Federal contractor · AMES, IA

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY received $63.2M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 20 awards (−47% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $740.5M. Its largest customer was Department of Energy ($62.2M). It also received $158.8M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$63.2M
New awards
20
Sole-source
1.1%
Single offer
98%
UEI
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Parent company
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Other than small businessEducational institutionGovernment entity
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Company family

Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.

6 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $64.5M in FY2026 together.

  1. IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYAMES, IA · Family page
    $63.2M
  2. IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYAMES, IA
    $1.3M
  3. IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY AMES LABORAMES, IA
    $0
  4. IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYAMES, IA
    $0
  5. IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYAMES, IA
    $0
  6. IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYAMES, IA
    $0

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 65.4MFY2017
  2. 65.8MFY2018
  3. 62.5MFY2019
  4. 61.6MFY2020
  5. 63.3MFY2021
  6. 69.3MFY2022
  7. 105.1MFY2023
  8. 64.1MFY2024
  9. 120.3MFY2025
  10. 63.2MFY2026
  11. 0FY2027

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of Energy$62.2M98%
    1 awards
  2. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$725.6K1.1%
    10 awards
  3. Federal Highway Administration$266.3K0.4%
    6 awards
  4. Department of the Army$50K0.1%
    2 awards
  5. Federal Bureau of Investigation-$5,0000.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Facilities & utilities$62.2M98%
  2. Professional services$657.5K1.0%
  3. Research & development$379.4K0.6%

Where the work was performed

  1. Story County, IA$63.2M100%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition99%
    US 39% · $62.9M
  • Sole-source awards1.1%
    US 30% · $725.6K
  • Single-offer competitions98%
    US 8.7% · $62.2M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$725.6K
    Department of Agriculture · 8 awards

Largest awards

  1. MULTI-PROGRAM NATIONAL PHYSICAL RESEARCH INCLUDING RARE EARTHS AND USE OF AMES MPC.$1.2B
    Department of Energy· Story County, IA· Facilities & utilities· Oct 19, 2016 – Oct 6, 2026· DEAC0207CH11358
  2. BAA 23-0031 AWARD TO THE IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR FREEZE-THAW AND STRENGTH BEHAVIOR OF XANTHAN GUM TREATED LEVEE MATERIALS FOR YEAR 1 (BASE YEAR) U438180$425K
    Department of the Army· Story County, IA· Research & development· Jan 31, 2024 – Jan 7, 2026· W912HZ24C0016
  3. A DYNAMIC AND TOOL-BASED APPROACH TO CREDIBILITY ASSESSMENT$396.4K
    Federal Bureau of Investigation· Story County, IA· Professional services· Sep 20, 2023 – Dec 3, 2025· 15F06723P0002334
  4. FIRM FIXED PRICE (FFP) TASK ORDER (TO) # 693JJ320F000077 IS ESTABLISHED BETWEEN THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION (FHWA) AND IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY (ISU). THIS TO WILL PROVIDE FUNDING FOR ISU TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO FHWA IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ATT$370.2K
    Federal Highway Administration· Story County, IA· Professional services· Feb 21, 2020 – Nov 17, 2025· 693JJ320F000077
  5. THIS IS A FIRM-FIXED-PRICE (FFP) TASK ORDER ISSUED TO ACQUIRE "GUIDE FOR STANDARDIZED MODULAR ORTHOTROPIC STEEL DECK".$304.6K
    Federal Highway Administration· Story County, IA· Professional services· Apr 1, 2020 – Sep 29, 2026· 693JJ320F000118
  6. NATIONAL ANIMAL HEALTH LABORATORY NETWORK ORDER FOR HPAI TESTING.$300K
    Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service· Story County, IA· Professional services· Mar 9, 2026 – Mar 9, 2026· 12639526F0298
  7. AWARD OF SERDP PROJECT # WP24-4176 CREATING NON-FLUORINATED OMNIPHOBIC TEXTILE COATINGS USING JANUS PARTICLES AS COATING ADDITIVES.$300K
    Department of the Army· Story County, IA· Research & development· Mar 5, 2024 – Nov 3, 2025· W912HQ24P0011
  8. NATIONAL ANIMAL HEALTH LABORATORY NETWORK ORDER FOR IAV-S TESTING.$250K
    Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service· Story County, IA· Professional services· Dec 31, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025· 12639526F0123

Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY received $158.8M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 1,050 actions (155 new awards), −4.8% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program ($30.3M).

