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Clarkson University
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Clarkson University, of Potsdam, NY, was obligated $38M 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 $1.9M, with contracts under the listing floor.
That is down 52% on FY2025 ($3.9M).
Clarkson University ranks 449 of 1,532 listed organisations located in NY by five-year obligations, and 11,670 of 30,000 nationally.
Its $1.0M-plus awards since FY2023 came from Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Defense and Environmental Protection Agency: 6 awards worth $12M 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 1,422 of 1,463 organisations by the value of $1.0M-plus awards.
Obligations by fiscal year contracts vs assistance
| Fiscal year | All obligations | Contracts | Assistance | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $19,450,945 | under $1.0M | $19,450,945 | — |
| FY2024 | $12,951,824 | $1,597,914 | $11,353,910 | -33% |
| FY2025 | $3,906,453 | under $1.0M | $3,906,453 | -70% |
| FY2026 | $1,886,172 | under $1.0M | $1,886,172 | -52% |
| 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 NY | Largest nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five-year obligations (listed years) | $38M | $279B | $416B |
| FY2026 obligations | $1.9M | $75B | $118B |
| Contracts, five years | $1.6M | under $1.0M | $94B |
| Assistance, five years | $37M | $279B | $416B |
| Rank by five-year obligations | 11,670 of 30,000 | 1 of 1,532 in NY | 1 |
Largest in state: NYS Department of Health. 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 | 3 | $8.3M | 67% |
| 2 | Department of Defense | 2 | $2.7M | 21% |
| 3 | Environmental Protection Agency | 1 | $1.5M | 12% |
Contract industries NAICS
Rank within NAICS 541715: 1,422 of 1,463 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: St. Lawrence County, NY $11M
Largest awards begun since FY2023
| Awarding agency | Type | Industry or program | Award value | Begun | Place | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Human ServicesHealth Resources and Services Administration | GrantProject Grant (B) | 93.493 Congressional Directives | $6.2M | 24 Aug 2023 | NY | USAspending |
| Environmental Protection Agency | GrantProject Grant (B) | 66.509 Science to Achieve Results (star) Research Program | $1.5M | 7 Aug 2024 | NY | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseDepartment of the Navy | GrantProject Grant (B) | 12.300 Basic and Applied Scientific Research | $1.4M | 27 Oct 2022 | NY | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseDepartment of the Army | ContractDefinitive Contract | 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | $1.2M | 13 Mar 2024 | NY | USAspending |
| Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health | GrantProject Grant (B) | 93.859 Biomedical Research and Research Training | $1.1M | 16 Sep 2024 | NY | USAspending |
| Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health | GrantProject Grant (B) | 93.859 Biomedical Research and Research Training | $1.1M | 22 Aug 2023 | NY | 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.
- $6.2M, Department of Health and Human Services, 24 Aug 2023: COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING - CONSTRUCTION - PROJECT ADDRESS: CLARKSON UNIVERSITY SCIENCE CENTER, 8 CLARKSON AVENUE, POTSDAM, NY
- $1.5M, Environmental Protection Agency, 7 Aug 2024: DESCRIPTION:THE PROJECT WILL DEVELOP AND VALIDATE NANOSENSING TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATED WITH A NANO-REMEDIATION PLATFORM TO MONITOR AND COMPLETELY DEGRADE PER- AND
- $1.4M, Department of Defense, 27 Oct 2022: NONLINEAR VISCOELASTIC-VISCOPLASTIC MODEL DEVELOPMENT FOR STRENGTH PREDICTION OF BONDED JOINTS
- $1.2M, Department of Defense, 13 Mar 2024: ESTCP PROJECT ER23-8377 "EX SITU TREATMENT OF PFAS-IMPACTED SOILS AND SEDIMENTS".
- $1.1M, Department of Health and Human Services, 16 Sep 2024: ADVANCING VISUALIZATION AND QUANTIFICATION OF SUBCELLULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR MECHANICS THROUGH MECHANOCHEMICAL PROTOCOLS - PROJECT SUMMARY EXPLORING CELLULAR MECH
- $1.1M, Department of Health and Human Services, 22 Aug 2023: BUILDING RURAL ASPIRATIONS IN NEUROSCIENCE WITH SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS (BRAIN-STEM) - THE OVERARCHING GOAL OF THIS SEPA R25 PROJECT I
Questions and answers
How much federal money does Clarkson University receive?
$38M in award obligations over the fiscal years it is listed for (FY2023: $19M; FY2024: $13M; FY2025: $3.9M; FY2026: $1.9M). Years not listed were under the $1.0M floor. Obligations are binding commitments, not payments made.
Which agencies award to Clarkson University?
By the value of $1.0M-plus awards begun since FY2023: Department of Health and Human Services ($8.3M), Department of Defense ($2.7M) and Environmental Protection Agency ($1.5M).
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). Assistance falls under Congressional Directives (93.493), Biomedical Research and Research Training (93.859) and Science to Achieve Results (star) Research Program (66.509).
Where is the work performed?
Primary places of performance for its larger awards: NY ($12M).
Is Clarkson University a large federal recipient?
It ranks 11,670 of 30,000 organisations on this site by five-year obligations and 449 of 1,532 located in NY. 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.