Federal contractor · EAST LANSING, MI

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY received $2.1M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 35 awards (−55% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $40.8M. Its largest customer was Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service ($438.1K). It also received $366.3M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$2.1M
New awards
35
Sole-source
54%
Single offer
16%
UEI
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Parent company
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
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.

3 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $2.1M in FY2026 together.

  1. MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYEAST LANSING, MI · Family page
    $2.1M
  2. MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYEAST LANSING, MI
    $0
  3. MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYEAST LANSING, MI
    $0

AI-inferred: entity-match@1 · Analisa AI · 2026-10-05

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 2.4MFY2017
  2. 1.7MFY2018
  3. 4.9MFY2019
  4. 3.3MFY2020
  5. 3.6MFY2021
  6. 6.4MFY2022
  7. 5.7MFY2023
  8. 6.1MFY2024
  9. 4.6MFY2025
  10. 2.1MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$438.1K21%
    11 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$406K20%
    5 awards
  3. Department of the Army$350K17%
    5 awards
  4. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$285K14%
    1 awards
  5. U.S. Geological Survey$183.3K8.9%
    2 awards
  6. Agricultural Research Service$126.2K6.2%
    1 awards
  7. National Science Foundation$121.2K5.9%
    1 awards
  8. Environmental Protection Agency$78.7K3.8%
    4 awards
  9. Forest Service$22.8K1.1%
    1 awards
  10. Departmental Offices$13.7K0.7%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$805K39%
  2. Research & development$542.6K26%
  3. Education & social services$406K20%
  4. Health & medical$297K14%

Where the work was performed

  1. Ingham County, MI$1.5M75%
  2. Larimer County, CO$242K12%
  3. Story County, IA$124.2K6.1%
  4. Alexandria city, VA$121.2K5.9%
  5. Wake County, NC$22.8K1.1%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition71%
    US 39% · $1.5M
  • Sole-source awards54%
    US 30% · $1.1M
  • Single-offer competitions16%
    US 8.7% · $333.5K
  • 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$438.1K
    Department of Agriculture · 8 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$406K
    Department of Defense · 2 awards
  3. Agricultural Research Service$126.2K
    Department of Agriculture · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. SINGLE EVENT EFFECT TEST FACILITY UPGRADES$14.3M
    Missile Defense Agency· Ingham County, MI· Research & development· Aug 19, 2022 – Oct 29, 2025· HQ086022C6004
  2. SERDP PROJECT ER22-34 "DEVELOPMENT OF AN EFFICIENT TESTING FRAMEWORK FOR INTERPRETING TOXICITY OF COMPLEX MIXTURES FOR ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT"$1.3M
    Department of the Army· Ingham County, MI· Research & development· Sep 21, 2022 – May 11, 2026· W912HQ22C0069
  3. NATIONAL ANIMAL HEALTH LABORATORY NETWORK HPAI TESTING SERVICES .$600K
    Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service· Ingham County, MI· Professional services· Sep 25, 2025 – Dec 8, 2025· 12639525F1105
  4. IMPROVED TESTING EFFICIENCIES AND MODALITIES WITH HEAVY IONS$549.5K
    Missile Defense Agency· Ingham County, MI· Research & development· Aug 26, 2024 – Feb 17, 2026· HQ086024C6001
  5. GROWING CONVERGENCE RESEARCH INITIATIVES$417.1K
    National Science Foundation· Alexandria city, VA· Professional services· Feb 5, 2024 – Aug 24, 2026· 49100424C0021
  6. NAVFAC HAS DEVELOPED A GUIDE TO ASSIST ITS STRATEGIC AND PROJECT PLANNING EXPERTS IN THESE PLANNING CHARRETTES WHO WILL PILOT THE PROCESS IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.$308.3K
    Department of the Navy· Ingham County, MI· Education & social services· Sep 24, 2025 – Dec 9, 2025· N6247025P0019
  7. ELECTRONIC CASE REPORTING$285K
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention· Ingham County, MI· Health & medical· Sep 17, 2026 – Sep 17, 2026· 75D30126P21612
  8. GSL-26-0023, MOISTURE RETENTION AND DRAINAGE RESPONSE OF PAVEMENT FOUNDATION SYSTEMS$250K
    Department of the Army· Ingham County, MI· Research & development· May 18, 2026 – May 18, 2026· W912HZ26CA018

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.

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY received $366.3M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 1,227 actions (169 new awards), −8.5% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program ($143M).

Assistance · FY2026
$366.3M
New awards
169
Actions
1,227
Since FY2021
$2.6B

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 486.6MFY2021
  2. 411.6MFY2022
  3. 509.3MFY2023
  4. 423.8MFY2024
  5. 400.5MFY2025
  6. 366.3MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$300.8M82%
  2. Direct payments$63.1M17%
  3. Other assistance$2.4M0.6%

Top programs

  1. 81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program$143M39%
  2. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$59.2M16%
  3. 10.310 · Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI)$10.7M2.9%
  4. 81.135 · Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy$10.6M2.9%
  5. 10.511 · Smith-Lever Extension Funding$10.1M2.7%
  6. 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$9.7M2.6%
  7. 93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research$9.6M2.6%
  8. 47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences$9M2.4%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Energy$156.7M43%
  2. Department of Education$68.8M19%
  3. National Institutes of Health$60.8M17%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  4. National Institute of Food and Agriculture$32.6M8.9%
    Department of Agriculture
  5. National Science Foundation$32.1M8.8%
  6. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$5.5M1.5%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  7. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$3.3M0.9%
  8. Department of the Navy$1.8M0.5%
    Department of Defense

