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Jul. 17, 2025

 

Each year, UNLV diligently prepares and submits appropriations requests for federal funding, including program requests, plus-ups, language requests, and community project funding, (formerly "earmarks").

UNLV strives to ensure its funding requests align with federal priorities and community needs, and the university actively engages members of the state congressional delegation, fostering strong partnerships to secure vital resources for its academic and research endeavors.

As bills move from committee to the House and Senate floor and onto the President's desk, UNLV closely tracks their progress, remaining proactive throughout the appropriations process.

Below, you will find a timeline (subject to change) corresponding to the university’s annual Federal Appropriations process.

  • May - Fiscal Year Federal Appropriations Process begins
  • June-August - Campus community develops requests
  • September - Deadline to submit requests via the appropriations request form
  • September - Identification and communication of projects selected for inclusion
  • October - Project templates due
  • October - Meetings with UNLV’s federal lobbying team and requestor points of contact
  • January - Final applications due
  • February - Office of Government & Community Engagement submits UNLV’s Requests to Nevada's Congressional Delegation

Information regarding UNLV’s Federal Appropriations Requests, beginning with the most recent fiscal year, can be found below, and a brief description of each request can be found on the Federal Funding Request Spotlights webpage.

FY26 Federal Appropriations Requests

UNLV’s FY26 Appropriations Request include the following:

  • Radiochemistry Education and Training - $2,200,000
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Instrument - $3,900,000
  • UNLV Instrumentation for Pathogen Detection in Water $2,000,000
  • Nursing Education Innovation - $2,398,000
  • Holocaust & Genocide Center $900,000
  • Transportation Data Integration and Analytics System $1,380,000
  • NVForward Registered Educator Apprenticeship Consortia $3,013,000
  • PARAVEC Enhancing Parasitology and Vector Biology Laboratory $1,983,000

GOED FY26 Appropriations Requests include the following:

  • Talent Retention Program UNLV StepUP & Start Up $4,530,000

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FY25 FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS REQUESTS - No FY25 Requests were funded

UNLV’S FY 25 Appropriations Request include the following:

  • Radiochemistry -$2,200,000
  • Challenger Learning Center - $2,300,000
  • Digital Equity and Research Infrastructure Enhancement (DERIE) - $3,300,000
  • Nursing - $2,400,000
  • Electron Probe Microanalysis (EPMA) - $1,400,000
  • Jackson Street Experience - $900,000
  • Trio & Gear Up - $900,000
  • Hispanic Serving Research and STEM Education Cohort Program - $30,000,000 (Joint Request in Partnership w. AZ, CA, CO, FL, IL, NV, NM, NY, & TX)