Recipient of federal assistance · WILKES BARRE, PA
WILKES UNIVERSITY
WILKES UNIVERSITY received $6.8M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 196 actions, +2.1% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $38.1M. Its largest awarding agency was Department of Education ($5.8M).
- Assistance · FY2026
- $6.8M
- New awards
- 8
- Actions
- 196
- Since FY2021
- $38.1M
- UEI
- U8BCVKFYFJZ2
- Location
- WILKES BARRE, PA
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
- 11.9MFY2021
- 2.4MFY2022
- 4.8MFY2023
- 5.5MFY2024
- 6.7MFY2025
- 6.8MFY2026
By type
- Direct payments$5.3M78%
- Grants$1.5M22%
Top programs · Awarding agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
Top programs
- 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$4.4M65%
- 84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program$650K9.5%
- 93.493 · Congressional Directives$500K7.3%
- 84.047 · Trio Upward Bound$478K7.0%
- 93.364 · Nursing Student Loans$233.3K3.4%
- 84.007 · Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants$199.8K2.9%
- 47.084 · Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships$161.3K2.4%
- 47.041 · Engineering$75K1.1%
Awarding agencies
- Department of Education$5.8M85%
- Department of Health and Human Services
- National Science Foundation$311.2K4.6%
Largest awards
- GRANT PROGRAM$4.8M84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· May 15, 2024 – Nov 18, 2025· P063P242170
- GRANT PROGRAM$4.5M84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 25, 2025 – Sep 12, 2026· P063P252170
- 84.047 · Trio Upward Bound· Department of Education· Project grant· May 23, 2022 – May 19, 2026· P047A221398
- 47.084 · Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships· National Science Foundation· Project grant· Aug 20, 2025 – Apr 8, 2026· 2526169
- CAMPUS BASED-FWS$650K84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Apr 1, 2026 – Apr 1, 2026· P033A263736
- 93.493 · Congressional Directives· Health Resources and Services Administration· Project grant· Sep 24, 2026 – Sep 24, 2026· CE160140
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: $653.4K (4 subawards)
3 primes
- PA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OMB$399.6K61%HARRISBURG, PA · 1 subaward
- KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA$222K34%KUTZTOWN, PA · 2 subawards
- THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY$31.8K4.9%UNIVERSITY PARK, PA · 1 subaward
By fiscal year
- FY2021: $0 paid out · $633.3K received
- FY2022: $0 paid out · $1.9M received
- FY2023: $0 paid out · $721.5K received
- FY2024: $0 paid out · $183.2K received
- FY2025: $0 paid out · $39.7K received
- FY2026: $0 paid out · $653.4K 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 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.