Federal grants to Midwestern University
Midwestern University in Downers Grove, Illinois received $16.0 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 16 awards. Its largest program was Education Stabilization Fund, with $8.0 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $3.0 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated October 31, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$16.0 million
- Awards16
- Awarded in FY 2025$3.0 million
- Largest award$4.3 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 3 | $8.1 million |
| FY 2022 | 5 | $1.5 million |
| FY 2023 | 6 | $2.0 million |
| FY 2024 | 5 | $1.3 million |
| FY 2025 | 6 | $3.0 million |
Programs that fund Midwestern University
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Education Stabilization Fund | 2 | $8.0 million |
| Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research | 4 | $3.7 million |
| Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs | 1 | $1.8 million |
| Special Education - Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities | 1 | $695,388 |
| Oral Diseases and Disorders Research | 2 | $527,250 |
| Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research | 1 | $465,219 |
| Cancer Cause and Prevention Research | 1 | $449,330 |
| Health Professions Student Loans, Including Primary Care Loans and Loans for Disadvantaged Students | 3 | $336,711 |
| Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences | 1 | $109,086 |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Education | 3 | $8.7 million |
| Department of Health and Human Services | 12 | $7.2 million |
| National Science Foundation | 1 | $109,086 |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Relief aid for students and midwestern university to support students affected by COVID-19 pandemic and education interuption. | Education Stabilization Fund | February 4, 2021 | $4.3 million |
| Relief aid for students and midwestern university to support students affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. | Education Stabilization Fund | February 4, 2021 | $3.7 million |
| Systems-based pharmacologic modelling to elucidate beta-lactam clinical pharmacodynamics and define optimal dosing regimens in severe pneumonia - project abstract hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) caused by antibiotic-resistant pathogens such as klebsiella aerogenes, klebsiella pneumoniae, and pseud | Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research | July 11, 2022 | $2.7 million |
| Microrna as a novel therapeutic target for pain in sickle cell disease - our long-term goal is to develop effective pharmacological interventions that can alleviate sickle cell pain and improve the quality of life for patients with sickle cell disease (SCD). Approximately 100,000 americans– primaril | Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs | July 30, 2025 | $1.8 million |
| Tiered occupational therapy (TOT) grant: preparing occupational therapists to serve on school mental health teams | Special Education - Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities | September 21, 2023 | $695,388 |
| The role of the gut mycobiota in regulating host lipid absorption and obesity - project summary a leading cause of obesity and diabetes is consumption of a western-style diet rich in saturated fat and simple sugars. Recent research shows that high fat (HF)-high sugar diets alter the microbial compos | Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research | April 2, 2022 | $465,219 |
| The role of swi/snf chromatin remodelers in homologous recombination and genome stability - multiple subunits of the swi/snf chromatin remodeling complexes have been identified as a novel class of tumor suppressors mutated in up to 20% of human cancers, but their mechanism of tumor suppression is st | Cancer Cause and Prevention Research | August 10, 2022 | $449,330 |
| Blending dentin to dentin: biometric hydrogels for dentin tissue engineering - project summary dental caries is a major health concern in most industrialized countries, in which most children, young and older adults have experienced the disease at least once in their lifetime. In recent study (2019) | Oral Diseases and Disorders Research | September 7, 2023 | $421,800 |
| Development and evaluation of crrt-specific precision dosing models to optimize beta-lactam treatment for patients with hospital-acquired pneumonia - project abstract hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) caused by antibiotic-resistant pathogens such as klebsiella aerogenes, klebsiella pneumoniae, and p | Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research | June 23, 2023 | $417,308 |
| Elucidating the temporal mechanism of vancomycin kidney toxicity as a means to prevent injury - project abstract: there is a fundamental need to understand the temporality of the mechanism for vancomy- cin acute kidney injury (van aki) because mechanistic knowledge to date has not led to safer care. | Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research | June 26, 2023 | $356,876 |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Midwestern University get?
$16.0 million in 16 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Midwestern University the most?
The Department of Education, with $8.7 million in 3 awards. The Department of Health and Human Services and the National Science Foundation follow.
What is Midwestern University's largest federal grant?
$4.3 million under Education Stabilization Fund, with its first action in the period on February 4, 2021. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Midwestern University?
Its largest are Education Stabilization Fund, Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research and Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs.
Other grant recipients in Downers Grove
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