NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

UEINot stated
EINNot stated
LocationIL
ZIPNot stated

Find grants for your organisation

Explore current opportunities with our free matching tool. No account required. Use your own organisation's details; past awards on this profile do not establish your eligibility.

Find matching grants →Explore this recipient's funders ↓

This profile is built entirely from public award records. If this is your organisation you can claim it and add a website and a description. Claiming changes nothing about the award figures.

Awards on file2622
Award amount on file$5,338,263,564
Funders30

Not a complete funding history. These are the funding awards recorded in the sources and years we have imported. Amounts are those reported by each source, not proof of cash received. Figures as of 2026-09-15.

By fiscal year

Fiscal yearAwardsTotal
202616$5,656,952
2025228$179,869,967
2024304$360,663,085
2023305$341,568,859
2022328$504,598,922
2021277$467,887,968
2020283$458,516,259
2019244$484,946,327
2018200$480,926,098
2017128$293,823,630
201687$291,638,710
201563$352,727,811
201415$130,425,551
201312$36,849,331
201213$59,251,043
20119$78,242,858
201015$54,774,031
200910$150,208,288
20085$28,346,534
200711$79,246,477
20064$19,344,673
20056$21,625,463
20044$21,047,512
20038$48,576,896
20023$16,852,729
20016$17,631,692
20003$12,281,625
19995$26,357,288
19982$11,170,556
19975$150,622,519
19965$23,931,170
19944$40,072,581
19933$19,813,162
19922$9,903,004
19911$3,832,080
19901$3,362,473
19873$22,318,882
19861$6,223,557
19831$11,195,089
19791$6,747,731
19761$5,184,181

Who funded them

Follow a funder to explore its award records. Historical funding does not mean that the funder currently accepts applications.

FunderYearsAwardsTotal
National Institutes of Health1976–20261779$4,229,000,223
National Science Foundation2015–2026447$405,492,300
Office of Science1987–202572$274,629,931
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA2017–202584$94,301,834
National Institute of Standards and Technology2014–20254$50,796,126
Army Contracting Command Rock Island2016–202541$48,094,665
DARPA - Tactical Technology Office2018–20247$44,436,664
Office of Naval Research2016–202554$40,616,615
Air Force -- Research Lab2016–202532$36,458,171
Health Resources and Services Administration2011–20233$25,524,148
Department of Education2014–202411$18,369,280
Defense Threat Reduction Agency2015–20248$17,770,607
NASA Headquarters2015–202545$14,563,406
Centers for Disease Control - NCIPC2019–20245$7,373,997
Golden Field Office2017–20205$5,993,642
Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy2020–20243$4,227,327
Food and Drug Administration20194$4,100,062
Dept of the Army -- Materiel Command2019–20234$2,987,127
National Energy Technology Laboratory20241$2,969,477
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health2016–20182$2,443,960
Centers for Disease Control-GHC20211$2,350,000
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA20151$2,219,587
Centers for Disease Control - NCCDPHP20171$1,355,699
Centers for Disease Control - OD20191$746,626
Institute of Museum and Library Services20241$439,597
Idaho Field Office20221$320,000
Washington Headquarters Services20241$235,945
National Aeronautics and Space Administration20161$198,608
Administration for Children and Families2019–20222$139,940
Geological Survey20191$108,000

Programmes, and what is open under them now

An assistance listing names a programme, and every year that programme runs carries the same number. The right-hand column is how many opportunities the catalogue currently holds under it — a fact about the catalogue, not a prediction about anybody.

