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National Science Foundation

STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources)

Federal program · program number 47.076 (the federal Assistance Listing number) · also called “(EDU)”

Key facts

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31 grants
Type of help
Project grant
Typical award
Range Low: $1,125 Range High: $11,080,373 Average: $309,723

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What it pays for

To provide leadership and ensure the vitality of the Nation's science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education enterprise.

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Who in Tennessee has won this program

41 awards to Tennessee groups since 2016 · 15 in Davidson County. Largest shown:

Past Tennessee winners
Past winnerWhereAmountFiscal year
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Davidson County$13.3M2019
State of TennesseeNashville$13.2M spent that year2025
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Davidson County$9.3M2024
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville$8.8M spent that year2025
Fisk UniversityNashville, Davidson County$5M2021
Tennessee Technological UniversityCookeville, Putnam County$4.7M2021
University of TennesseeChattanooga, Hamilton County$3.3M2024
University of MemphisMemphis, Shelby County$3.3M2022
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Davidson County$3M2021
Tennessee Technological UniversityCookeville, Putnam County$3M2024
Tennessee Technological UniversityCookeville, Putnam County$3M2022
Tennessee State UniversityNashville, Davidson County$3M2026

Source: USAspending.gov, Federal Audit Clearinghouse.

Tennessee groups that got this money through Tennessee Department of Education

This federal money also reaches local groups as pass-through grants. In Tennessee, Tennessee Department of Education passes it on: watch that agency for applications, not the federal agency. 75 pass-through grants on file · 19 in Davidson County. Largest shown:

Tennessee pass-through grant winners
Past winnerWhereThroughAmountFiscal year
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Davidson CountyGeorgia Tech Research Corp$1.2M2023
Vanderbilt UniversityNashvilleNorth Carolina State University$922K spent that year2025
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Davidson CountyUniversity of Missouri System$586K2023
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Davidson CountyVirginia Polytechnic Institute & State University$534K2024
The University of TennesseePulaski, Giles CountyUniversity of North Alabama$433K2026
Tennessee State UniversityNashville, Davidson CountyUniversity of Illinois$298K2025
Tennessee State UniversityNashville, Davidson CountyUniversity of Illinois$298K2024
Tennessee State UniversityNashville, Davidson CountyUniversity of Illinois$281K2023
Middle Tennessee State UniversityMurfreesboro, Rutherford CountyBoard of Regents of the University of Nebraska$275K2023
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Davidson CountyUniversity of Missouri System$246K2024
Vanderbilt UniversityNashvilleUniversity of Missouri$240K spent that year2025
Fisk UniversityNashville, Davidson CountyVanderbilt University$223K2025

Source: USAspending.gov pass-through reports (the first recipient reports each one of $30,000 or more).

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