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Southern Methodist University
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Southern Methodist University, of Dallas, TX, was obligated $145M in federal awards across the 4 fiscal years in which it reached the $1.0M listing floor (2023, 2024, 2025, 2026).
In FY2026, the most recent complete fiscal year, obligations were $27M, of which $5.3M (20%) came through contracts.
That is down 56% on FY2025 ($60M).
Southern Methodist University ranks 233 of 1,565 listed organisations located in TX by five-year obligations, and 4,097 of 30,989 nationally.
Its $1.0M-plus awards since FY2023 came from Department of Education, National Science Foundation and National Archives and Records Administration and 3 other agencies: 16 awards worth $60M in total award value.
Its largest contract industry is NAICS 561612 (Security Guards and Patrol Services), where it ranks 107 of 167 organisations by the value of $1.0M-plus awards.
Obligations by fiscal year contracts vs assistance
| Fiscal year | All obligations | Contracts | Assistance | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $26,884,661 | $5,183,608 | $21,701,053 | — |
| FY2024 | $30,684,277 | $5,685,997 | $24,998,280 | +14% |
| FY2025 | $60,327,740 | $11,202,391 | $49,125,349 | +97% |
| FY2026 | $26,615,487 | $5,333,823 | $21,281,664 | -56% |
| FY2027 to date | under $1.0M | — | — | — |
A fiscal year runs 1 October to 30 September. "Contracts" are procurement award types A–D; "assistance" is everything else (grants, direct payments, loan subsidy cost, insurance, other). The contracts column is listed only where contract obligations alone reached $1.0M; the assistance figure is the remainder and may therefore include up to $1.0M of contracts.
Compared with its state and the largest recipients five listed years
| Measure | This organisation | Largest in TX | Largest nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five-year obligations (listed years) | $145M | $179B | $416B |
| FY2026 obligations | $27M | $46B | $118B |
| Contracts, five years | $27M | under $1.0M | $94B |
| Assistance, five years | $117M | $179B | $416B |
| Rank by five-year obligations | 4,097 of 30,989 | 1 of 1,565 in TX | 1 |
Largest in state: Health & Human SVC COMMN TX. Largest nationally: Health Care Services, California Department of. Rankings count organisations located in the state, by the sum of their listed fiscal years.
Awarding agencies $1.0M+ awards since FY2023
| # | Agency | Awards | Award value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of Education | 2 | $16M | 27% |
| 2 | National Science Foundation | 4 | $11M | 18% |
| 3 | National Archives and Records Administration | 1 | $10M | 17% |
| 4 | Department of Health and Human Services | 5 | $8.9M | 15% |
| 5 | Department of Defense | 3 | $8.8M | 15% |
| 6 | Department of Energy | 1 | $5.0M | 8% |
Contract industries NAICS
Rank within NAICS 561612: 107 of 167 organisations by $1.0M+ award value; see Security Guards and Patrol Services.
Assistance programs listings
Places of performance $1.0M+ awards
Counties: Dallas County, TX $58M
Largest awards begun since FY2023
| Awarding agency | Type | Industry or program | Award value | Begun | Place | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Education | GrantProject Grant (B) | 84.411 Education Innovation and Research (formerly Investing in Innovation (I3) Fund) | $15M | 23 Dec 2024 | TX | USAspending |
| National Archives and Records Administration | ContractDefinitive Contract | 561612 Security Guards and Patrol Services | $10M | 1 Oct 2022 | TX | USAspending |
| National Science Foundation | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 47.076 STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) | $5.0M | 25 Aug 2025 | TX | USAspending |
| Department of Energy | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 81.089 Fossil Energy Research and Development | $5.0M | 16 Jan 2025 | TX | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseDepartment of the Army | ContractDefinitive Contract | 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | $4.2M | 25 Sep 2025 | TX | USAspending |
| Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health | GrantProject Grant (B) | 93.855 Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research | $2.8M | 19 Jul 2023 | TX | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseDepartment of the Army | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 12.431 Basic Scientific Research | $2.7M | 9 Sep 2025 | TX | USAspending |
| National Science Foundation | GrantProject Grant (B) | 47.076 STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) | $2.2M | 12 Aug 2024 | TX | USAspending |
| National Science Foundation | GrantProject Grant (B) | 47.070 Computer and Information Science and Engineering | $2.1M | 26 Mar 2026 | TX | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseDefense Health Agency | ContractDefinitive Contract | 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | $1.9M | 15 Sep 2025 | TX | USAspending |
| Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health | GrantProject Grant (B) | 93.853 Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders | $1.8M | 3 Jan 2023 | TX | USAspending |
| Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health | GrantProject Grant (B) | 93.213 Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health | $1.5M | 23 Aug 2023 | TX | USAspending |
Award value is the amount obligated to the award to date as USAspending reports it. Descriptions below are USAspending's text, unedited and truncated; those that appear to name a person are withheld.
