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Nova Southeastern University, Inc
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Federal agencies obligated $137M to Nova Southeastern University, Inc, Fort Lauderdale, FL, in the listed fiscal years 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.
In FY2026, the most recent complete fiscal year, obligations were $24M, of which $1.6M (7%) came through contracts.
That is down 35% on FY2025 ($37M).
Nova Southeastern University, Inc ranks 208 of 1,384 listed organisations located in FL by five-year obligations, and 4,276 of 30,989 nationally.
Its $1.0M-plus awards since FY2023 came from Department of Commerce, Department of Education and Department of Defense and 1 other agency: 8 awards worth $19M in total award value.
Obligations by fiscal year contracts vs assistance
| Fiscal year | All obligations | Contracts | Assistance | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $41,082,903 | $1,339,721 | $39,743,182 | — |
| FY2024 | $36,077,580 | $2,122,925 | $33,954,655 | -12% |
| FY2025 | $36,510,893 | $2,403,473 | $34,107,420 | +1% |
| FY2026 | $23,620,809 | $1,594,666 | $22,026,143 | -35% |
| 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 FL | Largest nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five-year obligations (listed years) | $137M | $95B | $416B |
| FY2026 obligations | $24M | $28B | $118B |
| Contracts, five years | $7.5M | under $1.0M | $94B |
| Assistance, five years | $130M | $95B | $416B |
| Rank by five-year obligations | 4,276 of 30,989 | 1 of 1,384 in FL | 1 |
Largest in state: Florida Agency for Health Care Administration. 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 Commerce | 2 | $6.6M | 35% |
| 2 | Department of Education | 3 | $5.7M | 30% |
| 3 | Department of Defense | 2 | $4.4M | 23% |
| 4 | Department of the Interior | 1 | $2.2M | 12% |
Assistance programs listings
Places of performance $1.0M+ awards
Counties: Broward County, FL $12M
Largest awards begun since FY2023
| Awarding agency | Type | Industry or program | Award value | Begun | Place | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of CommerceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | GrantProject Grant (B) | 11.469 Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects | $3.8M | 11 Sep 2023 | FL | USAspending |
| Department of CommerceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 11.451 Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Science, Observation, Monitoring, and Technology | $2.8M | 28 Aug 2024 | FL | USAspending |
| Department of Education | GrantProject Grant (B) | 84.116 Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education | $2.5M | 21 Jul 2023 | FL | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseDepartment of the Navy | GrantProject Grant (B) | 12.300 Basic and Applied Scientific Research | $2.4M | 27 Nov 2024 | FL | USAspending |
| Department of the InteriorU.S. Geological Survey | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 15.808 U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection | $2.2M | 1 Feb 2025 | FL | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseDepartment of the Navy | GrantProject Grant (B) | 12.300 Basic and Applied Scientific Research | $2.0M | 7 Jul 2023 | FL | USAspending |
| Department of Education | GrantProject Grant (B) | 84.116 Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education | $2.0M | 21 Jul 2023 | FL | USAspending |
| Department of Education | GrantProject Grant (B) | 84.031 Higher Education Institutional Aid | $1.2M | 21 Sep 2023 | FL | 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.
- $3.8M, Department of Commerce, 11 Sep 2023: THIS AWARD OF $3,841,000 IN CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED FY23 FEDERAL FUNDING WILL SUPPORT THE RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NATIONAL CORAL REEF INSTITUTE (NCRI) AT NOVA
- $2.8M, Department of Commerce, 28 Aug 2024: PURPOSE: DEEPEND|RESTORE (D|R) HAS DEVELOPED A MULTI-MODE SAMPLING, SENSING, AND ANALYTICAL PROGRAM TO ASSESS TRENDS IN PELAGIC POPULATIONS OF THE DEEP GULF OF
- $2.5M, Department of Education, 21 Jul 2023: ADAPTIVE COMPUTING MODELS FOR CYBERSECURITY THREATS AND INFORMATION ANALYSIS
- $2.4M, Department of Defense, 27 Nov 2024: COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH SENSOR DEVELOPMENT
- $2.2M, Department of the Interior, 1 Feb 2025: PROJECT TITLE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SOUTH FLORIDA SCIENCE CENTER PROJECT PERIOD: 2 1 2025 THROUGH 1 31 2030AWARD PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO SUPP
- $2.0M, Department of Defense, 7 Jul 2023: SOUTH FLORIDA OCEAN MEASUREMENT FACILITY AND NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH FY23
- $2.0M, Department of Education, 21 Jul 2023: LEVAN CENTER MOBILE INNOVATION UNIT
- $1.2M, Department of Education, 21 Sep 2023: SHARK TAILS: SUCCESS FOR HISPANICS IN ACADEMICS, RESEARCH, AND KNOWLEDGE THROUGH ADMINISTRATION OF INTEGRATED LEARNING SUPPORTS
Questions and answers
How much federal money does Nova Southeastern University, Inc receive?
$137M in award obligations over the fiscal years it is listed for (FY2023: $41M; FY2024: $36M; FY2025: $37M; FY2026: $24M). Years not listed were under the $1.0M floor. Obligations are binding commitments, not payments made.
Which agencies award to Nova Southeastern University, Inc?
By the value of $1.0M-plus awards begun since FY2023: Department of Commerce ($6.6M), Department of Education ($5.7M), Department of Defense ($4.4M) and Department of the Interior ($2.2M).
What is the money for?
Assistance falls under Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (84.116), Basic and Applied Scientific Research (12.300) and Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects (11.469).
Where is the work performed?
Primary places of performance for its larger awards: FL ($19M).
Is Nova Southeastern University, Inc a large federal recipient?
It ranks 4,276 of 30,989 organisations on this site by five-year obligations and 208 of 1,384 located in FL. 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.