Federal contractor · FARGO, ND

NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY

NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY received $1.4M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 7 awards (−60% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $15.7M. Its largest customer was National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ($1.3M). It also received $65.1M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$1.4M
New awards
7
Sole-source
93%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Other than small businessEducational institution
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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.

2 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $1.4M in FY2026 together.

  1. NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITYFARGO, ND · Family page
    $1.4M
  2. LAKE REGION STATE COLLEGEDEVILS LAKE, ND
    $0

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 14.2KFY2017
  2. 25.6KFY2018
  3. 27.9KFY2019
  4. 689.7KFY2020
  5. 1.5MFY2021
  6. 970.3KFY2022
  7. 6.9MFY2023
  8. 584.5KFY2024
  9. 3.6MFY2025
  10. 1.4MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$1.3M92%
    1 awards
  2. Department of the Army$100K6.9%
    1 awards
  3. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$13.7K1.0%
    5 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$1.3M92%
  2. Research & development$100K6.9%
  3. Professional services$13.7K1.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Cass County, ND$1.4M99%
  2. Story County, IA$12.7K0.9%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition93%
    US 39% · $1.3M
  • Sole-source awards93%
    US 30% · $1.3M
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · $0
  • 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$13.7K
    Department of Agriculture · 5 awards

Largest awards

  1. UMRB PROJECT$4.3M
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Cass County, ND· IT & telecom· Sep 12, 2023 – Sep 8, 2026· 1305M223PNWWG0312
  2. SERDP WP26-0516 NOVEL HIGHLY FLEXIBLE COATINGS FOR ADVANCED AIRCRAFT APPLICATIONS$100K
    Department of the Army· Cass County, ND· Research & development· Mar 25, 2026 – Mar 25, 2026· W912HQ26PA017
  3. NATIONAL ANIMAL HEALTH LABORATORY NETWORK DIAGNOSTIC TESTING SERVICES FOR AMR AST TESTING$6,200
    Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service· Story County, IA· Professional services· Apr 10, 2026 – Apr 10, 2026· 12639526F0390
  4. MORATORIUM EXCEPTION: HPAI NATIONAL ANIMAL HEALTH LABORATORY NETWORK DIAGNOSTIC TESTING SERVICES FOR HPAI AVIAN INFLUENZA TESTING$5,000
    Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service· Story County, IA· Professional services· Apr 8, 2026 – Apr 8, 2026· 12639526F0381
  5. NATIONAL ANIMAL HEALTH LABORATORY NETWORK DIAGNOSTIC TESTING SERVICES FOR AMR-WGS TESTING$1,500
    Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service· Story County, IA· Professional services· May 15, 2026 – May 15, 2026· 12639526F0557
  6. NDSU FAD TESTING$500
    Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service· Cass County, ND· Professional services· May 12, 2026 – May 12, 2026· 12639526F0540
  7. NATIONAL ANIMAL HEALTH LABORATORY NETWORK ORDER FOR FAD TESTING.$500
    Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service· Cass County, ND· Professional services· Mar 17, 2026 – Mar 17, 2026· 12639526F0325

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.

NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY received $65.1M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 385 actions (71 new awards), −4.3% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 47.084 · Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships ($14.5M).

Assistance · FY2026
$65.1M
New awards
71
Actions
385
Since FY2021
$427.9M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 88.8MFY2021
  2. 51.8MFY2022
  3. 66.6MFY2023
  4. 87.6MFY2024
  5. 68MFY2025
  6. 65.1MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$48.7M75%
  2. Direct payments$13.1M20%
  3. Other assistance$3.3M5.1%

Top programs

  1. 47.084 · Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships$14.5M22%
  2. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$11.9M18%
  3. 10.001 · Agricultural Research Basic and Applied Research$6.8M10%
  4. 10.310 · Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI)$6.5M10%
  5. 10.511 · Smith-Lever Extension Funding$3.7M5.7%
  6. 10.203 · Payments to Agricultural Experiment Stations Under the Hatch Act$3.2M4.8%
  7. 12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research$2.8M4.4%
  8. 47.074 · Biological Sciences$2.4M3.7%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Science Foundation$19.7M30%
  2. National Institute of Food and Agriculture$14.8M23%
    Department of Agriculture
  3. Department of Education$13.8M21%
  4. Agricultural Research Service$6.8M10%
    Department of Agriculture
  5. Department of the Navy$2.8M4.4%
    Department of Defense
  6. National Institutes of Health$2.6M4.0%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  7. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration$1.9M3.0%
    Department of Transportation
  8. Health Resources and Services Administration$500.1K0.8%
    Department of Health and Human Services

