University profileAkron, OHFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does University of Akron get?
University of Akron received $30.5 million in federal awards in FY2025, 397th of 998 institutions (top 40%).In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $30.5 million to University of Akron (Akron, OH), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.
Ranked 397th of 998 by federal awards
FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of University of Akron.
| Navajo Technical University #394 · NM | $31M |
| West Chester University of Pennsylvania #395 · PA | $31M |
| East Texas A&M University #396 · TX | $31M |
| University of Akron #397 · OH | $31M |
| University of Texas at Tyler #398 · TX | $30M |
| Stephen F Austin State University #399 · TX | $30M |
| Monroe Community College #400 · NY | $30M |
What the money is
That is down 18.1% from FY2024 ($37.3 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 146.4%. The largest share came as direct payments ($25.7 million, 84.3%). The Department of Education was the biggest funder ($26.6 million). Its largest programs were Federal Pell Grant Program ($24.8 million); Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy ($1.6 million); Mathematical and Physical Sciences ($1.2 million). It ranks 397th of the 998 institutions on this site by FY2025 total.
What is counted: awards made directly to this institution, under the registered names THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON (UEI DFNLDECWM8J8). Money that reaches it as a subaward through another organization is not included. Separately incorporated foundations, hospitals and laboratories have their own records and are not added in. Grouping rules are explained in the methodology.
Federal awards by year
University of Akron: $31M in FY2025, up 146% on FY2019
Federal award obligations by fiscal year and type, FY2018–FY2026, nominal dollars. FY26* is preliminary and still filling in.
- Insurance and other
- Loans (subsidy cost)
- Direct payments
- Grants
- Contracts
View every year as a table
| Fiscal year | Contracts | Grants | Direct payments | Loans | Insurance and other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2018 | $99,990 | $8.1M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $8.2M |
| FY2019 | $145,640 | $12.2M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $12.4M |
| FY2020 | $17,010 | $19.0M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $19.1M |
| FY2021 | $72,892 | $71.9M | $961,930 | $0 | $0 | $72.9M |
| FY2022 | -$5,625 | $11.0M | $10.5M | $0 | $0 | $21.5M |
| FY2023 | $170,000 | $10.0M | $19.3M | $0 | $0 | $29.5M |
| FY2024 | $475,021 | $15.3M | $21.2M | $0 | $244,854 | $37.3M |
| FY2025 | $0 | $4.8M | $25.7M | $0 | $0 | $30.5M |
| FY2026* | $0 | $3.8M | $25.6M | $0 | $0 | $29.5M |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to University of Akron, and the largest federal programs. Programs are federal Assistance Listings (formerly CFDA numbers); contracts have no listing number, so they do not appear there.
Top awarding agencies
| Agency | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Education | $26.6 million | 87.0% |
| National Science Foundation | $2.7 million | 8.8% |
| Department of Energy | $1.9 million | 6.1% |
| Department of the Interior | $0 | 0.0% |
| Department of Transportation | $0 | 0.0% |
| Department of Defense | -$1 | -0.0% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | -$63,196 | -0.2% |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | -$520,710 | -1.7% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $24.8 million | 81.4% |
| Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy Assistance Listing 81.135 | $1.6 million | 5.1% |
| Mathematical and Physical Sciences Assistance Listing 47.049 | $1.2 million | 4.1% |
| Engineering Assistance Listing 47.041 | $1.1 million | 3.5% |
| Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants Assistance Listing 84.007 | $505,548 | 1.7% |
| Federal Work-Study Program Assistance Listing 84.033 | $387,967 | 1.3% |
| TRIO Upward Bound Assistance Listing 84.047 | $367,735 | 1.2% |
| International Science and Engineering Assistance Listing 47.079 | $363,657 | 1.2% |
| Office of Science Financial Assistance Program Assistance Listing 81.049 | $306,388 | 1.0% |
| Special Education - Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities Assistance Listing 84.325 | $249,998 | 0.8% |
Other institutions in Ohio
- Ohio State University$586M
- University of Dayton$262M
- Case Western Reserve University$217M
- University of Cincinnati$199M
- Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University$117M
- Kent State University$83M
- Ohio University$61M
- University of Toledo$52M
Questions and answers
- How much federal funding does University of Akron receive?
- $30.5 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
- Where does University of Akron's federal money come from?
- The largest funder in FY2025 was the Department of Education ($26.6 million, 87.0%). By type, grants were $4.8 million and contracts $0.
- Did University of Akron's federal funding go up or down?
- FY2025: $30.5 million; FY2024: $37.3 million (-18.1%).
Sources and notes
- USAspending.gov (U.S. Department of the Treasury), API endpoints spending_over_time and spending_by_category, filtered by recipient ID(s) 94c6018c-29a3-ac88-2dc1-5026597fb0a3-C, fiscal years 2018–2026. Amounts are obligations in nominal dollars. Data retrieved 2026-10-04. Public domain.
- How the figures are built, and what they leave out: sources and methods.