Congressional Earmarks
Grants to higher education institutions in 2010
Earmarks are grants made directly to institutions or other entities by members of Congress as part of the annual appropriations process. This list of higher education recipients of earmarks in the 2010 fiscal year was drawn from the final appropriations bills passed by Congress; when the bills themselves did not identify the recipients, as was often the case, the receiving institutions were identified through a review of Congressionally mandated letters of disclosure or news releases from the legislators themselves. While required disclosure of earmarks has been strengthened, it is still imperfect, so this list may be incomplete.
Most earmarks are given directly to one recipient, but some are shared, and the amount that each institution receives is not published. For this reason, the database below divides each institution's totals into two categories, and it may be impossible to determine the precise amount that each institution received. When an institution shared an earmark with another college, those institutions are noted; when the partner was a company or other entity from outside higher education, it is not included in the list below.
The database below is searchable by institution (suggestions will appear as you type) and agency (see dropdown menu). Clicking on the "Institution" and "Direct Grant Amount" headings will order the information in that way.
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| Institution Grant Title | Federal Agency | Direct Grant Amount | Shared Grant | Sponsor(s) |
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| Adams State College |
$125,000 (direct total) |
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| Nurse training | Health and Human Services | $125,000 | Rep. Salazar (D-Colo.), Sen. Udall (D-Colo.), Sen. Bennet (D-Colo.) |
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| Adelphi University |
$200,000 (direct total) |
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| Institute for Math and Science Teachers | Education | $200,000 | Sen. Schumer (D-N.Y.), Rep. McCarthy (D-N.Y.) |
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| AIB College of Business |
$400,000 (direct total) |
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| Recruiting and training captioners and court reporters/scholarships to students | Education | $400,000 | Sen. Harkin (D-Iowa) | |
| Alabama A&M University |
$500,000 (direct total) |
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| High Temperature Materials Research and Development for Crew Exploration Vehicle and Crew Launch Vehicle Initiatives | NASA | $500,000 | Rep. Griffith (R-Ala.), Sen. Shelby (R-Ala.) |
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| Alamo Community College |
$200,000 (direct total) |
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| Associate degree program for air traffic controllers, including equipment and technology | Education | $200,000 | Rep. Rodriguez (D-Tex.) | |
| Albany State University |
$1,750,000 (direct total) |
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| Demonstration and Validation of Renewable Energy Technology | Defense | $800,000 | Rep. Bishop (D-Ga.) | |
| Global Supply Chain Management | Defense | $800,000 | Rep. Bishop (D-Ga.) | |
| Recruitment and retention of underrepresented students in postsecondary education | Education | $150,000 | Rep. Bishop (D-Ga.) | |
| Alcorn State University |
$2,530,000 (direct total) |
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| Biotechnology Lab | Agriculture | $1,500,000 | Sen. Cochran (R-Miss.), Rep. Thompson (D-Miss.) |
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| Biotechnology Research | Agriculture | $480,000 | Sen. Cochran (R-Miss.), Sen. Wicker (R-Miss.) |
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| Graduate level curriculum development | Education | $300,000 | Sen. Cochran (R-Miss.) | |
| Systems Research Institute | Small Business Administration | $250,000 | Sen. Cochran (R-Miss.) | |
| Alvernia University |
$470,000 (direct total) |
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| Criminal Justice Program Initiative | Justice | $470,000 | Rep. Gerlach (R-Pa.) | |
| Alverno College |
$100,000 (direct total) |
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| Research Center for Women and Girls | Education | $100,000 | Rep. Moore (D-Wisc.) | |
| Angelina College |
$200,000 (direct total) |
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| Purchase of equipment | Health and Human Services | $200,000 | Rep. Gohmert (R-Tex.), Sen. Cornyn (R-Tex.) |
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| Angelo State University |
$3,000,000 (direct total) |
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| Defense Critical Languages and Cultures Initiative | Defense | $3,000,000 | Rep. Conaway (R-Tex.), Sen. Cornyn (R-Tex.), Sen. Hutchison (R-Tex.) |
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| Anne Arundel Community College |
$350,000 (direct total) |
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| Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Initiative | Education | $350,000 | Rep. Ruppersberger (D-Md.) | |
| Anoka Ramsey Community College |
$800,000 (direct total) |
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| Curriculum development in programs relating to the medical device manufacturing industry | Education | $800,000 | Rep. Paulsen (R-Minn.), Rep. Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Sen. Franken (D-Minn.) |
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| Appalachian State University |
$100,000 (direct total) |
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| Rural health facilities and equipment | Health and Human Services | $100,000 | Sen. Hagan (D-N.C.) | |
| Arkansas State University |
$15,400,000 (direct total) |
$4,975,000 (shared total) |
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| Biological Air Filtering System Technology | Defense | $3,000,000 | Rep. Berry (D-Ark.), Sen. Lincoln (D-Ark.), Sen. Pryor (D-Ark.) |
