Wesleyan University

Middletown, CT Doing business as Wesleyan University Finance And Administration Department Part of Wesleyan Univ

UEI
ZETJL6DKF963
CAGE
3YVU6
Primary NAICS
611310 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
SAM.gov registration
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Company facts

Self-certified in SAM.gov
  • Non-Profit Organization
  • Educational Institution
  • Private University or College
Entity structure
Corporate Entity (Tax Exempt)
NAICS codes registered in SAM.gov
Corporate family
  • Wesleyan Univ Parent CA2SNJLNB7Q1
    • Wesleyan University ZETJL6DKF963
SAM.gov registration date
Physical address
North College, 237 High St #3, Middletown, CT 06459, USA
Website
wesleyan.edu
Founded
1831
Employees
11-50
Estimated annual revenue
$1M-$10M
Industry
  1. Consumer Discretionary
  2. Diversified Consumer Services
  3. Education Services
  4. Education
SIC code
82 Educational Services
Profiles

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Recent federal awards

About Wesleyan University

Wesleyan University, headquartered in Middletown, Connecticut, acts as a recipient of federal research and education grants across a diverse portfolio of basic science, STEM education, and humanities initiatives, with no federal contract prime or subcontract footprint. The university is a private non-profit liberal arts institution that competes on a full-and-open basis with no set-aside designations across its federal award portfolio.

The university's federal funding reflects a classic academic research and education mission spanning NSF basic research and research training, NASA space science and planetary research, NIH biomedical research, Department of Education postsecondary education programs, and humanities funding from the National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities. Representative recent awards include a $598.5 thousand NIH grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (CFDA 93.859) for structural and functional studies of glycosyl hydrolases governing Vibrio biofilm dispersal, effective September 2025 through August 2028; an $873.5 thousand NASA grant for analysis of mineralogical and geochemical changes to geologic samples after sixty days of weathering at Venus surface conditions using the NASA Glenn Extreme Environments Rig, completed in July 2026; a $502.9 thousand NSF Biological Sciences grant for research developing and using a low-cost legged robot platform to study the evolution of foot morphology in lizards, completed in April 2027; and a $399.7 thousand NSF STEM Education grant (CFDA 47.076) to transform introductory social sciences education by integrating digital skills into the Introduction to Psychology course, running October 2024 through September 2027.

Customer concentration is distributed across the top funding agencies. The National Science Foundation leads by award count at 61 awards, followed by the National Endowment for the Arts (24 awards), NASA Shared Services Center (24 awards, $4.1 million), the Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health (21 awards), and the Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education (14 awards). These top five agencies represent 52 percent of all awards. By combined potential value, NASA dominates at $4.1 million across 24 awards to the Shared Services Center, with NSF and the arts and humanities endowments contributing significant volume. The university serves 55 distinct federal agencies.

The subgrant footprint shows Wesleyan acting as a sub-recipient on research collaborations and multidisciplinary initiatives. Recent sub-awards include a role in an AI-guided self-organization MURI (Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative) project led by Yale University on tailoring disorder to shape complex nonlinear dynamics, a University of San Diego–led MURI on proof assistants and type theory, and a University of Connecticut Health Center–led project on patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cells for Alzheimer's disease research. Wesleyan also subcontracts to KBR Wyle Services on optoelectronic technology research for the Air Force Research Laboratory Sensors Directorate. These arrangements position Wesleyan as a research collaborator within larger federal initiatives rather than as a prime contractor pursuing independent federal business.

Activity has remained steady at 14–15 awards per year from 2022 through 2024, declining to 9 in 2025 and 3 year-to-date in 2026. Fifteen awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and will require recompete or renewal submission. The university's combined potential value across all 277 awards stands at $5.7 million, with obligated dollars at $117.9 million—a ratio reflecting that obligated funding on many active NSF and NIH grants exceeds stated potential value ceilings on awards still in progress. The portfolio spans basic research across physical sciences, life sciences, and mathematics, alongside applied research in materials, engineering, and robotics, with substantial educational components embedded across most projects.

Quick answers

What is Wesleyan University's UEI?

Wesleyan University's Unique Entity ID (UEI) in SAM.gov is ZETJL6DKF963.

What is Wesleyan University's CAGE code?

Wesleyan University's CAGE code is 3YVU6.

What is Wesleyan University's primary NAICS code?

Wesleyan University's primary NAICS code is 611310 (Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools).

Where is Wesleyan University located?

Wesleyan University's physical address in SAM.gov is North College, 237 High St #3, Middletown, CT 06459, USA.

Is Wesleyan University registered in SAM.gov?

Yes. Wesleyan University's SAM.gov registration is active through September 28, 2027.

Who is Wesleyan University's parent company?

Wesleyan University is part of Wesleyan Univ.

What is Wesleyan University's most recent federal award?

Wesleyan University's most recent federal grant award is Satc 2.0: RES: enforcing privacy OPT-out compliance for a trustworthy web -commercial data sharing practices can put the… (2618248), from Division of Computer and Network Systems, on October 1, 2026.

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