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Northeastern University
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USAspending records $645M in award obligations to Northeastern University (Boston, MA) over the fiscal years it is listed for (2023, 2024, 2025, 2026).
In FY2026, the most recent complete fiscal year, obligations were $118M, of which $1.1M (1%) came through contracts.
That is down 21% on FY2025 ($149M).
Northeastern University ranks 43 of 969 listed organisations located in MA by five-year obligations, and 1,231 of 30,989 nationally.
Its $1.0M-plus awards since FY2023 came from Department of Health and Human Services, National Science Foundation and Department of Defense and 5 other agencies: 72 awards worth $155M in total award value.
Its largest contract industry is NAICS 541715 (Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)), where it ranks 1,318 of 1,484 organisations by the value of $1.0M-plus awards.
Obligations by fiscal year contracts vs assistance
| Fiscal year | All obligations | Contracts | Assistance | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $195,096,998 | $4,787,800 | $190,309,198 | — |
| FY2024 | $182,311,849 | $1,810,696 | $180,501,153 | -7% |
| FY2025 | $149,033,495 | under $1.0M | $149,033,495 | -18% |
| FY2026 | $118,101,641 | $1,141,971 | $116,959,670 | -21% |
| 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) | $645M | $70B | $416B |
| FY2026 obligations | $118M | $16B | $118B |
| Contracts, five years | $7.7M | under $1.0M | $94B |
| Assistance, five years | $637M | $70B | $416B |
| Rank by five-year obligations | 1,231 of 30,989 | 1 of 969 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 | 33 | $69M | 44% |
| 2 | National Science Foundation | 24 | $50M | 32% |
| 3 | Department of Defense | 4 | $14M | 9% |
| 4 | Department of Energy | 3 | $8.3M | 5% |
| 5 | Department of Commerce | 4 | $7.2M | 5% |
| 6 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 2 | $5.4M | 4% |
| 7 | Agency for International Development | 1 | $1.0M | 1% |
| 8 | Department of Education | 1 | $1.0M | 1% |
Contract industries NAICS
Rank within NAICS 541715: 1,318 of 1,484 organisations by $1.0M+ award value; see Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology).
Assistance programs listings
Places of performance $1.0M+ awards
Counties: Suffolk County, MA $135M
Largest awards begun since FY2023
| Awarding agency | Type | Industry or program | Award value | Begun | Place | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Human ServicesCenters for Disease Control and Prevention | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 93.185 Immunization Research, Demonstration, Public Information and Education Training and Clinical Skills Improvement Projects | $11M | 12 Sep 2023 | MA | USAspending |
| National Science Foundation | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 47.084 NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships | $7.1M | 30 Jun 2026 | MA | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseDepartment of the Army | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 12.431 Basic Scientific Research | $6.7M | 9 Feb 2024 | MA | USAspending |
| National Science Foundation | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 47.070 Computer and Information Science and Engineering | $6.2M | 1 May 2024 | MA | USAspending |
| National Science Foundation | GrantProject Grant (B) | 47.076 STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) | $3.9M | 23 Aug 2024 | MA | USAspending |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | GrantProject Grant (B) | 43.001 Science | $3.4M | 27 Sep 2023 | MA | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseDefense Advanced Research Projects Agency | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 12.910 Research and Technology Development | $3.4M | 14 Aug 2023 | MA | USAspending |
| Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health | GrantProject Grant (B) | 93.172 Human Genome Research | $3.4M | 31 Mar 2023 | MA | USAspending |
| Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health | GrantProject Grant (B) | 93.172 Human Genome Research | $3.2M | 27 Feb 2024 | MA | USAspending |
| National Science Foundation | GrantProject Grant (B) | 47.076 STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) | $3.2M | 25 Jun 2024 | MA | USAspending |
| Department of Energy | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 81.135 Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy | $3.1M | 6 Dec 2022 | MA | USAspending |
| Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health | GrantProject Grant (B) | 93.077 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act Regulatory Research | $3.1M | 18 May 2023 | 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.
- $11M, Department of Health and Human Services, 12 Sep 2023: EPISTORM: CENTER FOR ADVANCED EPIDEMIC ANALYTICS AND PREDICTIVE MODELING TECHNOLOGY
- $7.1M, National Science Foundation, 30 Jun 2026: SCALING DEEP TECH INNOVATION THROUGH INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS -ADVANCING U.S. LEADERSHIP IN CRITICAL AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES, INCLUDING SEMICONDUCTORS, ADVA
- $6.7M, Department of Defense, 9 Feb 2024: NEW CO-OP: OPEN 6G: ORAN COMPLIANT OPEN-SOURCE PROTOCOL STACKS FOR SOFTWARIZED DYNAMIC NETWORKING AT THE EDGEE
- $6.2M, National Science Foundation, 1 May 2024: NATIONAL DEEP INFERENCE FABRIC FOR VERY LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS -THE NATIONAL DEEP INFERENCE FABRIC THE NATIONAL DEEP INFERENCE FABRIC (NDIF) IS A RESEARCH COMPUT
- $3.9M, National Science Foundation, 23 Aug 2024: GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM (GRFP) -THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (NSF) GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM (GRFP) IS A HIGHLY COMPETITIVE, FEDERAL
- $3.4M, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 27 Sep 2023: A PROTOTYPE FLIGHT FOR THE GRAMS PROJECT
- $3.4M, Department of Defense, 14 Aug 2023: THE PURPOSE OF THIS AGREEMENT IS TO FUND RESEARCH SUPPORTING THE DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCYS DARPA OPTOMECHANICAL THERMAL IMAGING OPTIM PROGRAM.
- $3.4M, Department of Health and Human Services, 31 Mar 2023: SYNTHETIC MRNA CONTROL SET FOR NANOPORE-BASED PSEUDOURIDINE MODIFICATION PROFILING IN HUMAN TRANSCRIPTOMES - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT MAMMALIAN CELLS EXPEND LAR
Questions and answers
How much federal money does Northeastern University receive?
$645M in award obligations over the fiscal years it is listed for (FY2023: $195M; FY2024: $182M; FY2025: $149M; FY2026: $118M). Years not listed were under the $1.0M floor. Obligations are binding commitments, not payments made.
Which agencies award to Northeastern University?
By the value of $1.0M-plus awards begun since FY2023: Department of Health and Human Services ($69M), National Science Foundation ($50M), Department of Defense ($14M), Department of Energy ($8.3M) and Department of Commerce ($7.2M).
What is the money for?
Contracts are classified under NAICS 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology). Assistance falls under Computer and Information Science and Engineering (47.070), Aging Research (93.866) and Biomedical Research and Research Training (93.859).
Where is the work performed?
Primary places of performance for its larger awards: MA ($154M).
Is Northeastern University a large federal recipient?
It ranks 1,231 of 30,989 organisations on this site by five-year obligations and 43 of 969 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.