Miami University

Miami University, a public research institution headquartered in Oxford, Ohio, operates as a prime recipient of federal grants across research, education, and student support programming, with no federal contract prime awards in recent years. The university is a non-profit, state-controlled institution of higher learning competing in full-and-open federal procurement without set-aside designation.

Miami University's federal award footprint spans 692 total awards (625 prime, 67 sub) with combined potential value of $68.6 million and combined obligations of $319.6 million. The university works across 121 distinct federal customer agencies, with concentrated activity in research grant funding. The top five customers by award count—the National Science Foundation (196 awards), the National Institutes of Health (37 awards), the Department of the Air Force (24 awards), the Department of the Navy (17 awards), and the Office of Postsecondary Education (16 awards)—account for 42% of recent awards. In dollar terms, the Department of the Navy's Naval Education and Training Command anchors the largest customer relationship at $5.7 million combined potential value across 12 awards; NASA's Shared Services Center follows with $1.3 million across 10 awards. The university maintains parent relationships under Navy IDCs (Indefinite Delivery Contract F0160079D0309 with 12 task orders and N0014006G0027 with 12 task orders and $5.7 million potential value) and several basic ordering agreements with the Navy (N0061288G0026 with 6 task orders; N0018919GZ020 with 5 task orders and $2.7 million potential value).

Recent activity shows 45 awards in 2022, declining to 30 in 2023, rising to 40 in 2024, and 39 in 2025; 9 awards have been issued year-to-date in 2026. Awards completing in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $250 thousand, representing low recompete exposure. Miami University's prime work is concentrated in education and training services (35 awards under PSC Education/Training—Tuition/Registration/Membership Fees; 15 under Education/Training—Vocational/Technical) and federal research and development. Named work includes NROTC midshipmen tuition delivery to the Bureau of Naval Personnel ($516.6 thousand, March 2026, completion May 2026), graduate research assistance support to the Office of the Secretary of Defense ($249.9 thousand, June 2024 through June 2027), and a civilian agency science program cooperative agreement ($529.8 thousand, November 2025 through November 2028). The university's research portfolio encompasses biosciences (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases project grant on apolipoprotein A4 and lipid metabolism, $575.4 thousand, June 2026 through May 2029), geosciences (Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences award on Arecibo radar data processing, $703.7 thousand, September 2025 through August 2029), engineering and manufacturing research (NSF Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation award on autonomous digital twinning, $199.1 thousand, July 2025 through June 2027), and education innovation (NSF STEM Education program supporting engineering scholarship and student success, $1.5 million, December 2021 through November 2027 with University of Cincinnati sub-recipient).

Service Contract Inventory reporting shows minimal service-contract activity: one FY2022 SCI record valued at sub-threshold amounts, indicating Miami University's federal engagement is predominantly grant-based research and education delivery rather than service contracting. The university functions as a sub-recipient on federally funded projects led by other institutions, with recent sub-awards to prime grantees including the Weill Medical College of Cornell University (long-term care policy analysis, March 2026), Emory University (nursing home visitation bans research, June 2025), the University of Colorado (polar microbiology research, October 2025), the University of Michigan (dementia knowledge and facility culture study, September 2025), and Cincinnati University (ITEST STEM education program, October 2025 and March 2025). Miami University's role across subs combines technical expertise (statistics, quantitative analysis, qualitative research methods) with institutional capacity for program evaluation and academic service delivery. The university maintains no named federal contracting vehicles; its prime awards flow through standard grant and education service agreements with federal agencies rather than through GWACs, BPAs, or agency-wide IDIQs. Corporate structure identifies Miami University as a parent entity; no subsidiary corporate relationships are present in the award record.