Largest awards

  1. NSF ENGINES: NORTH DAKOTA ADVANCED AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGY ENGINE -THE NORTH DAKOTA ADVANCED AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGY ENGINE WILL ADVANCE OUR…$29.5M
    47.084 · Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships· National Science Foundation· Cooperative agreement· Jan 29, 2024 – Aug 20, 2026· 2315315
  2. CENTER FOR DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC STRATEGIES IN PANCREATIC CANCER$19.1M
    93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Apr 1, 2021 – Jul 10, 2026· P20GM109024
  3. GRANT PROGRAM$14.2M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Sep 12, 2024 – Nov 18, 2025· P063P241979
  4. GRANT PROGRAM$12.6M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Sep 10, 2025 – Sep 3, 2026· P063P251979
  5. UNDERSTANDING THE PRINCIPLES OF SOLID SHEDDING SURFACES$5.8M
    12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research· Department of the Navy· Project grant· Aug 8, 2023 – Nov 19, 2025· N000142012817
  6. USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) AND MACHINE LEARNING (ML) FOR DESIGNING FUNCTIONAL COATINGS$4.8M
    12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research· Department of the Navy· Project grant· Oct 27, 2023 – Jun 22, 2026· N000142412011

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-contracts: $44.3K (1 subaward)
  • Sub-grants: $7.5M (29 subawards)

27 sub-recipients

  1. COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY$904.3K12%
    FORT COLLINS, CO · 1 subaward
  2. NDSU RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY PARK, INC.$805.4K11%
    FARGO, ND · 1 subaward
  3. AGLAUNCH INITIATIVE$703.2K9.3%
    MEMPHIS, TN · 1 subaward
  4. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA$627.8K8.3%
    GRAND FORKS, ND · 2 subawards
  5. THE CHAMBER FOUNDATION$551.3K7.3%
    FARGO, ND · 1 subaward
  6. UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM$372.5K4.9%
    MADISON, WI · 1 subaward
  7. MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY$333.8K4.4%
    MISSISSIPPI STATE, MS · 2 subawards
  8. NORTH DAKOTA TRIBAL COLLEGE SYSTEM$266.9K3.5%
    BISMARCK, ND · 1 subaward
  9. TURTLE MOUNTAIN COLLEGE$263.8K3.5%
    BELCOURT, ND · 1 subaward
  10. UNITED TRIBES TECHNICAL COLLEGE$252.8K3.3%
    BISMARCK, ND · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $11.5M (102 subawards)

25 primes

  1. NORTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES$2.5M22%
    BISMARCK, ND · 8 subawards
  2. NORTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES$2.1M18%
    BISMARCK, ND · 13 subawards
  3. NORTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE$1.2M11%
    BISMARCK, ND · 10 subawards
  4. UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA$854.9K7.4%
    TUSCALOOSA, AL · 1 subaward
  5. AUBURN UNIVERSITY$799.8K6.9%
    AUBURN UNIVERSITY, AL · 2 subawards
  6. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA$619.9K5.4%
    GRAND FORKS, ND · 5 subawards
  7. NORTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$568K4.9%
    BISMARCK, ND · 4 subawards
  8. NORTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY$455.7K3.9%
    BISMARCK, ND · 1 subaward
  9. WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY$399.5K3.5%
    PULLMAN, WA · 1 subaward
  10. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA$286.5K2.5%
    MINNEAPOLIS, MN · 1 subaward

Its reported sub-contracts equal 3.1% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $8.4M paid out · $19.3M received
  • FY2022: $6.5M paid out · $19.6M received
  • FY2023: $9.3M paid out · $12.1M received
  • FY2024: $12.6M paid out · $14.5M received
  • FY2025: $8.9M paid out · $10.3M received
  • FY2026: $7.6M paid out · $11.5M 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

88 companies · $53.3M reported

  1. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA$6.9M
    GRAND FORKS, ND · 21 subawards
  2. GRAND FARM RESEARCH AND EDUCATION INITIATIVE, INC.$2.9M
    FARGO, ND · 1 subaward
  3. UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING$2.4M
    LARAMIE, WY · 6 subawards

Primes that pay it

68 companies · $89.8M reported

  1. NORTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES$18.3M
    BISMARCK, ND · 83 subawards
  2. NORTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE$13.6M
    BISMARCK, ND · 106 subawards
  3. NORTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES$11.4M
    BISMARCK, ND · 46 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 6 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING$4.1M+20% in FY2026
    LARAMIE, WY · 52% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Administration of environmental quality programsNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Data processing, hosting, and related servicesAnimal and Plant Health Inspection Service · Other professional, scientific, and technical services
  2. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY$11.1M+6.4% in FY2026
    BROOKINGS, SD · 80% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Data processing, hosting, and related servicesArmy · Administration of environmental quality programsAnimal and Plant Health Inspection Service · Other professional, scientific, and technical services
  3. IIC TECHNOLOGIES INC$6M−12% in FY2026
    ELLICOTT CITY, MD · 47% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Data processing, hosting, and related 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 NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY (2 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • North Dakota State UniversityAI match · 100%
  • North Dakota State University (NDSU)AI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2025
$200K
8 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$700K

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$200K
    8 reports
  2. 2024$200K
    8 reports
  3. 2025$200K
    8 reports
  4. 2026$100K
    4 reports

Top issues

  1. Budget and appropriations14 reports
  2. Education8 reports
  3. Agriculture7 reports
  4. Defense7 reports
  5. Science and technology7 reports
  6. Transportation4 reports
  7. Sports and athletics3 reports
  8. Small business2 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES14 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE14 reports
  3. Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)4 reports
  4. Interior - Dept of (DOI)1 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. Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC$700K
    14 reports
  2. CAPGOV, LLC$0
    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 Sep 30, 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.