Iowa State grows total external funding; research funding again tops $300 million

July 18, 2025 (AMES, Iowa) – Iowa State University grew total external funding for fiscal year 2025 to $549.3 million, an increase of $4.7 million over the previous fiscal year.

As part of that total, university researchers attracted $329.9 million over the fiscal year that ended June 30. That’s the second-highest research total, only behind the record-setting $346.2 million Iowa State researchers attracted the previous fiscal year. It’s also the third consecutive fiscal year that external research funding has exceeded $300 million.

The research support over fiscal year ’25 included record funding from three federal agencies: the Department of Energy for university projects and the Ames National Laboratory ($125.2 million), the National Science Foundation ($45.3 million), and the Department of Transportation ($10.1 million).

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Originally published by Iowa State University in July 2025