Recipient of federal assistance · CHICAGO, IL

DEPAUL UNIVERSITY

DEPAUL UNIVERSITY received $8.6M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 17 actions, +916% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $98.7M. Its largest awarding agency was Employment and Training Administration ($4.9M).

Assistance · FY2026
$8.6M
New awards
5
Actions
17
Since FY2021
$98.7M
UEI
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Parent organization
DE PAUL UNIVERSITY
Location
CHICAGO, IL
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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. 67.5MFY2021
  2. 6.3MFY2022
  3. 6MFY2023
  4. 9.4MFY2024
  5. 845.9KFY2025
  6. 8.6MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$8.6M100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 84.423 · Supporting Effective Educator Development Program$4.9M57%
  2. 84.305 · Education Research, Development and Dissemination$1.6M18%
  3. 84.215 · Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects$720K8.4%
  4. 47.070 · Computer and Information Science and Engineering$700K8.1%
  5. 84.184 · School Safely National Activities$587.9K6.8%
  6. 84.042 · Trio Student Support Services$334.7K3.9%
  7. 47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)$212.3K2.5%
  8. 93.865 · Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research$161.8K1.9%

Awarding agencies

  1. Employment and Training Administration$4.9M57%
    Department of Labor
  2. Department of Education$2.6M30%
  3. National Science Foundation$912.3K11%
  4. National Institutes of Health$161.8K1.9%
    Department of Health and Human Services

Largest awards

  1. THE PURPOSE OF THE SEED PROGRAM IS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE EDUCATORS BY SUPPORTING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF EVIDENCE-BASED…$4.9M
    84.423 · Supporting Effective Educator Development Program· Employment and Training Administration· Grant· Sep 18, 2026 – Sep 18, 2026· 26S60ED000015
  2. EVALUATION OF AN INTERVENTION TO IMPROVE ACADEMIC OUTCOMES FOR LOW-INCOME URBAN YOUTH THROUGH INSTRUCTION IN EFFECTIVE COPING SUPPORTED BY…$3.8M
    84.305 · Education Research, Development and Dissemination· Department of Education· Project grant· May 17, 2021 – Jun 24, 2026· R305A210263
  3. EMOTION, AGING, AND DECISION MAKING$3.6M
    93.866 · Aging Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Nov 3, 2021 – Feb 24, 2026· R01AG043533
  4. PROJECT STRIDE: SCHOOL-BASED TRAINEE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION THROUGH INNOVATION AND DIVERSITY ENRICHMENT$2.7M
    84.184 · School Safely National Activities· Department of Education· Project grant· Mar 30, 2023 – Jul 7, 2026· S184X230140
  5. CHICAGO TEACHER RESIDENCY: PREPARING HIGH QUALITY TEACHERS FOR HIGH-NEED URBAN SCHOOLS$2.4M
    84.336 · Teacher Quality Partnership Grants· Department of Education· Project grant· Sep 12, 2022 – Dec 8, 2025· S336S220061
  6. COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CAFECS: AP CSP ACCESS FOR ALL -THE LEARNING PARTNERSHIP, DEPAUL UNIVERSITY, AND CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS (CPS) WILL…$937.5K
    47.070 · Computer and Information Science and Engineering· National Science Foundation· Project grant· Aug 30, 2022 – Feb 19, 2026· 2219492

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

  • Sub-grants: $1M (14 subawards)

10 sub-recipients

  1. BOARD OF EDUCATION CITY OF CHICAGO$260.8K26%
    CHICAGO, IL · 2 subawards
  2. BARAT EDUCATION FOUNDATION$235.1K23%
    CHICAGO, IL · 1 subaward
  3. NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY$163.1K16%
    EVANSTON, IL · 1 subaward
  4. LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO$140K14%
    CHICAGO, IL · 1 subaward
  5. NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY$77.6K7.7%
    EVANSTON, IL · 1 subaward
  6. TRUSTEES OF CLARK UNIVERSITY$75.2K7.5%
    WORCESTER, MA · 1 subaward
  7. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL$33.4K3.3%
    CHAPEL HILL, NC · 1 subaward
  8. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS$19.2K1.9%
    CHICAGO, IL · 3 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $257.7K (3 subawards)

2 primes

  1. NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY$217.4K84%
    EVANSTON, IL · 2 subawards
  2. EMORY UNIVERSITY$40.3K16%
    ATLANTA, GA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $248.2K paid out · $968K received
  • FY2022: $1.2M paid out · $661.3K received
  • FY2023: $3M paid out · $1.2M received
  • FY2024: $2.7M paid out · $570.4K received
  • FY2025: $2.4M paid out · $146K received
  • FY2026: $1M paid out · $257.7K 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.