Contractor profile

Northeastern University

FY2026 ended Sep 30 · data still posting · data as of 2026-11-01†

† DoD contract data posts to USAspending about 90 days after award.

prime recipient of federal awards · reported division of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Inferred · UEI HLTMVS2JZBS6 Source
$146.9M
Obligated
FY2026 · data still posting
10
Funding agencies
34%
From Health and Hum…
3
States
100%
In Massachusetts
3
Industries

In FY2026, Northeastern University received $146.9M in federal awards from 10 agencies, 34% of it from the Department of Health and Human Services, with 100% of the work performed in Massachusetts. Across FY2021 to FY2026 its recorded total is $992.7M. FY2026 ended Sep 30 and its data is still posting. Computed

Where this money comes from

Source
Department of Health and Human Services$49.6M
Department of Education$41.8M
National Science Foundation$31.1M
Department of Defense$15.5M
Department of Energy$4.8M
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$1.8M
Department of Commerce$1.2M
Department of Labor$425K

Where the work lands

Source
Massachusetts$146.9M
Maryland$20K

Key takeaways

Computed
FY2026 ended Sep 30 · data still posting · data as of 2026-11-01
  • Northeastern University received $146.9M in federal obligations in FY2026 (data still posting), compared with $149M in FY2025.
  • The Department of Health and Human Services accounted for 33% of it.
  • Its largest recorded assistance program was Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships, at $10.5M.
  • Massachusetts was its largest place of performance, with 100% of the work.

Obligations by year

Computed
$176.3M
FY21
$143M
FY22
$195.1M
FY23
$182.3M
FY24
$149M
FY25
$146.9M
FY26 partial
▼ 15%
FY21 to FY25

Awards

Source

Largest active awards by total value

Awards whose period of performance overlaps FY2026, by the amount obligated on each so far.

AwardIDAgencyObligatedStartEndPlace
Puerto Rico Testsite for Exploring Contamination Threats (Protect)P42ES017198Department of Health and Human Services$38.5M2010-04-122026-01-31Massachusetts
Mid-Scale RI-1 (M1:IP): Observatory for Online Human and Platform Behavior2131929National Science Foundation$16.2M2021-10-012027-09-30Massachusetts
Pawr Platform Aerpaw: Aerial Experimentation and Research Platform for Advanced Wireless1939334National Science Foundation$14.2M2019-09-012026-08-31Massachusetts

Largest FY2026 awards

Awards that started in FY2026, by the amount obligated on each so far.

No award on record started in FY2026.

What it does (NAICS / PSC)

Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships$10.5M
Biomedical Research and Research Training$8.9M
Basic Scientific Research$7.5M
Engineering$7.1M
Aging Research$6.8M
Trans-NIH Research Support$5.4M
Computer and Information Science and Engineering$5.4M
Basic and Applied Scientific Research$5.3M

Competition

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Corporate family

Reported division ofThe Commonwealth of Massachusetts →Inferred

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