Contractor profile

North Carolina 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 U3NVH931QJJ3 Source
$293.8M
Obligated
FY2026 · data still posting
10
Funding agencies
28%
From Agriculture
5
States
100%
In North Carolina
5
Industries

In FY2026, North Carolina State University received $293.8M in federal awards from 10 agencies, 28% of it from the Department of Agriculture, with 100% of the work performed in North Carolina. Across FY2020 to FY2026 its recorded total is $2B. FY2026 ended Sep 30 and its data is still posting. Computed

Where this money comes from

Source
Department of Agriculture$82.2M
National Science Foundation$50.6M
Department of Health and Human Services$49.4M
Department of Education$46.6M
Department of Energy$23M
Department of Defense$17.8M
Department of Commerce$8.4M
Department of Transportation$4.7M

Agency breakdown available for 98% of obligations shown

Where the work lands

Source
North Carolina$293.8M
Alabama$500

Key takeaways

Computed
FY2026 ended Sep 30 · data still posting · data as of 2026-11-01
  • North Carolina State University received $293.8M in federal obligations in FY2026 (data still posting), compared with $277.1M in FY2025.
  • The Department of Agriculture accounted for 27% of it.
  • Its largest recorded assistance program was Engineering, at $18.1M.
  • North Carolina was its largest place of performance, with 99% of the work.

Obligations by year

Computed
$220.2M
FY20
$319.9M
FY21
$254.9M
FY22
$306.5M
FY23
$326.1M
FY24
$277.1M
FY25
$293.8M
FY26 partial
▲ 26%
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
IR-4 Minor Crop Pest Management20227911138469Department of Agriculture$41.2M2022-08-012026-07-31North Carolina
STC: Science and Technologies for Phosphorus Sustainability (Steps) Center2019435National Science Foundation$29.7M2021-10-012031-09-30North Carolina
IR-4 Project Facilitates Registration of Crop Protection Technology for Specialty Crops…20257911145234Department of Agriculture$27.7M2025-09-012028-08-31North Carolina
Poweramerica: A Wide Bandgap Semiconductor Manufacturing InstituteDEEE0011003Department of Energy$20.3M2023-10-012027-06-30North Carolina
Nuclear Structure Research at the Triangle Universities Nuclear LaboratoryDEFG0297ER41042Department of Energy$15.8M1997-05-052027-05-31North Carolina

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)

Engineering$18.1M
Grants for Agricultural Research, Special Research Grants$13.9M
Smith-Lever Extension Funding$12.5M
STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources)$10.3M
Assisting Specialty Crop Exports$10M
Environmental Health$9.6M
Payments to Agricultural Experiment Stations Under the Hatch Act$8.8M
Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) $8.8M

Competition

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Corporate family

Single registration: no combined family.

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