Recipient of federal assistance · KNOXVILLE, TN

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE received $501K in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 8 actions. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $2.5M. Its largest awarding agency was National Institute of Food and Agriculture ($639.8K).

Assistance · FY2026
$501K
New awards
2
Actions
8
Since FY2021
$2.5M
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Location
KNOXVILLE, TN
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Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 1.2MFY2021
  2. 798.5KFY2022
  3. 9.9KFY2023
  4. 71.5KFY2024
  5. -90.3KFY2025
  6. 501KFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$591.2K100%
  2. Other assistance-$90.2K0.0%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 10.310 · Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI)$626.8K100%
  2. 10.207 · Animal Health and Disease Research$13K2.6%
  3. 10.613 · Faculty Exchange Program-$48.6K0.0%
  4. 10.962 · Cochran Fellowship Program-$90.2K0.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Institute of Food and Agriculture$639.8K100%
    Department of Agriculture

Largest awards

  1. REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTORS AFFECTING THE SUSTAINABILITY AND PROFITABILITY OF LIVESTOCK FARMS. WHEN ANIMALS…$650K
    10.310 · Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI)· National Institute of Food and Agriculture· Project grant· Jan 15, 2026 – Jan 15, 2026· 20266701545709
  2. IN SUSCEPTIBLE, PREGNANT CATTLE EXPOSED TO BOVINE VIRAL DIARRHEA VIRUS (BVDV), FETAL INFECTION IS COMMON AND RESULTS IN DECREASED ANIMAL…$272.8K
    10.310 · Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI)· National Institute of Food and Agriculture· Project grant· Dec 14, 2021 – Mar 6, 2026· 20226701536502
  3. THE FOOD SAFETY STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS GLOBAL COCHRAN FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM WILL BE IMPLEMENTED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE TO TRAIN 12…$47.3K
    10.962 · Cochran Fellowship Program· Foreign Agricultural Service· Other financial assistance· Sep 6, 2024 – Apr 7, 2026· FX24CO-10962R022
  4. THE PURPOSE OF USDA NIFA ANIMAL HEALTH AND DISEASE RESEARCH CAPACITY PROGRAM FORMULA FUNDING (1433) IS TO PROMOTE ANIMAL HEALTH AND DISEASE…$13K
    10.207 · Animal Health and Disease Research· National Institute of Food and Agriculture· Formula grant· Feb 23, 2026 – Jul 13, 2026· NI26AHDRXXXXG009
  5. USDA NIFA ANIMAL HEALTH AND DISEASE RESEARCH CAPACITY PROGRAM (SECTION 1433) THE PURPOSE OF USDA NIFA ANIMAL HEALTH AND DISEASE RESEARCH…$11.1K
    10.207 · Animal Health and Disease Research· National Institute of Food and Agriculture· Formula grant· Feb 21, 2024 – Jun 15, 2026· NI24AHDRXXXXG056

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $277.4K (4 subawards)

4 primes

  1. THE CENTER FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT, INC$108K39%
    SOMERSET, KY · 1 subaward
  2. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA$100.6K36%
    MINNEAPOLIS, MN · 1 subaward
  3. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA$38.5K14%
    COLUMBIA, SC · 1 subaward
  4. CORNELL UNIVERSITY$30.2K11%
    ITHACA, NY · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $280.6K received
  • FY2022: $48K paid out · $0 received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $838.2K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $433.3K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $237.3K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $277.4K received

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.