Kenyon College
Gambier, OH
- UEI
- NML9QD5ZL2F6
- CAGE
- 1P455
- Primary NAICS
- 611310 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
- SAM.gov registration
- Active through
Company facts
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Tax Exempt)
- Corporate family
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- Gambier, OH XTYLQEMJL557
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- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 103 College Rd, Gambier, OH 43022, USA
- Website
- kenyon.edu
- Founded
- 1824
- Employees
- 51-250
- Estimated annual revenue
- $10M-$50M
- Industry
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- Consumer Discretionary
- Diversified Consumer Services
- Education Services
- Education
- SIC code
- 82 Educational Services
- Profiles
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Grant awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Grant subawards
| Prime recipient | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio Department Of Public Safety, Emergency Managment Agency | 4507DROHP00000001 | $863,412 | |
| Ducks Unlimited, Inc. | FBC21CPT0011807 | $141,945 |
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About the company
Kenyon College, a tax-exempt private college based in Gambier, Ohio, acts as a federal grant recipient conducting basic and applied research in materials science, physics, biology, and neuroscience across mathematics, physical sciences, and biological sciences programs. The institution does not hold federal contracts and operates as a pure grant recipient (95% of recent awards are prime grants; 5% are sub-grants), competing in full-and-open solicitations without SBA set-aside designations.
Kenyon's customer base concentrates heavily in the National Science Foundation, which accounts for 78% of recent awards across 26 NSF prime grants. Within NSF, the Division of Physics anchors the portfolio with 11 awards, followed by the Division of Integrative Organismal Systems (3 awards), the Division of Materials Research, the Division of Chemistry, the Division of Environmental Biology, and the Division of Mathematical Sciences. Secondary funders include the Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education (3 awards) and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (1 award). Representative recent grant work includes a $160,000 NSF Division of Materials Research award (October 2026, completing September 2030) for AI-guided platform development in two-dimensional materials synthesis and discovery integrating real-time optical diagnostics, multiscale simulation, and machine learning; a $234,667 NSF Division of Physics award (August 2026, completing July 2029) for optical tweezer array research supporting tripartite Rydberg entanglement in neutral atom quantum computing; a $454,424 National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke grant (April 2025, completing March 2028) investigating cellular and molecular mechanisms of Schwann cell demyelination and peripheral remyelination using larval zebrafish models; and a $750,000 NSF Division of Integrative Organismal Systems grant (August 2025, completing July 2029) on genetic mechanisms governing seasonal reproductive development in moss species, with deliverables including identification of novel genes and molecular pathways alongside undergraduate and postdoctoral training.
Kenyon's activity trajectory shows modest but consistent growth: three awards in 2022, rising to five awards in 2026 year-to-date. Combined dollars obligated across all 58 awards total $22.1 million. Four awards reach ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months, presenting limited recompete exposure. The institution serves 18 distinct federal agencies in total. Kenyon College operates a subsidiary, The Kenyon Review, a non-profit organization, which does not appear in the federal award footprint. All work is performed in Gambier, Ohio, with place-of-performance framing consistent across projects.
Quick answers
Is Kenyon College registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Kenyon College's SAM.gov registration is active through July 8, 2027.
What is Kenyon College's CAGE code?
Kenyon College's CAGE code is 1P455, and its Unique Entity ID (UEI) is NML9QD5ZL2F6.
What is Kenyon College's most recent federal award?
Kenyon College's most recent federal grant award is Collaborative research: dmref: NSF-DFG: AI-driven platform for 2D materials synthesis and discovery (2522672), from Division of Materials Research, on October 1, 2026.
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- Funding analysis by agency, NAICS and set-aside
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