Recipient of federal assistance · MIDDLETOWN, CT

WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY

WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY received $3.8M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 26 actions, −13% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $37.7M. Its largest awarding agency was Department of Education ($1.3M).

Assistance · FY2026
$3.8M
New awards
7
Actions
26
Since FY2021
$37.7M
UEI
ZETJL6DKF963
Location
MIDDLETOWN, CT
Nonprofits
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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. 14.2MFY2021
  2. 7.6MFY2022
  3. 4.9MFY2023
  4. 2.8MFY2024
  5. 4.4MFY2025
  6. 3.8MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$3.8M100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 84.116 · Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education$1M26%
  2. 47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)$736.4K19%
  3. 47.070 · Computer and Information Science and Engineering$390.6K10%
  4. 43.001 · Science$355K9.4%
  5. 93.866 · Aging Research$328.6K8.7%
  6. 93.846 · Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Research$327.4K8.6%
  7. 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$311.3K8.2%
  8. 84.047 · Trio Upward Bound$309.5K8.2%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Education$1.3M35%
  2. National Science Foundation$1.2M31%
  3. National Institutes of Health$967.3K25%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  4. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$355K9.4%

Largest awards

  1. MECHANISMS OF CU-BINDING FACTORS TO PROMOTE MYOGENIC GENE EXPRESSION - PROJECT SUMMARY CELL DEVELOPMENT AND DIFFERENTIATION REQUIRE LINEAGE…$2.1M
    93.846 · Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Jul 23, 2021 – Aug 13, 2026· R01AR077578
  2. HOW DO SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX PROTEINS MEDIATE CLASS I CROSSOVER FORMATION$2.1M
    93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Jul 31, 2022 – Feb 18, 2026· R15GM116109
  3. EXPLOITING ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE PATIENT-DERIVED STEM CELLS TO BIOCHEMICALLY DEFINE TAU AND AMYLOID-BETA OLIGOMER TOXIC FEATURES AND THEIR…$1.6M
    93.866 · Aging Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Jul 25, 2022 – Apr 21, 2026· R01AG078187
  4. STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL BASIS OF BACTERIAL TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION - PROJECT SUMMARY / ABSTRACT ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE POSES AN…$1.6M
    93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Aug 28, 2023 – Aug 5, 2026· R35GM150644
  5. UPWARD BOUND MATH-SCIENCE - MIDDLETOWN$1.5M
    84.047 · Trio Upward Bound· Department of Education· Project grant· Aug 17, 2022 – Aug 12, 2026· P047M220221
  6. UPWARD BOUND: MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT$1.5M
    84.047 · Trio Upward Bound· Department of Education· Project grant· May 23, 2022 – Jul 28, 2026· P047A220562

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: $0 (1 subaward)

1 prime

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $47.9K paid out · $455.8K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $168K received
  • FY2023: $62.5K paid out · $381.5K received
  • FY2024: $37.4K paid out · $1M received
  • FY2025: $200.5K paid out · $542.3K 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 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.