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Kent State University
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Kent State University, of Kent, OH, was obligated $284M 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 $64M, with contracts under the listing floor.
That is down 23% on FY2025 ($83M).
Kent State University ranks 57 of 788 listed organisations located in OH by five-year obligations, and 2,338 of 30,989 nationally.
Its $1.0M-plus awards since FY2023 came from Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Transportation and National Science Foundation and 1 other agency: 11 awards worth $29M in total award value.
Obligations by fiscal year contracts vs assistance
| Fiscal year | All obligations | Contracts | Assistance | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $66,784,274 | under $1.0M | $66,784,274 | — |
| FY2024 | $71,073,251 | under $1.0M | $71,073,251 | +6% |
| FY2025 | $82,511,956 | under $1.0M | $82,511,956 | +16% |
| FY2026 | $63,806,490 | under $1.0M | $63,806,490 | -23% |
| 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 OH | Largest nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five-year obligations (listed years) | $284M | $106B | $416B |
| FY2026 obligations | $64M | $29B | $118B |
| Contracts, five years | under $1.0M | under $1.0M | $94B |
| Assistance, five years | $284M | $106B | $416B |
| Rank by five-year obligations | 2,338 of 30,989 | 1 of 788 in OH | 1 |
Largest in state: Ohio Department of Medicaid. 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 | 5 | $10M | 36% |
| 2 | Department of Transportation | 2 | $8.3M | 29% |
| 3 | National Science Foundation | 3 | $7.4M | 26% |
| 4 | Department of Defense | 1 | $2.5M | 9% |
Assistance programs listings
Places of performance $1.0M+ awards
Counties: Portage County, OH $17M · Summit County, OH $4.2M
Largest awards begun since FY2023
| Awarding agency | Type | Industry or program | Award value | Begun | Place | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of TransportationFederal Aviation Administration | GrantProject Grant (B) | 20.106 Airport Improvement Program, COVID-19 Airports Programs, and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs | $4.2M | 26 Jun 2023 | OH | USAspending |
| Department of TransportationFederal Aviation Administration | GrantProject Grant (B) | 20.106 Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and COVID-19 Airports Programs | $4.1M | 26 Aug 2025 | OH | USAspending |
| Department of Health and Human ServicesHealth Resources and Services Administration | GrantProject Grant (B) | 93.359 Nurse Education, Practice Quality and Retention Grants | $3.9M | 12 Jul 2023 | OH | USAspending |
| National Science Foundation | GrantProject Grant (B) | 47.083 Integrative Activities | $3.0M | 7 Aug 2025 | OH | USAspending |
| National Science Foundation | GrantProject Grant (B) | 47.083 Integrative Activities | $2.6M | 5 Aug 2026 | OH | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseDefense Health Agency | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 12.420 Military Medical Research and Development | $2.5M | 21 Jul 2025 | OH | USAspending |
| Department of Health and Human ServicesHealth Resources and Services Administration | GrantProject Grant (B) | 93.247 Advanced Education Nursing Grant Program | $2.1M | 12 Jul 2023 | OH | USAspending |
| National Science Foundation | GrantProject Grant (B) | 47.076 STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) | $1.8M | 30 Jun 2023 | OH | USAspending |
| Department of Health and Human ServicesCenters for Disease Control and Prevention | GrantProject Grant (B) | 93.262 Occupational Safety and Health Program | $1.6M | 22 Aug 2024 | OH | USAspending |
| Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health | GrantProject Grant (B) | 93.396 Cancer Biology Research | $1.4M | 7 Feb 2023 | OH | USAspending |
| Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health | GrantProject Grant (B) | 93.865 Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research | $1.4M | 5 Apr 2023 | OH | 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.
- $4.2M, Department of Transportation, 26 Jun 2023: PURPOSE: RECONSTRUCT RUNWAY; REHABILITATE RUNWAY. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED/EXPECTED OUTCOMES: THIS PROJECT RECONSTRUCTS 1,000 FEET OF THE EXISTING RUNWAY 1/19
- $4.1M, Department of Transportation, 26 Aug 2025: PURPOSE: RECONSTRUCT TAXIWAY; RECONSTRUCT APRON. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED/EXPECTED OUTCOMES: THIS PROJECT RECONSTRUCTS 1,500 SQUARE YARDS OF THE EXISTING COMP
- $3.9M, Department of Health and Human Services, 12 Jul 2023: NURSE EDUCATION, PRACTICE, QUALITY, AND RETENTION - INTERPROFESSIONAL COLLBORATIVE PRACTICE
- $3.0M, National Science Foundation, 7 Aug 2025: SUPPORTING AND HARMONIZING RESEARCH ENDEAVORS (SHARE) -SUCCESSFUL RESEARCH REQUIRES SKILLED RESEARCH LEADERS AND ADMINISTRATORS; WITHOUT THEM RESEARCH STAGNATES
- $2.6M, National Science Foundation, 5 Aug 2026: MRI: TRACK 2 DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTI-SENSOR DATA ACQUISITION REMOTE TOWER SYSTEM TO ENABLE RESEARCH FOR SAFE AND SECURE AIRSPACE MANAGEMENT -THIS MAJOR RESEARCH
- $2.5M, Department of Defense, 21 Jul 2025: USING COMBINATORIAL THERAPIES WITH DENDRITIC CELL THERAPIES TO IMPROVE SURVIVAL AND PREVENT RECURRENCE OF BREAST CANCER LEPTOMENINGEAL DISEASE (LMD)
- $2.1M, Department of Health and Human Services, 12 Jul 2023: ADVANCED NURSING EDUCATION- NURSE PRACTITIONER RESIDENCY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
- $1.8M, National Science Foundation, 30 Jun 2023: PHYSICAL SCIENCE ROBOTICS INTERDISCIPLINARY DESIGN IN COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION: BROADENING PARTICIPATION IN STEM THROUGH CASCADING PEER-MENTORSHIP -PHYSICAL S
Questions and answers
How much federal money does Kent State University receive?
$284M in award obligations over the fiscal years it is listed for (FY2023: $67M; FY2024: $71M; FY2025: $83M; FY2026: $64M). Years not listed were under the $1.0M floor. Obligations are binding commitments, not payments made.
Which agencies award to Kent State University?
By the value of $1.0M-plus awards begun since FY2023: Department of Health and Human Services ($10M), Department of Transportation ($8.3M), National Science Foundation ($7.4M) and Department of Defense ($2.5M).
What is the money for?
Assistance falls under Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and COVID-19 Airports Programs (20.106), Integrative Activities (47.083) and Nurse Education, Practice Quality and Retention Grants (93.359).
Where is the work performed?
Primary places of performance for its larger awards: OH ($29M).
Is Kent State University a large federal recipient?
It ranks 2,338 of 30,989 organisations on this site by five-year obligations and 57 of 788 located in OH. 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.