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Brown University
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USAspending records $798M in award obligations to Brown University (Providence, RI) over the fiscal years it is listed for (2023, 2024, 2025, 2026).
In FY2026, the most recent complete fiscal year, obligations were $158M, of which $1.0M (1%) came through contracts.
That is down 26% on FY2025 ($213M).
Brown University ranks 4 of 174 listed organisations located in RI by five-year obligations, and 1,021 of 30,989 nationally.
Its $1.0M-plus awards since FY2023 came from Department of Health and Human Services, National Science Foundation and Department of Defense and 3 other agencies: 108 awards worth $239M in total award value.
Its largest contract industry is NAICS 541715 (Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)), where it ranks 1,056 of 1,484 organisations by the value of $1.0M-plus awards.
Obligations by fiscal year contracts vs assistance
| Fiscal year | All obligations | Contracts | Assistance | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $225,264,910 | $4,028,681 | $221,236,229 | — |
| FY2024 | $202,076,284 | $5,902,266 | $196,174,018 | -10% |
| FY2025 | $213,261,434 | $1,405,744 | $211,855,690 | +6% |
| FY2026 | $157,632,501 | $1,028,517 | $156,603,984 | -26% |
| FY2027 to date | under $1.0M | — | — | — |
A fiscal year runs 1 October to 30 September. "Contracts" are procurement award types A–D; "assistance" is everything else (grants, direct payments, loan subsidy cost, insurance, other). The contracts column is listed only where contract obligations alone reached $1.0M; the assistance figure is the remainder and may therefore include up to $1.0M of contracts.
Compared with its state and the largest recipients five listed years
| Measure | This organisation | Largest in RI | Largest nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five-year obligations (listed years) | $798M | $11B | $416B |
| FY2026 obligations | $158M | $3.1B | $118B |
| Contracts, five years | $12M | under $1.0M | $94B |
| Assistance, five years | $786M | $11B | $416B |
| Rank by five-year obligations | 1,021 of 30,989 | 1 of 174 in RI | 1 |
Largest in state: State of Rhode Island Department of Administration. Largest nationally: Health Care Services, California Department of. Rankings count organisations located in the state, by the sum of their listed fiscal years.
Awarding agencies $1.0M+ awards since FY2023
| # | Agency | Awards | Award value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of Health and Human Services | 78 | $163M | 68% |
| 2 | National Science Foundation | 13 | $41M | 17% |
| 3 | Department of Defense | 11 | $24M | 10% |
| 4 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 3 | $8.2M | 3% |
| 5 | Department of Energy | 2 | $2.3M | 1% |
| 6 | Department of Agriculture | 1 | $1.1M | 0% |
Contract industries NAICS
Rank within NAICS 541715: 1,056 of 1,484 organisations by $1.0M+ award value; see Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology).
Assistance programs listings
Places of performance $1.0M+ awards
Counties: Providence County, RI $203M
Largest awards begun since FY2023
| Awarding agency | Type | Industry or program | Award value | Begun | Place | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Science Foundation | GrantProject Grant (B) | 47.049 Mathematical and Physical Sciences | $9.8M | 30 Jul 2025 | RI | USAspending |
| National Science Foundation | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 47.070 Computer and Information Science and Engineering | $8.0M | 28 Jul 2025 | RI | USAspending |
| National Science Foundation | GrantProject Grant (B) | 47.076 STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) | $6.7M | 14 Aug 2024 | RI | USAspending |
| National Science Foundation | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 47.083 Integrative Activities | $6.0M | 4 Aug 2023 | RI | USAspending |
| Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health | GrantProject Grant (B) | 93.859 Biomedical Research and Research Training | $5.4M | 3 Sep 2026 | RI | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseDepartment of the Navy | GrantProject Grant (B) | 12.300 Basic and Applied Scientific Research | $5.4M | 1 Dec 2025 | RI | USAspending |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 43.001 Science | $5.1M | 26 Sep 2023 | RI | USAspending |
| Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health | GrantProject Grant (B) | 93.837 Cardiovascular Diseases Research | $5.0M | 25 Jul 2024 | RI | USAspending |
| Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health | GrantProject Grant (B) | 93.859 Biomedical Research and Research Training | $4.8M | 24 Jul 2023 | RI | USAspending |
| Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health | GrantProject Grant (B) | 93.859 Biomedical Research and Research Training | $4.5M | 15 Aug 2025 | RI | USAspending |
| Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health | GrantProject Grant (B) | 93.113 Environmental Health | $3.8M | 20 Sep 2024 | RI | USAspending |
| Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health | GrantProject Grant (B) | 93.310 Trans-NIH Research Support | $3.6M | 2 Aug 2023 | RI | USAspending |
Award value is the amount obligated to the award to date as USAspending reports it. Descriptions below are USAspending's text, unedited and truncated; those that appear to name a person are withheld.
