NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
EVANSTON, Illinois
Total Received
$33.3M
Total Awards
43
State
Illinois
Last Updated
Mar 31, 2026
Yearly Funding Trend
$21.6M24
$4.4M25
$7.3M26
Top 43 Awards to NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
Largest individual federal awards on record for this recipient, ranked by obligated amount. Data through March 31, 2026.
| Award | Awarding Agency | Program | Place | FY | Obligation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ASST_NON_R01AI132154_075 TARGETING THE URGENT NEED FOR NEW ANTIBIOTICS AGAINST GRAM-NEGATIVE ‘SUPERBUGS’ - BACKGROUND: THE WORLD IS FACING AN ENORMOUS AND GROWING THREAT FROM THE EMERGENCE OF BACTERIAL ‘… | Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health | 93.855 ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES RESEARCH | — | 2024 | $4,166,671 |
ASST_NON_AY2AX000138_075 LYMPH-SPECIFIC MUSCARINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR MODULATORS TO TREAT ARTHRITIS AND LYMPHEDEMA | Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health | 93.384 ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY FOR HEALTH (ARPA-H) | — | 2026 | $3,728,024 |
ASST_NON_HR00112220047_097 THE PURPOSE OF THIS MODIFICATION IS TO 1 INCREMENTALLY FUND PHASE 3 CLIN 0003 IN THE AMOUNT OF $541,579 THEREBY FULLY FUNDING PHASE 3 CLIN 0003 | Department of Defense Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | 12.910 RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT | — | 2024 | $3,680,340 |
ASST_NON_AY2AX000143_075 REMODELING ENTERIC AND PANCREATIC ABNORMAL LYMPHATICS VIA THE INTESTINAL ROUTE (REPAIR) | Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health | 93.384 ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY FOR HEALTH (ARPA-H) | — | 2026 | $3,534,736 |
ASST_NON_FA87502321016_097 HARNESS: HIERARCHICAL ABSTRACTIONS AND REASONING FOR NEURO-SYMBOLIC SYSTEMS | Department of Defense Department of the Air Force | 12.800 AIR FORCE DEFENSE RESEARCH SCIENCES PROGRAM | — | 2024 | $2,703,373 |
ASST_NON_W81XWH1910364_097 ENDOMETRIOSIS SUSCEPTIBILITY GENES IN ENDOMETRIAL STEM/PROGENITOR CELLS CHANGE THE FINAL PROGRESS REPORT DUE DATE TO 02/29/2024, REMOVES THE FUNDING RESTRICTION TERM HRPO APPROVAL… | Department of Defense Defense Health Agency | 12.420 MILITARY MEDICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT | — | 2024 | $1,279,466 |
ASST_NON_W81XWH2110494_097 POROUS SILICON NANOPARTICLE-BASED DELIVERY OF THERAPEUTIC ANTIBODIES FOR DIABETIC WOUND REPAIR EXTEND THE PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE | Department of Defense Defense Health Agency | 12.420 MILITARY MEDICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT | — | 2024 | $1,222,473 |
ASST_NON_R01MH132920_075 MULTIMODAL NEUROIMAGING PREDICTORS OF NON-SUICIDAL SELF-INJURY IN THE ABCD STUDY - PROJECT SUMMARY ABSTRACT NON-SUICIDAL SELF-INJURY (NSSI), THE DELIBERATE DESTRUCTION OF ONE’S OW… | Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health | 93.242 MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH GRANTS | IL-90 | 2024 | $973,531 |
ASST_NON_W81XWH1910671_097 RESOLVING AND TRANSLATING COMMUNICATION WITHIN THE PROSTATE CANCER MICROENVIRONMENT THIS MODIFICATION:1. THE PURPOSE OF THIS MODIFICATION IS TO DE-OBLIGATE THE ULO AMOUNT OF $17,4… | Department of Defense Defense Health Agency | 12.420 MILITARY MEDICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT | — | 2024 | $934,327 |
