UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
Total received in grants · trailing 12 months
$36M
$0for every U.S. household÷ 131M U.S. households
In perspective
0.0%of all $401.9B in tracked grants
10separate grants, trailing 12 months
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN has received $36M across 10 federal grants of $1M or more on record.
Data as of August 5, 2026. Source: USAspending.gov, prime contract awards $1M+. Federal spending data lags and has known gaps. This is not a real-time or complete record.
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| Agency | Description | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Energy | SYSTEMS BIOLOGY AND ADAPTATION IN SWITCHGRASS: DISCOVERING MECHANISMS UNDERLYING PLANT-MICROBE-SOIL INTERACTIONS AND ABIOTIC STRESS TOLERANCE | $8,549,842 |
| Department of Energy | THE STEWARDSHIP SCIENCE ACADEMIC ALLIANCES (SSAA) PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2002 TO SUPPORT STATE-OF-THE-ART RESEARCH AT U.S. ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS IN AREAS OF FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF RELEVANCE TO THE SSP MISSION. THE SSAA PROGRAM PROVIDES THE RESEARCH EXPERIENCE NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN A CADRE OF TRAINED SCIENTISTS AT U.S. UNIVERSITIES TO MEET THE NATION’S CURRENT AND FUTURE SSP NEEDS, WITH A FOCUS ON THOSE AREAS NOT SUPPORTED BY OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES. IT SUPPORTS THE DOE/NNSA’S PRIORITIES BOTH TO ADDRESS THE WORKFORCE SPECIFIC NEEDS IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS AND TO SUPPORT THE NEXT GENERATION OF PROFESSIONALS WHO WILL MEET THOSE NEEDS.ONLY APPLICATIONS FOR COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS AWARDS WILL BE ACCEPTED FOR THIS SOLICITATION, NO GRANT APPLICATIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED. THE SPECIFIC AREAS OF INTEREST ARE: 1. ADVANCED CHARACTERIZATION OF MATERIALS PROPERTIES UNDER EXTREME CONDITIONS 2. LOW ENERGY NUCLEAR SCIENCE 3. RADIOCHEMISTRY 4. HIGH ENERGY DENSITY PHYSICS | $5,501,482 |
| Department of Energy | TOWARD EXASCALE COMPUTING OF ELECTRON-PHONON COUPLINGS FOR FINITE-TEMPERATURE MATERIALS DESIGN | $5,340,000 |
| Department of Energy | A SCALABLE CONTROL ARCHITECTURE FOR 100% PV PENETRATION WITH GRID FORMING INVERTERS | $3,887,363 |
| Department of Energy | THE MARCELLUS METHANE MONITORING (M3) PROJECT: MULTI-SCALE MEASUREMENT AND RECONCILIATION OF METHANE EMISSIONS IN THE MARCELLUS SHALE BASIN THIS PROJECT WILL USE RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN METHANE DETECTION TECHNOLOGIES AND EFFECTIVE COLLABORATION WITH SITE OPERATORS TO HELP ADDRESS KNOWN CHALLENGES RESULTING IN GAPS BETWEEN BOTTOM-UP, INVENTORY-BASED ESTIMATES AND TOP-DOWN ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENTS OF METHANE EMISSIONS. | $2,999,999 |
| Department of Energy | TEXAS LOUISIANA CARBON MANAGEMENT COMMUNITY (TXLACMC) THIS PROJECT’S PRIMARY PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE STAKEHOLDERS IN THE FOSSIL-FUEL HEAVY, INDUSTRIAL CORRIDOR HUB OF TEXAS (TX) AND LOUISIANA (LA) WITH CRUCIAL INFORMATION ABOUT CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE (CCS) TO HELP BRIDGE COST, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND PUBLIC EDUCATION-AWARENESS KNOWLEDGE GAPS. BY ESTABLISHING AND DEVELOPING A STAKEHOLDER COMMUNITY, THIS PROJECT WILL ACCELERATE THE SITUATIONALLY APPROPRIATE DEPLOYMENT OF CCS AS AN EMISSIONS MITIGATION OPTION FOR DOZENS OF LARGE VOLUME INDUSTRIAL AND POWER SECTOR CO2 EMISSIONS SOURCES IN THE AREA. THIS COMMUNITY WILL ALSO SUPPORT EXPANDING THE ALREADY ADVANCED HYDROGEN PRODUCTION SYSTEM WHILE ENHANCING THE DEVELOPMENT OF DIRECT AIR CAPTURE (DAC) PROJECTS. | $2,476,301 |
| Department of Education | EXAMINING THE EFFICACY OF INTEGRATING ANXIETY MANAGEMENT PRACTICES WITH READING INTERVENTION FOR STUDENTS WITH READING DISABILITIES | $2,440,177 |
| Department of Energy | DE-FE0032053, ASSESSMENT OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS AND CRITICAL MATERIAL IN CRITICAL MINERALS IN COAL AND COAL ASH IN THE UNITED STATES GULF COAST | $1,997,119 |
| Department of Energy | A UNIFIED MULTIPHYSICS APPROACH FOR MODELING, CONTROL, AND OPTIMIZATION OF WAVE ENERGY CONVERTERS | $1,500,000 |
| Department of Energy | THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN - NEW AWARD PROJECT TITLE: ACOUSTIC CLASSIFICATION OF POLYMETALLIC NODULES ON THE DEEP OCEAN SEABED DE-FOA-0003592 (ROCKS) CONTROL NO. 3592-1560 IMPROVED KNOWLEDGE OF THE ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES OF PMN IS REQUIRED TO FACILITATE OPTIMIZATION OF FUTURE SONAR SYSTEMS FOR THE DETECTION, LOCALIZATION AND CLASSIFICATION (DLC) CAPABILITIES NEEDED TO FULLY AND SAFELY EXPLOIT THIS RESOURCE. IN THIS PROJECT WE STUDY THE ACOUSTICS OF THIS SYSTEM, WITH A GOAL OF GREATLY IMPROVING THE ACOUSTIC REMOTE SENSING OF PMN, INCLUDING DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW SONAR MODALITY, “ACOUSTIC SUNRISE” PERFECTLY SUITED FOR THIS APPLICATION, WHICH IS A HYBRID SYSTEM COMBINING ELEMENTS OF SIDE-SCAN SONAR, MULTI-BEAM SONAR AND 2-DIMENSIONAL SEISMIC STREAMER ARRAYS. TO ACHIEVE THIS, A SONAR-EQUATION-BASED MODEL AND DESIGN TOOL (1) WILL BE DEVELOPED. THE PERTINENT ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES OF A VARIETY OF PMN WILL BE MEASURED (2). THE COMBINATION OF (1) AND (2) WILL ALLOW FOR THE DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION OF THE ACOUSTIC SUNRISE CONCEPT FOR ANY DESIRED SET OF APPLICATION INPUT PARAMETERS AND PERFORMANCE METRICS, GREATLY INCREASING THE SPEED AND EFFICACY OF ACOUSTIC DCL OF SEAFLOOR PNM. A LAB-SCALE PROOF-OF-CONCEPT ACOUSTIC SUNRISE SYSTEM WILL BE DESIGNED AND TESTED, WHICH IF SUCCESSFUL, WILL BE ADAPTED FOR AN AT-SEA TEST WITH REAL PMN ON THE OCEAN FLOOR. | $1,300,000 |