Federal grants to Northern Illinois University
Northern Illinois University in Dekalb, Illinois received $135 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 144 awards. Its largest program was Education Stabilization Fund, with $67.7 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $13.4 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated October 31, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$135 million
- Awards144
- Awarded in FY 2025$13.4 million
- Largest award$37.3 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 39 | $74.9 million |
| FY 2022 | 37 | $12.9 million |
| FY 2023 | 55 | $15.5 million |
| FY 2024 | 37 | $18.7 million |
| FY 2025 | 38 | $13.4 million |
Programs that fund Northern Illinois University
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Education Stabilization Fund | 3 | $67.7 million |
| Geosciences | 12 | $7.1 million |
| Office of Science Financial Assistance Program | 12 | $6.9 million |
| Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education | 3 | $5.3 million |
| STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) | 12 | $5.2 million |
| Special Education - Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities | 5 | $4.5 million |
| Mathematical and Physical Sciences | 12 | $4.0 million |
| School Safely National Activities | 1 | $3.2 million |
| Child Care Access Means Parents in School | 1 | $3.0 million |
| Engineering | 10 | $2.9 million |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Education | 27 | $91.5 million |
| National Science Foundation | 64 | $22.8 million |
| Department of Energy | 13 | $8.2 million |
| Department of Health and Human Services | 9 | $3.2 million |
| Department of State | 3 | $2.0 million |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Illinois university CARES act emergency assistance fund institutional | Education Stabilization Fund | January 17, 2021 | $37.3 million |
| Northern Illinois university CARES act student emergency assistance fund | Education Stabilization Fund | January 17, 2021 | $28.5 million |
| Collaborative research: ags-firp track 3: in-situ collaborative experiment for the collection of hail in the plains (icechip) -hail is the most consistently damaging hazard of severe thunderstorms, producing losses in the U.S. Alone exceeding $10 billion per year over the past 14 years with impacts | Geosciences | September 19, 2024 | $3.9 million |
| Preparing educators as school psychologists in northern Illinois (pesp-ni) | School Safely National Activities | December 23, 2022 | $3.2 million |
| Northern Illinois university ccampis program | Child Care Access Means Parents in School | September 20, 2022 | $3.0 million |
| Northern Illinois university upward bound program | TRIO Upward Bound | May 23, 2022 | $2.3 million |
| C^2-THE-P^2 = chicagoland computational traineeship in high energy and particle physics | Office of Science Financial Assistance Program | January 6, 2023 | $2.2 million |
| Room to grow: a partnership to improve education to workforce pathways for students from rural communities in northwestern Illinois | Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education | December 22, 2023 | $2.1 million |
| Scholarships and enhanced mentoring to promote equity and excellence in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics -this project will contribute to the national need for well-educated scientists, mathematicians, engineers, and technicians by supporting the retention and graduation of high-ach | STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) | August 13, 2024 | $2.0 million |
| Northern Illinois university sip strengthening institutions program (a)(2) | Education Stabilization Fund | January 21, 2022 | $1.9 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Northern Illinois University get?
$135 million in 144 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Northern Illinois University the most?
The Department of Education, with $91.5 million in 27 awards. The National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy follow.
What is Northern Illinois University's largest federal grant?
$37.3 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 Northern Illinois University?
Its largest are Education Stabilization Fund, Geosciences and Office of Science Financial Assistance Program.
Other grant recipients in Dekalb
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