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Drexel University
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USAspending records $436M in award obligations to Drexel University (Philadelphia, PA) over the fiscal years it is listed for (2023, 2024, 2025, 2026).
In FY2026, the most recent complete fiscal year, obligations were $80M, with contracts under the listing floor.
That is down 24% on FY2025 ($105M).
Drexel University ranks 52 of 911 listed organisations located in PA by five-year obligations, and 1,663 of 30,989 nationally.
Its $1.0M-plus awards since FY2023 came from Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Defense and National Science Foundation and 1 other agency: 40 awards worth $94M in total award value.
Obligations by fiscal year contracts vs assistance
| Fiscal year | All obligations | Contracts | Assistance | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $125,428,951 | under $1.0M | $125,428,951 | — |
| FY2024 | $125,040,080 | $1,566,271 | $123,473,809 | 0% |
| FY2025 | $105,270,326 | under $1.0M | $105,270,326 | -16% |
| FY2026 | $79,843,404 | under $1.0M | $79,843,404 | -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 PA | Largest nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five-year obligations (listed years) | $436M | $148B | $416B |
| FY2026 obligations | $80M | $40B | $118B |
| Contracts, five years | $1.6M | under $1.0M | $94B |
| Assistance, five years | $434M | $148B | $416B |
| Rank by five-year obligations | 1,663 of 30,989 | 1 of 911 in PA | 1 |
Largest in state: PA Department of Human Services. 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 | 30 | $63M | 66% |
| 2 | Department of Defense | 6 | $22M | 23% |
| 3 | National Science Foundation | 3 | $6.1M | 6% |
| 4 | Environmental Protection Agency | 1 | $3.8M | 4% |
Assistance programs listings
Places of performance $1.0M+ awards
Counties: Philadelphia County, PA $66M · Camden County, NJ $3.8M
Largest awards begun since FY2023
| Awarding agency | Type | Industry or program | Award value | Begun | Place | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of DefenseDepartment of the Army | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 12.431 Basic Scientific Research | $12M | 25 Apr 2024 | PA | USAspending |
| Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 93.310 Trans-NIH Research Support | $7.3M | 22 Sep 2023 | PA | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseDefense Health Agency | GrantProject Grant (B) | 12.420 Military Medical Research and Development | $4.3M | 13 Sep 2024 | PA | USAspending |
| National Science Foundation | GrantProject Grant (B) | 47.070 Computer and Information Science and Engineering | $4.0M | 12 Sep 2023 | PA | USAspending |
| Environmental Protection Agency | GrantProject Grant (B) | 66.047 Hydrofluorocarbon Reclaim and Innovative Destruction Grants | $3.8M | 27 Sep 2024 | NJ | USAspending |
| Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health | GrantProject Grant (B) | 93.361 Nursing Research | $3.7M | 17 Sep 2025 | PA | USAspending |
| Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health | GrantProject Grant (B) | 93.279 Drug Abuse and Addiction Research Programs | $3.4M | 19 Sep 2023 | PA | USAspending |
| Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health | GrantProject Grant (B) | 93.855 Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research | $3.2M | 10 Jul 2023 | PA | USAspending |
| Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health | GrantProject Grant (B) | 93.307 Minority Health and Health Disparities Research | $3.2M | 24 Sep 2023 | PA | USAspending |
| Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health | GrantProject Grant (B) | 93.865 Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research | $2.5M | 5 Apr 2023 | PA | USAspending |
| Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health | GrantProject Grant (B) | 93.847 Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research | $2.4M | 7 Jul 2023 | PA | USAspending |
| Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 93.213 Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health | $2.3M | 21 Sep 2023 | PA | 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.
- $12M, Department of Defense, 25 Apr 2024: NEW CA - COLLABORATIVE FOR HIERARCHICAL, AGILE AND RESPONSIVE MATERIALS (CHARM)
- $7.3M, Department of Health and Human Services, 22 Sep 2023: ADVANCING HEALTH EQUITY THROUGH INNOVATIVE COMMUNITY CAPACITY BUILDING, DATA SCIENCE & DELIVERING COMMUNITY-CENTERED STRUCTURAL INTERVENTIONS & OUTCOMES: DREXEL
- $4.3M, Department of Defense, 13 Sep 2024: DEVELOPMENT OF PROM, VALIDATION OF CLINICAL OUTCOME MEASURES, NATURAL HISTORY, AND INTERVENTION FOR MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY-RELATED VISION DISORDERS
- $4.0M, National Science Foundation, 12 Sep 2023: MRI: TRACK 2 DEVELOPMENT OF A PLATFORM FOR ACCESSIBLE DATA-INTENSIVE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING -LOW-COST, HIGH-PERFORMANCE SENSORS ARE PRODUCING AN EXPLOSION OF D
- $3.8M, Environmental Protection Agency, 27 Sep 2024: DESCRIPTION:THIS AGREEMENT PROVIDES FUNDING UNDER THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT (IRA) TO DREXEL UNIVERSITY FOR HYDROFLUOROCARBON (HFC) INNOVATIVE DESTRUCTION. THE
- $3.7M, Department of Health and Human Services, 17 Sep 2025: IMPROVING HEALTH THROUGH HUD HOUSING ASSISTANCE FOR CHRONIC DISEASE CARE - HOUSING IS CLOSELY LINKED TO HEALTH OUTCOMES, AND STABLE HOUSING IS ESSENTIAL FOR OVE
- $3.4M, Department of Health and Human Services, 19 Sep 2023: UNITYPHILLY RESPONSE APP FOR OVERDOSE REVERSAL: ASSESSING CITYWIDE EFFECTIVENESS AND SUSTAINABILITY - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT REDUCING OVERDOSE MORTALITY IMMED
- $3.2M, Department of Health and Human Services, 10 Jul 2023: COMBINING MOLECULAR SIMULATIONS AND BIOPHYSICAL METHODS TO CHARACTERIZE CONFORMATIONAL DYNAMICS OF THE HIV-1 ENVELOPE GLYCOPROTEIN - PROJECT SUMMARY THE HIV-1 E
Questions and answers
How much federal money does Drexel University receive?
$436M in award obligations over the fiscal years it is listed for (FY2023: $125M; FY2024: $125M; FY2025: $105M; FY2026: $80M). Years not listed were under the $1.0M floor. Obligations are binding commitments, not payments made.
Which agencies award to Drexel University?
By the value of $1.0M-plus awards begun since FY2023: Department of Health and Human Services ($63M), Department of Defense ($22M), National Science Foundation ($6.1M) and Environmental Protection Agency ($3.8M).
What is the money for?
Assistance falls under Basic Scientific Research (12.431), Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (93.279) and Military Medical Research and Development (12.420).
Where is the work performed?
Primary places of performance for its larger awards: PA ($91M) and NJ ($3.8M).
Is Drexel University a large federal recipient?
It ranks 1,663 of 30,989 organisations on this site by five-year obligations and 52 of 911 located in PA. 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.