Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO Doing business as Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Experiment Station Part of Colorado State University System
- UEI
- TA9JJL4AN666
- CAGE
- 666A4
- Primary NAICS
- Not on record
- SAM.gov registration
- Active through
Company facts
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- U.S. Government Entity
- Corporate family
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Colorado State University System
Parent
Q7VRM266G891
- Colorado State University TA9JJL4AN666
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Colorado State University System
Parent
Q7VRM266G891
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 301 University Ave, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA
- Website
- colostate.edu
- Founded
- 1870
- Employees
- 5K-10K
- Estimated annual revenue
- $1B-$10B
- Industry
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- Consumer Discretionary
- Diversified Consumer Services
- Education Services
- Education
- SIC code
- 82 Educational Services
- Profiles
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Recent federal awards
About Colorado State University
Colorado State University Agricultural Experiment Station Division, operating as Agricultural Experiment Station, is a public land-grant research institution and a division of Colorado State University (a U.S. state government entity) that serves as a prime recipient of federal research grants focused on agricultural, natural resource, and animal health research. CAES operates exclusively as a grant recipient — not as a federal contractor — and does not appear on federal service contracts above the SCI reporting threshold.
CAES is headquartered in Fort Collins, Colorado, and operates across 13 departments at the main campus plus eight off-campus research centers throughout Colorado. The institution draws on a 130-year legacy in agricultural sciences to conduct faculty-led research and extension programming serving growers, producers, food entrepreneurs, policymakers, and stakeholders across Colorado and multistate cooperative networks. CAES competes only in full-and-open federal research grant opportunities; there are no set-aside designations in the source data.
CAES's federal footprint is entirely within the Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). The agency granted CAES 76 research awards across multiple formula grant programs, with 100 percent of awards recorded as prime grants (zero sub-awards). The top funding lines are NIFA's Hatch Act formula grants (CFDA 10.203), which fund sustainable food production systems, soil and water resource management, technology development, and nutritional security across two award streams totaling more than 30 awards. CAES also receives recurring formula funding under the Animal Health and Disease (AHD) Research Capacity Program (CFDA 10.207), which supports pilot research projects on animal health, disease prevention, pest-resistant crop development, and wildlife conflict mitigation, with individual projects capped at $25,000 and awards distributed through Colorado State University's College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. Additionally, CAES manages Colorado's allocation of McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Research funds (CFDA 10.202), which it channels directly to the Colorado State Forest Service to deliver technical forestry assistance, wildfire mitigation expertise, and outreach programming to Colorado landowners and communities.
Recent representative awards include a $2.92 million Hatch Act formula grant (October 2025–September 2027) supporting comprehensive agricultural research across the four strategic priority areas; a $4.47 million Hatch Act grant (October 2025–September 2027) also supporting the same priorities; a $162,364 Animal Health and Disease research award (October 2025–September 2027) distributed through the College of Veterinary Medicine to solicit and fund faculty-led pilot projects via peer review; and a $946,974 McIntire-Stennis forestry research award (October 2025–September 2027) administered with the Colorado State Forest Service. Eight awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing the principal recompete exposure.
SCI-reported federal service contract activity is minimal and does not reflect CAES's operational scale. Only two SCI records appear in the dataset — both as named subcontractor lines under other entities' service contracts — documenting roughly 0.6 FTEs in FY2022 and 5.1 FTEs in FY2024. This SCI presence is a fragment of CAES's true federal footprint, which is anchored entirely in research grants rather than service contracts. CAES does not pursue or hold federal service contracts as a prime or standalone contractor.
CAES operates as a child entity of Colorado State University System, the parent land-grant university governance structure. The division functions as the university's applied research and extension delivery vehicle for agricultural and natural resource problems affecting Colorado and, through multistate research programs, the broader U.S. agricultural sector.
Quick answers
What is Colorado State University's UEI?
Colorado State University's Unique Entity ID (UEI) in SAM.gov is TA9JJL4AN666.
What is Colorado State University's CAGE code?
Colorado State University's CAGE code is 666A4.
Where is Colorado State University located?
Colorado State University's physical address in SAM.gov is 301 University Ave, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA.
Is Colorado State University registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Colorado State University's SAM.gov registration is active through November 4, 2026.
Who is Colorado State University's parent company?
Colorado State University is part of Colorado State University System.
What is Colorado State University's most recent federal award?
Colorado State University's most recent federal grant award is Colorado agricultural experiment station (caes) conducts research on agricultural and natural resource issues that… (NI26MSCFRXXXG038), from Institute of Bioenergy, Climate, and Environment, on October 1, 2025.
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