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Federal grants to Ursinus College

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Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pennsylvania received $8.4 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 16 awards. Its largest program was Education Stabilization Fund, with $4.5 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $1.1 million.

From USAspending.gov award records, updated October 31, 2026.

By year

Federal grants to Ursinus College by fiscal year
Fiscal yearAwardsAmount
FY 20215$5.1 million
FY 20223$340,795
FY 20235$992,056
FY 20243$799,860
FY 20254$1.1 million

An award funded in several years counts in each of them, so yearly awards add up to more than the five-year total.

Programs that fund Ursinus College

The 10 largest programs, fiscal 2021 to 2025
ProgramAwardsAmount
Education Stabilization Fund 84.4252$4.5 million
Biomedical Research and Research Training 93.8592$826,368
Biological Sciences 47.0742$796,166
Integrative Activities 47.0831$701,072
Mathematical and Physical Sciences 47.0494$559,747
Alcohol Research Programs 93.2731$349,738
Cardiovascular Diseases Research 93.8371$349,728
STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) 47.0761$136,767
Science 43.0011$78,788
Museums for America 45.3011$47,160

Awarding agencies

AgencyAwardsAmount
Department of Education2$4.5 million
National Science Foundation8$2.2 million
Department of Health and Human Services4$1.5 million
National Aeronautics and Space Administration1$78,788
Institute of Museum and Library Services1$47,160

Largest awards

The 10 largest awards by money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025
AwardProgramFirst actionAmount
Institutional relief funding.
ASST_NON_P425F200053_091 on USAspending
Education Stabilization FundJanuary 17, 2021$2.5 million
Relief funding.
ASST_NON_P425E201279_091 on USAspending
Education Stabilization FundJanuary 17, 2021$2.0 million
Mri: equipment: a new CEBR3 gamma-ray detection array (CEBRA) for particle-gamma coincidence experiments at the fsu super-enge split-pole spectrograph -this award provides support for ursinus college, a primarily undergraduate institution, to upgrade the particle-gamma ray coincidence capabilities a
ASST_NON_2405485_049 on USAspending
Integrative ActivitiesAugust 9, 2024$701,072
Brc-bio: phenotypic traits facilitate plasticity in a model marine gastropod -the intertidal zone where the ocean meets land is a highly variable habitat where organisms often experience rapidly changing conditions, from complete submersion in water to full air exposure over a matter of hours. Most
ASST_NON_2437654_049 on USAspending
Biological SciencesJuly 8, 2025$501,393
Ribosome-associated regulation of yeast prion formation
ASST_NON_R15GM119081_075 on USAspending
Biomedical Research and Research TrainingAugust 14, 2023$418,485
Identification of new regulators of centrosome positioning in c. Elegans axis pol
ASST_NON_R15GM110614_075 on USAspending
Biomedical Research and Research TrainingSeptember 20, 2021$407,883
Role of microglial fractalkine signaling in altered dopaminergic wiring in fasd - project summary/abstract despite public awareness campaigns, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) remain prevalent due to alcohol consumption by women that are pregnant or of child-bearing age. Prenatal alcohol expo
ASST_NON_R21AA030402_075 on USAspending
Alcohol Research ProgramsAugust 15, 2023$349,738
Metabolic adaptations to acute and chronic exercise - project summary/abstract obesity is a major contributor to the development of cardiovascular diseases (CVD), including cardiomyopathy and heart failure. The cardiometabolic profile of the obese heart demonstrates an imbalance between lipid uptake
ASST_NON_R15HL177624_075 on USAspending
Cardiovascular Diseases ResearchAugust 20, 2025$349,728
Collaborative research: modeling organismal responses to changing ecological regimes via investigation of stress, growth and reproduction in the longest-lived mammal
ASST_NON_2122889_049 on USAspending
Biological SciencesAugust 6, 2021$294,773
Rui: bmat: evaluating ionizable amphiphilic janus dendrimers as delivery agents for nucleic acids -non-technical summary: methods to alter gene expression have the potential to transform modern medicine. These tools directly modify genetic information or change how much or how little a specific gene
ASST_NON_2447992_049 on USAspending
Mathematical and Physical SciencesJuly 16, 2025$230,784

Amounts are net obligations: money committed, minus any amounts taken back. They are not payments. See how our data works.

Questions people ask

How much federal grant money does Ursinus College get?

$8.4 million in 16 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.

Which agency gives Ursinus College the most?

The Department of Education, with $4.5 million in 2 awards. The National Science Foundation and the Department of Health and Human Services follow.

What is Ursinus College's largest federal grant?

$2.5 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 Ursinus College?

Its largest are Education Stabilization Fund, Biomedical Research and Research Training and Biological Sciences.

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