Federal grants to Occidental College
Occidental College in Los Angeles, California received $16.0 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 38 awards. Its largest program was Education Stabilization Fund, with $5.9 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $1.6 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated October 31, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$16.0 million
- Awards38
- Awarded in FY 2025$1.6 million
- Largest award$3.3 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 12 | $8.3 million |
| FY 2022 | 9 | $1.2 million |
| FY 2023 | 7 | $2.0 million |
| FY 2024 | 12 | $3.0 million |
| FY 2025 | 7 | $1.6 million |
Programs that fund Occidental College
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Education Stabilization Fund | 2 | $5.9 million |
| TRIO Upward Bound | 2 | $3.3 million |
| Geosciences | 9 | $1.6 million |
| Integrative Activities | 2 | $880,970 |
| Mathematical and Physical Sciences | 4 | $768,362 |
| Biomedical Research and Research Training | 2 | $742,283 |
| Biological Sciences | 5 | $572,843 |
| STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) | 1 | $400,000 |
| Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research | 1 | $397,931 |
| Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences | 3 | $358,556 |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Education | 5 | $9.2 million |
| National Science Foundation | 24 | $4.5 million |
| Department of Health and Human Services | 6 | $1.8 million |
| Department of the Interior | 1 | $239,995 |
| Department of Defense | 1 | $151,651 |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education emergency relief fund-ihe/institution- occidental college | Education Stabilization Fund | January 17, 2021 | $3.3 million |
| Higher education emergency relief fund – occidental college | Education Stabilization Fund | January 17, 2021 | $2.6 million |
| Occidental college upward bound grant proposal 2022 | TRIO Upward Bound | May 12, 2023 | $2.0 million |
| Occidental college upward bound project | TRIO Upward Bound | May 25, 2021 | $1.3 million |
| Equipment: mri: track 1 an interdisciplinary approach to high-resolution sea and lake-floor mapping through acquisition of an R2SONIC 2024 multibeam sonar -this award is made to occidental college to purchase an ultra-high-resolution multibeam sonar to collect bathymetric data, including multispectr | Integrative Activities | August 28, 2024 | $539,140 |
| Center for undergraduate research in mathematics -the center for undergraduate research in mathematics (CURM) provides funding and training for undergraduate research courses during the academic year that are carried out in collaboration between a two-year or community college and a bachelor's-grant | Mathematical and Physical Sciences | September 4, 2024 | $519,213 |
| Photocatalyzed and enantioselective umpolung c-c bond forming reactions of carbonyls | Biomedical Research and Research Training | August 2, 2023 | $409,456 |
| Center for undergraduate research in mathematics -the center for undergraduate research in mathematics (CURM) provides funding and training for undergraduate research courses during the academic year that are carried out in collaboration between a two-year or community college and a bachelor's-grant | STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) | August 21, 2023 | $400,000 |
| Macrophage second-line responses to group a streptoccocus infection - project summary the resurgence of severe invasive group a streptococcus (GAS) infections in the past decade is a major public health concern in the united states, and gaps in understanding the resilience of gas to the immune respo | Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research | February 22, 2024 | $397,931 |
| Rui: collaborative research: understanding bioerosion from individuals to ecosystems: the impacts of biotic and abiotic stressors on sponge erosion of oyster reefs. | Geosciences | August 11, 2021 | $342,938 |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Occidental College get?
$16.0 million in 38 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Occidental College the most?
The Department of Education, with $9.2 million in 5 awards. The National Science Foundation and the Department of Health and Human Services follow.
What is Occidental College's largest federal grant?
$3.3 million under Education Stabilization Fund, with its first action in the period on January 17, 2021. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Occidental College?
Its largest are Education Stabilization Fund, TRIO Upward Bound and Geosciences.
Other grant recipients in Los Angeles
- Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
- University of California, Los Angeles
- University of Southern California
- County of Los Angeles
- Department of Airports of the City of Los Angeles
- The Workforce Investment Board of the City of Los Angeles
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
- Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles
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