ASST_NON_FA23862114048_097 HIGHLY ACTIVATED LOW-VALENT MAIN GROUP COMPOUNDS FOR THE SELECTIVE TRANSFORMATION OF INERT MOLECULAR SUBSTRATES | Department of Defense Department of the Air Force | 12.800 AIR FORCE DEFENSE RESEARCH SCIENCES PROGRAM | — | 2024 | $750,000 |
ASST_NON_W81XWH1910182_097 DE-OBLIGATES UNDISBURSED FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $17,951.62. THE TOTAL AWARD VALUE IS DECREASED TO $736,303.38 | Department of Defense Defense Health Agency | 12.420 MILITARY MEDICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT | — | 2024 | $736,303 |
ASST_NON_N629092312051_097 VERSATILE WATER ELECTROLYSIS SYSTEMS BASED ON LIQUID-TO-GAS SEPARATOR-ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES | Department of Defense Department of the Navy | 12.300 BASIC AND APPLIED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH | — | 2024 | $720,000 |
ASST_NON_R01EB031519_075 DEVELOPMENT OF 18F PET RADIOTRACERS FOR M2 MICROGLIA AS DIAGNOSTICS FOR MULTIPLESCLEROSIS PATHOGENESIS - PROJECT SUMMARY MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS (MS) IS THE MOST COMMON DISABLING NEURO… | Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health | 93.286 DISCOVERY AND APPLIED RESEARCH FOR TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS TO IMPROVE HUMAN HEALTH | — | 2024 | $633,440 |
ASST_NON_SAQMIP22CA0381_019 DEOBLIGATING REMAINING UNSPENT MONEY BEFORE END OF FISCAL YEAR | Department of State Department of State | 19.124 EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC GRANTS PROGRAM | — | 2024 | $573,695 |
ASST_NON_N000142312628_097 DEVELOPMENT OF A PYTHON-BASED VISUALISATION INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE DAV SET OF MODULES FOR PRE-GENESIS TRACKING, ESTIMATION AND PREDICTION OF TROPICAL CYCLONE GENESIS, INTENSITY, A… | Department of Defense Department of the Navy | 12.300 BASIC AND APPLIED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH | — | 2025 | $519,565 |
ASST_NON_N000142512064_097 TRIPLE-FUNCTIONAL CARBON MOLECULAR SIEVE SEPARATORS FOR NEXT-GENERATION LI-S BATTERIES | Department of Defense Department of the Navy | 12.300 BASIC AND APPLIED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH | — | 2025 | $509,951 |
ASST_NON_N000142212503_097 RESONANCE PREDICTION AND MITIGATION IN RECTANGULAR TWIN-JETS. | Department of Defense Department of the Navy | 12.300 BASIC AND APPLIED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH | — | 2024 | $489,584 |
ASST_NON_W81XWH2010848_097 INFECTIONS PROMOTE POST-TRAUMATIC EPILEPSY AND POOR OUTCOMES AFTER TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY. THE PURPOSE OF THIS MODIFICATION IS TO DEOBLIGATE FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $0.01, AS A RES… | Department of Defense Defense Health Agency | 12.420 MILITARY MEDICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT | — | 2025 | $470,439 |
ASST_NON_W81XWH2110925_097 REVERSING POST-TRAUMATIC EPILEPSY THIS MODIFICATION: 1. EXTENDS THE POP BY 3 MONTHS. THE ANNUAL REPORT IS W AIVED, AND THE FINAL TECHNICAL REPORT IS DUE W ITHIN 120 OF THE POP EXP… | Department of Defense Defense Health Agency | 12.420 MILITARY MEDICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT | — | 2024 | $446,941 |
ASST_NON_W81XWH2110927_097 MARKERS OF INFLAMMATION IN BRAIN AND BLOOD AS PREDICTORS OF POST-TRAUMATIC EPILEPSY RISK? THE PURPOSE OF THIS MODIFICATION IS TO DEOBLIGATE FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $0.47, AS A RESU… | Department of Defense Defense Health Agency | 12.420 MILITARY MEDICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT | — | 2024 | $446,701 |
