A.t. Still University Of Health Sciences

A.T. Still University of Health Sciences, a private non-profit educational institution headquartered in Kirksville, Missouri, operates as a federal grant and contract recipient providing osteopathic medical education, healthcare training programs, and museum services to military and civilian federal agencies. The university competes on a full-and-open basis without set-aside designations and operates as a prime recipient on 96% of its federal awards.

The university's federal footprint is dominated by the Department of the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, which accounts for 127 awards worth $29.2 million in combined potential value and represents 79% of recent award concentration by count. This agency funds tuition and fees for Navy and Marine Corps personnel to attend A.T. Still's osteopathic medicine and healthcare degree programs at its Kirksville campus. The Department of the Navy (separate from BUMED) has placed 49 additional awards worth $3 million, also for tuition and fees. The Department of the Army has issued 37 awards, and the Department of the Air Force 18 awards, with concentration figures for those agencies not fully specified in the source. The Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration has placed 17 awards supporting healthcare training and workforce development initiatives. Recent representative Navy contracts include a $954,666 delivery order issued January 29, 2026 for tuition and fees, a $961,520 delivery order issued July 11, 2025 also for tuition and fees (extending through December 31, 2026), and a $435,090 delivery order issued October 18, 2024 for the same purpose.

The university sits on multiple Navy parent vehicles anchoring recurring task-order activity. An Indefinite Delivery Contract N0018908GZ001 carries 57 task orders worth $11.4 million combined potential value. A Basic Ordering Agreement N0018918GZ004 holds 43 task orders worth $15.5 million. An Indefinite Delivery Contract N0014098G2468 carries 37 task orders worth $5.3 million. A Basic Ordering Agreement DADA0379H0023 (Army) has generated 25 task orders, and a Basic Ordering Agreement N0060085G1735 (Navy) has generated 19 task orders.

Beyond contract work, A.T. Still operates as a federal grant recipient under several Department of Health and Human Services programs and the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The university received a $269,276 Museums for America project grant (CFDA 45.301) from IMLS dated September 1, 2024 to improve the Museum of Osteopathic Medicine's collections storage capacity by 32% through installation of high-density mobile shelving. Earlier IMLS support included a project grant (September 2021 through August 2022) to rehouse and photograph its historic textiles collection. The university holds multi-year grants from the Bureau of Health Professionals for Primary Care Training and Enhancement (Physician Assistant Rural Training Program, July 2022 through June 2027) and Predoctoral Training in General, Pediatric, and Public Health Dentistry and Dental Hygiene (same period). A Dental Faculty Loan Repayment grant from the Bureau of Health Professionals runs from September 2021 through August 2026. In its sub-recipient capacity, A.T. Still participates in state and university-led grants from the Board of Regents of Nevada System of Higher Education (comparative health services research on musculoskeletal injuries for military populations), the University of Georgia Research Foundation (research on antimicrobial susceptibilities of Staphylococcus aureus), Arizona State University (Southwest EDRN clinical validation work for head and neck cancer), and the Missouri Department of Public Safety and Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (workforce and emergency preparedness initiatives).

Award volume has fluctuated across the past five years (10 awards in 2022, 5 in 2023, 15 in 2024, 6 in 2025, 2 year-to-date in 2026), with five awards reaching completion within the next twenty-four months and carrying combined potential value of $962 thousand. The university's category concentration sits predominantly in the PSC for Education/Training—Tuition/Registration/Membership Fees (242 awards), with NAICS concentration split between Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (89 awards) and Administration of Education Programs (58 awards).