnologiesCFDA 93.372 $8.9M
ScienceCFDA 43.001 $6.7M
Biotechnology Risk Assessment ResearchCFDA 10.219 $1.6M
MBDA Specialty Center ProgramCFDA 11.802 $700K
Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and IndividualsCFDA 45.024 $182K

Top awarding agencies

National Science Foundation$94.3M
Department of Health and Human Services$23.6M
Department of Defense$22.6M
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$6.7M
Department of Agriculture$1.6M
Department of Commerce$700K
National Endowment for the Arts$182K

Where this funding went

Awards recorded across 1 state/territories: TX.

Similar grant recipients

Organizations with a similar federal funding profile.

Texas State University 23 awards · $78.9M Cornell University 96 awards · $767.2M The Regents of the University of Colorado 119 awards · $1.28B The Johns Hopkins University 147 awards · $2.55B President and Fellows of Harvard College 99 awards · $2.04B Texas a & M University 32 awards · $315.2M

Frequently asked questions

How much federal grant funding has William Marsh Rice University received?

William Marsh Rice University has received 16 federal grant awards totaling $149.6M, based on USAspending.gov assistance records aggregated by Grantoria.

Which federal agencies fund William Marsh Rice University?

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

Is William Marsh Rice University a nonprofit, and what is its EIN?

William Marsh Rice University is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN 741109620), headquartered in Houston, TX. See its IRS filings on ProPublica.

Can William Marsh Rice University apply for grants that are open now?

Yes — there are federal grants open today in the same programs William Marsh Rice University 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.