Federal contractor · MANHATTAN, KS

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY received $541.7K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 20 awards (−22% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $19.1M. Its largest customer was Department of the Army ($349.6K). It also received $125.1M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$541.7K
New awards
20
Sole-source
25%
Single offer
7.2%
UEI
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.5MFY2017
  2. 3.3MFY2018
  3. 2.5MFY2019
  4. 3.1MFY2020
  5. 3.5MFY2021
  6. 1.5MFY2022
  7. 1.7MFY2023
  8. 675.2KFY2024
  9. 698.1KFY2025
  10. 541.7KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Army$349.6K65%
    1 awards
  2. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$153.2K28%
    17 awards
  3. Food and Drug Administration$39K7.2%
    1 awards
  4. Federal Railroad Administration$00.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Education & social services$321.4K59%
  2. Professional services$162.3K30%
  3. Health & medical$58K11%

Where the work was performed

  1. Leavenworth County, KS$349.6K65%
  2. Story County, IA$96.5K18%
  3. Riley County, KS$56.6K10%
  4. Prince George's County, MD$39K7.2%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition32%
    US 39% · $173.2K
  • Sole-source awards25%
    US 30% · $134.2K
  • Single-offer competitions7.2%
    US 8.7% · $39K
  • 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$134.2K
    Department of Agriculture · 8 awards

Largest awards

  1. CTSDP-BDE SPOUSE PROGRAM$1.1M
    Department of the Army· Leavenworth County, KS· Education & social services· Mar 15, 2023 – Apr 29, 2026· W91QF423C0003
  2. RESEARCH INITIATIVES IN SUPPORT OF RAIL SAFETY TOPIC: FRA-TR-004 IN-TRACK MEASUREMENT OF THE STATE OF STRESS IN STEEL RAIL$306.2K
    Federal Railroad Administration· Riley County, KS· Research & development· Aug 14, 2024 – Jan 26, 2026· 693JJ624C000030
  3. NATIONAL ANIMAL HEALTH LABORATORY NETWORK ORDER FOR HPAI TESTING.$145K
    Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service· Riley County, KS· Professional services· Dec 22, 2025 – Dec 22, 2025· 12639526F0116
  4. DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY TESTING$135.5K
    Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service· Riley County, KS· Professional services· May 24, 2023 – Sep 10, 2026· 12639523F0595
  5. FY24 WILDLIFE SERVICES AVIAN INFLUENZA NAHLN LAB TESTING. DIAGNOSTIC TESTS TO BE PERFORMED INCLUDE: CLIN 0003.01 PCR (MATRIX); CLIN 0003.02 PCR (MATRIX); AND CLIN 0003.03 PCR (SUBTYPING).$128.4K
    Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service· Riley County, KS· Professional services· Jul 12, 2024 – Jan 30, 2026· 12639524F0925
  6. CENTER FOR VETERINARY MEDICINE - ASSISTANCE WITH DIAGNOSTIC SAMPLE COLLECTION AND SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE FOR VET- LIRN PROFICIENCY EXERCISES AND CONSUMER COMPLAINT FOLLOW-UP$77K
    Food and Drug Administration· Prince George's County, MD· Health & medical· Nov 19, 2024 – Dec 22, 2025· 75F40125P00006
  7. MORATORIUM EXCEPTION: HPAI NATIONAL ANIMAL HEALTH LABORATORY NETWORK DIAGNOSTIC TESTING SERVICES HPAI CATTLE EMERGING EVENT TESTING$50K
    Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service· Story County, IA· Professional services· Apr 29, 2026 – Apr 29, 2026· 12639526F0478
  8. EXERCISING OY1 OF BRI LAB USE/TRAINING CONTRACT (12639521D0064)$36.9K
    Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service· Riley County, KS· Education & social services· Jul 26, 2022 – Sep 10, 2026· 12639522F0854

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.

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY received $125.1M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 457 actions (126 new awards), +21% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 19.045 · International Disaster and Humanitarian Response ($16.6M).

Assistance · FY2026
$125.1M
New awards
126
Actions
457
Since FY2021
$739.5M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 158.1MFY2021
  2. 84.3MFY2022
  3. 104.2MFY2023
  4. 164.3MFY2024
  5. 103.5MFY2025
  6. 125.1MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$116.9M93%
  2. Other assistance$8.2M6.5%

Top programs

  1. 19.045 · International Disaster and Humanitarian Response$16.6M13%
  2. 11.617 · Congressionally-Identified Projects$9M7.2%
  3. 11.071 · 2026 Congressionally Identified Construction Grants$7.9M6.3%
  4. 10.511 · Smith-Lever Extension Funding$6.8M5.4%
  5. 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$6.6M5.3%
  6. 10.310 · Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI)$5.9M4.7%
  7. 10.001 · Agricultural Research Basic and Applied Research$5.7M4.5%
  8. 84.365 · English Language Acquisition State Grants$5.6M4.4%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Institute of Food and Agriculture$22.7M18%
    Department of Agriculture
  2. Department of State$21.6M17%
  3. National Institute of Standards and Technology$16.9M14%
    Department of Commerce
  4. National Institutes of Health$11.6M9.2%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  5. Forest Service$9.9M7.9%
    Department of Agriculture
  6. National Science Foundation$8.6M6.9%
  7. Department of Education$6.8M5.5%
  8. Agricultural Research Service$5.7M4.5%
    Department of Agriculture

