Recipient of federal assistance · CHATTANOOGA, TN

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE received $33.8M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 217 actions, +4% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $165.7M. Its largest awarding agency was Department of Education ($25.1M).

Assistance · FY2026
$33.8M
New awards
16
Actions
217
Since FY2021
$165.7M
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Location
CHATTANOOGA, 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. 50MFY2021
  2. 6.6MFY2022
  3. 6.7MFY2023
  4. 36MFY2024
  5. 32.5MFY2025
  6. 33.8MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$24.1M71%
  2. Grants$9.7M29%
  3. Other assistance-$2,7490.0%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$23.2M69%
  2. 11.617 · Congressionally-Identified Projects$3M8.9%
  3. 47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)$1.6M4.8%
  4. 93.359 · Nurse Education, Practice Quality and Retention Grants$753.1K2.2%
  5. 93.925 · Scholarships for Health Professions Students From Disadvantaged Backgrounds$650K1.9%
  6. 93.247 · Advanced Nursing Education Workforce Grant Program$632.1K1.9%
  7. 93.732 · Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants$600K1.8%
  8. 84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program$566.8K1.7%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Education$25.1M74%
  2. National Institute of Standards and Technology$3M8.9%
    Department of Commerce
  3. National Science Foundation$2.7M7.9%
  4. Health Resources and Services Administration$2.7M7.8%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  5. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$299.7K0.9%
  6. National Park Service$136K0.4%
    Department of the Interior

Largest awards

  1. UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE CHATTANOOGA EMERGENCY RELIEF TO INSTITUTIONS UNDER THE CORONAVIRUS AID, RELIEF, AND ECONOMIC SECURITY (CARES) ACT$28.4M
    84.425 · Education Stabilization Fund· Department of Education· Formula grant· Jan 15, 2021 – May 1, 2026· P425F202591
  2. GRANT PROGRAM$24.2M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 27, 2024 – Dec 20, 2025· P063P242249
  3. GRANT PROGRAM$23.6M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 26, 2025 – Sep 9, 2026· P063P252249
  4. UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE CHATTANOOGA EMERGENCY FINANCIAL AID GRANTS TO STUDENTS UNDER THE CORONAVIRUS AID, RELIEF, AND ECONOMIC SECURITY…$22.9M
    84.425 · Education Stabilization Fund· Department of Education· Formula grant· Jan 15, 2021 – Apr 27, 2026· P425E202342
  5. ADVANCED NURSING EDUCATION WORKFORCE$4.8M
    93.247 · Advanced Nursing Education Workforce Grant Program· Health Resources and Services Administration· Project grant· Dec 8, 2020 – Jun 15, 2026· T9430920
  6. GRADUATE YEARLONG EXPERIENCE AND RESIDENCY FOR ACQUIRING STEM TEACHING COMPETENCIES -THE PROJECT AIMS TO SERVE THE NATIONAL NEED FOR…$3.3M
    47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)· National Science Foundation· Project grant· Apr 15, 2024 – Sep 2, 2026· 2344779

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

  • Sub-grants: $1.4M (5 subawards)

5 sub-recipients

  1. UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA$429.2K32%
    TUCSON, AZ · 1 subaward
  2. CO LAB THE$327.8K24%
    CHATTANOOGA, TN · 1 subaward
  3. CHATTANOOGA QUANTUM COLLABORATIVE$319.9K24%
    CHATTANOOGA, TN · 1 subaward
  4. ELECTRIC POWER BOARD OF CHATTANOOGA$201.1K15%
    CHATTANOOGA, TN · 1 subaward
  5. UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO$72.3K5.4%
    SAN FRANCISCO, CA · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $188.3K (6 subawards)

3 primes

  1. TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH$126.9K67%
    NASHVILLE, TN · 3 subawards
  2. VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY$41.5K22%
    NASHVILLE, TN · 2 subawards
  3. TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY$19.8K11%
    COOKEVILLE, TN · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $765K paid out · $1.1M received
  • FY2022: $144K paid out · $1.3M received
  • FY2023: $230.7K paid out · $1.8M received
  • FY2024: $29.4K paid out · $467.6K received
  • FY2025: $269.8K paid out · $739.6K received
  • FY2026: $1.4M paid out · $188.3K 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.