Louisiana Board Of Regents

Louisiana Board of Regents, a state government entity headquartered in Baton Rouge, operates as a prime recipient of federal research grants and cooperative agreements — not as a federal contractor — and does not compete under set-asides. The Board coordinates public higher education across Louisiana and acts as the fiscal agent for federal research funding directed to state universities and educational initiatives, with 100 percent of its recent federal awards held as prime grants rather than subcontract work.

The Board's federal footprint is dominated by NASA research and education funding. NASA's Shared Services Center and Stennis Space Center combined account for 81% of recent awards by count and 92% of combined potential value; the top customer concentration, NASA Shared Services Center with 66 awards valued at $12.9 million, centers on Space Mission Directorate (SMD) cooperative agreements in advanced materials and space exploration. Representative examples include a $750,000 cooperative agreement from NASA (awarded October 2025) to attract students to STEM through authentic learning experiences aligned with NASA's mission, a $715,111 cooperative agreement for research on electric field-driven colloidal assembly for space applications, a $1 million cooperative agreement (awarded July 2022) as fiscal agent for NASA EPSCoR program management across Louisiana universities, and a $100,000 cooperative agreement on 3D-printable regolith-based shape memory polymer composites for lunar habitats. The Board also holds a $75,375 sole-source purchase order from NASA Stennis Space Center for Louisiana state-based technology infusion and transfer support running through April 2025. Beyond space research, the Board is a prime recipient of an $3.826 million NSF cooperative agreement (CFDA 47.083) awarded July 2025 to build networks of excellence in materials and manufacturing, bioscience, energy solutions, and environmental solutions across Louisiana's higher education ecosystem, and a $506,599 NSF cooperative agreement for Research Vessel Pelican oceanographic operations. The Board also received a $2.125 million Department of Education grant (CFDA 84.116) for career and technical education open educational resources with embedded digital skills training, and a $3.808 million Department of Veterans Affairs grant for veterans' cemetery expansion.

Activity has declined in recent years: six awards in 2022 grew to ten in 2024, then contracted to four in 2025 and two in early 2026. Eleven awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months with combined potential value of $2.7 million, representing moderate recompete exposure. The Board's corporate structure includes ten named subsidiaries, principally state universities (University of Louisiana at Lafayette, University of Louisiana at Monroe, McNeese State University, Northwestern State University of Louisiana) and community colleges, which serve as sub-recipients and operational partners in executing federally funded research and educational programs. Obligated dollars ($390.4 million) substantially exceed combined potential value ($52.9 million), a signal that the Board's award portfolio reflects historical value accumulation and multi-year project execution rather than recent pipeline growth. The Board serves eighteen distinct federal agencies across a portfolio grounded primarily in space science basic research (19 awards under NAICS 541711) and general science and technology R&D services.