Contractors / The Pennsylvania State University

The Pennsylvania State University

prime recipient of federal awards · UEI NPM2J7MSCF61 ✓ from source

$652.6M

obligated · FY2025

funding agencies

56%

from Defense

92%

single-source

states

97%

in Pennsylvania

industries

≈ computedSingle-source: 92% of this recipient’s $345M in federal contracts was awarded without competition (FPDS extent-competed codes); the rest was competed or unclassified. A high share often reflects sole-source or specialized work, not wrongdoing.

Obligations by year

≈ computed

$559.6M

FY20

$760.7M

FY21

$564M

FY22

$664.9M

FY23

$655.9M

FY24

$652.6M

FY25

▲ 17%

since FY20

Where this money comes from

✓ from source

FUNDING AGENCIES

THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE U

Defense

$0.4B

9 other agencies

$0.3B

The Pennsylvania State University

$0.7B

FY2025 obligated

band width = obligations · FY2025 · source: USASpending.gov

Biggest awards (total value)

Penn State Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund - Institution Relief

awarded 2020$158.8M

Penn State Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund - Student Relief

awarded 2020$131.2M

System Design and Integration Agent FY18-FY21

awarded 2018$115.8M

MK 48 Mod 9 Proof of Design Development

awarded 2023$107.1M

Common Very Light Weight Torpedo Edm 2 Development for FY13 and Fy 14

awarded 2013$88.2M

Swift Ultraviolet & Optical Telescopes X-Ray Telescope, Ground Station System

awarded 2000$81.2M

Technology INSERTON-2 (TI-2)ENGINEERING

awarded 2020$80.1M

Recovery; Recovery Act - Center for Lignocellulose Structure and Formation -- Efrc; Pi…

awarded 2009$67.1M

Total value over each award’s life, for awards active in FY2025: a decades-long contract can exceed one year’s obligations above.

What it does (NAICS / PSC)

Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)$334.6M

Federal Pell Grant Program$112.5M

STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources)$17.2M

Biological Sciences$16M

Mathematical and Physical Sciences$15.6M

Office of Science Financial Assistance Program$14.9M

Science$14.2M

Bus Testing$12.6M

Where the work lands

Pennsylvania✓ from source$632.3M

Virginia✓ from source$14M

Florida✓ from source$1.8M

Maryland✓ from source$1.1M

Iowa✓ from source$1.1M

New Jersey✓ from source$249K

District Of Columbia✓ from source$29K

Utah✓ from source$27K

Competitors

Lockheed Martin Corporation≈ computed$5.9B

Fluor Marine Propulsion, LLC≈ computed$3.6B

California Institute of Technology≈ computed$2.4B

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC≈ computed$2B

Fermi Forward Discovery Group, LLC≈ computed$1.7B

Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation≈ computed$1.5B

The Aerospace Corporation≈ computed$1.4B

Leidos, Inc.≈ computed$1.3B

computed from shared NAICS, not a stated rivalry.

Corporate family

Single registration: no combined family.

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