Federal funding for research at CSU

CSU fiscal year 2025 federal expenditures

Total: $439 million; 70.6 percent of total sponsored expenditures.

  • 8% U.S. Department of Energy
  • 8% Department of Commerce
  • 9% National Science Foundation
  • 10% other
  • 19% Health and Human Services
  • 21% U.S. Department of Agriculture
  • 25% U.S. Department of Defense


2025

  • $394,812,164 on research
  • $105,512,244 on Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands
  • $102,38,050 on other sponsored activities

2024

  • $367,683,458 on research
  • $105,332,204 on Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands
  • $102,378,592 on other sponsored activities

2022

  • $287,741,318 on research
  • $101,448,298 on Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands
  • $65,817,878 on other sponsored activities

2021

  • $265,502,919 on research
  • $97,280,105 on Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands
  • $83,461,503 on other sponsored activities

2020

  • $254,493,011 on research
  • $96,951,968 on Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands
  • $55,299,231 on other sponsored activities

2019

  • $257,931,953 on research
  • $90,742,101 on Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands
  • $49,197,072 on other sponsored activities

2018

  • $252,815,337 on research
  • $74,751,528 on Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands
  • $46,700,969 on other sponsored activities

2017

  • $242,454,717 on research
  • $52,003,031 on Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands
  • $42,346,966 on other sponsored activities

2016

  • $239,374,006 on research
  • $50,565,176 on Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands
  • $40,302,997 on other sponsored activities

2015

  • $230,723,386 on research
  • $44,569,992 on Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands
  • $40,697,457 on other sponsored activities