Largest awards

  1. STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF ATOMS, IONS, MOLECULES AND SURFACES$45.4M
    81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program· Department of Energy· Project grant· Mar 4, 2021 – Feb 10, 2026· DEFG0286ER13491
  2. COGNITIVE AND NEUROBIOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO PLASTICITY (C-NAP) CENTER$21.9M
    93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Jun 14, 2021 – Jul 23, 2026· P20GM113109
  3. CENTER ON EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES$13.6M
    93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Apr 26, 2021 – Jul 23, 2026· P20GM130448
  4. PLATEAU CO-SJF-000930$12.5M
    10.703 · Cooperative Fire Protection Agreement· Forest Service· Other financial assistance· Jun 17, 2022 – Aug 25, 2026· 18FI11020000013
  5. RESEARCH AT KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY INTO THE BASIC NATURE OF MATTER, ENERGY, SPACE AND TIME$11.2M
    81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program· Department of Energy· Project grant· Apr 14, 2021 – Aug 28, 2026· DESC0011840
  6. INTENSIFICATION OF TARGETED AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS. ACTIVITIES WILL FOCUS ON SCALE-READY BUNDLES OF PROVEN TECHNOLOGIES FOCUSED ON CROP…$8.6M
    19.045 · International Disaster and Humanitarian Response· Department of State· Cooperative agreement· Sep 17, 2026 – Sep 17, 2026· SFEXFA26CA0144

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 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: $9.3M (55 subawards)

40 sub-recipients

  1. OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY$1.6M17%
    STILLWATER, OK · 2 subawards
  2. BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA$737K7.9%
    LINCOLN, NE · 1 subaward
  3. TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCH$730.6K7.9%
    COLLEGE STATION, TX · 4 subawards
  4. IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY$725K7.8%
    AMES, IA · 1 subaward
  5. PURDUE UNIVERSITY$592.3K6.4%
    WEST LAFAYETTE, IN · 4 subawards
  6. SEWARD COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE$541.3K5.8%
    LIBERAL, KS · 1 subaward
  7. NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY$534.8K5.7%
    RALEIGH, NC · 3 subawards
  8. CORNELL UNIVERSITY$472.5K5.1%
    ITHACA, NY · 3 subawards
  9. CLEMSON UNIVERSITY$320.1K3.4%
    CLEMSON, SC · 1 subaward
  10. INSTITUT SENEGALAIS DE RECHERCHES AGRICOLES$314.9K3.4%
    DAKAR, SEN · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $402.3K (3 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $10.8M (56 subawards)

38 primes

  1. BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA$1.9M17%
    LINCOLN, NE · 2 subawards
  2. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE STATE OF KANSAS$1.2M11%
    TOPEKA, KS · 2 subawards
  3. UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CENTER FOR RESEARCH INC$1.2M11%
    LAWRENCE, KS · 12 subawards
  4. WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY$886.9K7.9%
    DAYTON, OH · 1 subaward
  5. RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE$579.9K5.2%
    SYRACUSE, NY · 1 subaward
  6. UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SYSTEM$575K5.1%
    COLUMBIA, MO · 1 subaward
  7. MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY$472.9K4.2%
    MISSISSIPPI STATE, MS · 2 subawards
  8. LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY$435K3.9%
    BATON ROUGE, LA · 1 subaward
  9. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK$313.9K2.8%
    COLLEGE PARK, MD · 1 subaward
  10. GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY$300K2.7%
    FAIRFAX, VA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $11.9M paid out · $9.6M received
  • FY2022: $13.4M paid out · $9.1M received
  • FY2023: $13.5M paid out · $18.5M received
  • FY2024: $18.7M paid out · $19.6M received
  • FY2025: $23.6M paid out · $16M received
  • FY2026: $9.3M paid out · $11.2M 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

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

Companies it pays

195 companies · $90.4M reported

  1. UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CENTER FOR RESEARCH INC$7.8M
    LAWRENCE, KS · 33 subawards
  2. OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY$5.5M
    TULSA, OK · 20 subawards
  3. PURDUE UNIVERSITY$4.5M
    WEST LAFAYETTE, IN · 27 subawards

Primes that pay it

95 companies · $84.2M reported

  1. UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CENTER FOR RESEARCH INC$9.8M
    LAWRENCE, KS · 41 subawards
  2. BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA$6.9M
    LINCOLN, NE · 18 subawards
  3. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE STATE OF KANSAS$6.1M
    TOPEKA, KS · 12 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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 7 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. THE ALABAMA 4-H CLUB FOUNDATION, INC.$944.7K+7.8% in FY2026
    COLUMBIANA, AL · 49% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Colleges, universities, and professional schools
  2. LANE COLLEGE$928.2K+15% in FY2026
    JACKSON, TN · 48% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Colleges, universities, and professional schools
  3. COLUMBUS STATE UNIVERSITY$968.1K−5.5% in FY2026
    COLUMBUS, GA · 49% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Colleges, universities, and professional schools

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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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.

Matched organizations

  • Kansas State UniversityAI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2025
$215.2K
8 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$777.3K
$757.3K in its own reports

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$246.7K
    10 reports
  2. 2024$216.4K
    8 reports
  3. 2025$215.2K
    8 reports
  4. 2026$99K
    5 reports

Top issues

  1. Education31 reports
  2. Agriculture14 reports
  3. Budget and appropriations14 reports
  4. Manufacturing14 reports
  5. Aerospace12 reports
  6. Energy and nuclear11 reports
  7. Economics and economic development8 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES31 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE31 reports
  3. Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)28 reports
  4. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)27 reports
  5. Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)27 reports
  6. Natl Science Foundation (NSF)27 reports
  7. Energy - Dept of18 reports
  8. Commerce - Dept of (DOC)15 reports
  9. Transportation - Dept of (DOT)15 reports
  10. Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)12 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. Capitol Hill Policy Group LLC$270K
    14 reports
  2. LJ STRATEGIES LLC$100K
    3 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.

Matches: Analisa AI name judgments (entity-match@1), updated Oct 5, 2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.