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Thomas Jefferson University
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USAspending records $348M in award obligations to Thomas Jefferson University (Philadelphia, PA) over the fiscal years it is listed for (2023, 2024, 2025, 2026).
In FY2026, the most recent complete fiscal year, obligations were $82M, with contracts under the listing floor.
That is about level on FY2025 ($90M).
Thomas Jefferson University ranks 61 of 911 listed organisations located in PA by five-year obligations, and 2,006 of 30,989 nationally.
Its $1.0M-plus awards since FY2023 came from Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Defense: 56 awards worth $103M in total award value.
Obligations by fiscal year contracts vs assistance
| Fiscal year | All obligations | Contracts | Assistance | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $86,636,840 | $1,151,094 | $85,485,746 | — |
| FY2024 | $89,058,669 | under $1.0M | $89,058,669 | +3% |
| FY2025 | $90,198,535 | $3,247,823 | $86,950,712 | +1% |
| FY2026 | $81,703,516 | under $1.0M | $81,703,516 | -9% |
| 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 PA | Largest nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five-year obligations (listed years) | $348M | $148B | $416B |
| FY2026 obligations | $82M | $40B | $118B |
| Contracts, five years | $4.4M | under $1.0M | $94B |
| Assistance, five years | $343M | $148B | $416B |
| Rank by five-year obligations | 2,006 of 30,989 | 1 of 911 in PA | 1 |
Largest in state: PA Department of Human Services. 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 | 51 | $93M | 91% |
| 2 | Department of Defense | 5 | $9.4M | 9% |
Assistance programs listings
Places of performance $1.0M+ awards
Counties: Philadelphia County, PA $98M
Largest awards begun since FY2023
| Awarding agency | Type | Industry or program | Award value | Begun | Place | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health | GrantProject Grant (B) | 93.847 Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research | $3.4M | 19 Sep 2023 | PA | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseDefense Health Agency | GrantProject Grant (B) | 12.420 Military Medical Research and Development | $3.1M | 31 Jul 2025 | PA | USAspending |
| Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health | GrantProject Grant (B) | 93.855 Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research | $3.0M | 26 Aug 2025 | PA | USAspending |
| Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health | GrantProject Grant (B) | 93.866 Aging Research | $3.0M | 12 May 2023 | PA | USAspending |
| Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health | GrantProject Grant (B) | 93.855 Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research | $2.8M | 31 May 2023 | PA | USAspending |
| Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health | GrantProject Grant (B) | 93.846 Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Research | $2.6M | 4 Aug 2023 | PA | USAspending |
| Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health | GrantProject Grant (B) | 93.853 Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders | $2.5M | 9 Jun 2023 | PA | USAspending |
| Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health | GrantProject Grant (B) | 93.837 Cardiovascular Diseases Research | $2.5M | 16 Sep 2025 | PA | USAspending |
| Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health | GrantProject Grant (B) | 93.172 Human Genome Research | $2.4M | 30 Apr 2024 | PA | USAspending |
| Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health | GrantProject Grant (B) | 93.394 Cancer Detection and Diagnosis Research | $2.4M | 30 Nov 2022 | PA | USAspending |
| Department of Health and Human ServicesHealth Resources and Services Administration | GrantProject Grant (B) | 93.884 Primary Care Training and Enhancement | $2.4M | 12 Sep 2023 | PA | USAspending |
| Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health | GrantProject Grant (B) | 93.837 Cardiovascular Diseases Research | $2.3M | 9 Mar 2023 | PA | 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.
- $3.4M, Department of Health and Human Services, 19 Sep 2023: TARGETING VISCERAL PAIN THROUGH INTESTINAL NEUROPOD CELL GUCY2C SIGNALING - VISCERAL HYPERSENSITIVITY (VH) AND PAIN IN DISORDERS OF GUT-BRAIN INTERACTION (DGBI)
- $3.1M, Department of Defense, 31 Jul 2025: NOVEL TUMOR-TARGETED IMMUNOTHERAPIES AGAINST METASTATIC UVEAL MELANOMA
- $3.0M, Department of Health and Human Services, 26 Aug 2025: PYRIMIDINE METABOLISM IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF AUTOREACTIVE B CELLS AND SLE - PROJECT SUMMARY SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS (SLE) IS A FEMALE-BIASED DEBILITATING AU
- $3.0M, Department of Health and Human Services, 12 May 2023: PROMOTING REGENERATIVE REPAIR OF AGED CARTILAGE - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT AGE IS THE NUMBER ONE RISK FACTOR FOR OSTEOARTHRITIS (OA), HOWEVER, THE MECHANISMS TH
- $2.8M, Department of Health and Human Services, 31 May 2023: MECHANISMS OF PROTECTIVE MEMORY CD8 T-CELL INDUCTION BY MRNA-LNP VACCINES - SUMMARY CD8 T-CELLS RECOGNIZE AND KILL VIRUS-INFECTED CELLS DISPLAYING AT THE CELL S
- $2.6M, Department of Health and Human Services, 4 Aug 2023: THE JOINT ENVIRONMENT AND PERIPROSTHETIC JOINT INFECTION - ABSTRACT PERI-PROSTHETIC JOINT INFECTIONS (PJI) ARE DEVASTATING COMPLICATIONS OF JOINT REPLACEMENTS.
- $2.5M, Department of Health and Human Services, 9 Jun 2023: MITOCHONDRIAL CALCIUM AND NEURONAL HEALTH - ABSTRACT PROPAGATION OF CALCIUM (CA2+) SIGNALS TO THE MITOCHONDRIA THROUGH THE CA2+ UNIPORTER HAS LONG BEEN CONSIDER
- $2.5M, Department of Health and Human Services, 16 Sep 2025: EXPLOITING EMERGING IDEAS IN G PROTEIN-COUPLED RECEPTOR BIOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY TO TREAT ASTHMA - OVERALL PROGRAM ABSTRACT FOR THIS NHLBI PPG WE HAVE ASSEMBLED
Questions and answers
How much federal money does Thomas Jefferson University receive?
$348M in award obligations over the fiscal years it is listed for (FY2023: $87M; FY2024: $89M; FY2025: $90M; FY2026: $82M). Years not listed were under the $1.0M floor. Obligations are binding commitments, not payments made.
Which agencies award to Thomas Jefferson University?
By the value of $1.0M-plus awards begun since FY2023: Department of Health and Human Services ($93M) and Department of Defense ($9.4M).
What is the money for?
Assistance falls under Cardiovascular Diseases Research (93.837), Biomedical Research and Research Training (93.859) and Military Medical Research and Development (12.420).
Where is the work performed?
Primary places of performance for its larger awards: PA ($103M).
Is Thomas Jefferson University a large federal recipient?
It ranks 2,006 of 30,989 organisations on this site by five-year obligations and 61 of 911 located in PA. 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.