Federal grants to Samuel Merritt University
Samuel Merritt University in Oakland, California received $11.1 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 10 awards. Its largest program was Education Stabilization Fund, with $3.6 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $984,096.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated October 31, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$11.1 million
- Awards10
- Awarded in FY 2025$984,096
- Largest award$2.2 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 5 | $4.6 million |
| FY 2022 | 3 | $1.4 million |
| FY 2023 | 4 | $3.1 million |
| FY 2024 | 2 | $1.0 million |
| FY 2025 | 1 | $984,096 |
Programs that fund Samuel Merritt University
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Education Stabilization Fund | 2 | $3.6 million |
| Nursing Workforce Development | 1 | $2.2 million |
| Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants | 1 | $2.0 million |
| Nurse Education, Practice Quality and Retention Grants | 1 | $984,096 |
| Nursing Student Loans | 1 | $865,070 |
| Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants | 1 | $499,973 |
| Preventing Trafficking of Girls | 1 | $499,959 |
| Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education | 1 | $428,926 |
| Nurse Anesthetist Traineeship | 1 | $7,875 |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Human Services | 5 | $6.1 million |
| Department of Education | 3 | $4.0 million |
| Department of Justice | 2 | $999,932 |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nursing workforce diversity | Nursing Workforce Development | May 27, 2021 | $2.2 million |
| Health and public safety workforce resiliency training program | Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants | December 29, 2021 | $2.0 million |
| Samuel merritt university higher education emergency relief fund/institution | Education Stabilization Fund | March 21, 2021 | $2.0 million |
| CARES act: higher education emergency relief fund for samuel merritt university | Education Stabilization Fund | March 21, 2021 | $1.6 million |
| Nurse education, practice, quality and retention - workforce expansion program - samuel merritt university’s college of nursing (smu con) seeks funding from hrsa’s nepqr wep for the "oakland nursing initiative for community health" (ONICH) to address the critical nursing shortage in oakland, designa | Nurse Education, Practice Quality and Retention Grants | September 10, 2025 | $984,096 |
| Nsl - baccalaureate nursing - loan grant with funds for new budget period | Nursing Student Loans | August 22, 2023 | $865,070 |
| Samuel merritt university (SMU) is requesting funding to implement "health bridge: transforming health & higher education access for victims of gender-based violence through nursing education & culturally informed services," (health bridge) a field-generated innovative initiative aimed at increasing | Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants | September 27, 2023 | $499,973 |
| With funding through the ovc 2024 preventing trafficking of girls program, samuel merritt university (SMU) proposes a project titled, value hope education and respect (value h.e.r.). The primary purpose is to prevent sex and labor trafficking among black and latinx girls in alameda county, californi | Preventing Trafficking of Girls | September 24, 2024 | $499,959 |
| Samuel merritt university office of military and veteran student success | Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education | December 29, 2020 | $428,926 |
| Nurse anesthetist traineeships | Nurse Anesthetist Traineeship | March 10, 2021 | $7,875 |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Samuel Merritt University get?
$11.1 million in 10 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Samuel Merritt University the most?
The Department of Health and Human Services, with $6.1 million in 5 awards. The Department of Education and the Department of Justice follow.
What is Samuel Merritt University's largest federal grant?
$2.2 million under Nursing Workforce Development, with its first action in the period on May 27, 2021. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Samuel Merritt University?
Its largest are Education Stabilization Fund, Nursing Workforce Development and Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants.
Other grant recipients in Oakland
- San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
- Port Department of the City of Oakland
- Kaiser Foundation Hospitals
- Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District
- Public Health Institute
- Brimstone Commercial, LLC
- City of Oakland
- The Regents of the University of California
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