Recipient of federal assistance · FAIRFIELD, CT
FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY
FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY received $4.1M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 117 actions, −20% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $32.8M. Its largest awarding agency was Department of Education ($3M).
- Assistance · FY2026
- $4.1M
- New awards
- 5
- Actions
- 117
- Since FY2021
- $32.8M
- UEI
- CMMFBJ2F9W56
- Location
- FAIRFIELD, CT
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
- 11.4MFY2021
- 2.1MFY2022
- 4.1MFY2023
- 6MFY2024
- 5.1MFY2025
- 4.1MFY2026
By type
- Direct payments$2.6M64%
- Grants$1.5M36%
Top programs · Awarding agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
Top programs
- 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$1.9M47%
- 93.247 · Advanced Nursing Education Workforce Grant Program$956.4K24%
- 84.047 · Trio Upward Bound$422.7K10%
- 84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program$394.5K9.7%
- 84.007 · Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants$281.1K6.9%
- 93.124 · Nurse Anesthetist Traineeship$60.3K1.5%
- 47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences$36.3K0.9%
- 93.865 · Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research-$16.9K0.0%
Awarding agencies
- Department of Education$3M74%
- Department of Health and Human Services
- National Science Foundation$36.3K0.9%
Largest awards
- 93.247 · Advanced Nursing Education Workforce Grant Program· Health Resources and Services Administration· Project grant· May 28, 2021 – Jun 15, 2026· T9430906
- GRANT PROGRAM$3.2M84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 30, 2024 – Nov 25, 2025· P063P241215
- GRANT PROGRAM$3.1M84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Sep 4, 2025 – Sep 15, 2026· P063P251215
- 84.047 · Trio Upward Bound· Department of Education· Project grant· May 23, 2022 – May 19, 2026· P047A220640
- 93.732 · Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants· Health Resources and Services Administration· Project grant· May 25, 2021 – Apr 21, 2026· M0141966
- 93.247 · Advanced Nursing Education Workforce Grant Program· Health Resources and Services Administration· Project grant· Sep 8, 2023 – Aug 20, 2026· T6852006
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: $142K (4 subawards)
3 sub-recipients
- SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC$70K49%BRIDGEPORT, CT · 2 subawards
- FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY$36K25%FAIRFIELD, CT · 1 subaward
- COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, INCORPORATED$36K25%MIDDLETOWN, CT · 1 subaward
As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026
- Sub-grants: $99.8K (2 subawards)
2 primes
- UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT$63.8K64%STORRS, CT · 1 subaward
- FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY$36K36%FAIRFIELD, CT · 1 subaward
By fiscal year
- FY2021: $34K paid out · $149.8K received
- FY2023: $58K paid out · $3.8M received
- FY2024: $65.9K paid out · $1.1M received
- FY2026: $142K paid out · $99.8K 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.