Recipient of federal assistance · KNOXVILLE, TN

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE received $3.3M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 5 actions, −8.2% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $24.5M. Its largest awarding agency was National Institute of Standards and Technology ($2.4M).

Assistance · FY2026
$3.3M
New awards
2
Actions
5
Since FY2021
$24.5M
UEI
K9N2F8E39JH3
Location
KNOXVILLE, TN
State and local governments
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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. 4.2MFY2021
  2. 3.4MFY2022
  3. 5.2MFY2023
  4. 4.9MFY2024
  5. 3.6MFY2025
  6. 3.3MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$3.3M100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 11.611 · Manufacturing Extension Partnership$2.4M74%
  2. 12.002 · Procurement Technical Assistance for Business Firms$928.2K28%
  3. 10.874 · Delta Health Care Services Grant Program$360K11%
  4. 16.710 · Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants-$437.1K0.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Institute of Standards and Technology$2.4M74%
    Department of Commerce
  2. Department of the Army$928.2K28%
    Department of Defense
  3. Rural Business Cooperative Service$360K11%
    Department of Agriculture

Largest awards

  1. PURPOSE: THE CONTINUATION OF THE TMEP PROGRAM WILL ALLOW UT CIS TO CONTINUE PROVIDING CRITICAL ASSISTANCE TO TENNESSEE SMMS, INCREASE THE…$4.8M
    11.611 · Manufacturing Extension Partnership· National Institute of Standards and Technology· Cooperative agreement· Jun 25, 2025 – Jul 2, 2026· 70NANB25H100
  2. TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN AN APEX ACCELERATOR TO SERVE AS A RESOURCE FOR BUSINESS ENTITIES, INCLUDING NEWLY STARTED BUSINESS ENTITIES, TO…$871.1K
    12.002 · Procurement Technical Assistance for Business Firms· Department of the Army· Cooperative agreement· Apr 20, 2026 – Apr 20, 2026· W56KGU262A066
  3. TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN AN APEX ACCELERATOR TO SERVE AS A RESOURCE FOR BUSINESS ENTITIES, INCLUDING NEWLY STARTED BUSINESS ENTITIES, TO…$848.1K
    12.002 · Procurement Technical Assistance for Business Firms· Department of the Army· Cooperative agreement· Jun 12, 2025 – Jan 30, 2026· W56KGU2520085
  4. DELTA HEALTH CARE SERVICES GRANT - CONACT SEC 379G$360K
    10.874 · Delta Health Care Services Grant Program· Rural Business Cooperative Service· Project grant· Aug 5, 2026 – Aug 5, 2026· CLSS00000119164
  5. THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE'S LAW ENFORCEMENT INNOVATION CENTER (UT LEIC) WILL USE FY23 CPD FUNDING TO PROVIDE TOLERANCE, ANTI-BIAS, AND…$261.7K
    16.710 · Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants· Offices, Boards and Divisions· Cooperative agreement· Nov 2, 2023 – Feb 6, 2026· 15JCOPS23GK02054PPSE

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: $154.3K (3 subawards)

2 primes

  1. STATE OF TENNESSEE TN$92.8K60%
    NASHVILLE, TN · 1 subaward
  2. TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH$61.5K40%
    NASHVILLE, TN · 2 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $355.7K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $4.1M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $567.7K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $77.9K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $1.3M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $154.3K 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.