Federal and State Appropriations

The College of Agricultural Sciences is privileged to be the only college in the Penn State system to receive federally appropriated funds to support faculty research.

  • The federal government has appropriated funds specifically to support agricultural research at land-grant universities since 1887.
  • The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has exceeded the required match for federal appropriations by at least two-and-a-half times since 2008.
  • Funding from the state accounted for approximately 73 percent of the total amount of government appropriations in the 2018/2019 fiscal year.
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania USDA NIFA Agricultural Land Scrip Hatch Hatch Multistate McIntire-Stennis Animal Health $24.7M 73% 27% $6.3M $1.8M $814K

Federal and State Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2018/2019

Research Report 

At a Glance

Return to the landing page for the overview of the College’s research report.

Research Expenditures

View a comparative summary of expenditures over the past five years.

Competitive Awards

View a breakdown of the source of extramural competitive grants.