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Texas a&M Engineering Experiment Station
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Texas a&M Engineering Experiment Station, of College Station, TX, was obligated $407M 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 $68M, of which $4.8M (7%) came through contracts.
That is down 37% on FY2025 ($109M).
Texas a&M Engineering Experiment Station ranks 106 of 1,565 listed organisations located in TX by five-year obligations, and 1,769 of 30,989 nationally.
Its $1.0M-plus awards since FY2023 came from Department of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Energy and 4 other agencies: 68 awards worth $182M in total award value.
Its largest contract industry is NAICS 541715 (Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)), where it ranks 221 of 1,484 organisations by the value of $1.0M-plus awards.
Obligations by fiscal year contracts vs assistance
| Fiscal year | All obligations | Contracts | Assistance | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $115,766,066 | $17,363,882 | $98,402,184 | — |
| FY2024 | $113,952,122 | $15,418,493 | $98,533,629 | -2% |
| FY2025 | $108,783,405 | $20,877,298 | $87,906,107 | -5% |
| FY2026 | $68,254,916 | $4,827,771 | $63,427,145 | -37% |
| 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) | $407M | $179B | $416B |
| FY2026 obligations | $68M | $46B | $118B |
| Contracts, five years | $58M | under $1.0M | $94B |
| Assistance, five years | $348M | $179B | $416B |
| Rank by five-year obligations | 1,769 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 Defense | 28 | $96M | 52% |
| 2 | Department of Health and Human Services | 13 | $30M | 16% |
| 3 | Department of Energy | 11 | $26M | 15% |
| 4 | National Science Foundation | 10 | $20M | 11% |
| 5 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 3 | $5.5M | 3% |
| 6 | Environmental Protection Agency | 2 | $3.1M | 2% |
| 7 | Department of Commerce | 1 | $1.5M | 1% |
Contract industries NAICS
Rank within NAICS 541715: 221 of 1,484 organisations by $1.0M+ award value; see Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology).
Assistance programs listings
Places of performance $1.0M+ awards
Counties: Brazos County, TX $147M
Largest awards begun since FY2023
| Awarding agency | Type | Industry or program | Award value | Begun | Place | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of DefenseDepartment of the Air Force | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 12.800 Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program | $18M | 4 Apr 2024 | — | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseDefense Advanced Research Projects Agency | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 12.910 Research and Technology Development | $13M | 21 Dec 2022 | TX | USAspending |
| Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 93.384 Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) | $8.9M | 27 Aug 2024 | TX | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseDefense Advanced Research Projects Agency | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 12.910 Research and Technology Development | $7.4M | 22 Jul 2024 | TX | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseDepartment of the Army | ContractDelivery Order | 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | $5.2M | 26 Sep 2024 | TX | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseDepartment of the Air Force | ContractDefinitive Contract | 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | $5.1M | 30 Aug 2023 | TX | USAspending |
| National Science Foundation | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 47.041 Engineering | $4.1M | 31 Jul 2026 | TX | USAspending |
| Department of Energy | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 81.089 Fossil Energy Research and Development | $4.1M | 15 Jan 2025 | TX | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseDepartment of the Army | ContractDelivery Order | 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | $3.9M | 17 Sep 2024 | TX | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseDepartment of the Army | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 12.630 Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering | $3.8M | 26 May 2023 | TX | USAspending |
| Department of Energy | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 81.117 Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance | $3.8M | 29 Sep 2023 | TX | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseDepartment of the Army | ContractDelivery Order | 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | $3.6M | 18 Apr 2024 | 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.
- $18M, Department of Defense, 4 Apr 2024: THE STARFISH CALL FOR A SPACE STRATEGIC TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOCUSES ON "CORE TECHNOLOGIES" NECESSARY TO IMPROVE SPACE ACCESS, MOBILITY, AND LOGISTICS. WHERE THE
- $13M, Department of Defense, 21 Dec 2022: THE PURPOSE OF THIS AGREEMENT IS TO FUND RESEARCH SUPPORTING THE DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY DARPA BIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGIES OFFICES BTO ARCADIA PRO
- $8.9M, Department of Health and Human Services, 27 Aug 2024: SCIENTIFIC PLATFORM FOR HIGH EFFICACY ANTIGEN DESIGN VIA ROBUST INTEGRATION OF COMPUTATIONAL EXPERIMENTS, AI, AND PROTEIN MODELING (SPHERICAL)
- $7.4M, Department of Defense, 22 Jul 2024: ASSURED MICROBIAL PRESERVATION IN HARSH OR REMOTE AREAS (AMPHORA)
- $5.2M, Department of Defense, 26 Sep 2024: RAPID DESIGN OF HYPERSONIC VEHICLES
- $5.1M, Department of Defense, 30 Aug 2023: SPACE MODULAR MANIPULATORS (SMM) PROJECT - (TEES) - BASIC CONTRACT AWARD. NOTE: SOLICITATION DATE RFP LETTER DATE NOT STAR SOLICITATION DATE.
- $4.1M, National Science Foundation, 31 Jul 2026: RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE: MIP: AUTONOMOUS ROBOTIC METALLURGIST: AN NSF MATERIALS INNOVATION PLATFORM (ARM-MIP) -NONTECHNICAL DESCRIPTION THE AUTONOMOUS ROBOTIC M
- $4.1M, Department of Energy, 15 Jan 2025: INFLATION REDUCTION ACT (IRA) – FIELD DEPLOYMENT OF NEW LOW METHANE TECHNOLOGY ON NATURAL GAS INTEGRAL TWO-STROKE ENGINES THE GOAL OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS TO
Questions and answers
How much federal money does Texas a&M Engineering Experiment Station receive?
$407M in award obligations over the fiscal years it is listed for (FY2023: $116M; FY2024: $114M; FY2025: $109M; FY2026: $68M). Years not listed were under the $1.0M floor. Obligations are binding commitments, not payments made.
Which agencies award to Texas a&M Engineering Experiment Station?
By the value of $1.0M-plus awards begun since FY2023: Department of Defense ($96M), Department of Health and Human Services ($30M), Department of Energy ($26M), National Science Foundation ($20M) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration ($5.5M).
What is the money for?
Contracts are classified under NAICS 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) and NAICS 611310 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools. Assistance falls under Research and Technology Development (12.910), Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (12.800) and Engineering (47.041).
Where is the work performed?
Primary places of performance for its larger awards: TX ($164M).
Is Texas a&M Engineering Experiment Station a large federal recipient?
It ranks 1,769 of 30,989 organisations on this site by five-year obligations and 106 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.