Federal grants to Fairfield University
Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut received $18.4 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 16 awards. Its largest program was Education Stabilization Fund, with $9.7 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $1.2 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated October 31, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$18.4 million
- Awards16
- Awarded in FY 2025$1.2 million
- Largest award$5.5 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 7 | $11.4 million |
| FY 2022 | 4 | $1.5 million |
| FY 2023 | 7 | $1.7 million |
| FY 2024 | 9 | $2.6 million |
| FY 2025 | 5 | $1.2 million |
Programs that fund Fairfield University
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Education Stabilization Fund | 2 | $9.7 million |
| Advanced Nursing Education Workforce Grant Program | 2 | $4.2 million |
| TRIO Upward Bound | 2 | $1.8 million |
| Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants | 1 | $1.6 million |
| Mathematical and Physical Sciences | 4 | $715,235 |
| STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) | 3 | $348,885 |
| Nurse Anesthetist Traineeship | 1 | $227,455 |
| Engineering | 1 | $58,089 |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Education | 4 | $11.3 million |
| Department of Health and Human Services | 4 | $6.0 million |
| National Science Foundation | 8 | $1.1 million |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recipient’s funding certification and agreement for the institutional portion of the higher education emergency relief fund formula grants authorized by section 18004(a)economic security (CARES) act | Education Stabilization Fund | January 17, 2021 | $5.5 million |
| Emergency financial aid grants to students under the coronavirus aid, relief, and economic security (CARES) act. | Education Stabilization Fund | January 17, 2021 | $4.2 million |
| Advanced nursing education workforce | Advanced Nursing Education Workforce Grant Program | May 28, 2021 | $3.3 million |
| Fairfield university upward bound program FY2022-FY2027 | TRIO Upward Bound | May 23, 2022 | $1.7 million |
| Behavioral health workforce education and training program | Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants | May 25, 2021 | $1.6 million |
| Maternity care nursing workforce expansion (matcare) training program | Advanced Nursing Education Workforce Grant Program | September 8, 2023 | $921,421 |
| Leaps-mps: anti-ramsey properties of graphs and other combinatorial objects -graphs play a crucial role in modeling relations in real world applications, for example, in computer networks, computer graphics, electric circuit designs. This project aims to study anti-ramsey properties of graphs. It wa | Mathematical and Physical Sciences | August 6, 2024 | $249,397 |
| Rui: nonuniformly hyperbolic and extended dynamical systems -the pi will investigate the properties of chaotic dynamical systems that are out of equilibrium due to the influence of either external forces or interconnected components. Research in dynamical systems is often focused on closed systems i | Mathematical and Physical Sciences | April 8, 2024 | $242,456 |
| Ethical thinking and case analysis in artificial intelligence education -this iuse level 1 engaged student learning project aims to serve the national interest by enhancing artificial intelligence (AI) education through the integration of ethical considerations in ai curricula, fostering design and | STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) | August 22, 2025 | $231,958 |
| Nurse anesthetist traineeships | Nurse Anesthetist Traineeship | March 2, 2021 | $227,455 |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Fairfield University get?
$18.4 million in 16 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Fairfield University the most?
The Department of Education, with $11.3 million in 4 awards. The Department of Health and Human Services and the National Science Foundation follow.
What is Fairfield University's largest federal grant?
$5.5 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 Fairfield University?
Its largest are Education Stabilization Fund, Advanced Nursing Education Workforce Grant Program and TRIO Upward Bound.
Other grant recipients in Fairfield
- Save the Children Federation, Inc.
- Scus Head Start Programs Inc
- Sacred Heart University Incorporated
- Town of Fairfield
- Operation Hope of Fairfield, Inc.
- The Connecticut Audubon Society Inc
- Landsdowne Labs LLC
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