The Department of Energy (DOE) obligated $1.87B in grants to US colleges and universities in federal fiscal year 2025. Colorado State University received the most, $335.4M, and Colorado led all states with $361.5M.
| Rank | Recipient | Grants |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colorado State University | $335.4M |
| 2 | Michigan State University | $134.0M |
| 3 | University of Rochester | $105.9M |
| 4 | University of Wisconsin System | $62.8M |
| 5 | MIT | $62.2M |
| 6 | University of Texas at Austin | $61.9M |
| 7 | University of Illinois | $49.6M |
| 8 | University of Tennessee | $36.2M |
| 9 | University of Washington | $31.7M |
| 10 | University of Michigan | $30.5M |
| 11 | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Georgia Tech) | $27.3M |
| 12 | University of Oklahoma | $22.2M |
| 13 | University of California, San Diego | $22.2M |
| 14 | Cornell University | $22.0M |
| 15 | Arizona State University | $20.6M |
| 16 | University of Missouri System | $20.3M |
| 17 | Oregon State University | $20.3M |
| 18 | University of California, Los Angeles | $18.7M |
| 19 | University of Kentucky Research Foundation | $17.9M |
| 20 | University of California | $17.8M |
| 21 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | $17.3M |
| 22 | Purdue University | $15.6M |
| 23 | University of Minnesota | $14.8M |
| 24 | Northwestern University | $14.2M |
| 25 | Iowa State University of Science and Technology | $14.0M |
| 26 | Texas A&m Engineering Experiment Station | $14.0M |
| 27 | Texas A & M University | $13.6M |
| 28 | Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia | $13.6M |
| 29 | Clemson University | $13.3M |
| 30 | New York University | $13.3M |
| 31 | Stanford University | $13.1M |
| 32 | University of Florida | $12.7M |
| 33 | University of Colorado | $12.4M |
| 34 | New Mexico State University | $12.3M |
| 35 | University of Notre Dame Du Lac | $12.0M |
| 36 | Johns Hopkins University | $11.9M |
| 37 | Colorado School of Mines | $11.8M |
| 38 | North Carolina State University | $11.5M |
| 39 | University of Pennsylvania | $11.3M |
| 40 | Pennsylvania State University | $11.3M |
| 41 | University of Chicago | $10.8M |
| 42 | California Institute of Technology | $10.6M |
| 43 | Of the University of Nebraska | $10.4M |
| 44 | Boston University | $10.4M |
| 45 | University of Delaware | $10.0M |
| 46 | Of Nevada System of Higher Education | $9.9M |
| 47 | University of California Irvine | $9.9M |
| 48 | University of California, Merced | $9.8M |
| 49 | Ohio State University | $9.5M |
| 50 | Washington State University | $9.5M |
| State | Grants |
|---|---|
| Colorado | $361.5M |
| Michigan | $175.6M |
| New York | $172.4M |
| California | $140.3M |
| Texas | $128.8M |
| Illinois | $88.5M |
| Massachusetts | $86.7M |
| Wisconsin | $63.2M |
| Tennessee | $47.2M |
| Washington | $42.4M |
| Florida | $37.5M |
| New Mexico | $35.7M |
| Georgia | $33.7M |
| Indiana | $32.8M |
| Pennsylvania | $32.0M |
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