Assistance · FY2026
$158.8M
New awards
155
Actions
1,050
Since FY2021
$1.1B

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 234.1MFY2021
  2. 159.9MFY2022
  3. 186.8MFY2023
  4. 198.3MFY2024
  5. 166.9MFY2025
  6. 158.8MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$121.7M77%
  2. Direct payments$32.2M20%
  3. Other assistance$4.8M3.0%

Top programs

  1. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$30.3M19%
  2. 47.084 · Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships$13.2M8.3%
  3. 10.511 · Smith-Lever Extension Funding$10.3M6.5%
  4. 10.310 · Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI)$10.3M6.5%
  5. 10.203 · Payments to Agricultural Experiment Stations Under the Hatch Act$7.8M4.9%
  6. 10.307 · Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative$7.5M4.7%
  7. 47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences$6.7M4.2%
  8. 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$5.7M3.6%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Institute of Food and Agriculture$39.2M25%
    Department of Agriculture
  2. National Science Foundation$35.3M22%
  3. Department of Education$33.3M21%
  4. National Institutes of Health$18.2M11%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  5. Department of Energy$9.3M5.8%
  6. Agricultural Research Service$3M1.9%
    Department of Agriculture
  7. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$2.8M1.8%
  8. National Institute of Standards and Technology$2.4M1.5%
    Department of Commerce

Largest awards

  1. GRANT PROGRAM$32.2M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 22, 2024 – Jul 6, 2026· P063P240133
  2. GRANT PROGRAM$30.9M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· May 15, 2025 – Sep 17, 2026· P063P250133
  3. RII TRACK-1: BUILDING CAPACITY ACROSS IOWA TO MEET HUMAN NEEDS FROM THINGS THAT GROW -THE VISION OF THE BUILDING CAPACITY ACROSS IOWA TO…$16.3M
    47.083 · Integrative Activities· National Science Foundation· Cooperative agreement· May 5, 2023 – Sep 9, 2026· 2242763
  4. MID-SCALE RI-1 (M1:DP): NATIONAL TESTING FACILITY FOR ENHANCING WIND RESILIENCY OF INFRASTRUCTURE IN TORNADO-DOWNBURST-GUST FRONT EVENTS…$14M
    47.041 · Engineering· National Science Foundation· Cooperative agreement· Sep 22, 2023 – May 11, 2026· 2330150
  5. GRANT PROGRAM$12.4M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· May 22, 2026 – Sep 18, 2026· P063P260133
  6. PURPOSE: INITIALLY COMPETITIVELY REVIEWED IN 2017, THIS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT IS FUNDED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING MANUFACTURING…$11.3M
    11.611 · Manufacturing Extension Partnership· National Institute of Standards and Technology· Cooperative agreement· Apr 1, 2022 – Apr 9, 2026· 70NANB22H034

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $7.8M (47 subawards)

34 sub-recipients

  1. INVEST NEBRASKA CORPORATION$1.2M15%
    LINCOLN, NE · 1 subaward
  2. UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.$898.7K12%
    ATHENS, GA · 5 subawards
  3. UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM$751.7K9.6%
    MADISON, WI · 3 subawards
  4. UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SYSTEM$630.7K8.1%
    COLUMBIA, MO · 4 subawards
  5. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN$483.3K6.2%
    AUSTIN, TX · 1 subaward
  6. SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE$367.4K4.7%
    LINCOLN, NE · 1 subaward
  7. OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE$317.2K4.1%
    COLUMBUS, OH · 3 subawards
  8. ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY$272.9K3.5%
    TEMPE, AZ · 1 subaward
  9. THE ADMINISTRATORS OF TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND$242.8K3.1%
    NEW ORLEANS, LA · 1 subaward
  10. VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY$225K2.9%
    NASHVILLE, TN · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $601.2K (4 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $15.3M (86 subawards)

