UF Federal Partnerships

Each fiscal year, the University of Florida submits Congressional appropriations programmatic requests. These strategic investments in key federal agencies and programs will help the University continue to serve as an economic and innovation engine for Florida and the nation and enable the University to successfully carry out its education, research, health care and public service missions. This chart provides an overview of our annual requests, as well as current funding levels, and House and Senate action for FY2026.

Program	FY24	FY25	FY26 Request	FY26 House	FY26 Senate	Final FY26	Description
National Institutes of Health	$47.081B	$47.081B	$51.303B	$47.845B	$48.7B	$48.716B	NIH, the world's premier biomedical research funding agency, competitively awards grants to scientists at our nation's research universities in all 50 states. In addition to saving lives, improving health, and offering hope to people affected by disease, NIH is also a major catalyst for local economies.
National Science Foundation	$9.060B	$9.060B	$9.9B	$7B	$9B	$8.750B	The National Science Foundation (NSF) funds merit-based fundamental research across disciplines and supports science, math, and engineering education at universities throughout the nation.
Pell Grant	$7,395 max	$7,395 max	$7,595 max	$7,395 max	$7,395 max	$7,395 max	Pell Grants are the cornerstone of financial aid, targeting federal resources to students most in need of support to access and afford a college education.
NOAA Sea Grant	$80M	$80M	$116M	$80M	$80M	$80M	A joint federal, state, and local investment, Sea Grant provides solutions for the issues affecting our nation's coastal communities, yielding quantifiable economic, social, and environmental benefits.
NIFA McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry	$38M	$38M	$46M	$38M	$38M	$38M	McIntire-Stennis research investigates forest management, development of biobased products, prevention of forest fires, identification of biobased-energy sources, and training of forest and natural resource scientists.
NIFA Smith-Lever Section 3(d)	$88.6M	$88.6M	$115M	$87.5M	$88.6M	$88.6M	The funds awarded to Smith-Lever (d) programs would support the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP), which combats nutrition insecurity in low-income populations.
NIFA Smith-Lever Section 3(b) and (c)	$325M	$325M	$420M	$325M	$325M	$325M	The funds requested would support the Cooperative Extension System (CES), a unique network of researchers, specialists, agents, and educators who deliver vital, practical information to agricultural producers, small business owners, communities, youth, and families.
NIFA Hatch Act	$265M	$265M	$300M	$265M	$265M	$265M	The Hatch Act program supports 1862 land-grant university federal-state Experiment Station partnerships that address high priority agricultural research and help mitigate risk of deploying new agricultural practices.
USDA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative	$445.2M	$445.2M	$500M	$445M	$445M	$435M	AFRI leverages capacity-supported research into practical innovations that improve rural economies, increase food production and security, stimulate the bioeconomy, and train the next generation of agricultural scientists.
Institute of Education Sciences	$793.1M	$793.1M	$853.9M	$740.4M	$768M	$789.6M	Through its four centers, the Institute for Education Sciences (IES) delivers rigorous research that advances effective, evidence-based approaches for learning, as well as produces high-quality data and statistics.
Title 6 International Education and Foreign Language Studies	$85.7M	$85.7M	$91M	$0	$80.7M	$80.6M	Title VI programs prepare the nation's next generation workforce to advance American global leadership, economic competitiveness, and long-term security. These programs serve critical national security as well as workforce development goals.