Federal contractor · HUNTSVILLE, TX

SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY

SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY received $237.7K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 2 awards (−35% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $2.2M. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($138.6K). It also received $63.3M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$237.7K
New awards
2
Sole-source
58%
Single offer
42%
UEI
DJPXLZAE9931
Other than small businessEducational institutionGovernment entity
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 241.8KFY2017
  2. 241KFY2018
  3. 243.2KFY2019
  4. 0FY2020
  5. 57.5KFY2021
  6. 148.8KFY2022
  7. 337.1KFY2023
  8. 289.4KFY2024
  9. 364.9KFY2025
  10. 237.7KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$138.6K58%
    1 awards
  2. Department of the Army$99.1K42%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Education & social services$237.7K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Walker County, TX$237.7K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $237.7K
  • Sole-source awards58%
    US 30% · $138.6K
  • Single-offer competitions42%
    US 8.7% · $99.1K
  • 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. Department of the Navy$138.6K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. TUITION AND FEES TX, SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY$138.6K
    Department of the Navy· Walker County, TX· Education & social services· Mar 9, 2026 – Mar 9, 2026· N0622A26FA203
  2. THIS IS A NON-PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACT TO PROVIDE LODGING, MEALS, AND TRAINING FACILITIES FOR 220 CADETS AND 52 CADRE ATTENDING THE HOUSTON ISD JCLC/STEM CAMP ON A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY CAMPUS WITHIN 100 MILES OF HOUSTON, TX, FROM 8-13 JUNE 2026.$99.1K
    Department of the Army· Walker County, TX· Education & social services· Jun 1, 2026 – Jun 1, 2026· W9124D26PA126

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.

SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY received $63.3M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 390 actions (27 new awards), −14% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program ($55.5M).

Assistance · FY2026
$63.3M
New awards
27
Actions
390
Since FY2021
$368.4M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 86.8MFY2021
  2. 27.7MFY2022
  3. 54.8MFY2023
  4. 62.3MFY2024
  5. 73.6MFY2025
  6. 63.3MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$57.5M91%
  2. Grants$5.8M9.2%

Top programs

  1. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$55.5M88%
  2. 95.001 · High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program$1.3M2.1%
  3. 84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program$1M1.7%
  4. 84.007 · Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants$883.4K1.4%
  5. 47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)$651.1K1.0%
  6. 93.925 · Scholarships for Health Professions Students From Disadvantaged Backgrounds$650K1.0%
  7. 10.031 · Plant Pest and Disease Management (PPDM)$585.8K0.9%
  8. 84.042 · Trio Student Support Services$532.5K0.8%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Education$58M92%
  2. Office of the National Drug Control Policy$1.3M2.1%
    Executive Office of the President
  3. National Science Foundation$888.3K1.4%
  4. National Institutes of Health$828K1.3%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  5. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$694.6K1.1%
  6. Health Resources and Services Administration$650K1.0%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  7. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$583.6K0.9%
    Department of Agriculture
  8. National Institute of Food and Agriculture$294K0.5%
    Department of Agriculture

Largest awards

  1. GRANT PROGRAM$53.5M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 19, 2024 – Oct 7, 2025· P063P242301
  2. GRANT PROGRAM$53.4M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 18, 2025 – Sep 10, 2026· P063P252301
  3. GRANT PROGRAM$25.4M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 10, 2026 – Sep 18, 2026· P063P262301
  4. BUILDING CAPACITY TO STUDY MIXED METAL-INDUCED NEUROTOXICITY IN RURAL BANGLADESHI CHILDREN-A1 - PROJECT SUMMARY THE ECONOMIC AND PUBLIC…$2.7M
    93.113 · Environmental Health· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Sep 13, 2021 – May 18, 2026· R01ES032149
  5. CYBERCORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOR SERVICE: INTERDISCIPLINARY CYBERSECURITY AND CYBER FORENSICS -SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY (SHSU) ESTABLISHES A…$2.4M
    47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)· National Science Foundation· Project grant· Dec 14, 2022 – Feb 20, 2026· 2234710
  6. SCHOLARSHIPS, MENTORING, AND RESEARCH TRAINING: A CHEMISTRY PROGRAM AT SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY -THIS PROJECT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE…$2M
    47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)· National Science Foundation· Project grant· Aug 27, 2025 – Mar 25, 2026· 2527247

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

No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $3M (16 subawards)

7 primes

  1. TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION$1.1M38%
    AUSTIN, TX · 2 subawards
  2. GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY$862.9K29%
    FAIRFAX, VA · 5 subawards
  3. TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT$567K19%
    DEL VALLE, TX · 4 subawards
  4. NATIONAL CENTER FOR MANUFACTURING SCIENCES INC$220.5K7.4%
    ANN ARBOR, MI · 1 subaward
  5. TX EDUCATION AGENCY$80K2.7%
    AUSTIN, TX · 2 subawards
  6. TX DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE$63.1K2.1%
    AUSTIN, TX · 1 subaward
  7. EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY$30.9K1.0%
    JOHNSON CITY, TN · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $1.8M paid out · $978.7K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $4.1M received
  • FY2023: $18.7K paid out · $1.9M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $2.5M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $2.2M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $3M 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

8 companies · $1.9M reported

  1. THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK$925K
    NEW YORK, NY · 1 subaward
  2. INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH, BANGLADESH$605.3K
    DHAKA, BGD · 1 subaward
  3. UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM$207.4K
    HOUSTON, TX · 1 subaward

Primes that pay it

26 companies · $15M reported

  1. TX EDUCATION AGENCY$4.5M
    AUSTIN, TX · 14 subawards
  2. GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY$2.2M
    FAIRFAX, VA · 7 subawards
  3. TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT$2.1M
    DEL VALLE, TX · 14 subawards

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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 4 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. THE DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF PENSACOLA STATE COLLEGE, FLORIDA$552.7K−26% in FY2026
    PENSACOLA, FL · 61% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Colleges, universities, and professional schools
  2. TIBER HEALTH, PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION$527.4K+35% in FY2026
    PONCE, PR · 59% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Colleges, universities, and professional schools
  3. DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT$523.4K−39% in FY2026
    PITTSBURGH, PA · 59% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Colleges, universities, and professional schools

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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.

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.