Recipient of federal assistance · OAKLAND, CA
SAMUEL MERRITT UNIVERSITY
SAMUEL MERRITT UNIVERSITY received $4.9M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 103 actions, +104% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $20M. Its largest awarding agency was Health Resources and Services Administration ($2.2M).
- Assistance · FY2026
- $4.9M
- New awards
- 8
- Actions
- 103
- Since FY2021
- $20M
- UEI
- FML1VQ2F8HK9
- Location
- OAKLAND, CA
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
- 4.6MFY2021
- 1.7MFY2022
- 4.3MFY2023
- 2.2MFY2024
- 2.4MFY2025
- 4.9MFY2026
By type
- Grants$3.3M67%
- Direct payments$1.6M33%
Top programs · Awarding agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
Top programs
- 93.925 · Scholarships for Health Professions Students From Disadvantaged Backgrounds$1.3M27%
- 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$1M21%
- 11.617 · Congressionally-Identified Projects$1M21%
- 93.359 · Nurse Education, Practice Quality and Retention Grants$952K20%
- 84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program$495K10%
- 84.007 · Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants$70.1K1.4%
- 93.732 · Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants-$5,5600.0%
- 93.178 · Nursing Workforce Development-$20.4K0.0%
Awarding agencies
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of Education$1.6M33%
- Department of Commerce
Largest awards
- 93.178 · Nursing Workforce Development· Health Resources and Services Administration· Project grant· May 27, 2021 – Nov 14, 2025· D1931820
- 93.732 · Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants· Health Resources and Services Administration· Project grant· Dec 29, 2021 – Jun 4, 2026· U3N45414
- 93.359 · Nurse Education, Practice Quality and Retention Grants· Health Resources and Services Administration· Project grant· Sep 10, 2025 – Sep 2, 2026· TR855274
- 11.617 · Congressionally-Identified Projects· National Institute of Standards and Technology· Project grant· Sep 16, 2026 – Sep 16, 2026· 60NANB26D242
- GRANT PROGRAM$982.2K84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Jul 29, 2025 – Aug 18, 2026· P063P252881
- GRANT PROGRAM$720K84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· May 15, 2024 – Dec 9, 2025· P063P242881
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
No subawards reported to it in FY2026.
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.