- $9.8M, National Science Foundation, 30 Jul 2025: INSTITUTE FOR COMPUTATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH IN MATHEMATICS -THE INSTITUTE FOR COMPUTATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH IN MATHEMATICS (ICERM) IS A NATI
- $8.0M, National Science Foundation, 28 Jul 2025: AI RESEARCH INSTITUTE ON INTERACTION FOR AI ASSISTANTS (ARIA) -THIS PROJECT ESTABLISHES THE AI RESEARCH INSTITUTE ON INTERACTION FOR AI ASSISTANTS (ARIA). ARIA
- $6.7M, National Science Foundation, 14 Aug 2024: GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM (GRFP) -THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (NSF) GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM (GRFP) IS A HIGHLY COMPETITIVE, FEDERAL
- $6.0M, National Science Foundation, 4 Aug 2023: RII TRACK-2 FEC: COMMUNITY-DRIVEN COASTAL CLIMATE RESEARCH & SOLUTIONS FOR THE RESILIENCE OF NEW ENGLAND COASTAL POPULATIONS -THE COMMUNITY-DRIVEN COASTAL CLIMA
- $5.4M, Department of Health and Human Services, 3 Sep 2026: ADVANCE CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH (ADVANCE-CTR) - ABSTRACT – OVERALL THIS SECOND COMPETITIVE RENEWAL AIMS TO ADVANCE THE RHODE ISLAND (RI) CENTER FOR
- $5.4M, Department of Defense, 1 Dec 2025: MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES IN EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS: MODELING, EXPERIMENTS, AND DATA-DRIVEN DESIGN
- $5.1M, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 26 Sep 2023: LUNAR STRUCTURE COMPOSITION AND PROCESSES FOR EXPLORATION LUNASCOPE
- $5.0M, Department of Health and Human Services, 25 Jul 2024: EARLY DEVELOPMENTAL RISK FOR ADULT CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE: HIGH RISK SUBGROUPS, BIOMARKERS, AND MECHANISMS - THIS PROJECT SEEKS TO GENERATE NEW INSIGHTS – OF CL
Questions and answers
How much federal money does Brown University receive?
$798M in award obligations over the fiscal years it is listed for (FY2023: $225M; FY2024: $202M; FY2025: $213M; FY2026: $158M). Years not listed were under the $1.0M floor. Obligations are binding commitments, not payments made.
Which agencies award to Brown University?
By the value of $1.0M-plus awards begun since FY2023: Department of Health and Human Services ($163M), National Science Foundation ($41M), Department of Defense ($24M), National Aeronautics and Space Administration ($8.2M) and Department of Energy ($2.3M).
What is the money for?
Contracts are classified under NAICS 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology). Assistance falls under Aging Research (93.866), Biomedical Research and Research Training (93.859) and Basic and Applied Scientific Research (12.300).
Where is the work performed?
Primary places of performance for its larger awards: RI ($239M).
Is Brown University a large federal recipient?
It ranks 1,021 of 30,989 organisations on this site by five-year obligations and 4 of 174 located in RI. The site covers organisations with at least $1.0M in a fiscal year; individuals are excluded.
Where does this data come from?
USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury), award transactions as loaded on 30 Sep 2026; fiscal-year totals via the spending-by-category endpoint and award lists via the award search endpoint. The USAspending recipient profile is the authoritative record.
Provenance
Source: USAspending.gov API v2 (U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service), CC0. Fiscal-year obligations from the spending-by-category recipient ranking by recipient state (listing floor $1.0M per year); awards from the award search endpoint (new awards of $1.0M or more by base obligation date); parent and business categories from the recipient profile where fetched. Closed fiscal years are snapshots taken after year end; FY2027 is refreshed on each build. Data loaded by USAspending on 30 Sep 2026. Individuals and sole proprietors are excluded at ingest. Errors in processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections and the methodology.