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| Pride Center for America’s Wounded Veterans | Defense | $1,600,000 | Rep. Berry (D-Ark.) | |
| Spectroscopic Materials Identification Center | Defense | $1,600,000 | Rep. Berry (D-Ark.), Sen. Lincoln (D-Ark.), Sen. Pryor (D-Ark.) |
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| Standoff Hazardous Agent Detection and Evaluation System | Defense | $8,500,000 | Rep. Berry (D-Ark.), Sen. Lincoln (D-Ark.), Sen. Pryor (D-Ark.) |
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| Ethanol from Agriculture | Energy | $500,000 | Rep. Berry (D-Ala.), Sen. Lincoln (D-Ark.), Sen. Pryor (D-Ark.) |
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| Arkansas Commercial Driving Training Institute | Small Business Administration | $200,000 | Rep. Berry (D-Ark.) | |
| Standoff Improvised Explosive Detection Program | Defense | $4,800,000 Florida A&M University, University of Hawaii at Manoa |
Rep. Boyd (D-Fla.), Rep. Berry (D-Ark.), Rep. Brown (D-Fla.), Rep. Hirono (D-Hawaii), Rep. Meek (D-Fla.), Sen. Akaka (D-Hawaii), Lincoln, Nelson, Sen. Pryor (D-Ark.) |
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| Specialty Crops | Agriculture | $175,000 University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture, University of Georgia |
Sen. Lincoln (D-Ark.), Sen. Pryor (D-Ark.) |
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| Arkansas State University at Beebe |
$652,000 (direct total) |
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| Training program for employment in natural gas industry | Labor | $200,000 | Rep. Snyder (D-Ark.), Sen. Pryor (D-Ark.), Sen. Lincoln (D-Ark.) |
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| Arkansas State University at Beebe | FEMA | $452,000 | Rep. Snyder (D-Ark.) | |
| Armstrong Atlantic State University |
$457,000 (direct total) |
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| Cyber Security Research Institute Foundation | Education | $457,000 | Rep. Kingston (R-Ga.), Sen. Chambliss (R-Ga.) Sen. Isakson (R-Ga.) |
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| Asnuntuck Community College |
$250,000 (direct total) |
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| Medical Device Machine Technology Certificate Program | Education | $250,000 | Rep. Courtney (D-Conn.) | |
| Assumption College |
$100,000 (direct total) |
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| Acquisition of educational equipment and information technology | Education | $100,000 | Rep. McGovern (D-Mass.), Sen. Kennedy (D-Mass.), Sen. Kerry (D-Mass.), Sen. Kirk (D-Mass.) |
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| Atlanta Christian College |
$350,000 (direct total) |
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| Training and curriculum development | Labor | $350,000 | Rep. Kingston (R-Ga.) | |
| Auburn University |
$18,032,000 (direct total) |
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| Research and Development Center | Agriculture | $3,500,000 | Sen. Shelby (R-Ala.), Rep. Rogers (R-Ala.) |
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| Catfish Genome | Agriculture | $819,000 | Rep. Rogers (R-Ala.) | |
| Improved Crop Production Practices | Agriculture | $1,293,000 | Sen. Sessions (R-Ala.), Rep. Aderholt (R-Ala.), Rep. Bachus (R-Ala.), Rep. Rogers (R-Ala.) |
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| Detection and Food Safety | Agriculture | $1,748,000 | Rep. Bright (D-Ala.), Rep. Rogers (R-Ala.) |
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| Precision Agriculture | Agriculture | $419,000 | Rep. Aderholt (R-Ala.), Rep. Griffith (R-Ala.) |
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| Tri-state Joint Peanut Research | Agriculture | $413,000 | Rep. Bright (D-Ala.) | |
| Enhanced Military Vehicle Maintenance System Demonstration Project | Defense | $2,800,000 | Rep. Rogers (R-Ala.), Sen. Sessions (R-Ala.), Sen. Shelby (R-Ala.) |
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| Logistical Fuel Processors Development | Defense | $1,200,000 | Rep. Bachus (R-Ala.), Rep. Rogers (R-Ala.) |
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| Multi-Element Structured Filter Arrays for Naval Platforms | Defense | $3,440,000 | Rep. Bonner (R-Ala.) | |
| Biomass to Liquid Fuels and Electric Power Research | Energy | $1,500,000 | Rep. Bonner (R-Ala.), Rep. Rogers (R-Ala.), Sen. Sessions (R-Ala.) |
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| Canine Program | Justice | $900,000 | Rep. Rogers (R-Ala.), Rep. Aderholt (R-Ala.) |
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| Auburn University at Montgomery |
$800,000 (direct total) |
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| Farm Deployable Microbial Bioreactor for Fuel Ethanol Production | Energy | $800,000 | Rep. Aderholt (R-Ala.), Rep. Bright (D-Ala.), Sen. Sessions (R-Ala.) |
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| Austin Peay State University |
$500,000 (direct total) |
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| Solar Energy Laser Physics Program | NASA | $500,000 | Rep. Tanner (D-Tenn.), Sen. Alexander (R-Tenn.) |
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| Barry University |
$3,680,000 (direct total) |
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| Institute for Collaborative Sciences Research | Defense | $2,080,000 | Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.), Rep. Meek (D-Fla.), Rep. Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), Sen. Nelson (D-Fla.) |
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| Center for Community Service Initiatives | Health and Human Services | $300,000 | Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.), Rep. Meek (D-Fla.) |
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| Institute for Collaborative Sciences Research | Energy | $1,200,000 | Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.), Rep. Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) |
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| Community and Economic Development | Small Business Administration | $100,000 | Rep. Davis (D-Tenn.) | |
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