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Contractors / Northwestern University

Northwestern University

prime recipient of federal awards · UEI KG76WYENL5K1 ✓ from source
$467.6M
obligated · FY2025
10
funding agencies
87%
from Health and Hum…
7
states
100%
in Illinois
9
industries

Obligations by year

≈ computed
$453.2M
FY23
$452.3M
FY24
$467.6M
FY25
▲ 3%
since FY23

Where this money comes from

✓ from source
FUNDING AGENCIES
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
HHS
$0.4B
9 other agencies
$0.1B
Northwestern University
$0.5B
FY2025 obligated
band width = obligations · FY2025 · source: USASpending.gov

Biggest awards (total value)

Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center
awarded 1997$106.7M
Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Science Institute (Nucats)
awarded 2015$54.1M
Echo Pro Research Resource: A Developmentally-Based Measurement Science Framework for…
awarded 2016$43.7M

Total value over each award’s life, for awards active in FY2025: a decades-long contract can exceed one year’s obligations above.

What it does (NAICS / PSC)

Cardiovascular Diseases Research$59.7M
Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders$32.7M
Cancer Treatment Research$22.4M
Office of Science Financial Assistance Program$14.2M
Cancer Centers Support Grants$10.7M
Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders$8.2M
Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Research$8.2M
Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology)$4.5M

Where the work lands

Illinois✓ from source$465.6M
New York✓ from source$745.9K
Pennsylvania✓ from source$527.1K
California✓ from source$249K
Minnesota✓ from source$244K

Competitors

L3 Technologies, Inc.≈ computed$71.3M
Battelle Memorial Institute≈ computed$68.8M
The Boeing Company≈ computed$64.5M
Trustees of Boston University≈ computed$33M
Sanofi Vaccines US Inc.≈ computed$29.4M
Applied Research Associates, Inc.≈ computed$21.4M
Glaxosmithkline, LLC≈ computed$21M
Emergent Product Development Gaithersburg Inc.≈ computed$16.7M

computed from shared NAICS, not a stated rivalry.

Corporate family

Single registration: no combined family.

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Why the labels? The graph is only worth anything if the links are trusted. Facts taken straight from a federal filing are ✓ from source; anything we compute or infer (corporate parents, districts, competitors) is ≈ inferred and worded carefully, never asserted as fact.