Federal grants to Seattle University
Seattle University in Seattle, Washington received $30.2 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 27 awards. Its largest program was Education Stabilization Fund, with $16.0 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $4.7 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$30.2 million
- Awards27
- Awarded in FY 2025$4.7 million
- Largest award$9.0 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 8 | $17.0 million |
| FY 2022 | 7 | $2.6 million |
| FY 2023 | 8 | $3.2 million |
| FY 2024 | 7 | $2.7 million |
| FY 2025 | 7 | $4.7 million |
Programs that fund Seattle University
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Education Stabilization Fund | 2 | $16.0 million |
| STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) | 3 | $2.6 million |
| School Safely National Activities | 1 | $2.3 million |
| Integrative Activities | 1 | $2.1 million |
| Advanced Nursing Education Workforce Grant Program | 1 | $1.9 million |
| Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships | 2 | $1.1 million |
| Engineering | 4 | $1.1 million |
| Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants | 1 | $584,858 |
| Aging Research | 2 | $554,840 |
| Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research | 1 | $511,763 |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Education | 4 | $18.7 million |
| National Science Foundation | 17 | $7.6 million |
| Department of Health and Human Services | 6 | $4.0 million |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle university CARES emergency institutional relief fund | Education Stabilization Fund | January 19, 2021 | $9.0 million |
| Seattle university CARES emergency student relief fund | Education Stabilization Fund | January 19, 2021 | $7.0 million |
| Puget sound partnership to expand and diversify the mental health professional pipeline | School Safely National Activities | March 30, 2023 | $2.3 million |
| Collaborative and operational leadership (COLEAD): leading from all levels toward research excellence and sustainability -the collaborative and operational leadership (COLEAD) project aims to increase the participation of faculty from teaching-intensive institutions (TIIS) in the national research e | Integrative Activities | August 29, 2025 | $2.1 million |
| Advanced nursing education workforce | Advanced Nursing Education Workforce Grant Program | June 23, 2023 | $1.9 million |
| Enhancing career outcomes through mentoring, research, and focused career discernment 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 gradu | STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) | August 23, 2022 | $1.5 million |
| Advance partnership: assessing differential faculty contributions and aligning faculty advancement with mission values -the three partner institutions, gonzaga university, saint louis university, and seattle university propose to revise faculty advancement processes to be more comprehensive and alig | STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) | July 21, 2022 | $999,784 |
| Bpe-track 3: extending the impact: redefining electrical and computer engineering faculty through inclusive mentoring hubs (iredefine I2MHUBS) -the broader impact of this broadening participation for engineering track 3 (BPE-TRACK-3) project is to increase the diversity of electrical and computer en | Engineering | August 9, 2024 | $800,000 |
| Collaborative research: epiic: increasing our innovation scores: symbiotic collaboration of regional ecosystems -this is a collaborative project across the following institutions: seattle university, cal poly humboldt state university, st. Francis university, st. Mary?s university, and Utah tech univ | Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships | September 21, 2023 | $799,959 |
| Behavioral health workforce education and training program - project overview: seattle university’s achieving optimal childhood, adolescence and young adulthood (a-ocay): an integrated, holistic, and community-engaged model for interprofessional behavioral health workforce education and training in | Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants | June 18, 2025 | $584,858 |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Seattle University get?
$30.2 million in 27 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Seattle University the most?
The Department of Education, with $18.7 million in 4 awards. The National Science Foundation and the Department of Health and Human Services follow.
What is Seattle University's largest federal grant?
$9.0 million under Education Stabilization Fund, with its first action in the period on January 19, 2021. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Seattle University?
Its largest are Education Stabilization Fund, STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) and School Safely National Activities.
Other grant recipients in Seattle
- University of Washington
- Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
- King County Metro Transit
- Port of Seattle
- Seattle Children's Hospital
- Allen Institute
- Seattle Housing Authority
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