Recipient of federal assistance · LEWISBURG, PA

BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY

BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY received $5.1M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 71 actions, −26% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $35.6M. Its largest awarding agency was Department of Education ($4M).

Assistance · FY2026
$5.1M
New awards
9
Actions
71
Since FY2021
$35.6M
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Location
LEWISBURG, PA
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Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 9.6MFY2021
  2. 2.8MFY2022
  3. 6.1MFY2023
  4. 5.1MFY2024
  5. 6.9MFY2025
  6. 5.1MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$4M78%
  2. Grants$1.1M22%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$3.2M63%
  2. 84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program$458.5K9.0%
  3. 47.050 · Geosciences$376.6K7.4%
  4. 84.007 · Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants$295.9K5.8%
  5. 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$237.3K4.7%
  6. 47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences$236.6K4.6%
  7. 12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research$161.5K3.2%
  8. 12.431 · Basic Scientific Research$60K1.2%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Education$4M78%
  2. National Science Foundation$648.1K13%
  3. National Institutes of Health$237.3K4.7%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  4. Department of the Navy$161.5K3.2%
    Department of Defense
  5. Department of the Army$60K1.2%
    Department of Defense

Largest awards

  1. GRANT PROGRAM$3.2M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 26, 2025 – Jul 29, 2026· P063P252081
  2. TOLERANCE AND RESISTANCE RESPONSES OF AFRICAN BATS TO VIRAL ANTIGENS: IMMUNOLOGICAL TRADEOFFS IN ZOONOTIC RESERVOIR HOSTS. - ABSTRACT THIS…$3M
    93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Feb 26, 2021 – Dec 1, 2025· R01AI151144
  3. IUSE/PFE: RED INNOVATION: ENABLING CONVERGENCE IN UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING THROUGH STRUCTURAL CHANGE$2M
    47.041 · Engineering· National Science Foundation· Project grant· Oct 13, 2020 – Jul 24, 2026· 2022271
  4. INVESTIGATING THE IMPACT OF DISEASE-ASSOCIATED MUTATIONS ON DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1 FUNCTION - PROJECT SUMMARY IN HUMANS, THE MOST COMMON…$478.6K
    93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Jun 18, 2021 – Apr 7, 2026· R15GM143693
  5. CAMPUS BASED-FWS$458.5K
    84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Apr 1, 2026 – Apr 1, 2026· P033A263545
  6. COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: INVESTIGATING EOCENE ARC INITIATION DURING PLATE REORGANIZATION FROM GEOLOGIC OBSERVATIONS AND ANALYSIS FROM…$376.6K
    47.050 · Geosciences· National Science Foundation· Project grant· Jul 21, 2026 – Jul 21, 2026· 2611231

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $279.9K (3 subawards)

2 primes

  1. KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA$163.5K58%
    KUTZTOWN, PA · 2 subawards
  2. VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY$116.3K42%
    BLACKSBURG, VA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $64.3K paid out · $331.4K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $3.9M received
  • FY2023: $138.3K paid out · $259.1K received
  • FY2024: $35.6K paid out · $338.8K received
  • FY2025: $36.6K paid out · $494.5K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $279.9K received

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.