Largest awards

  1. OPERATION OF THE FACILITY FOR RARE ISOTOPE BEAMS AS SCIENTIFIC USER FACILITY$396.7M
    81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program· Department of Energy· Cooperative agreement· Jul 31, 2023 – Apr 29, 2026· DESC0023633
  2. GRANT PROGRAM$61.5M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 19, 2024 – Jul 6, 2026· P063P240233
  3. GRANT PROGRAM$58.4M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 18, 2025 – Sep 11, 2026· P063P250233
  4. HIGH RIGIDITY SPECTROMETER PROJECT$58.4M
    81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program· Department of Energy· Cooperative agreement· Sep 19, 2023 – May 7, 2026· DESC0024098
  5. INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AND RELATED TRAINING PROGRAM IN THE PLANT SCIENCES$55.6M
    81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program· Department of Energy· Project grant· Apr 11, 2021 – Jun 29, 2026· DEFG0291ER20021
  6. ENVIRONMENTAL, MICROBIAL, AND MAMMALIAN BIOMOLECULAR RE*$40.6M
    93.143 · Niehs Superfund Hazardous Substances_basic Research and Education· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Aug 21, 2021 – Jun 19, 2026· P42ES004911

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: $23.5M (125 subawards)

90 sub-recipients

  1. WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY$1.6M7.0%
    PULLMAN, WA · 1 subaward
  2. UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING$1M4.3%
    LARAMIE, WY · 1 subaward
  3. BROWN UNIVERSITY$972.3K4.1%
    PROVIDENCE, RI · 4 subawards
  4. CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY CHANNEL ISLANDS$901.3K3.8%
    CAMARILLO, CA · 1 subaward
  5. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE$827.7K3.5%
    CHARLOTTE, NC · 2 subawards
  6. FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY$780.2K3.3%
    TALLAHASSEE, FL · 2 subawards
  7. IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY$757.4K3.2%
    AMES, IA · 3 subawards
  8. HEALTHPARTNERS INSTITUTE$710.4K3.0%
    MINNEAPOLIS, MN · 2 subawards
  9. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN$631.8K2.7%
    ANN ARBOR, MI · 3 subawards
  10. UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS$609.5K2.6%
    FAIRBANKS, AK · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $1.8M (4 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $68.1M (141 subawards)

71 primes

  1. MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES$52.1M74%
    LANSING, MI · 32 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS$1.5M2.2%
    FAIRBANKS, AK · 2 subawards
  3. NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY$1.4M2.0%
    RALEIGH, NC · 1 subaward
  4. MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY$1.4M2.0%
    OKEMOS, MI · 2 subawards
  5. NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES$725K1.0%
    WASHINGTON, DC · 1 subaward
  6. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK$702.5K1.0%
    COLLEGE PARK, MD · 2 subawards
  7. CLEMSON UNIVERSITY$679.5K1.0%
    CLEMSON, SC · 3 subawards
  8. TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY$679.3K1.0%
    BLOOMINGTON, IN · 2 subawards
  9. TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE$626.6K0.9%
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 5 subawards
  10. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN$567.7K0.8%
    ANN ARBOR, MI · 6 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $112.2M paid out · $52.9M received
  • FY2022: $111.7M paid out · $54.2M received
  • FY2023: $95.9M paid out · $70.2M received
  • FY2024: $56.4M paid out · $103.8M received
  • FY2025: $32.8M paid out · $74.5M received
  • FY2026: $23.5M paid out · $69.9M 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

395 companies · $432.2M reported

  1. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN$36.9M
    ANN ARBOR, MI · 89 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE$22.6M
    BLANTYRE, MW · 11 subawards
  3. INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE$14.6M
    WASHINGTON, DC · 10 subawards

Primes that pay it

235 companies · $431.7M reported

  1. MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES$208.5M
    LANSING, MI · 406 subawards
  2. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN$21.8M
    ANN ARBOR, MI · 115 subawards
  3. NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY$8.9M
    RALEIGH, NC · 10 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 26 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. OPTIMIZATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$7.4M+20% in FY2026
    BOULDER, CO · 51% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveMissile Defense Agency · Scientific research and development servicesArmy · Scientific research and development services
  2. DRIDAM CONSULTING LLC$7.3M
    BETHESDA, MD · 46% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveMissile Defense Agency · Scientific research and development services
  3. MANTIS COMPOSITES INC$5M−100% in FY2026
    SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA · 39% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveMissile Defense Agency · 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 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.

Across the company family of MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY (3 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • MICHIGAN STATE UNIVAI match · 100%
  • Michigan State UniversityAI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2025
$380K
8 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$1.3M
$1.3M in its own reports

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$340K
    8 reports
  2. 2024$340K
    8 reports
  3. 2025$380K
    8 reports
  4. 2026$190K
    4 reports

Top issues

  1. Agriculture14 reports
  2. Arts and entertainment14 reports
  3. Communications, broadcasting, radio and TV14 reports
  4. Defense14 reports
  5. Education14 reports
  6. Energy and nuclear14 reports
  7. Health issues14 reports
  8. Immigration14 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES28 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE28 reports
  3. Energy - Dept of14 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. Bose Public Affairs Group$250K
    14 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.