CONT_AWD_75F40123C00185_7524_-NONE-_-NONE- STUDY TITLED, "BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN URINARY TRACT INFECTION PHARMACOKINETIC/PHARMACODYNAMIC IN VITRO MODELS AND THE OPTIMIZATION OF ANTIBIOTIC SELECTION, DOSING STRATEGIES, CL… | Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration | — | — | 2024 | $399,988 |
ASST_NON_HT94252310225_097 TARGETING THE UNIQUE BIOLOGY OF DUCTAL PROSTATE CANCERS USING POLY ADP-RIBOSE POLYMERASE (PARP) INHIBITOR AND ANDROGEN SIGNALING INHIBITOR COMBINATION THERAPY. THIS MODIFICATION:… | Department of Defense Defense Health Agency | 12.420 MILITARY MEDICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT | — | 2025 | $381,232 |
ASST_NON_HT94252310268_097 INTERFERON EPSILON: A NEW LOCALIZED IMMUNOTHERAPY FOR OVARIAN CANCER | Department of Defense Defense Health Agency | 12.420 MILITARY MEDICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT | — | 2025 | $370,676 |
ASST_NON_R21AI156766_075 TOWARDS THE TRANSLATION OF SYNERGISTIC PHAGE-POLYMYXIN COMBINATION THERAPY AGAINST PANDRUG-RESISTANT KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE: A SYSTEMS APPROACH - ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE (AMR) HAS… | Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health | 93.855 ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES RESEARCH | — | 2025 | $347,980 |
ASST_NON_W81XWH2110175_097 UNCONVENTIONAL T-CELL IMMUNITY IN THE INITIATION OF INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE DE-OBLIGATE FUNDS TO CLOSE AWARD | Department of Defense Defense Health Agency | 12.420 MILITARY MEDICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT | — | 2025 | $333,282 |
ASST_NON_FA23862414025_097 THE RESPONSE OF A SELF-SIMILAR ADVERSE PRESSURE GRADIENT TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER AT THE VERGE OF SEPARATION TO SURFACE ROUGHNESS | Department of Defense Department of the Air Force | 12.800 AIR FORCE DEFENSE RESEARCH SCIENCES PROGRAM | — | 2024 | $327,882 |
ASST_NON_FA23862314004_097 OVERCOMING CRACKING IN HIGH CAPACITY BATTERY ELECTRODES BY SPONTANEOUS MICRO-STRUCTURING | Department of Defense Department of the Air Force | 12.800 AIR FORCE DEFENSE RESEARCH SCIENCES PROGRAM | — | 2025 | $311,504 |
CONT_AWD_75N95022P00589_7529_-NONE-_-NONE- COMMON MARMOSETS | Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health | — | — | 2024 | $303,941 |
ASST_NON_FA23862514001_097 BIDIRECTIONAL TRUST MODELLING IN HUMAN-MACHINE TEAMING IN DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS | Department of Defense Department of the Air Force | 12.800 AIR FORCE DEFENSE RESEARCH SCIENCES PROGRAM | — | 2025 | $298,752 |
ASST_NON_W81XWH2110164_097 DISSECTING THE CYSTOGENIC PATH WAY DRIVING POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE EXTEND THE PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE | Department of Defense Defense Health Agency | 12.420 MILITARY MEDICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT | — | 2024 | $297,969 |
ASST_NON_W81XWH2210254_097 RECOMBINANT ALPHA-1 ANTITRYPSIN AS A NOVEL THERAPY FOR PANDEMIC INFLUENZA | Department of Defense Defense Health Agency | 12.420 MILITARY MEDICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT | — | 2024 | $293,599 |
ASST_NON_N629092112003_097 DURABLE CONFORMAL ANTENNA ON UAVS | Department of Defense Department of the Navy | 12.300 BASIC AND APPLIED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH | — | 2025 | $277,053 |
