Federal grants to Western Washington University
Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington received $99.8 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 134 awards. Its largest program was Education Stabilization Fund, with $50.4 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $6.3 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$99.8 million
- Awards134
- Awarded in FY 2025$6.3 million
- Largest award$28.5 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 46 | $61.6 million |
| FY 2022 | 47 | $10.0 million |
| FY 2023 | 39 | $12.7 million |
| FY 2024 | 33 | $9.2 million |
| FY 2025 | 23 | $6.3 million |
Programs that fund Western Washington University
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Education Stabilization Fund | 2 | $50.4 million |
| STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) | 15 | $8.8 million |
| Geosciences | 28 | $7.0 million |
| Mathematical and Physical Sciences | 21 | $5.4 million |
| Biological Sciences | 12 | $5.4 million |
| AmeriCorps State and National 94.006 | 1 | $5.1 million |
| Congressionally-Identified Projects | 1 | $2.4 million |
| English Language Acquisition State Grants | 1 | $2.1 million |
| Polar Programs | 6 | $2.1 million |
| Biomedical Research and Research Training | 4 | $1.5 million |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Education | 6 | $53.9 million |
| National Science Foundation | 99 | $32.2 million |
| Corporation for National and Community Service | 1 | $5.1 million |
| Department of Commerce | 3 | $2.8 million |
| Department of Health and Human Services | 6 | $2.5 million |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education emergency relief fund, institutional portion | Education Stabilization Fund | January 16, 2021 | $28.5 million |
| Western Washington university: CARES act higher education emergency relief fund - ihe | Education Stabilization Fund | January 16, 2021 | $21.9 million |
| Western Washington university/Washington campus compact, serving as an intermediary and in partnership with 42 operating sites in Washington and Idaho proposes the campus civic leaders and engagement corps to mobilize 254 americorps members (46 ft, 14, pt, 49 qt, 145 mt) to address critical communit | AmeriCorps State and National 94.006 | June 24, 2021 | $5.9 million |
| Purpose: western Washington university (WWU) is finalizing the construction of a new advanced technology academic facility that will significantly expand capacity within the university's electrical engineering and computer science programs. Funding from this award will be used to equip the facilitie | Congressionally-Identified Projects | September 4, 2024 | $2.4 million |
| Providing equitable access to continuing education (PEACE) project: teacher preparation and professional development for P-12 teachers of multilingual students | English Language Acquisition State Grants | September 26, 2022 | $2.1 million |
| Collaborative research: building educational theory through enacting reforms in stem | STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) | August 17, 2021 | $1.9 million |
| Culturally responsive elementary science teaching -curriculum materials are not a script for teachers to follow, but a tool over which they exert agency as they make decisions about how to adapt the materials for use in their specific context with their particular students. Indeed, adaptation is nec | STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) | July 25, 2023 | $1.7 million |
| Career: coastal antarctic snow algae and light absorbing particles: snowmelt, climate and ecosystem impacts | Polar Programs | August 24, 2021 | $1.3 million |
| Career: investigating the role of an rna interference pathway in safeguarding the tetrahymena thermophila somatic genome -this award is funded in whole or in part under the american rescue plan act of 2021 (public law 117-2). Protection of our genomes from mutation and dna damage is critical for sus | Biological Sciences | January 24, 2022 | $1.3 million |
| Collaborative research: implementation: evolved - embedding a vision to operationalize, lift up, and value equity and diversity in the consortium of aquatic science societies -evolved (embed a vision to operationalize, lift up, and value equity and diversity) is a comprehensive and integrated set of | Biological Sciences | February 6, 2023 | $1.2 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Western Washington University get?
$99.8 million in 134 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Western Washington University the most?
The Department of Education, with $53.9 million in 6 awards. The National Science Foundation and the Corporation for National and Community Service follow.
What is Western Washington University's largest federal grant?
$28.5 million under Education Stabilization Fund, with its first action in the period on January 16, 2021. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Western Washington University?
Its largest are Education Stabilization Fund, STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) and Geosciences.
Other grant recipients in Bellingham
- Lummi Indian Business Council
- Northwest Indian College Foundation
- Whatcom Transportation Authority
- Port of Bellingham
- Lummi Nation Housing Authority
- Opportunity Council
- Whatcom Community College
- Northwest Indian College Foundation
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