Recipient of federal assistance · AIKEN, SC

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA received $10.6M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 322 actions, +8.1% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $40.2M. Its largest awarding agency was Department of Education ($10.5M).

Assistance · FY2026
$10.6M
New awards
6
Actions
322
Since FY2021
$40.2M
UEI
RM9PEXU7LN95
Location
AIKEN, SC
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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. 0FY2021
  2. 3.6MFY2022
  3. 7.3MFY2023
  4. 8.8MFY2024
  5. 9.8MFY2025
  6. 10.6MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$10.5M98%
  2. Grants$172.5K1.6%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$10.1M95%
  2. 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$172.5K1.6%
  3. 84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program$149.8K1.4%
  4. 84.007 · Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants$142.4K1.3%
  5. 84.379 · Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grants (Teach GRANTS)$57.5K0.5%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Education$10.5M98%
  2. National Institutes of Health$172.5K1.6%
    Department of Health and Human Services

Largest awards

  1. GRANT PROGRAM$9.6M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 12, 2025 – Sep 18, 2026· P063P252201
  2. GRANT PROGRAM$6.1M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 11, 2021 – Jan 29, 2026· P063P212201
  3. GRANT PROGRAM$4.9M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 11, 2026 – Sep 18, 2026· P063P262201
  4. UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF HDACS IN ZEBRAFISH CRANIOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT - ONE THIRD OF ALL BIRTH DEFECTS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH CRANIOFACIAL…$517.5K
    93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Aug 21, 2024 – Aug 3, 2026· R16GM154790
  5. CAMPUS BASED-FWS$150K
    84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Apr 1, 2026 – Apr 1, 2026· P033A267399
  6. CAMPUS BASED-FWS$144.8K
    84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Mar 29, 2024 – Mar 20, 2026· P033A247399

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: $120.1K (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA$120.1K100%
    TAMPA, FL · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $63K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $120.1K 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.