Kentucky Science & Technology Corp

Kentucky Science & Technology Corp, a tax-exempt non-profit based in Lexington, Kentucky, acts as a federal grant recipient delivering workforce development, procurement technical assistance, and research infrastructure services to federal civilian agencies and the Department of Defense. The organization does not hold prime federal contracts but receives cooperative agreements and project grants from the National Science Foundation, the Small Business Administration, and the Department of Defense, with recent activity concentrated in 2022–2025.

The vendor's capability portfolio centers on three concrete service lines grounded in recent awards. First, it operates the APEX Accelerator, a procurement technical assistance program funded by the Department of Defense under CFDA 12.002 (Procurement Technical Assistance For Business Firms). KSTC received a $1.229 million Cooperative Agreement from the Office of the Secretary of Defense (award date June 1, 2026, performance through May 31, 2027) to establish and maintain the APEX Accelerator, delivering free counseling, training, and technical guidance to Kentucky businesses of all sizes navigating federal, state, and local government contracting. KSTC has held repeated APEX awards since at least October 2021, with prior-year agreements from April 2024 ($award amount not specified, performance through April 30, 2025) and October 2023. Second, it manages research infrastructure and regional innovation initiatives funded by the National Science Foundation. A $999,998 NSF Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 47.084, awarded April 15, 2024, performance through March 31, 2026) funds an NSF Engines Development Award for advancing additive manufacturing in Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia, led by KSTC with approximately 26 partners including three Carnegie-R1 universities, three historically black colleges and universities, and major corporations. A second NSF award, the KCV EDGE (Equitable and Diverse Grant Ecosystem) Research Infrastructure Cooperative Agreement (awarded May 1, 2024, performance through April 30, 2029), supports a centralized technology transfer and grant-administration mechanism for Kentucky's public colleges and universities. Third, KSTC operates the "Beginnings: Internships at STEM Startups" workforce development initiative funded by NSF (CFDA 47.084), which provides paid internships and commercialization curriculum to students, veterans, and career-transitioning professionals in biotechnology, artificial intelligence, life sciences, and advanced manufacturing; this $803,772 project grant runs from October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2028.

Customer concentration spans federal civilian research and workforce agencies. The Appalachian Regional Commission leads by award count (8 awards), followed by DOD Washington Headquarters Service (7 awards), Defense Logistics Agency Headquarters (6 awards), the Small Business Administration Office of Investments and Innovations (4 awards), and the Office of the Secretary of Defense (4 awards), together accounting for 66% of recent awards. The top-customer-by-potential-value ranking reveals minimal dollar concentration: NASA Ames Research Center anchors the potential-value total at $40,000 across a single award, while the Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development carries $2,000. KSTC's combined potential value across all 44 awards is $42,000, though obligated dollars total $32.2 million—reflecting grant work where the vendor receives full funding upfront but the source reports minimal "potential" (unobligated) balance.

Award activity declined from 2022 (4 awards) through 2026 (1 award as of mid-June). Only one award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, suggesting minimal recompete exposure in that window. KSTC subcontracts to Raytheon Company on the Mandatory Paid Parental Leave (MPP) Temple Brass program, providing training, education, and non-product services (seven sub-awards spanning July 2022 through August 2024); these sub-awards carry no stated dollar values and appear to represent workforce development or compliance support rather than technical delivery.

KSTC operates one named subsidiary: STI Legacy, Inc., a for-profit, self-certified small disadvantaged business. The parent organization's tax-exempt status and the subsidiary's SDB posture indicate a corporate structure optimized for dual-track federal engagement—the non-profit anchoring grants and cooperative agreements while the subsidiary may pursue contract work, though no prime contract awards appear in the source data.