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Northern Arizona University
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Northern Arizona University, of Flagstaff, AZ, was obligated $221M 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 $34M, of which $2.1M (6%) came through contracts.
That is down 33% on FY2025 ($51M).
Northern Arizona University ranks 51 of 559 listed organisations located in AZ by five-year obligations, and 2,850 of 30,989 nationally.
Its $1.0M-plus awards since FY2023 came from National Science Foundation, Department of Defense and Department of Agriculture and 4 other agencies: 18 awards worth $40M in total award value.
Its largest contract industry is NAICS 611310 (Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools), where it ranks 42 of 94 organisations by the value of $1.0M-plus awards.
Obligations by fiscal year contracts vs assistance
| Fiscal year | All obligations | Contracts | Assistance | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $69,909,571 | $10,121,664 | $59,787,907 | — |
| FY2024 | $66,089,358 | $2,836,691 | $63,252,667 | -5% |
| FY2025 | $51,092,137 | $4,013,421 | $47,078,716 | -23% |
| FY2026 | $34,116,600 | $2,086,096 | $32,030,504 | -33% |
| 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 AZ | Largest nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five-year obligations (listed years) | $221M | $70B | $416B |
| FY2026 obligations | $34M | $19B | $118B |
| Contracts, five years | $19M | under $1.0M | $94B |
| Assistance, five years | $202M | $70B | $416B |
| Rank by five-year obligations | 2,850 of 30,989 | 1 of 559 in AZ | 1 |
Largest in state: Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System. 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 | National Science Foundation | 8 | $14M | 36% |
| 2 | Department of Defense | 1 | $8.3M | 21% |
| 3 | Department of Agriculture | 4 | $7.6M | 19% |
| 4 | Corporation for National and Community Service | 2 | $4.6M | 11% |
| 5 | Department of Health and Human Services | 1 | $2.8M | 7% |
| 6 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 1 | $1.6M | 4% |
| 7 | Environmental Protection Agency | 1 | $1.0M | 2% |
Contract industries NAICS
Rank within NAICS 611310: 42 of 94 organisations by $1.0M+ award value; see Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools.
Assistance programs listings
Places of performance $1.0M+ awards
Counties: Coconino County, AZ $28M
Largest awards begun since FY2023
| Awarding agency | Type | Industry or program | Award value | Begun | Place | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of DefenseDepartment of the Army | ContractDefinitive Contract | 611310 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools | $8.3M | 26 Sep 2023 | AZ | USAspending |
| National Science Foundation | GrantProject Grant (B) | 47.049 Mathematical and Physical Sciences | $5.0M | 28 Aug 2024 | AZ | USAspending |
| Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health | GrantProject Grant (B) | 93.855 Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research | $2.8M | 30 Jun 2023 | AZ | USAspending |
| Corporation for National and Community Service | GrantProject Grant (B) | 94.011 Americorps Seniors Foster Grandparent Program (fgp) 94.011 | $2.5M | 16 Jun 2023 | AZ | USAspending |
| Department of AgricultureForest Service | GrantProject Grant (B) | 10.694 Southwest Forest Health and Wildfire Prevention | $2.2M | 24 Aug 2026 | AZ | USAspending |
| Department of AgricultureForest Service | GrantProject Grant (B) | 10.694 Southwest Forest Health and Wildfire Prevention | $2.2M | 24 Jul 2024 | AZ | USAspending |
| Department of AgricultureForest Service | GrantProject Grant (B) | 10.694 Southwest Forest Health and Wildfire Prevention | $2.2M | 24 Aug 2023 | AZ | USAspending |
| Corporation for National and Community Service | GrantProject Grant (B) | 94.016 Americorps Seniors Senior Companion Program (scp) 94.016 | $2.1M | 8 Jun 2023 | AZ | USAspending |
| National Science Foundation | GrantProject Grant (B) | 47.078 Polar Programs | $1.8M | 16 Jul 2024 | AZ | USAspending |
| National Science Foundation | GrantProject Grant (B) | 47.076 STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) | $1.6M | 14 Aug 2024 | AZ | USAspending |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | GrantProject Grant (B) | 43.001 Science | $1.6M | 5 Jul 2024 | AZ | USAspending |
| National Science Foundation | GrantProject Grant (B) | 47.076 STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) | $1.4M | 20 Mar 2023 | AZ | 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.
- $8.3M, Department of Defense, 26 Sep 2023: BAA SCAVENGER
- $5.0M, National Science Foundation, 28 Aug 2024: EXPANDQISE: TRACK 2: INTEGRATING RESEARCH AND EDUCATION PATHWAYS TO THE QUANTUM FUTURE: SYNTHESIS, CONTROL AND READOUT OF SPIN-PHONON QUANTUM STATES FOR QISE ED
- $2.8M, Department of Health and Human Services, 30 Jun 2023: LEPTOSPIRA PREVALENCE, CYCLING, AND INFECTION IN THE PERIDOMESTIC ENVIRONMENT - PROJECT SUMMARY LEPTOSPIROSIS IS A COMMON ZOONOTIC DISEASE MOST PREVALENT IN THE
- $2.5M, Corporation for National and Community Service, 16 Jun 2023: THIS AWARD FUNDS THE APPROVED 2023-24 FGP PROGRAM. YOUR 2023-24 STATUTORY MATCH IS 10% AND YOUR BUDGETARY MATCH IS 10.33%
- $2.2M, Department of Agriculture, 24 Aug 2026: THE COOPERATOR WILL 1) DEVELOP, CONDUCT RESEARCH ON, TRANSFER, PROMOTE, AND MONITOR RESTORATION-BASED HAZARDOUS FUEL REDUCTION TREATMENTS TO REDUCE THE RISK OF
- $2.2M, Department of Agriculture, 24 Jul 2024: ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION INSTITUTE WORK PLAN FOR 2024
- $2.2M, Department of Agriculture, 24 Aug 2023: ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION INSTITUTE WORK PLAN FOR 2023
- $2.1M, Corporation for National and Community Service, 8 Jun 2023: THIS AWARD FUNDS THE APPROVED 2023?24 SCP PROGRAM. YOUR 2023?24 STATUTORY MATCH IS 10% AND YOUR BUDGETARY MATCH IS 11.08%
Questions and answers
How much federal money does Northern Arizona University receive?
$221M in award obligations over the fiscal years it is listed for (FY2023: $70M; FY2024: $66M; FY2025: $51M; FY2026: $34M). Years not listed were under the $1.0M floor. Obligations are binding commitments, not payments made.
Which agencies award to Northern Arizona University?
By the value of $1.0M-plus awards begun since FY2023: National Science Foundation ($14M), Department of Defense ($8.3M), Department of Agriculture ($7.6M), Corporation for National and Community Service ($4.6M) and Department of Health and Human Services ($2.8M).
What is the money for?
Contracts are classified under NAICS 611310 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools. Assistance falls under Southwest Forest Health and Wildfire Prevention (10.694), Mathematical and Physical Sciences (47.049) and STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) (47.076).
Where is the work performed?
Primary places of performance for its larger awards: AZ ($40M).
Is Northern Arizona University a large federal recipient?
It ranks 2,850 of 30,989 organisations on this site by five-year obligations and 51 of 559 located in AZ. 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.