Federal contractor · BOWLING GREEN, KY

WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY

WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY received $126.5K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 2 awards (+261% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $319K. Its largest customer was U.S. Geological Survey ($66.5K). It also received $36.4M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$126.5K
New awards
2
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Other than small businessEducational institution
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 9KFY2017
  2. 35.8KFY2021
  3. 40.5KFY2023
  4. 72.2KFY2024
  5. 35KFY2025
  6. 126.5KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. U.S. Geological Survey$66.5K53%
    1 awards
  2. Department of the Army$60K47%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$126.5K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Warren County, KY$66.5K53%
  2. Madison County, KY$60K47%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $126.5K
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $126.5K
  • 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. U.S. Geological Survey$66.5K
    Department of the Interior · 1 awards
  2. Department of the Army$60K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. SPECTROFLUOROPHOTOMETRIC SAMPLE ANALYSIS$66.5K
    U.S. Geological Survey· Warren County, KY· Professional services· Mar 16, 2026 – Aug 28, 2026· 140G0126F0067
  2. TASKS FOR THIS CONTRACT ARE TO PROVIDE PERMIT REQUIRED METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES TO AUTHORIZE OPEN DETONATION/OPEN BURN OPERATIONS.$60K
    Department of the Army· Madison County, KY· Professional services· Oct 8, 2025 – Oct 8, 2025· W519TC26PA007

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.

WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY received $36.4M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 131 actions (20 new awards), −8.3% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program ($28.3M).

Assistance · FY2026
$36.4M
New awards
20
Actions
131
Since FY2021
$229.5M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 60.5MFY2021
  2. 20.9MFY2022
  3. 32.9MFY2023
  4. 39.1MFY2024
  5. 39.7MFY2025
  6. 36.4MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$29.6M81%
  2. Grants$6.8M19%
  3. Other assistance$9,7080.0%

Top programs

  1. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$28.3M78%
  2. 93.600 · Head Start$2.2M6.0%
  3. 84.047 · Trio Upward Bound$790.8K2.2%
  4. 84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program$740K2.0%
  5. 84.042 · Trio Student Support Services$606.7K1.7%
  6. 47.084 · Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships$477K1.3%
  7. 47.083 · Integrative Activities$477K1.3%
  8. 47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)$464.3K1.3%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Education$31M85%
  2. Administration for Children and Families$2.2M6.0%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  3. National Science Foundation$1.4M3.9%
  4. National Institutes of Health$497.7K1.4%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  5. Agricultural Research Service$414.7K1.1%
    Department of Agriculture
  6. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$263.2K0.7%
  7. National Institute of Food and Agriculture$243.9K0.7%
    Department of Agriculture
  8. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$198.6K0.5%
    Department of Health and Human Services

Largest awards

  1. GRANT PROGRAM$31M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 29, 2024 – Nov 15, 2025· P063P241508
  2. GRANT PROGRAM$28.3M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 29, 2025 – Sep 18, 2026· P063P251508
  3. HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START$4.4M
    93.600 · Head Start· Administration for Children and Families· Project grant· Nov 13, 2024 – Apr 30, 2026· 04CH012904
  4. WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY UPWARD BOUND$2.2M
    84.047 · Trio Upward Bound· Department of Education· Project grant· May 23, 2022 – Jul 30, 2026· P047A221232
  5. THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCE PROGRAM AT WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY$1.8M
    93.262 · Occupational Safety and Health Program· Centers for Disease Control and Prevention· Grant· Jun 1, 2021 – Jun 18, 2026· T03OH010637
  6. EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY CENTER AT WKU$1.4M
    84.066 · Trio Educational Opportunity Centers· Department of Education· Project grant· Aug 4, 2022 – Aug 29, 2026· P066A220211

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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: $1.3M (9 subawards)

5 primes

  1. HEALTH SERVICES KENTUCKY CABINET FOR$846.4K64%
    FRANKFORT, KY · 3 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE$198K15%
    LOUISVILLE, KY · 2 subawards
  3. JUSTICE & PUBLIC SAFETY CABINET$158K12%
    FRANKFORT, KY · 1 subaward
  4. RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$73K5.5%
    COLUMBUS, OH · 1 subaward
  5. UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, THE$43K3.3%
    LEXINGTON, KY · 2 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $1.7M paid out · $766.6K received
  • FY2022: $1.1M paid out · $1.7M received
  • FY2023: $329.2K paid out · $1.9M received
  • FY2024: $65.7K paid out · $4.6M received
  • FY2025: $981.8K paid out · $2.3M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $1.3M 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

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

Companies it pays

11 companies · $4.2M reported

  1. AUDUBON AREA COMMUNITY SERVICES, INC.$2.2M
    OWENSBORO, KY · 5 subawards
  2. MURRAY PUBLIC SCHOOLS$1.1M
    MURRAY, KY · 3 subawards
  3. WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION$187.1K
    MORGANTOWN, WV · 1 subaward

Primes that pay it

17 companies · $12.6M reported

  1. HEALTH SERVICES KENTUCKY CABINET FOR$3.6M
    FRANKFORT, KY · 229 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY$2.4M
    LEXINGTON, KY · 16 subawards
  3. INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION INC$2.4M
    NEW YORK, NY · 10 subawards · Educational support services

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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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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 2 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. BIOMARKER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$181.1K+1,346% in FY2026
    ROHNERT PARK, CA · 74% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveU.S. Geological Survey · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. TRICHANALYTICS INC.$219.9K−36% in FY2026
    SAANICHTON, CAN · 74% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveU.S. Geological Survey · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  3. SC SOLUTIONS, INC.$137.8K+193% in FY2026
    SUNNYVALE, CA · 59% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveU.S. Geological Survey · Architectural, engineering, and related services

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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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.