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NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

Federal awards from FY2008 to FY2026, as reported to USAspending.

UEIEXZVPWZBLUE8IL

Obligations on Record

All obligations
$760M
Contracts
$5.2M
Assistance
$755M
Excluded from rankings
$6.2M
Flood insurance (97.022), DHS assistance outside the research programs and non-research DoD, DOE and NASA assistance; see coverage.
Awards / rows
766 / 3,319

Totals cover every USAspending row for this recipient key in DoD, DHS, DOE and NASA, FY2008 onward, net of de-obligations, including awards too small to be listed below and rows that site-wide totals exclude (flood insurance, DHS disaster assistance). They are obligations, not ceilings.

History of the Awards Listed Here

History of the awards listed here
Fiscal yearContractsAssistanceActions
FY2026 (partial)$0$4.1M85
FY2025$179K$10.4M87
FY2024$142K$30.9M126
FY2023$344K$42.9M153
FY2022$0$33.3M194
FY2021$0$41.2M177
FY2020−$7K$41.8M202
FY2019$100K$42.7M207
FY2018$157K$45.0M189
FY2017$157K$40.7M185
FY2016$57K$41.9M193
FY2015$122K$36.9M178
FY2014$282K$42.8M164
FY2013$609K$30.2M131
FY2012$730K$31.0M132
FY2011$408K$45.0M165
FY2010$772K$47.9M151
FY2009$295K$72.7M118
FY2008$747K$15.5M59

All actions on promoted awards whose latest recipient is this record, including actions reported under earlier recipients. This is award history grouped by fiscal year, not this recipient's own yearly obligations, and does not reconcile to this recipient's totals above. Zero and negative actions are included. Partial years follow the Markets completeness rule.

Promoted Awards652

Promoted awards
AwardAgencyCompanyLast actionActionsObligatedCeiling (not spending)
Department of EnergyNot a reviewed companyAug 19, 202615$62,983,958.80—
Department of EnergyNot a reviewed companyAug 31, 202316$35,857,308.99—
Department of DefenseNot a reviewed companyNov 18, 202415$22,201,894.00—
Department of EnergyNot a reviewed companyMay 3, 202316$17,050,000.00—
Department of DefenseNot a reviewed companyDec 3, 20248$10,923,276.00—
Department of EnergyNot a reviewed companyMay 20, 20265$10,350,000.00—
Department of DefenseNot a reviewed companyJul 11, 20199$10,049,019.00—
Department of DefenseNot a reviewed companyJul 11, 202319$8,748,814.00—
Department of DefenseNot a reviewed companyDec 14, 20219$8,500,000.00—
Department of EnergyNot a reviewed companyAug 15, 20226$8,265,226.00—
Department of EnergyNot a reviewed companyAug 19, 20247$7,500,000.00—
Department of DefenseNot a reviewed companyMar 10, 201611$7,500,000.00—
Department of DefenseNot a reviewed companySep 12, 202313$7,421,124.89—
Department of DefenseNot a reviewed companyJun 12, 202016$7,300,000.00—
Department of DefenseNot a reviewed companyJan 31, 202412$7,089,204.00—
Department of DefenseNot a reviewed companyOct 18, 20104$7,016,937.00—
Department of DefenseNot a reviewed companyMar 11, 20266$6,852,706.00—
Department of DefenseNot a reviewed companyJan 30, 20155$6,699,187.00—
Department of DefenseNot a reviewed companyApr 27, 20215$6,000,000.00—
Department of DefenseNot a reviewed companySep 26, 20148$5,967,776.00—
Department of DefenseNot a reviewed companyApr 2, 20137$5,934,365.00—
Department of EnergyNot a reviewed companyJun 29, 201711$5,893,567.64—
Department of DefenseNot a reviewed companyMar 19, 20259$5,427,376.00—
Department of EnergyNot a reviewed companyJun 16, 202617$5,399,000.00—
Department of DefenseNot a reviewed companySep 17, 20266$5,300,000.00—
Department of DefenseNot a reviewed companySep 11, 20145$5,000,000.00—
Department of DefenseNot a reviewed companyAug 3, 202311$4,987,868.43—
Department of EnergyNot a reviewed companyJun 9, 201110$4,758,005.00—
Department of DefenseNot a reviewed companyJan 23, 20127$4,708,118.00—
Department of EnergyNot a reviewed companyMay 9, 201811$4,427,607.00—
Department of DefenseNot a reviewed companyMar 28, 20137$4,416,925.00—
Department of DefenseNot a reviewed companySep 16, 20145$4,190,075.00—
Department of DefenseNot a reviewed companyMay 4, 20156$4,148,534.00—
Department of DefenseNot a reviewed companyApr 28, 20167$3,734,000.00—
Department of EnergyNot a reviewed companyApr 29, 20114$3,715,000.00—
Department of EnergyNot a reviewed companyMar 26, 20159$3,714,171.00—
Department of DefenseNot a reviewed companyMar 11, 20265$3,642,059.32—
Department of EnergyNot a reviewed companyMar 26, 20258$3,499,922.50—
Department of EnergyNot a reviewed companyAug 26, 20265$3,181,844.01—
Department of DefenseNot a reviewed companyMar 4, 20135$3,000,000.00—
Department of DefenseNot a reviewed companyAug 23, 20222$3,000,000.00—
Department of DefenseNot a reviewed companyNov 29, 20229$2,999,997.00—
Department of DefenseNot a reviewed companyDec 6, 20217$2,999,084.68—
Department of EnergyNot a reviewed companyOct 27, 20253$2,969,477.00—
Department of EnergyNot a reviewed companyAug 23, 20164$2,817,907.00—
Department of EnergyNot a reviewed companyJun 7, 202212$2,731,088.12—
Department of DefenseNot a reviewed companyMay 22, 20244$2,574,000.00—
Department of DefenseNot a reviewed companySep 3, 20146$2,563,999.00—
Department of DefenseNot a reviewed companyDec 18, 20257$2,547,266.00—
Department of DefenseNot a reviewed companyNov 14, 20133$2,531,704.00—

Largest obligation first. An award is listed under the recipient of its latest action: if the recipient on an award's earlier actions differs, those actions appear on the award page but the award is not listed here, and this recipient's totals above still include the rows reported under it. Contract awards of $100k or more, every contract vehicle (IDV) and SBIR/STTR award, reviewed companies from $10k, and research-assistance programs on the reviewed allowlist (DoD, DOE and NASA from $10k, plus eligible DHS research) are listed; see the promotion rules. The other 114 awards with rows for this recipient are in the totals and can be found on USAspending by this UEI (EXZVPWZBLUE8).