Federal grants to Wellesley College
Wellesley College in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts received $17.0 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 33 awards. Its largest program was Education Stabilization Fund, with $7.0 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $1.3 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated October 31, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$17.0 million
- Awards33
- Awarded in FY 2025$1.3 million
- Largest award$3.5 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 13 | $9.0 million |
| FY 2022 | 13 | $3.3 million |
| FY 2023 | 9 | $2.9 million |
| FY 2024 | 7 | $551,847 |
| FY 2025 | 5 | $1.3 million |
Programs that fund Wellesley College
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Education Stabilization Fund | 2 | $7.0 million |
| Biomedical Research and Research Training | 3 | $2.7 million |
| Office of Science Financial Assistance Program | 2 | $1.3 million |
| Geosciences | 3 | $1.3 million |
| TRIO McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement | 1 | $1.1 million |
| Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research | 2 | $766,605 |
| Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research | 3 | $682,486 |
| Science | 3 | $507,147 |
| Engineering | 2 | $461,266 |
| Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences | 3 | $459,147 |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Education | 3 | $8.0 million |
| Department of Health and Human Services | 8 | $4.1 million |
| National Science Foundation | 16 | $3.0 million |
| Department of Energy | 2 | $1.3 million |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 3 | $507,147 |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARES act higher education emergency relief fund--wellesley college | Education Stabilization Fund | February 19, 2021 | $3.5 million |
| Higher education emergency relief fund part II - institutional - wellesley college | Education Stabilization Fund | February 19, 2021 | $3.4 million |
| Optical tools to study purinergic signaling - project summary/abstract extracellular atp and adp are mediators of purinergic signaling in cell-to-cell communication in virtually every tissue. Autocrine and paracrine purinergic signaling contributes to normal cellular functions such as immune cell ch | Biomedical Research and Research Training | December 28, 2021 | $1.9 million |
| Wellesley college mcnair scholars program | TRIO McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement | August 9, 2022 | $1.1 million |
| Wellesley / uta training and growth in underrepresented groups | Office of Science Financial Assistance Program | September 25, 2023 | $749,797 |
| Crest: collaborative research in energy science traineeships | Office of Science Financial Assistance Program | January 20, 2025 | $600,000 |
| Collaborative research: rui: extracellular vesicles as vehicles for microbial interactions in marine black queen communities -the function and stability of microbial communities in the ocean depends on exchanges of biological products and services between individual cells. Marine microbes are typica | Geosciences | May 9, 2023 | $595,535 |
| Rui: collaborative research: quantifying the role of microbial extracellular vesicles in marine dissolved organic matter production and consumption | Geosciences | August 19, 2021 | $560,615 |
| Collaborative research: fw-htf-rm: ai-assisted programming: equipping social and natural scientists for the future of research -computer programming is essential for modern science. Scientists write programs to control instruments, run simulations, and analyze data. However, the programming tools an | Engineering | August 16, 2023 | $453,266 |
| Multi-target design and analysis of dna-binding antimicrobial peptides - antimicrobial peptides (AMPS) are a potentially promising strategy to address the ongoing health crisis of antibiotic-resistant microbial infection because they target generic bacterial structural elements, thereby rendering ev | Biomedical Research and Research Training | July 20, 2023 | $452,339 |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Wellesley College get?
$17.0 million in 33 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Wellesley College the most?
The Department of Education, with $8.0 million in 3 awards. The Department of Health and Human Services and the National Science Foundation follow.
What is Wellesley College's largest federal grant?
$3.5 million under Education Stabilization Fund, with its first action in the period on February 19, 2021. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Wellesley College?
Its largest are Education Stabilization Fund, Biomedical Research and Research Training and Office of Science Financial Assistance Program.
Other grant recipients in Wellesley Hills
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