ListingAwardsTotalOpen now
93.853222$460,775,46797
93.866150$439,349,801129
93.855159$342,914,44687
93.837185$340,629,18778
81.04972$274,629,9311
93.847114$255,596,89770
93.242109$246,536,505114
93.859112$239,325,61460
93.31042$224,580,79585
93.3534$128,595,4462
47.049172$128,282,66844
93.86571$128,132,267101
93.84659$120,944,93959
93.83820$112,170,20477
93.39550$110,886,26247
93.27942$109,843,387102
93.35012$108,705,69037
93.17357$106,631,29680
93.30726$100,240,96459
93.39648$99,209,94634
12.42084$94,301,83428
93.86752$90,017,49674
93.39330$79,770,91653
47.07628$77,420,67130
93.3977$76,792,4389
47.07086$71,764,98228
47.04173$62,783,90537
93.28628$50,881,43556
11.6094$50,796,1260
12.43141$48,094,66514
12.9107$44,436,6644
93.39423$44,040,42950
12.30054$40,616,6158
12.80032$36,458,17115
93.39857$31,615,50435
93.5302$24,627,5982
93.17211$23,921,36073
93.27311$22,952,97992
47.0848$19,898,20920
93.2336$18,583,26577
12.3518$17,770,6071
93.35120$15,580,14126
84.30510$15,369,6420
47.07418$15,162,64825
93.1139$14,477,78369
93.2138$14,375,85171
93.3615$13,036,73850
43.00135$12,786,85410
47.07546$12,256,50536
93.3991$11,894,72051
93.9895$10,389,80914
93.8798$10,133,50543
47.05010$9,410,98143
47.0835$8,261,73116
93.8395$8,232,60878
93.3723$7,769,3379
93.1365$7,373,99727
81.0875$5,993,6421
81.1353$4,227,3271
93.1034$4,100,06255
93.1214$3,237,72086
93.0681$3,098,9971
84.3241$2,999,6380
12.6304$2,987,1275
93.8402$2,970,07971
81.0891$2,969,4771
93.1372$2,443,9604
93.3181$2,350,0003
93.9451$2,219,5872
43.01210$1,776,5522
93.9461$1,355,6991
93.1101$896,55010
93.0611$746,6262
45.3121$439,5972
81.1211$320,0004
47.0791$250,00013
12.0241$235,9451
43.0081$198,6082
93.0771$158,0002
93.5752$139,9400
15.8081$108,0000

The awards themselves

Largest first. Every row links to the award record it came from. The figures above are computed over all of them.

