Recipient of federal assistance · FORT KENT, ME

UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM

UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM received $2.5M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 117 actions, +46% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $16.5M. Its largest awarding agency was Department of Education ($1.9M).

Assistance · FY2026
$2.5M
New awards
6
Actions
117
Since FY2021
$16.5M
UEI
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Location
FORT KENT, ME
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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. 3.8MFY2021
  2. 810.6KFY2022
  3. 5.7MFY2023
  4. 1.9MFY2024
  5. 1.7MFY2025
  6. 2.5MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$1.5M61%
  2. Grants$1M39%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$1.3M52%
  2. 10.310 · Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI)$649.8K26%
  3. 84.042 · Trio Student Support Services$350.8K14%
  4. 84.007 · Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants$117K4.6%
  5. 84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program$96.1K3.8%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Education$1.9M74%
  2. National Institute of Food and Agriculture$649.8K26%
    Department of Agriculture

Largest awards

  1. UNIVERSITY OF MAINE FORT KENT (UMFK) 2020-2025 STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES PROJECT$1.7M
    84.042 · Trio Student Support Services· Department of Education· Project grant· Aug 17, 2021 – Mar 19, 2026· P042A201514
  2. GRANT PROGRAM$1.3M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 26, 2025 – Aug 20, 2026· P063P251535
  3. AMID THE RISING DEMAND FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY FROM BIOBASED MATERIALS, IT IS ESSENTIAL TO ENSURE THAT FORESTS CAN BE UTILIZED EFFICIENTLY TO…$649.8K
    10.310 · Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI)· National Institute of Food and Agriculture· Project grant· Apr 28, 2026 – Apr 28, 2026· 20266702446202
  4. FEDERAL TRIO SSS REGULAR STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES GRANT FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE AT FORT KENT$356.8K
    84.042 · Trio Student Support Services· Department of Education· Project grant· Jul 3, 2025 – Aug 31, 2026· P042A250190
  5. CAMPUS BASED-FWS$128.8K
    84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Apr 1, 2026 – Apr 1, 2026· P033A261704
  6. CAMPUS BASED-FSEOG$117K
    84.007 · Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Apr 1, 2026 – Apr 1, 2026· P007A261704

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.