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Ohio State University, the

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 DLWBSLWAJWR1 Source
$424.8M
Obligated
FY2026 · data still posting
10
Funding agencies
74%
From Health and Hum…
10
States
99%
In Ohio
8
Industries

In FY2026, Ohio State University, the received $424.8M in federal awards from 10 agencies, 74% of it from the Department of Health and Human Services, with 99% of the work performed in Ohio. Across FY2020 to FY2026 its recorded total is $3.2B. FY2026 ended Sep 30 and its data is still posting. Computed

Where this money comes from

Source
FUNDING AGENCIES
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, T
HHS
$0.3B
9 other agencies
$0.1B
Ohio State University, the
$0.4B
FY2026 obligated
band width = obligations · FY2026 · source: USASpending.gov

Agency breakdown available for 98% of obligations shown

Where the work lands

Source
Ohio$418.5M
Maryland$913.6K
Florida$657.2K
Michigan$497.9K
Massachusetts$249K
Tennessee$157.5K

Key takeaways

Computed
FY2026 ended Sep 30 · data still posting · data as of 2026-11-01
  • Ohio State University, the received $424.8M in federal obligations in FY2026 (data still posting), compared with $478.9M in FY2025.
  • The Department of Health and Human Services accounted for 74% of it.
  • Its largest recorded assistance program was Federal Pell Grant Program, at $83.5M.
  • Ohio was its largest place of performance, with 98% of the work.

Obligations by year

Computed
$430.8M
FY20
$423.4M
FY21
$456.3M
FY22
$477.4M
FY23
$486.8M
FY24
$478.9M
FY25
$424.8M
FY26 partial
▲ 11%
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
Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer CenterP30CA016058Department of Health and Human Services$101.3M1997-09-122031-03-31Ohio
Optimizing Healing in Ohio Communities (Ohio)UM1DA049417Department of Health and Human Services$61.6M2019-04-172026-03-31Ohio
NSF Engineering Research Center for Hybrid Autonomous Manufacturing Moving from Evolution…2133630National Science Foundation$25.7M2022-09-012029-08-31Ohio
Research in High Energy PhysicsDESC0011726Department of Energy$24.3M2014-05-012027-03-31Ohio
AFRL Research Collaboration Program IIFA86502025853Department of Defense$23.5M2020-09-292026-12-29—
Ai Institute for Future Edge Networks and Distributed Intelligence (Ai-Edge)2112471National Science Foundation$20.1M2021-10-012026-09-30Ohio
Ai Institute for Intelligent Cyberinfrastructure with Computational Learning in the…2112606National Science Foundation$20.1M2021-11-012026-10-31Ohio
HDR Institute: Imageomics: A New Frontier of Biological Information Powered by…2118240National Science Foundation$16M2021-10-012026-09-30Ohio

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)

Federal Pell Grant Program$83.5M
Cardiovascular Diseases Research$42.5M
Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research$32.6M
Cancer Treatment Research$23M
Biomedical Research and Research Training$22.7M
Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders$19.5M
Aging Research$15M
Vision Research$13.1M

Competition

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Corporate family

Single registration: no combined family.

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