Juniata College

Juniata College, a private tax-exempt liberal arts institution based in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, is a prime recipient of federal grants across research, education, workforce development, and community infrastructure programs — not a federal contractor. The college competes for and receives research grants from the National Science Foundation, the Department of Education, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Justice, the Department of the Interior, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Economic Development Administration. Juniata operates as a grant recipient (96% of its recent federal award footprint) rather than as a subrecipient; only two sub-awards appear in the recent portfolio, representing sub-grant work under a University of Michigan-led National Institutes of Health research effort.

Juniata's grant portfolio spans foundational research, undergraduate STEM training, rural health infrastructure, campus safety programming, and curriculum development. Representative recent awards include a $1 million Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service project grant for water and waste disposal systems in rural communities (CFDA 10.760, performance through September 2027); a $529,250 Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education grant to develop a Bachelor of Science in Nursing program addressing Pennsylvania's rural nursing shortage (CFDA 84.116, performance through August 2027); a $380,000 Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women grant to combat domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking on the college campus through staff training, prevention programming tailored to underrepresented student groups, and coordinated community response partnerships (CFDA 16.525, 3-year award through September 2027); and a $995,000 Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education grant for rural community solutions to tickborne diseases using a One Health approach (CFDA 84.116, concluded August 2025). Juniata also received a $1.45 million Economic Development Administration Economic Adjustment Assistance grant for renovation of its Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership to provide office space for local businesses and support economic diversification in the Huntingdon region following manufacturing and mining decline.

Customer concentration reflects Juniata's research and education mission. The National Science Foundation accounts for ten awards across the portfolio, including geosciences research on mineralizing fluids in copper ore deposits ($114,133, Division of Earth Sciences, through July 2026) and STEM teacher preparation scholarships ($834,000+, Division of Undergraduate Education, through April 2028). The Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education holds five awards spanning nursing program development, tickborne disease research, and STEM workforce initiatives. The Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Department of Interior National Park Service round out the top grantor agencies. Five awards carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months, representing recompete opportunity for follow-on grants. Activity declined from six awards in 2021 to two in 2025, reflecting the episodic nature of grant cycles rather than sustained contract renewals typical of federal service providers.