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Sanford Research
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Federal agencies obligated $30M to Sanford Research, Fargo, ND, in the listed fiscal years 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.
In FY2026, the most recent complete fiscal year, obligations were $7.7M, with contracts under the listing floor.
That is about level on FY2025 ($8.0M).
Sanford Research ranks 62 of 156 listed organisations located in ND by five-year obligations, and 13,801 of 30,989 nationally.
Its $1.0M-plus awards since FY2023 came from Department of Health and Human Services: 8 awards worth $18M in total award value.
Its largest contract industry is NAICS 541990 (All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services), where it ranks 481 of 598 organisations by the value of $1.0M-plus awards.
Obligations by fiscal year contracts vs assistance
| Fiscal year | All obligations | Contracts | Assistance | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $6,051,418 | under $1.0M | $6,051,418 | — |
| FY2024 | $8,545,878 | $1,975,113 | $6,570,765 | +41% |
| FY2025 | $8,007,061 | under $1.0M | $8,007,061 | -6% |
| FY2026 | $7,682,633 | under $1.0M | $7,682,633 | -4% |
| 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 ND | Largest nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five-year obligations (listed years) | $30M | $5.8B | $416B |
| FY2026 obligations | $7.7M | $1.7B | $118B |
| Contracts, five years | $2.0M | under $1.0M | $94B |
| Assistance, five years | $28M | $5.8B | $416B |
| Rank by five-year obligations | 13,801 of 30,989 | 1 of 156 in ND | 1 |
Largest in state: North Dakota Department of Human Services. 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 Health and Human Services | 8 | $18M | 100% |
Contract industries NAICS
Rank within NAICS 541990: 481 of 598 organisations by $1.0M+ award value; see All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services.
Assistance programs listings
Places of performance $1.0M+ awards
Counties: Minnehaha County, SD $17M
Largest awards begun since FY2023
| Awarding agency | Type | Industry or program | Award value | Begun | Place | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health | GrantProject Grant (B) | 93.859 Biomedical Research and Research Training | $5.0M | 24 Mar 2023 | SD | USAspending |
| Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health | GrantProject Grant (B) | 93.859 Biomedical Research and Research Training | $3.7M | 18 Jun 2024 | SD | USAspending |
| Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health | ContractDelivery Order | 541990 All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | $2.5M | 25 Sep 2024 | SD | USAspending |
| Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health | GrantProject Grant (B) | 93.121 Oral Diseases and Disorders Research | $1.8M | 31 Mar 2023 | SD | USAspending |
| Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health | GrantProject Grant (B) | 93.859 Biomedical Research and Research Training | $1.7M | 25 Jul 2023 | SD | USAspending |
| Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health | GrantProject Grant (B) | 93.242 Mental Health Research Grants | $1.7M | 10 Aug 2023 | SD | USAspending |
| Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health | GrantProject Grant (B) | 93.394 Cancer Detection and Diagnosis Research | $1.1M | 12 May 2025 | SD | USAspending |
| Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health | GrantProject Grant (B) | 93.396 Cancer Biology Research | $1.0M | 28 Mar 2025 | SD | 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.
- $5.0M, Department of Health and Human Services, 24 Mar 2023: CENTER FOR CANCER BIOLOGY RESEARCH - THIS COBRE PHASE III APPLICATION AIMS TO CONTINUE SUPPORT FOR THE CENTER FOR CANCER BIOLOGY RESEARCH (CCBR) WHICH HAS ESTAB
- $3.7M, Department of Health and Human Services, 18 Jun 2024: CENTER FOR PEDIATRIC RESEARCH - OVERALL PROJECT SUMMARY THE PRIMARY GOAL OF THIS APPLICATION IS TO CONTINUE TO HARNESS THE CAPABILITIES OF THE CENTER FOR PEDIAT
- $2.5M, Department of Health and Human Services, 25 Sep 2024: CONNECT TASK ORDER 8
- $1.8M, Department of Health and Human Services, 31 Mar 2023: INTRA-TUMORAL NEURONS CONTRIBUTE TO HEAD AND NECK CANCER PAIN - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT PAIN IS AN INDEPENDENT PROGNOSTIC FACTOR FOR SURVIVAL IN HEAD AND NECK
- $1.7M, Department of Health and Human Services, 25 Jul 2023: IDENTIFYING REGULATORY NETWORKS THAT GOVERN PRIMARY CILIA REMODELING AND NEURAL SIGNALING - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT PRIMARY CILIA ARE SENSORY ORGANELLES OF A F
- $1.7M, Department of Health and Human Services, 10 Aug 2023: TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION OF NEURAL PROGENITOR DIVISIONS AND CELL FATE IN THE DEVELOPING CORTEX - SUMMARY THE EARLY EXPANSION OF THE NEURAL PROGENITOR (NP) POO
- $1.1M, Department of Health and Human Services, 12 May 2025: ELUCIDATING SPATIOTEMPORAL DYNAMICS OF NASCENT EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX IN RESPONSE TO PLATINUM TREATMENT IN OVARIAN CANCER - PROJECT SUMMARY HIGH-GRADE SEROUS OVAR
- $1.0M, Department of Health and Human Services, 28 Mar 2025: PROBING THE MECHANISMS OF DEPENDENCY UNDERLYING SKELETAL GENETIC PATHWAYS OF P53 AND NOTCH IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF OSTEOSARCOMA - PROJECT SUMMARY THE GOAL OF THI
Questions and answers
How much federal money does Sanford Research receive?
$30M in award obligations over the fiscal years it is listed for (FY2023: $6.1M; FY2024: $8.5M; FY2025: $8.0M; FY2026: $7.7M). Years not listed were under the $1.0M floor. Obligations are binding commitments, not payments made.
Which agencies award to Sanford Research?
By the value of $1.0M-plus awards begun since FY2023: Department of Health and Human Services ($18M).
What is the money for?
Contracts are classified under NAICS 541990 All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services. Assistance falls under Biomedical Research and Research Training (93.859), Oral Diseases and Disorders Research (93.121) and Mental Health Research Grants (93.242).
Where is the work performed?
Primary places of performance for its larger awards: SD ($18M).
Is Sanford Research a large federal recipient?
It ranks 13,801 of 30,989 organisations on this site by five-year obligations and 62 of 156 located in ND. 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.