Recipient of federal assistance · NATCHITOCHES, LA

NORTHWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA

NORTHWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA received $22.9M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 172 actions, +12% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $126.6M. Its largest awarding agency was Department of Education ($18.4M).

Assistance · FY2026
$22.9M
New awards
12
Actions
172
Since FY2021
$126.6M
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Location
NATCHITOCHES, LA
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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. 33.5MFY2021
  2. 9.6MFY2022
  3. 20MFY2023
  4. 19.9MFY2024
  5. 20.6MFY2025
  6. 22.9MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$17.6M77%
  2. Grants$5.3M23%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$17.1M74%
  2. 11.617 · Congressionally-Identified Projects$1.8M7.9%
  3. 15.923 · National Center for Preservation Technology and Training$869.8K3.8%
  4. 93.925 · Scholarships for Health Professions Students From Disadvantaged Backgrounds$650K2.8%
  5. 93.359 · Nurse Education, Practice Quality and Retention Grants$618.8K2.7%
  6. 84.042 · Trio Student Support Services$495.3K2.2%
  7. 93.732 · Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants$477.8K2.1%
  8. 84.031 · Higher Education Institutional Aid$310.7K1.4%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Education$18.4M80%
  2. Health Resources and Services Administration$1.8M7.9%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  3. National Institute of Standards and Technology$1.8M7.9%
    Department of Commerce
  4. National Park Service$869.8K3.8%
    Department of the Interior
  5. National Endowment for the Arts$24K0.1%

Largest awards

  1. GRANT PROGRAM$18.1M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 30, 2024 – Feb 18, 2026· P063P241522
  2. GRANT PROGRAM$17.2M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 29, 2025 – Sep 4, 2026· P063P251522
  3. STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM$2.4M
    84.042 · Trio Student Support Services· Department of Education· Project grant· Aug 17, 2021 – Mar 31, 2026· P042A201608
  4. BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WORKFORCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM$2.2M
    93.732 · Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants· Health Resources and Services Administration· Project grant· May 25, 2021 – Jun 3, 2026· M0141981
  5. PARTNERING FOR PRESERVATION$1.9M
    15.923 · National Center for Preservation Technology and Training· National Park Service· Cooperative agreement· Sep 15, 2021 – Jan 15, 2026· P21AC11736
  6. PURPOSE: THE PROJECT SUPPORTS THE INNOVATION PARK EQUIPMENT EXPANSION (IPEX) PROJECT, AN INITIATIVE DESIGNED TO STRENGTHEN STEM EDUCATION…$1.8M
    11.617 · Congressionally-Identified Projects· National Institute of Standards and Technology· Project grant· Sep 4, 2026 – Sep 4, 2026· 60NANB26D153

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: $779.3K (3 subawards)

2 primes

  1. LA DEPT. OF ADMIN$725.7K93%
    BATON ROUGE, LA · 2 subawards
  2. LOUISIANA COMMUNITY & TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM$53.6K6.9%
    BATON ROUGE, LA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $125K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $833.3K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $1.5M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $239.8K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $100K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $779.3K 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.