Contractor profile

Michigan State University

FY2026 ended Sep 30 · data still posting · data as of 2026-11-01†

† DoD contract data posts to USAspending about 90 days after award.

prime recipient of federal awards · UEI R28EKN92ZTZ9 Source
$405.3M
Obligated
FY2026 · data still posting
10
Funding agencies
39%
From Energy
10
States
99%
In Michigan
10
Industries

In FY2026, Michigan State University received $405.3M in federal awards from 10 agencies, 39% of it from the Department of Energy, with 99% of the work performed in Michigan. Across FY2020 to FY2026 its recorded total is $3.1B. FY2026 ended Sep 30 and its data is still posting. Computed

Where this money comes from

Source
FUNDING AGENCIES
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSIT
Energy
$0.2B
9 other agencies
$0.2B
Michigan State University
$0.4B
FY2026 obligated
band width = obligations · FY2026 · source: USASpending.gov

Where the work lands

Source
Michigan$403M
California$1.2M
Colorado$242K
Iowa$124.2K
Virginia$121.2K
North Carolina$18K

Key takeaways

Computed
FY2026 ended Sep 30 · data still posting · data as of 2026-11-01
  • Michigan State University received $405.3M in federal obligations in FY2026 (data still posting), compared with $404M in FY2025.
  • The Department of Energy accounted for 38% of it.
  • Its largest recorded assistance program was Office of Science Financial Assistance Program, at $143M.
  • Michigan was its largest place of performance, with 99% of the work.

Obligations by year

Computed
$401.7M
FY20
$490.2M
FY21
$418.1M
FY22
$515M
FY23
$429.9M
FY24
$404M
FY25
$405.3M
FY26 partial
▲ 1%
FY20 to FY25

Awards

Source

Largest active awards by total value

Awards whose period of performance overlaps FY2026, by the amount obligated on each so far.

AwardIDAgencyObligatedStartEndPlace
Operation of the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams as Scientific User FacilityDESC0023633Department of Energy$396.7M2023-07-152027-01-14Michigan
High Rigidity Spectrometer ProjectDESC0024098Department of Energy$58.4M2023-09-222030-11-28Michigan
Interdisciplinary Research and Related Training Program in the Plant SciencesDEFG0291ER20021Department of Energy$55.6M1990-12-012027-03-31Michigan
Environmental, Microbial, and Mammalian Biomolecular ReP42ES004911Department of Health and Human Services$40.6M1997-04-012027-06-30Michigan

Largest FY2026 awards

Awards that started in FY2026, by the amount obligated on each so far.

No award on record started in FY2026.

What it does (NAICS / PSC)

Office of Science Financial Assistance Program$143M
Federal Pell Grant Program$59.3M
Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) $22.4M
Research Facilities Act Program$16.3M
Trans-NIH Research Support$13.4M
Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy$10.6M
Smith-Lever Extension Funding$10.1M
Biomedical Research and Research Training$9.7M

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Corporate family

Single registration: no combined family.

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