William Marsh Rice University — Federal Grants & Funding Profile

William Marsh Rice University has received 18 federal grant awards totaling $172.3M across 13 assistance programs and 8 federal agencies, based on USAspending.gov records aggregated by Grantoria.

18awards

$172.3Mtotal funding

$47.1Mlargest award

$9.6Mavg award

13programs

🏆 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.

ROSES25: D.8 Habitable Worlds Observatory Precursor Science Investigation
NASA Headquarters CFDA 43.001

Deadline: Oct 26, 2026 Closing soon
ROSES25: A.15 Biosphere
NASA Headquarters CFDA 43.001

Deadline: Nov 6, 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
PFE: Research Initiation in Engineering Formation (PFE: RIEF)
U.S. National Science Foundation CFDA 47.041

Deadline: Nov 10, 2026 Open
ROSES25: C.4 Planetary Science Enabling Facilities
NASA Headquarters CFDA 43.001

Deadline: Nov 10, 2026 Open
ROSES 2025: C.2 Solar System Science
NASA Headquarters CFDA 43.001

Deadline: Nov 12, 2026 Open
National Science Foundation Translation to Practice (NSF TTP)
U.S. National Science Foundation CFDA 47.076

up to $2M Deadline: Nov 17, 2026 Open
National Science Foundation Fostering Interdisciplinary Networks to Develop Emergent and Responsive Solutions Foundry (NSF FINDERS FOUNDRY)
U.S. National Science Foundation CFDA 47.076

Deadline: Nov 18, 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 $61M
EngineeringCFDA 47.041 $36.2M
Biological SciencesCFDA 47.074 $15.5M
Medical Library AssistanceCFDA 93.879 $15.4M
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 $10.3M
ScienceCFDA 43.001 $6.7M
Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund Grant ProgramCFDA 11.038 $1.9M
Biotechnology Risk Assessment ResearchCFDA 10.219 $1.6M
MBDA Specialty Center ProgramCFDA 11.802 $700K
Water Desalination Research and DevelopmentCFDA 15.506 $248K
Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and IndividualsCFDA 45.024 $182K

Top awarding agencies

National Science Foundation$112.7M
Department of Health and Human Services$25.7M
Department of Defense$22.6M
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$6.7M
Department of Commerce$2.6M
Department of Agriculture$1.6M
Department of the Interior$248K
National Endowment for the Arts$182K

Private foundation funding

Grants from private foundations (IRS Form 990-PF) — $10.3M total:

Houston Endowment INC $5M
Huffington Foundation $1M
Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Foundation $810K
Robert J Kleberg JR and Helen C Kleberg Foundation $800K
Kavli Foundation $688K
Dan L Duncan Family Foundation $525K
Sall Family Foundation INC $500K
Rockwell Fund INC $256K
Brown Foundation INC $226K
Lemelson Foundation $150K
Robert & Janice Mcnair Foundation $134K
Shell USA Company Foundation $127K
Koonce Family Foundation Tr $30K
Albert and Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation $25K
J Squared Family Foundation $20K

Where this funding went

Awards recorded across 1 state/territories: TX.

Similar grant recipients

Organizations with a similar federal funding profile.

Texas a & M University 42 awards · $344.9M Texas State University 51 awards · $96.9M Howard University 21 awards · $95.4M The Regents of the University of Colorado 166 awards · $1.46B The University of Texas at El Paso 15 awards · $158.2M University of Houston System 27 awards · $98M

Frequently asked questions

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

William Marsh Rice University has received 18 federal grant awards totaling $172.3M, 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.