Federal contractor · DEKALB, IL

NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY

NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY received $24.5K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 1 awards. Since FY2017: $111.2K. Its largest customer was Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ($24.5K). It also received $42.9M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$24.5K
New awards
1
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
0.0%
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Other than small businessEducational institution
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. -4.3KFY2017
  2. -5KFY2020
  3. 24KFY2021
  4. 24KFY2022
  5. 24KFY2023
  6. 24KFY2024
  7. 0FY2025
  8. 24.5KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$24.5K100%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$24.5K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. DeKalb County, IL$24.5K100%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition0.0%
    US 39% · $0
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · $0
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Largest awards

  1. EO 14398 TESTING KNEE SAVER DEVICES$24.5K
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention· DeKalb County, IL· Professional services· Sep 24, 2026 – Sep 24, 2026· 75D30126P21642

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.

NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY received $42.9M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 330 actions (23 new awards), −19% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program ($37.4M).

Assistance · FY2026
$42.9M
New awards
23
Actions
330
Since FY2021
$297.8M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 75.1MFY2021
  2. 27.4MFY2022
  3. 45.8MFY2023
  4. 53.5MFY2024
  5. 53.2MFY2025
  6. 42.9MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$39.3M92%
  2. Grants$3.6M8.4%

Top programs

  1. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$37.4M87%
  2. 81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program$2.5M5.8%
  3. 84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program$918.3K2.1%
  4. 84.007 · Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants$836.9K2.0%
  5. 84.184 · School Safely National Activities$652.1K1.5%
  6. 84.031 · Higher Education Institutional Aid$600K1.4%
  7. 84.047 · Trio Upward Bound$586.6K1.4%
  8. 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$465.2K1.1%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Education$40M93%
  2. Department of Energy$2.5M5.9%
  3. National Institutes of Health$799.1K1.9%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  4. Employment and Training Administration$600K1.4%
    Department of Labor
  5. Department of the Navy$193K0.5%
    Department of Defense
  6. U.S. Geological Survey$131.2K0.3%
    Department of the Interior
  7. Federal Communications Commission$44K0.1%
  8. Office of Assistant Secretary for Health$34.1K0.1%
    Department of Health and Human Services

Largest awards

  1. NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY CARES ACT EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FUND INSTITUTIONAL$44.8M
    84.425 · Education Stabilization Fund· Department of Education· Formula grant· Jan 17, 2021 – May 1, 2026· P425F202766
  2. GRANT PROGRAM$38M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Sep 10, 2025 – Sep 15, 2026· P063P251370
  3. GRANT PROGRAM$36.3M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 28, 2024 – Jul 6, 2026· P063P241370
  4. NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY CARES ACT STUDENT EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FUND$35.9M
    84.425 · Education Stabilization Fund· Department of Education· Formula grant· Jan 17, 2021 – Apr 27, 2026· P425E200392
  5. COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: AGS-FIRP TRACK 3: IN-SITU COLLABORATIVE EXPERIMENT FOR THE COLLECTION OF HAIL IN THE PLAINS (ICECHIP) -HAIL IS THE…$3.9M
    47.050 · Geosciences· National Science Foundation· Project grant· Sep 19, 2024 – Feb 2, 2026· 2410917
  6. PREPARING EDUCATORS AS SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS (PESP-NI)$3.8M
    84.184 · School Safely National Activities· Department of Education· Project grant· Dec 23, 2022 – Jul 7, 2026· S184X220145

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.

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: $1.3M (6 subawards)

3 sub-recipients

  1. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS$512.3K41%
    CHICAGO, IL · 3 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE, THE$496K39%
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 2 subawards
  3. UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SYSTEM$250K20%
    COLUMBIA, MO · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $1.6M (12 subawards)

8 primes

  1. ILLINOIS STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION$1.1M64%
    SPRINGFIELD, IL · 3 subawards
  2. THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA$168K10%
    IOWA CITY, IA · 1 subaward
  3. CORNELL UNIVERSITY$134.2K8.2%
    ITHACA, NY · 3 subawards
  4. THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK$99.5K6.1%
    NEW YORK, NY · 1 subaward
  5. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES$91.3K5.6%
    LOS ANGELES, CA · 1 subaward
  6. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY$51K3.1%
    EDWARDSVILLE, IL · 1 subaward
  7. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS$33K2.0%
    URBANA, IL · 1 subaward
  8. UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, THE$13.7K0.8%
    LEXINGTON, KY · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $790.5K paid out · $3.2M received
  • FY2022: $540.1K paid out · $8.1M received
  • FY2023: $698.2K paid out · $3.4M received
  • FY2024: $2M paid out · $4.9M received
  • FY2025: $2.9M paid out · $3.9M received
  • FY2026: $1.3M paid out · $1.6M 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.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

23 companies · $8.2M reported

  1. THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE$2.9M
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 4 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS$1.4M
    URBANA, IL · 8 subawards
  3. HIGHLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION$800K
    FREEPORT, IL · 1 subaward

Primes that pay it

21 companies · $25.2M reported

  1. ILLINOIS STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION$8.7M
    SPRINGFIELD, IL · 20 subawards
  2. ILLINOIS MANUFACTURING EXCELLENCE CENTER$4.9M
    PEORIA, IL · 5 subawards
  3. UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC$2.3M
    NOTRE DAME, IN · 1 subaward

Showing the top 3 of each list. Open the profile for potential partners and the full lists.

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 2021.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.