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Duke University

Durham, NC · rank 342 of 30,000 listed organisations · 7 of 633 in NC

  • Tax-exempt corporation
  • Educational institution
  • Higher education
  • Non-profit
$585Maward obligations, FY20266% contracts · 4 of 5 years listed

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Department of Health and Human Services → Contracts: $104MDepartment of Health and Human Services → Grants: $655MDepartment of Defense → Grants: $73MNational Science Foundation → Grants: $60MDepartment of Education → Grants: $20MNational Aeronautics and Space Administration → Grants: $8.4MDepartment of Commerce → Grants: $2.4MDepartment of Veterans Affairs → Contracts: $2.3MDepartment of Health and Human…$760MDepartment of Defense$73MNational Science Foundation$60MDepartment of Education$20MNational Aeronautics and Space…$8.4MDepartment of Commerce$2.4MDepartment of Veterans Affairs$2.3MContracts$107MGrants$819M
Awarding agencies to award types, by the value of awards of $1.0M or more begun since FY2023.

Federal agencies obligated $3.0B to Duke University, Durham, NC, in the listed fiscal years 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.

In FY2026, the most recent complete fiscal year, obligations were $585M, of which $36M (6%) came through contracts.

That is down 23% on FY2025 ($762M).

Duke University ranks 7 of 633 listed organisations located in NC by five-year obligations, and 342 of 30,000 nationally.

Its $1.0M-plus awards since FY2023 came from Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Defense and National Science Foundation and 5 other agencies: 380 awards worth $930M 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 122 of 1,463 organisations by the value of $1.0M-plus awards.

$585Mobligations, FY2026FY2026 (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026) · obligations
$3.0Bfive-year total, listed yearsFY2023–FY2027 to date · obligations4 of 5 years listed
under $1.0MFY2027 to dateFY2027 (1 Oct 2026 – 30 Sep 2027), through 30 Sep 2026 · obligations
380awards of $1.0M+ begun since FY2023FY2023–FY2027$930M total award value
8awarding agenciesFY2023–FY2027

Obligations by fiscal year contracts vs assistance

$859M
$766M
$762M
$585M
under $1.0M
FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026FY2027*
Obligations to Duke University by fiscal year: contracts (navy) and financial assistance (green). A year marked "under $1.0M" fell below the listing floor for that year. *FY2027 runs to the data date and is incomplete.
Fiscal yearAll obligationsContractsAssistanceChange
FY2023$858,830,325$94,271,388$764,558,937—
FY2024$766,440,648$64,090,346$702,350,302-11%
FY2025$762,452,059$38,601,834$723,850,225-1%
FY2026$585,448,099$36,343,152$549,104,947-23%
FY2027 to dateunder $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

MeasureThis organisationLargest in NCLargest nationally
Five-year obligations (listed years)$3.0B$114B$416B
FY2026 obligations$585M$33B$118B
Contracts, five years$233M$4.9M$94B
Assistance, five years$2.7B$114B$416B
Rank by five-year obligations342 of 30,0001 of 633 in NC1

Largest in state: North Carolina Department of Health & 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

#AgencyAwardsAward valueShare
1Department of Health and Human Services317$760M82%
2Department of Defense30$73M8%
3National Science Foundation25$60M6%
4Department of Education1$20M2%
5National Aeronautics and Space Administration1$8.4M1%
6Department of Commerce2$2.4M0%
7Department of Veterans Affairs1$2.3M0%
8Department of Agriculture1$2.0M0%

Contract industries NAICS

Rank within NAICS 541715: 122 of 1,463 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: Durham County, NC $861M · Montgomery County, MD $2.8M · Orange County, NC $2.5M · District of Columbia, DC $1.4M

Largest awards begun since FY2023

Awarding agencyTypeIndustry or programAward valueBegunPlaceRecord
Department of EducationGrantProject Grant (B)84.215 Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects$20M28 Nov 2023NCUSAspending
Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of HealthGrantCooperative Agreement (B)93.350 National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences$20M13 Aug 2025NCUSAspending
Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of HealthGrantCooperative Agreement (B)93.242 Mental Health Research Grants$15M9 Sep 2025NCUSAspending
National Science FoundationGrantCooperative Agreement (B)47.049 Mathematical and Physical Sciences$15M11 Sep 2023NCUSAspending
Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of HealthContractDelivery Order541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)$12M5 Sep 2024NCUSAspending
Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of HealthGrantCooperative Agreement (B)93.855 Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research$11M18 Aug 2023NCUSAspending
Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of HealthGrantCooperative Agreement (B)93.837 Cardiovascular Diseases Research$11M30 Jul 2025NCUSAspending
Department of DefenseDefense Health AgencyGrantProject Grant (B)12.420 Military Medical Research and Development$10M21 Aug 2024NCUSAspending
Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of HealthGrantCooperative Agreement (B)93.855 Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research$9.7M13 Jun 2025NCUSAspending
Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of HealthContractDelivery Order541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)$8.8M22 Sep 2023NCUSAspending
National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationGrantCooperative Agreement (B)43.001 Science$8.4M8 Dec 2023NCUSAspending
Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of HealthContractDelivery Order541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)$8.3M24 Sep 2026NCUSAspending

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.

Questions and answers

How much federal money does Duke University receive?

$3.0B in award obligations over the fiscal years it is listed for (FY2023: $859M; FY2024: $766M; FY2025: $762M; FY2026: $585M). Years not listed were under the $1.0M floor. Obligations are binding commitments, not payments made.

Which agencies award to Duke University?

By the value of $1.0M-plus awards begun since FY2023: Department of Health and Human Services ($760M), Department of Defense ($73M), National Science Foundation ($60M), Department of Education ($20M) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration ($8.4M).

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), NAICS 541714 Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology) and NAICS 622110 General Medical and Surgical Hospitals. Assistance falls under Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research (93.855), Cardiovascular Diseases Research (93.837) and Military Medical Research and Development (12.420).

Where is the work performed?

Primary places of performance for its larger awards: NC ($926M), MD ($2.8M) and DC ($1.4M).

Is Duke University a large federal recipient?

It ranks 342 of 30,000 organisations on this site by five-year obligations and 7 of 633 located in NC. 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.