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Fort Hays State University
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Fort Hays State University, of Hays, KS, was obligated $95M 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 $19M, with contracts under the listing floor.
That is about level on FY2025 ($20M).
Fort Hays State University ranks 39 of 258 listed organisations located in KS by five-year obligations, and 5,761 of 30,989 nationally.
Its $1.0M-plus awards since FY2023 came from Department of Commerce, Department of Education and Small Business Administration and 3 other agencies: 8 awards worth $29M in total award value.
Obligations by fiscal year contracts vs assistance
| Fiscal year | All obligations | Contracts | Assistance | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $33,480,750 | under $1.0M | $33,480,750 | — |
| FY2024 | $22,391,899 | under $1.0M | $22,391,899 | -33% |
| FY2025 | $20,461,687 | under $1.0M | $20,461,687 | -9% |
| FY2026 | $18,827,478 | under $1.0M | $18,827,478 | -8% |
| 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 KS | Largest nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five-year obligations (listed years) | $95M | $17B | $416B |
| FY2026 obligations | $19M | $5.2B | $118B |
| Contracts, five years | under $1.0M | $2.0M | $94B |
| Assistance, five years | $95M | $17B | $416B |
| Rank by five-year obligations | 5,761 of 30,989 | 1 of 258 in KS | 1 |
Largest in state: Kansas Department of Health & Environment. 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 Commerce | 2 | $19M | 66% |
| 2 | Department of Education | 1 | $3.0M | 10% |
| 3 | Small Business Administration | 2 | $2.3M | 8% |
| 4 | Corporation for National and Community Service | 1 | $1.6M | 6% |
| 5 | Department of Health and Human Services | 1 | $1.5M | 5% |
| 6 | National Science Foundation | 1 | $1.4M | 5% |
Assistance programs listings
Places of performance $1.0M+ awards
Counties: Ellis County, KS $26M
Largest awards begun since FY2023
| Awarding agency | Type | Industry or program | Award value | Begun | Place | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of CommerceNational Institute of Standards and Technology | GrantProject Grant (B) | 11.617 Congressionally-Identified Projects | $17M | 5 Apr 2023 | KS | USAspending |
| Department of Education | GrantProject Grant (B) | 84.116 Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education | $3.0M | 21 Aug 2024 | KS | USAspending |
| Department of CommerceNational Institute of Standards and Technology | GrantProject Grant (B) | 11.617 Congressionally-Identified Projects | $2.0M | 17 Jul 2023 | KS | USAspending |
| Corporation for National and Community Service | GrantProject Grant (B) | 94.016 Americorps Seniors Senior Companion Program (scp) 94.016 | $1.6M | 13 Jun 2024 | KS | USAspending |
| Department of Health and Human ServicesHealth Resources and Services Administration | GrantProject Grant (B) | 93.359 Nurse Education, Practice Quality and Retention Grants | $1.5M | 12 Sep 2023 | KS | USAspending |
| National Science Foundation | GrantProject Grant (B) | 47.076 STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) | $1.4M | 30 Apr 2024 | KS | USAspending |
| Small Business Administration | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 59.037 Small Business Development Centers | $1.1M | 4 Dec 2022 | KS | USAspending |
| Small Business Administration | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 59.037 Small Business Development Centers | $1.1M | 9 Nov 2023 | KS | 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.
- $17M, Department of Commerce, 5 Apr 2023: PURPOSE - THE FORSYTH LIBRARY PROJECT WILL TRANSFORM THE EXISTING THREE LEVEL 105,000 SQUARE FOOT LIBRARY INTO A LEARNING COMMONS.ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED - R
- $3.0M, Department of Education, 21 Aug 2024: FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH PROFESSIONS TECHNOLOGY/SIMULATION EQUIPMENT ENHANCEMENT
- $2.0M, Department of Commerce, 17 Jul 2023: PURPOSE - THE FORSYTH LIBRARY PROJECT WILL TRANSFORM THE EXISTING THREE LEVEL 105,000 SQUARE FOOT LIBRARY INTO A LEARNING COMMONS.ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED - R
- $1.6M, Corporation for National and Community Service, 13 Jun 2024: THIS AWARD FUNDS THE APPROVED 2024-25 SCP PROGRAM. YOUR 2024-45 STATUTORY MATCH IS 10% AND YOUR BUDGETARY MATCH IS 10.05%. THIS AWARD IS ALSO APPROVED TO ADD $2
- $1.5M, Department of Health and Human Services, 12 Sep 2023: NURSE EDUCATION, PRACTICE, QUALITY AND RETENTION SIMULATION EDUCATION TRAINING PROGRAM
- $1.4M, National Science Foundation, 30 Apr 2024: CERTIFIED RURAL ENHANCED STEM TEACHERS -THE PROJECT AIMS TO SERVE THE NATIONAL NEED OF PREPARING HIGH-QUALITY SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS TEACHERS TO SERVE IN RURAL
- $1.1M, Small Business Administration, 4 Dec 2022: KANSAS SBDC
- $1.1M, Small Business Administration, 9 Nov 2023: KANSAS SBDC
Questions and answers
How much federal money does Fort Hays State University receive?
$95M in award obligations over the fiscal years it is listed for (FY2023: $33M; FY2024: $22M; FY2025: $20M; FY2026: $19M). Years not listed were under the $1.0M floor. Obligations are binding commitments, not payments made.
Which agencies award to Fort Hays State University?
By the value of $1.0M-plus awards begun since FY2023: Department of Commerce ($19M), Department of Education ($3.0M), Small Business Administration ($2.3M), Corporation for National and Community Service ($1.6M) and Department of Health and Human Services ($1.5M).
What is the money for?
Assistance falls under Congressionally-Identified Projects (11.617), Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (84.116) and Small Business Development Centers (59.037).
Where is the work performed?
Primary places of performance for its larger awards: KS ($29M).
Is Fort Hays State University a large federal recipient?
It ranks 5,761 of 30,989 organisations on this site by five-year obligations and 39 of 258 located in KS. 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.