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Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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Federal agencies obligated $134M to Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, in the listed fiscal years 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.
In FY2026, the most recent complete fiscal year, obligations were $25M, with contracts under the listing floor.
That is down 24% on FY2025 ($34M).
Worcester Polytechnic Institute ranks 125 of 943 listed organisations located in MA by five-year obligations, and 4,368 of 30,000 nationally.
Its $1.0M-plus awards since FY2023 came from Department of Health and Human Services, National Science Foundation and Department of Education and 3 other agencies: 17 awards worth $33M in total award value.
Obligations by fiscal year contracts vs assistance
| Fiscal year | All obligations | Contracts | Assistance | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $34,178,480 | under $1.0M | $34,178,480 | — |
| FY2024 | $40,838,026 | under $1.0M | $40,838,026 | +19% |
| FY2025 | $33,686,548 | under $1.0M | $33,686,548 | -18% |
| FY2026 | $25,484,538 | under $1.0M | $25,484,538 | -24% |
| FY2027 to date | under $1.0M | — | — | — |
A fiscal year runs 1 October to 30 September. "Contracts" are procurement award types A–D; "assistance" is everything else (grants, direct payments, loan subsidy cost, insurance, other). The contracts column is listed only where contract obligations alone reached $1.0M; the assistance figure is the remainder and may therefore include up to $1.0M of contracts.
Compared with its state and the largest recipients five listed years
| Measure | This organisation | Largest in MA | Largest nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five-year obligations (listed years) | $134M | $70B | $416B |
| FY2026 obligations | $25M | $16B | $118B |
| Contracts, five years | under $1.0M | under $1.0M | $94B |
| Assistance, five years | $134M | $70B | $416B |
| Rank by five-year obligations | 4,368 of 30,000 | 1 of 943 in MA | 1 |
Largest in state: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Largest nationally: Health Care Services, California Department of. Rankings count organisations located in the state, by the sum of their listed fiscal years.
Awarding agencies $1.0M+ awards since FY2023
| # | Agency | Awards | Award value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of Health and Human Services | 4 | $13M | 39% |
| 2 | National Science Foundation | 7 | $11M | 31% |
| 3 | Department of Education | 1 | $3.7M | 11% |
| 4 | Department of Energy | 3 | $3.4M | 10% |
| 5 | Department of Commerce | 1 | $1.5M | 4% |
| 6 | Department of Defense | 1 | $1.3M | 4% |
Assistance programs listings
Places of performance $1.0M+ awards
Counties: Worcester County, MA $24M
Largest awards begun since FY2023
| Awarding agency | Type | Industry or program | Award value | Begun | Place | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 93.279 Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs | $6.9M | 14 Aug 2025 | MA | USAspending |
| Department of Education | GrantProject Grant (B) | 84.305 Education Research, Development and Dissemination | $3.7M | 26 Jan 2024 | MA | USAspending |
| Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health | GrantProject Grant (B) | 93.242 Mental Health Research Grants | $3.3M | 19 Jul 2023 | MA | USAspending |
| National Science Foundation | GrantProject Grant (B) | 47.076 STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) | $2.5M | 18 Jul 2023 | MA | USAspending |
| National Science Foundation | GrantProject Grant (B) | 47.076 STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) | $2.0M | 29 Jul 2026 | MA | USAspending |
| Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 93.279 Drug Abuse and Addiction Research Programs | $1.6M | 21 Sep 2023 | MA | USAspending |
| Department of CommerceNational Institute of Standards and Technology | GrantProject Grant (B) | 11.617 Congressionally-Identified Projects | $1.5M | 1 Sep 2026 | MA | USAspending |
| National Science Foundation | GrantProject Grant (B) | 47.075 Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences | $1.5M | 22 Jun 2026 | MA | USAspending |
| National Science Foundation | GrantProject Grant (B) | 47.041 Engineering | $1.3M | 5 Aug 2024 | MA | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseDepartment of the Army | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 10.961 Scientific Cooperation and Research | $1.3M | 5 Mar 2026 | — | USAspending |
| Department of Energy | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 81.135 Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy | $1.2M | 15 May 2024 | MA | USAspending |
| National Science Foundation | GrantProject Grant (B) | 47.070 Computer and Information Science and Engineering | $1.2M | 12 Jul 2024 | MA | USAspending |
Award value is the amount obligated to the award to date as USAspending reports it. Descriptions below are USAspending's text, unedited and truncated; those that appear to name a person are withheld.
