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By the Numbers

Current Research at WSU and Projected Impact of Funding Shifts

Current State of Research at WSU

1,107 federal grants from 20 agencies
$205 million in current grants
654 principal investigators (PIs) across 10 colleges and 4 campuses

2,000+ WSU employees fully or partially supported by federal funds

A bar graph with the following data: Faculty (630): Full (175) and Partial (455); Students, Graduate/Undergrad (651): Full (514) and Partial (137); Other Staff (729): Full (442) and Partial (287).

Projected Impacts of Federal Funding Shifts

Projected $24 million loss if federal Indirect Cost Rate is capped at 15%

Chart showing percentages of federal funding by agency: USDA, 32%; HHS, 28%; DOE, 10%; NSF, 8%; ED, 8%; DoD, 5%; Other, 9%.

Share of Federal Funding by
Top 6 Agencies (FY2021 – FY2025)

A column chart showing the following data: HHS, -$8.7M; USDA, -$4.8M; NSF, -$3.4M; DOE, -$3.2M; DOD, -$2.1M; Other, -$1.7M.

Projected Annual F&A Loss by Agency
(FY25, in millions of dollars)

33 awards affected by Stop Work Orders + Terminations

Chart showing Stop Work Orders + Terminations by agency: NSF, 10; USAID, 7; DOE, 5; USDA, 3; HHS, 3; DoD, 1; State, 1; DOC, 1; DOI, 1; NEH, 1
$9.5 million funding terminated

Terminated funding includes grants that have been wholly terminated or partially terminated (i.e., funding has been withdrawn from a portion of the grant).

Agency Acronyms (in alphabetical order)

  • DoD: Department of Defense
  • DOC: Department of Commerce
  • DOE: Department of Energy
  • DOI: Department of Interior
  • ED: Department of Education
  • HHS: Department of Health and Human Services
  • IMLS: Institute of Museum and Library Services
  • NEH: National Endowment for the Humanities
  • NSF: National Science Foundation
  • USAID: U.S. Agency for International Development
  • USDA: U.S. Department of Agriculture

Last updated: March 2, 2026