Recipient of federal assistance · CHESTER, PA

WIDENER UNIVERSITY

WIDENER UNIVERSITY received $10.8M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 168 actions, −22% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $54M. Its largest awarding agency was Department of Education ($10.5M).

Assistance · FY2026
$10.8M
New awards
6
Actions
168
Since FY2021
$54M
UEI
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Location
CHESTER, PA
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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. 13.4MFY2021
  2. 3.4MFY2022
  3. 7MFY2023
  4. 5.7MFY2024
  5. 13.8MFY2025
  6. 10.8MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$10.5M97%
  2. Grants$314.8K2.9%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$9.1M84%
  2. 84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program$997.3K9.3%
  3. 84.007 · Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants$374.2K3.5%
  4. 47.084 · Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships$314.8K2.9%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Education$10.5M97%
  2. National Science Foundation$314.8K2.9%

Largest awards

  1. GRANT PROGRAM$8.4M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Jul 16, 2025 – Aug 31, 2026· P063P252128
  2. NURSING WORKFORCE DIVERSITY$1.6M
    93.178 · Nursing Workforce Development· Health Resources and Services Administration· Project grant· May 27, 2021 – Jul 8, 2026· D1942052
  3. CAMPUS BASED-FWS$1M
    84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Apr 1, 2026 – Apr 1, 2026· P033A263733
  4. CAMPUS BASED-FWS$947.3K
    84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Mar 29, 2024 – Mar 20, 2026· P033A243733
  5. NURSE FACULTY LOAN PROGRAM$828.3K
    93.264 · Nurse Faculty Loan Program (NFLP)· Health Resources and Services Administration· Project grant· Jun 9, 2021 – Aug 11, 2026· E0133147
  6. NSL - BACCALAUREATE NURSING - LOAN GRANT WITH FUNDS FOR NEW BUDGET PERIOD$490.3K
    93.364 · Nursing Student Loans· Health Resources and Services Administration· Project grant· Aug 22, 2023 – Aug 15, 2026· E4C46344

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: $560.6K (5 subawards)

3 primes

  1. KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA$499.2K89%
    KUTZTOWN, PA · 3 subawards
  2. NATIONAL COLLEGIATE INVENTORS & INNOVATORS ALLIANCE, INC.$50K8.9%
    AMHERST, MA · 1 subaward
  3. OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY$11.4K2.0%
    CORVALLIS, OR · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $291.2K paid out · $531.3K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $1.4M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $22.5K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $568.3K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $244.1K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $560.6K 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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 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.