- $6.9M, Department of Health and Human Services, 14 Aug 2025: IMPACT: INTEGRATIVE MINDFULNESS-BASED PREDICTIVE APPROACH FOR CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN TREATMENT - IMPACT ABSTRACT CHRONIC PAIN IMPACTS 50 MILLION U.S. ADULTS, SEV
- $3.7M, Department of Education, 26 Jan 2024: TALKING MATH: IMPROVING MATH PERFORMANCE AND ENGAGEMENT THROUGH AI-ENABLED CONVERSATIONAL TUTORING
- $3.3M, Department of Health and Human Services, 19 Jul 2023: CHARGE-BASED BRAIN MODELING ENGINE WITH BOUNDARY ELEMENT FAST MULTIPOLE METHOD - ABSTRACT ALL MAJOR OPEN-SOURCE BRAIN MODELING PACKAGES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE (E.G
- $2.5M, National Science Foundation, 18 Jul 2023: CREATING A PATH TO ACHIEVING SUCCESS AND SENSE OF BELONGING IN COMPUTER SCIENCE -THIS PROJECT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE NATIONAL NEED FOR WELL-EDUCATED SCIENTISTS,
- $2.0M, National Science Foundation, 29 Jul 2026: S-STEM: FOSTERING CONVERGENT LEADERS IN HUMAN-CENTERED INTELLIGENT ROBOTICS, SMART INFRASTRUCTURE, AND ADVANCED MANUFACTURING -THIS PROJECT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO T
- $1.6M, Department of Health and Human Services, 21 Sep 2023: IMPACT: INTEGRATIVE MINDFULNESS-BASED PREDICTIVE APPROACH FOR CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN TREATMENT - IMPACT ABSTRACT CHRONIC PAIN IMPACTS 50 MILLION U.S. ADULTS, SEV
- $1.5M, Department of Commerce, 1 Sep 2026: PURPOSE:THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO ESTABLISH A LABORATORY TO ACCURATELY MEASURE PFAS (PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES) AND TO ESTABLISH THE SCIENTIFIC
- $1.5M, National Science Foundation, 22 Jun 2026: PHASE I CAMEL-CN: CURATING A LARGE-SCALE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE MULTIMODAL DATASET OF STUDENT ACTIONS IN ILLUSTRATIVE MATH TO STUDY MATHEMATICAL MISCONCEPTIONS -THI
Questions and answers
How much federal money does Worcester Polytechnic Institute receive?
$134M in award obligations over the fiscal years it is listed for (FY2023: $34M; FY2024: $41M; FY2025: $34M; FY2026: $25M). Years not listed were under the $1.0M floor. Obligations are binding commitments, not payments made.
Which agencies award to Worcester Polytechnic Institute?
By the value of $1.0M-plus awards begun since FY2023: Department of Health and Human Services ($13M), National Science Foundation ($11M), Department of Education ($3.7M), Department of Energy ($3.4M) and Department of Commerce ($1.5M).
What is the money for?
Assistance falls under Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (93.279), STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) (47.076) and Education Research, Development and Dissemination (84.305).
Where is the work performed?
Primary places of performance for its larger awards: MA ($32M).
Is Worcester Polytechnic Institute a large federal recipient?
It ranks 4,368 of 30,000 organisations on this site by five-year obligations and 125 of 943 located in MA. The site covers organisations with at least $1.0M in a fiscal year; individuals are excluded.
Where does this data come from?
USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury), award transactions as loaded on 30 Sep 2026; fiscal-year totals via the spending-by-category endpoint and award lists via the award search endpoint. The USAspending recipient profile is the authoritative record.
Provenance
Source: USAspending.gov API v2 (U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service), CC0. Fiscal-year obligations from the spending-by-category recipient ranking by recipient state (listing floor $1.0M per year); awards from the award search endpoint (new awards of $1.0M or more by base obligation date); parent and business categories from the recipient profile where fetched. Closed fiscal years are snapshots taken after year end; FY2027 is refreshed on each build. Data loaded by USAspending on 30 Sep 2026. Individuals and sole proprietors are excluded at ingest. Errors in processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections and the methodology.