49 primes

  1. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS$2.4M15%
    URBANA, IL · 5 subawards
  2. BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA$922.3K5.8%
    LINCOLN, NE · 4 subawards
  3. MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY$757.4K4.8%
    EAST LANSING, MI · 3 subawards
  4. KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY$725K4.6%
    MANHATTAN, KS · 1 subaward
  5. NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES$700K4.4%
    WASHINGTON, DC · 1 subaward
  6. UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA$558.3K3.5%
    CEDAR FALLS, IA · 1 subaward
  7. UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, THE$555.4K3.5%
    LEXINGTON, KY · 2 subawards
  8. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY IOWA$549.9K3.5%
    DES MOINES, IA · 2 subawards
  9. VOLUNTEER SERVICE, IOWA COMMISSION ON$523.5K3.3%
    DES MOINES, IA · 2 subawards
  10. THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA$519.6K3.3%
    IOWA CITY, IA · 5 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $20.8M paid out · $22.5M received
  • FY2022: $502.1M paid out · $24.8M received
  • FY2023: $22.5M paid out · $28.1M received
  • FY2024: $12.2M paid out · $31.3M received
  • FY2025: $11.9M paid out · $23.1M received
  • FY2026: $7.8M paid out · $15.9M received
  • FY2027: $0 paid out · $276.2K received

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

218 companies · $577.2M reported

  1. PURDUE UNIVERSITY$480.4M
    WEST LAFAYETTE, IN · 16 subawards
  2. CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY$7.6M
    PITTSBURGH, PA · 2 subawards
  3. THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA$7.1M
    IOWA CITY, IA · 20 subawards

Primes that pay it

139 companies · $156.6M reported

  1. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS$18.7M
    URBANA, IL · 58 subawards
  2. ROSELIN ALTERNATIVE ENERGY$10.6M
    SAINT LOUIS, MO · 1 subaward
  3. IOWA HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT$7.9M
    WINDSOR HEIGHTS, IA · 50 subawards

Showing the top 3 of each list. Open the profile for potential partners and the full lists.

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from 2021.

Competitors

Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.

Compared on 14 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. SURATECH LLC$310.3M
    WASHINGTON, DC · 96% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveEnergy · Scientific research and development services
  2. JEFFERSON SCIENCE ASSOCIATES, LLC$381.4M−122% in FY2026
    NEWPORT NEWS, VA · 96% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveEnergy · Scientific research and development services
  3. BATTELLE SAVANNAH RIVER ALLIANCE, LLC$990.2M+7.4% in FY2026
    COLUMBUS, OH · 96% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveEnergy · Scientific research and development services

Showing the top 3 of 25 competitors. Open the profile for the full list.

Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Lobbying and PAC activity

Organizations in House lobbying disclosures and FEC records whose names an AI judgment matched to this company. Those records carry no identifier shared with contracts, so every match is by name.

Across the company family of IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (6 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • Iowa State UniversityAI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2025
$100.9K
4 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$610.9K
$610.9K in its own reports

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$250K
    8 reports
  2. 2024$160K
    6 reports
  3. 2025$100.9K
    4 reports
  4. 2026$100K
    2 reports

Top issues

  1. Science and technology20 reports
  2. Energy and nuclear18 reports
  3. Agriculture14 reports
  4. Budget and appropriations14 reports
  5. Defense14 reports
  6. Education14 reports
  7. Health issues14 reports
  8. Immigration14 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES15 reports
  2. Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)14 reports
  3. U.S. SENATE14 reports
  4. Energy - Dept of1 reports

Houses of Congress and federal agencies the reports list as contacted (a report names every one for all its issues).

Lobbying firms hired

  1. Van Scoyoc Associates$60K
    6 reports

Registrants who are individuals are counted, not named.

Lobbying amounts are the filers' own good-faith estimates on quarterly LD-2 reports (the law asks for amounts rounded to $10,000; under $5,000 need not be itemized), latest amendment only. When an organization files its own report, it replaces what outside firms report for it that quarter. Matches are by name. Lobbying and political giving are legal and public: they show engagement with government, not influence over any award. Correlation is not influence: these organizations' lobbying and their contracts are shown side by side, and nothing here implies either affected the other.

Source: Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.

Matches: Analisa AI name judgments (entity-match@1), updated Sep 30, 2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.