- $15M, Department of Education, 23 Dec 2024: SCALE UP (SUSTAINABILITY, CAPACITY, AND LEARNING ENGAGEMENT) FOR FRACTION FACE OFF
- $10M, National Archives and Records Administration, 1 Oct 2022: NEW CONTRACT FOR THE GUARD SERVICES AT THE G.W. BUSH LIBRARY.
- $5.0M, National Science Foundation, 25 Aug 2025: NATIONAL STEM TEACHER CORPS PILOT PROGRAM: ELEVATING K-8 SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING TEACHING IN TEXAS -?THIS NATIONAL STEM TEACHER CORPS PILOT PROGRAM REGIONAL ALL
- $5.0M, Department of Energy, 16 Jan 2025: INFLATION REDUCTION ACT (IRA) – FIELD DEMONSTRATION OF ADVANCED AUTONOMOUS SOLAR POWERED HYDRAULIC JACK TO MITIGATE METHANE EMISSION FROM OIL AND GAS WELLHEADS
- $4.2M, Department of Defense, 25 Sep 2025: ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING AT SCALE
- $2.8M, Department of Health and Human Services, 19 Jul 2023: OPTIMIZATION OF ATYPICAL ANTIMYCOBACTERIAL CARBAPENEM ANTIBIOTICS - ABSTRACT MYCOBACTERIAL INFECTIONS, BROADLY INCLUDING MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS (MTB), AND T
- $2.7M, Department of Defense, 9 Sep 2025: THE RESEARCH AIMS TO USE A CYBER AUTONOMY RANGE TO PERFORM SOFTWARE, MODELS, DATA, AND DEVELOPMENT OF METHODOLOGIES THAT INCORPORATE RELEVANT SECURITY SYSTEMS,
- $2.2M, National Science Foundation, 12 Aug 2024: AMPLIFYING DIVERSE VOICES IN STEM EDUCATION -NUMEROUS STUDIES HAVE FOUND THAT RACIALLY MARGINALIZED STUDENTS IN STEM AND OTHER DISCIPLINES TEND TO EXHIBIT QUANT
Questions and answers
How much federal money does Southern Methodist University receive?
$145M in award obligations over the fiscal years it is listed for (FY2023: $27M; FY2024: $31M; FY2025: $60M; FY2026: $27M). Years not listed were under the $1.0M floor. Obligations are binding commitments, not payments made.
Which agencies award to Southern Methodist University?
By the value of $1.0M-plus awards begun since FY2023: Department of Education ($16M), National Science Foundation ($11M), National Archives and Records Administration ($10M), Department of Health and Human Services ($8.9M) and Department of Defense ($8.8M).
What is the money for?
Contracts are classified under NAICS 561612 Security Guards and Patrol Services and NAICS 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology). Assistance falls under Education Innovation and Research (formerly Investing in Innovation (I3) Fund) (84.411), STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) (47.076) and Fossil Energy Research and Development (81.089).
Where is the work performed?
Primary places of performance for its larger awards: TX ($60M).
Is Southern Methodist University a large federal recipient?
It ranks 4,097 of 30,989 organisations on this site by five-year obligations and 233 of 1,565 located in TX. The site covers organisations with at least $1.0M in a fiscal year; individuals are excluded.
Where does this data come from?
USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury), award transactions as loaded on 30 Sep 2026; fiscal-year totals via the spending-by-category endpoint and award lists via the award search endpoint. The USAspending recipient profile is the authoritative record.
Provenance
Source: USAspending.gov API v2 (U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service), CC0. Fiscal-year obligations from the spending-by-category recipient ranking by recipient state (listing floor $1.0M per year); awards from the award search endpoint (new awards of $1.0M or more by base obligation date); parent and business categories from the recipient profile where fetched. Closed fiscal years are snapshots taken after year end; FY2027 is refreshed on each build. Data loaded by USAspending on 30 Sep 2026. Individuals and sole proprietors are excluded at ingest. Errors in processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections and the methodology.