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Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs

Federal financial assistance obligated under listing 84.334, the organisations that receive it and where it goes.

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Federal agencies obligated $367M in awards under assistance listing 84.334, Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs, in FY2025, and $1.4B over the five fiscal years since FY2022; the program ranks 277 of 1056 on this site.

Obligations were about level on FY2024 ($359M), with $0 so far in FY2026.

The largest recipient organisations over FY2022–FY2025 were Region One Education SRV Center ($68M), University of Texas at Austin ($62M) and University of Oklahoma ($55M).

By place of performance, the most money went to TX, WA and OK.

$367Mobligations, FY2025FY2025 (1 Oct 2024 – 30 Sep 2025) · obligations
$1.4Bfive-year totalFY2022–FY2026 to date · obligations
$0FY2026 to dateFY2026 · obligations
277 of 1056rank among programs on this sitefive-year obligations
85awards of $1.0M+ since FY2022FY2022–FY2026

Obligations by fiscal year

$371M
$316M
$359M
$367M
$0
FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Obligations under listing 84.334 by fiscal year. *FY2026 runs to the data date and is incomplete.

Compared with the largest program FY2025

MeasureThis programGrants to States for MedicaidAll assistance
Obligations, FY2025$367M$666B$4.5T
Five-year total$1.4B$3.2T$21T
Share of all assistance obligations, five years0%15.2%100%

Largest recipients obligations, FY2022–FY2025

#OrganisationObligations
1Region One Education SRV Center$68M
2University of Texas at Austin$62M
3University of Oklahoma$55M
4University of Washington$38M
5Washington State University$37M
6Los Angeles Unified School District$32M
7Appalachian State University$27M
8Board of Regents of Nevada System of Higher Education$22M
9Colorado Department of Higher Education$20M
10New Jersey Commission on Higher Education$20M
11Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction$20M
12Utah State University$19M
13Vermont Student Assistance Corporation$18M
14Higher Educ Department$18M
15Massachusetts Department of Higher Education$18M
16University of Hawaii$17M
17Voorhees University$17M
18Wa Student Achievement Council$17M
19Higher Education Commission, Tennessee$17M
20Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education$17M
21University of Washington$17M
22The Postsecondary Commissioner Rhode Island Office of$17M
23Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity$16M
24Utah Valley University$16M
25Mississippi State University$16M

Awarding agencies $1.0M+ awards

Where the money goes

Largest awards since FY2022

RecipientAwarding agencyTypeAward valueBegunPlaceRecord
University of OklahomaDepartment of EducationGrantProject Grant (B)$20M26 Sep 2023OKUSAspending
University of Texas at AustinDepartment of EducationGrantProject Grant (B)$19M23 Aug 2022TXUSAspending
University of WashingtonDepartment of EducationGrantProject Grant (B)$14M26 Sep 2023WAUSAspending
Oregon State UniversityDepartment of EducationGrantProject Grant (B)$14M23 Aug 2022ORUSAspending
University of Central ArkansasDepartment of EducationGrantProject Grant (B)$13M21 Sep 2023ARUSAspending
New York State Higher Education Services CorporationDepartment of EducationGrantProject Grant (B)$13M23 Aug 2022NYUSAspending
University of Maine SystemDepartment of EducationGrantProject Grant (B)$12M21 Sep 2023MEUSAspending
Concord UniversityDepartment of EducationGrantProject Grant (B)$12M23 Aug 2022WVUSAspending
College Student Aid Commission IowaDepartment of EducationGrantProject Grant (B)$11M21 Sep 2023IAUSAspending
District of Columbia, Government ofDepartment of EducationGrantProject Grant (B)$11M21 Sep 2023DCUSAspending

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Questions and answers

How much is obligated under assistance listing 84.334?

$367M in FY2025 and $1.4B over the five fiscal years since FY2022, counting every award type recorded under the listing (grants, direct payments, loan subsidy cost, insurance and other assistance). Obligations are commitments, not payments.

Who receives the most under Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs?

Region One Education SRV Center ($68M), University of Texas at Austin ($62M), University of Oklahoma ($55M), University of Washington ($38M), Washington State University ($37M). Individuals are never listed; where a program pays individuals, USAspending records aggregated rows that appear here as "not shown".

What is an assistance listing (CFDA) number?

A five-digit number that identifies a federal financial assistance program on SAM.gov (formerly the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance). Every grant, loan, direct payment or other assistance award on USAspending carries one; contracts do not.

Provenance

Source: USAspending.gov API v2, spending by category (assistance listing) by fiscal year, recipient cross-tabulation for FY2022–FY2025 and award search, loaded 30 Sep 2026. State figures come from each state's top-100 listing table, so small amounts in a state may be missing. See methodology.