Indiana State University

Indiana State University, headquartered in Terre Haute, Indiana, is a state-controlled institution of higher learning that receives federal grants as a prime recipient to support undergraduate and graduate research, infrastructure, specialized training, and community outreach programs. The institution competes for and executes grants across civilian science and education agencies rather than federal contracts; it holds no prime federal contract vehicles and no contract subcontracting relationships. Indiana State University operates as both a prime grant recipient (78% of recent awards, 133 of 171 total) and as a sub-recipient (22%, 38 of 171) beneath other colleges, universities, and federal agencies.

Indiana State University's federal footprint centers on scientific research infrastructure, educational capacity, and workforce development. Representative prime grant work includes a $247,801 National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) project grant (CFDA 93.859) awarded September 2026 to upgrade a 400 MHz nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer supporting undergraduate research in pharmaceutical synthesis, bioactive natural product analysis, and environmental chemistry—work performed through August 2027. The institution also received an NSF Division of Chemistry Project Grant ($248,930, CFDA 11.676) in August 2024 to study chemical modification of signaling molecules in Pseudomonas aeruginosa as part of the LEAPS-MPS Launching Early-Career Academic Pathways program, integrated into an existing course-based research experience for undergraduate workforce development. Environmental biology research includes a $338,197 NSF Division of Environmental Biology collaborative grant (January 2024–December 2028) to quantify freshwater ecosystem response to marine water inundation in Guatemala using sedimentological and genetic methods, and an October 2022 cooperative agreement with NSF to study climate change impacts on biodiversity at Lake Tanganyika in Africa, running through September 2027. Specialized infrastructure work includes an August 2024 NIGMS project grant for a gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer supporting biomedical research and undergraduate education across chemistry, biology, and environmental science programs. Indiana State University has also received an NSF Civic Innovation Challenge grant (October 2024–March 2025, completed) for a disaster response metaverse platform development to train first responders and community members in tornado and flooding response using immersive virtual reality.

Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward civilian science agencies. The top five funding agencies by award count—Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (31 awards), National Science Foundation (28 awards), Department of the Army (7 awards), Department of the Interior National Park Service (5 awards), and Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health (5 awards)—account for 44% of all awards. By potential value, however, the portfolio is compressed: Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 and NIH National Cancer Institute combined represent about 67% of the stated combined potential value figure, though that figure of $338 thousand appears to reflect an incomplete data capture given the obligated value of $82.9 million. NSF dominates recent prime research funding, while USDA Food and Nutrition Service drives education and training volume through multiple allocations.

Indiana State University's recent activity trajectory shows steady growth: five awards in 2022, six in 2023, nine in 2024, ten in 2025, and twelve in 2026. Five awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating recompete exposure. The institution appears in sub-recipient roles beneath the Indiana Department of Education (multiple allocations dated 2022–2026), the Indiana Economic Development Corporation (West Central Indiana Small Business Development Center operations, three sub-awards dated 2023–2026), the University of Pittsburgh (two medical research sub-awards dated 2022–2023), and the University of South Florida (an AI and research practices incubation project, December 2025). Indiana State University also served as a $1 million SBA Community Navigator Pilot Program (CFDA 59.077) prime recipient under the Office of Entrepreneurial Development in December 2021, structured as a "hub" coordinating sub-awardee "spokes" to deliver technical assistance and pandemic relief counseling to historically underserved small business categories.

Indiana State University holds no named parent company or controlling subsidiary within the source; it functions as a discrete state-controlled institution. The university's grant profile aligns with typical R1 research and teaching infrastructure—biomedical research equipment, international scientific collaboration, disaster preparedness training technology, and student workforce development—with no involvement in federal contracts, GWACs, or defense prime work.