Recipient of federal assistance · CHICAGO, IL

NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY

NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY received $13.9M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 145 actions, −38% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $134.4M. Its largest awarding agency was Department of Education ($13.9M).

Assistance · FY2026
$13.9M
New awards
6
Actions
145
Since FY2021
$134.4M
UEI
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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. 40.5MFY2021
  2. 14.5MFY2022
  3. 22.4MFY2023
  4. 20.8MFY2024
  5. 22.4MFY2025
  6. 13.9MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$12.1M87%
  2. Grants$1.8M13%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$11.2M81%
  2. 84.042 · Trio Student Support Services$817.1K5.9%
  3. 84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program$518.5K3.7%
  4. 84.184 · School Safely National Activities$467K3.4%
  5. 84.007 · Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants$350K2.5%
  6. 84.047 · Trio Upward Bound$309.5K2.2%
  7. 84.129 · Rehabilitation Long-Term Training$197.7K1.4%
  8. 84.379 · Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grants (Teach GRANTS)$50.5K0.4%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Education$13.9M100%

Largest awards

  1. GRANT PROGRAM$15M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Sep 8, 2025 – Sep 17, 2026· P063P251350
  2. GRANT PROGRAM$15M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Sep 12, 2024 – Jul 6, 2026· P063P241350
  3. 2/3: THE CHICAGO COLLABORATIVE TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE CANCER HEALTH EQUITY$9.5M
    93.397 · Cancer Centers Support Grants· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Dec 9, 2020 – Sep 1, 2026· U54CA202995
  4. NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL COUNSELING MHSP DEMONSTRATION$2.8M
    84.184 · School Safely National Activities· Department of Education· Project grant· Mar 30, 2023 – Jul 7, 2026· S184X230143
  5. UPWARD BOUND PATHWAYS$1.5M
    84.047 · Trio Upward Bound· Department of Education· Project grant· May 23, 2022 – Jul 30, 2026· P047A220911
  6. CISE-MSI: RPEP:S&CC:INFORMATION SYSTENS MEET CULTURAL COMPETENCIES (IS-CUCO): ENABLING DATA-DRIVEN DECISION-MAKING IN UNDERSERVED HISPANIC…$1.2M
    47.070 · Computer and Information Science and Engineering· National Science Foundation· Project grant· Aug 12, 2021 – Sep 14, 2026· 2131291

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: $2.1M (7 subawards)

4 primes

  1. ILLINOIS STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION$1.5M72%
    SPRINGFIELD, IL · 1 subaward
  2. ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT COMMERCE & ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY$400K19%
    SPRINGFIELD, IL · 3 subawards
  3. IL DEPT. OF HUMAN SERVICES$129.7K6.3%
    SPRINGFIELD, IL · 2 subawards
  4. NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY$50.3K2.4%
    EVANSTON, IL · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $2.6M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $7.1M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $2.5M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $1.7M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $1.6M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $2.1M 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.