ASST_NON_N629092512067_097 SEA-AI NEURO-SYMBOLIC ENHANCED AUTONOMY FOR MARITIME SCENE UNDERSTANDING AND REASONING | Department of Defense Department of the Navy | 12.300 BASIC AND APPLIED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH | — | 2025 | $249,810 |
ASST_NON_FA23862514018_097 MECHANO-ACOUSTICALLY ENHANCED RESIN INJECTION HYBRID REPAIR OF COMPOSITE STRUCTURES | Department of Defense Department of the Air Force | 12.800 AIR FORCE DEFENSE RESEARCH SCIENCES PROGRAM | — | 2025 | $223,560 |
ASST_NON_FA23862314044_097 DATA EFFICIENT AND GEOMETRIC OPTIMAL TRANSPORT DISTRIBUTIONAL ROBUSTNESS FOR MACHINE LEARNING | Department of Defense Department of the Air Force | 12.800 AIR FORCE DEFENSE RESEARCH SCIENCES PROGRAM | — | 2024 | $118,000 |
ASST_NON_FA23862314063_097 BASIC RESEARCH FOR AOARD PROPOSAL 23IOA063 "NUMEROSITY PROCESSING IN THE MINIATURE BRAIN OF INSECTS: EFFICIENT PROCESSING ENABLES BIOINSPIRED NEURAL N | Department of Defense Department of the Air Force | 12.800 AIR FORCE DEFENSE RESEARCH SCIENCES PROGRAM | — | 2024 | $99,805 |
ASST_NON_FA23862514065_097 EMERGENT BEHAVIOR IN PERSISTENT MULTI AGENT COVERAGE IN THE PRESENCE OF ADVERSARIAL AGENTS AND OPPORTUNISTIC LOCAL COMMUNICATION | Department of Defense Department of the Air Force | 12.800 AIR FORCE DEFENSE RESEARCH SCIENCES PROGRAM | — | 2025 | $80,369 |
ASST_NON_FA23862514023_097 GENERALIZING MODEL ADAPTATION WITH GEOMETRY: APPLICATIONS IN MODEL FINE-TUNING, EDITING, AND PERSONALIZED AI | Department of Defense Department of the Air Force | 12.800 AIR FORCE DEFENSE RESEARCH SCIENCES PROGRAM | — | 2025 | $49,999 |
ASST_NON_N629092312097_097 VARIABILITY, CHANGES AND IMPACTS OF THE SOUTHERN ANNULAR MODE ACROSS TIMESCALES | Department of Defense Department of the Navy | 12.300 BASIC AND APPLIED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH | — | 2024 | $11,300 |
ASST_NON_P268K237165_091 2022-2023 DL BASE RECORD | Department of Education Department of Education | 84.268 FEDERAL DIRECT STUDENT LOANS | — | 2024 | $0 |
ASST_NON_P268K267165_091 2025-2026 DL BASE RECORD | Department of Education Department of Education | 84.268 FEDERAL DIRECT STUDENT LOANS | — | 2025 | $0 |
ASST_NON_P268K247165_091 2023-2024 DL BASE RECORD | Department of Education Department of Education | 84.268 FEDERAL DIRECT STUDENT LOANS | — | 2024 | $0 |
ASST_NON_P268K257165_091 2024-2025 DL BASE RECORD | Department of Education Department of Education | 84.268 FEDERAL DIRECT STUDENT LOANS | — | 2024 | $0 |
Top 43 awards shown, ranked by obligated amount. Dates reflect performance period; last-modified dates match USAspending.gov. Complete listings include all transaction history going back to FY2024.
Federal Programs (CFDA)
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93.384 — ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY FOR HEALTH (ARPA-H)$7.3M
12.420 — MILITARY MEDICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT$7.2M
12.800 — AIR FORCE DEFENSE RESEARCH SCIENCES PROGRAM$5.0M
93.855 — ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES RESEARCH$4.5M
12.910 — RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT$3.7M
12.300 — BASIC AND APPLIED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH$2.8M
93.242 — MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH GRANTS$974K
93.286 — DISCOVERY AND APPLIED RESEARCH FOR TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS TO IMPROVE HUMAN HEALTH$633K
19.124 — EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC GRANTS PROGRAM$574K
84.268 — FEDERAL DIRECT STUDENT LOANS$0
Source: USAspending.gov · All Recipients · Illinois