Recipient of federal assistance · BEAUMONT, TX

LAMAR UNIVERSITY

LAMAR UNIVERSITY received $29.5M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 364 actions, −1.5% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $163.8M. Its largest awarding agency was Department of Education ($29.3M).

Assistance · FY2026
$29.5M
New awards
8
Actions
364
Since FY2021
$163.8M
UEI
MEYGUN6CCN16
Location
BEAUMONT, TX
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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.

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 36.7MFY2021
  2. 14.7MFY2022
  3. 24MFY2023
  4. 29MFY2024
  5. 30MFY2025
  6. 29.5MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$28.9M98%
  2. Grants$656.8K2.2%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$27.5M93%
  2. 84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program$730K2.5%
  3. 84.007 · Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants$484.1K1.6%
  4. 84.031 · Higher Education Institutional Aid$412.4K1.4%
  5. 47.041 · Engineering$244.4K0.8%
  6. 84.379 · Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grants (Teach GRANTS)$136.1K0.5%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Education$29.3M99%
  2. National Science Foundation$244.4K0.8%

Largest awards

  1. GRANT PROGRAM$27.6M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 13, 2024 – Oct 16, 2025· P063P242282
  2. GRANT PROGRAM$27.6M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 12, 2025 – Sep 17, 2026· P063P252282
  3. GRANT PROGRAM$11.6M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 11, 2026 – Sep 18, 2026· P063P262282
  4. SOUTHEAST TEXAS URBAN IFL: EQUITABLE SOLUTIONS FOR COMMUNITIES CAUGHT BETWEEN FLOODS AND AIR POLLUTION$3M
    81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program· Department of Energy· Project grant· Sep 30, 2022 – Jul 28, 2026· DESC0023370
  5. SOUTHEAST TEXAS DATA ANALYTICS AND CYBERSECURITY FOR ENERGY SUPPLY CHAIN RESILIENCE THE PROJECT AIMS TO ESTABLISHING A CENTER FOR DATA…$2M
    81.008 · Cybersecurity, Energy Security & Emergency Response (CESER)· Department of Energy· Cooperative agreement· May 23, 2024 – Aug 11, 2026· DECR0000035
  6. CAMPUS BASED-FWS$800K
    84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Apr 1, 2026 – Apr 1, 2026· P033A264051

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

No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $363.4K (2 subawards)

2 primes

  1. TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE$328.4K90%
    AUSTIN, TX · 1 subaward
  2. THE MATHEMATICAL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (INCORPORATED)$34.9K9.6%
    WASHINGTON, DC · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $980.8K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $864K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $972.2K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $917.3K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $846.6K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $363.4K 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.

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.