AwardFunderSourceListingFYAmount
DESC0016965Office of ScienceFED81.0492017$1,303,015
D43CA260658National Institutes of HealthFED93.3942021$1,302,310
R01NS115508National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532020$1,300,814
2101377National Science FoundationFED47.0762021$1,299,878
R01DK137775National Institutes of HealthFED93.8472024$1,296,111
T32HD094699National Institutes of HealthFED93.8652019$1,295,727
R01GM132677National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592019$1,295,080
R01DK138080National Institutes of HealthFED93.8472025$1,290,056
R01CA292427National Institutes of HealthFED93.3932025$1,289,131
R01AI181023National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552025$1,285,361
R01LM013337National Institutes of HealthFED93.8792020$1,282,903
R01GM143334National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592021$1,280,000
R01GM149076National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592022$1,280,000
R01HL178127National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372025$1,277,431
RF1MH130428National Institutes of HealthFED93.2422022$1,276,892
U01CA220401National Institutes of HealthFED93.3932018$1,275,681
R01HL174661National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372024$1,274,296
2425538National Science FoundationFED47.0702024$1,271,463
UG3HL169565National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372024$1,264,646
FA95502410058Air Force -- Research LabFED12.8002024$1,264,645
R01GM139151National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592020$1,260,050
T32EB031527National Institutes of HealthFED93.2862021$1,258,996
R01CA295888National Institutes of HealthFED93.3942025$1,258,300
R01NS140046National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532025$1,257,520
R01AI189723National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552025$1,254,924
RF1NS085002National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662014$1,250,818
R01GM130901National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592020$1,249,128
2500659National Science FoundationFED47.0762025$1,245,773
DESC0019358Office of ScienceFED81.0492018$1,244,860
R01AI187142National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552025$1,244,760
DESC0025287Office of ScienceFED81.0492024$1,242,792
R01CA202963National Institutes of HealthFED93.3962016$1,242,549
2038853National Science FoundationFED47.0702021$1,242,000
R01GM153791National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592024$1,241,070
R01GM118712National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592016$1,240,504
2320773National Science FoundationFED47.0832023$1,240,000
T37MD014248National Institutes of HealthFED93.3072019$1,239,388
R01HL131745National Institutes of HealthFED93.8382017$1,237,420
R01GM140478National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592021$1,229,278
R01CA260170National Institutes of HealthFED93.3942021$1,229,031
R01HL172859National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372024$1,227,550
2115963National Science FoundationFED47.0762021$1,223,091
DESC0014330Office of ScienceFED81.0492015$1,219,857
R01ES035723National Institutes of HealthFED93.1132024$1,219,671
1901456National Science FoundationFED47.0702020$1,215,903
R01GM120307National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592017$1,214,848
DESC0024458Office of ScienceFED81.0492023$1,210,000
R01GM116538National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592015$1,209,099
DESC0019337Office of ScienceFED81.0492018$1,203,681
2315178National Science FoundationFED47.0702023$1,201,297
2344522National Science FoundationFED47.0762024$1,200,000
R01NS138769National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532024$1,200,000
HT94252510498Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACAFED12.4202025$1,198,659
2211939National Science FoundationFED47.0702023$1,194,588
R01NS136123National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532024$1,187,178
W911NF1710326Army Contracting Command Rock IslandFED12.4312017$1,180,564
W81XWH1910106Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACAFED12.4202019$1,179,661
R01HL178535National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372025$1,177,260
R01MH112545National Institutes of HealthFED93.2422017$1,173,750
R01GM129339National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592019$1,171,798
R35GM154945National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592024$1,168,460
R01GM124089National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592018$1,160,096
R01GM121518National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592017$1,159,344
R01DC022489National Institutes of HealthFED93.1732025$1,158,992
R01CA290737National Institutes of HealthFED93.3952025$1,155,268
R01NS118019National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532020$1,155,161
R35GM158171National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592025$1,154,560
R01HD116699National Institutes of HealthFED93.8652025$1,151,340
K24AI104831National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552013$1,149,533
W81XWH1710230Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACAFED12.4202017$1,148,548
W81XWH2110574Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACAFED12.4202021$1,140,016
R01CA300246National Institutes of HealthFED93.3952025$1,134,880
R01DK112281National Institutes of HealthFED93.8472016$1,131,510
HT94252311042Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACAFED12.4202023$1,130,748
1906971National Science FoundationFED47.0762019$1,127,403
R37NS135820National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532024$1,125,200
R01NS118928National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532020$1,122,125
R01AT013056National Institutes of HealthFED93.2132025$1,120,004
R01HL138578National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372017$1,105,427
R61NS120245National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532020$1,103,475
R01EY036978National Institutes of HealthFED93.8672025$1,094,902
UG3AR084667National Institutes of HealthFED93.3102024$1,091,757
R00MH120047National Institutes of HealthFED93.2422019$1,084,657
R01HD114558National Institutes of HealthFED93.8652025$1,083,851
2133863National Science FoundationFED47.0742022$1,078,115
R01CA298232National Institutes of HealthFED93.3952025$1,076,966
K08NS118107National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532020$1,071,315
R01CA278956National Institutes of HealthFED93.3952024$1,070,296
R01CA279040National Institutes of HealthFED93.3942024$1,070,296
R01HL159964National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372022$1,062,670
T32TR005124National Institutes of HealthFED93.3502024$1,059,363
K08NS121601National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532022$1,058,265
R24NS104160National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532018$1,058,025
W81XWH2210773Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACAFED12.4202022$1,057,462
R01NS120547National Institutes of HealthFED93.3962020$1,051,242
T32LM012203National Institutes of HealthFED93.3982015$1,045,740
U01DK126045National Institutes of HealthFED93.3102020$1,039,760
R01LM015300National Institutes of HealthFED93.1722019$1,039,472
K23DA053989National Institutes of HealthFED93.2792021$1,036,348
2224593National Science FoundationFED47.0762023$1,034,751

Source: USASpending.gov federal award records. Federal awards only. Last checked 2026-09-07.