Center for Devices and Radiological Health

The Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration, a sub-agency within HHS, administers grant funding for research and regulatory initiatives aligned with its public-health mission—primarily pediatric research, medical device safety, and food-safety science. The agency has awarded 38 federal grants totaling $374.9 million in combined federal obligations since 2009, with recent activity showing seven awards in 2018, one in 2020, one in 2022, five in 2023, and one in 2024.

Grant recipient concentration is highly fragmented among the top five awardees by count, who together hold only 71 percent of recent awards, and highly fragmented by federal dollars, where the top five hold 10 percent of obligated funds. Children's Research Institute leads by award count with one recent award and $10.4 million federal dollars; Baylor College of Medicine, The Regents of the University of California San Francisco, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago, and the Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital each received single awards. Across the full recipient base of 24 organizations, award distribution remains dispersed, with no institution dominating the portfolio.

FDA's grant portfolio splits evenly between Project Grants (21 awards, 55 percent) and Cooperative Agreements (17 awards, 45 percent). The agency obligated $374.9 million in federal share against a combined federal and non-federal total of $396.1 million, indicating limited cost-share leverage across the portfolio.

The most recent grant award closed on 2024-09-20. No recent grant opportunities are recorded against the agency or its descendant offices.