Federal grants to Oberlin College
Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio received $12.6 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 27 awards. Its largest program was Education Stabilization Fund, with $5.9 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $2.1 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$12.6 million
- Awards27
- Awarded in FY 2025$2.1 million
- Largest award$3.3 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 6 | $6.7 million |
| FY 2022 | 7 | $1.6 million |
| FY 2023 | 8 | $1.4 million |
| FY 2024 | 4 | $804,711 |
| FY 2025 | 5 | $2.1 million |
Programs that fund Oberlin College
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Education Stabilization Fund | 2 | $5.9 million |
| Mathematical and Physical Sciences | 9 | $3.1 million |
| Biomedical Research and Research Training | 1 | $725,969 |
| Biological Sciences | 2 | $623,924 |
| Computer and Information Science and Engineering | 3 | $584,044 |
| Integrative Activities | 1 | $500,531 |
| Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs | 1 | $400,836 |
| Engineering | 1 | $247,811 |
| STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) | 1 | $220,245 |
| International Science and Engineering | 2 | $155,184 |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Education | 2 | $5.9 million |
| National Science Foundation | 22 | $5.6 million |
| Department of Health and Human Services | 2 | $1.1 million |
| National Endowment for the Arts | 1 | $10,000 |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education emergency relief fund - oberlin college-ihe/institution | Education Stabilization Fund | January 18, 2021 | $3.3 million |
| Higher education emergency relief fund - oberlin college | Education Stabilization Fund | January 17, 2021 | $2.6 million |
| Mri: track 1 acquisition of a 600 mhz nmr console and a helium recovery system for shared use in research and teaching -this award is funded by the major research instrumentation program and the chemistry research instrumentation programs to acquire a console for a 600 mhz nuclear magnetic resonance | Mathematical and Physical Sciences | July 31, 2025 | $915,365 |
| Activity-based protein profiling of the human rhomboid proteases for inhibitor discovery and enzyme characterization - hydrolases, proteins that cleave covalent bonds using water, represent one of the largest classes of enzymes in the human body and play essential roles in numerous physiological pat | Biomedical Research and Research Training | April 18, 2022 | $725,969 |
| Career: understanding and directing selectivity in functionalizations of strong covalent bonds utilizing coordination-sphere effects -with support of the chemical structure, dynamics & mechanisms-b program of the chemistry division, shuming chen of the department of chemistry and biochemistry at obe | Mathematical and Physical Sciences | March 22, 2024 | $550,000 |
| Rui: sugar-mediated remodeling of the e. Coli transcriptome and its impact on biofilm growth and composition -antibiotic resistance has reduced the efficacy of many antibiotics and led to livestock culling, compromised crops, and increased human deaths. Resistance to antibiotics is heightened when b | Biological Sciences | August 5, 2022 | $534,002 |
| Equipment: mri track 1: acquisition of a la-icp-ms for research and research training -this major research instrumentation (MRI) award provides funding to oberlin college to acquire a laser ablation inductively-coupled plasma quadrupole mass spectrometer (la-icp-ms), an instrument used to analyze a | Integrative Activities | August 16, 2023 | $500,531 |
| Rui: thermodynamics and nmr crystallography of organic crystal forms | Mathematical and Physical Sciences | June 7, 2021 | $422,360 |
| Sex difference in cocaine-induced impulsivity: contribution of the mesocorticolimbic dopamine system and estradiol - project summary/abstract female drug users escalate to more problematic patterns of drug use more rapidly than male drug users. Further they exhibit greater dysregulation in their dru | Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs | July 7, 2025 | $400,836 |
| Collaborative research: ri: medium: rui: automated decision making for open multiagent systems -various types of uncertainties complicate decision making in real-world contexts. In addition to imperfect sensing, there is added uncertainty in shared contexts due to the unknown actions of others and t | Computer and Information Science and Engineering | July 31, 2023 | $299,214 |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Oberlin College get?
$12.6 million in 27 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Oberlin College the most?
The Department of Education, with $5.9 million in 2 awards. The National Science Foundation and the Department of Health and Human Services follow.
What is Oberlin College's largest federal grant?
$3.3 million under Education Stabilization Fund, with its first action in the period on January 18, 2021. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Oberlin College?
Its largest are Education Stabilization Fund, Mathematical and Physical Sciences and Biomedical Research and Research Training.
Other grant recipients in Oberlin
Largest federal grant recipients in Ohio · Federal grants in Ohio