Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, TN Part of Board Of Regents Tennessee
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- Primary NAICS
- 611310 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
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Company facts
- FY2025 rankings
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Its parent company, Board of Regents Tennessee, ranks:
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- U.S. Government Entity
- Corporate family
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Parent
Nashville, TN
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Parent
Nashville, TN
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- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 1301 E Main St, Murfreesboro, TN 37132, USA
- Website
- mtsu.edu
- Founded
- 1911
- Employees
- 1K-5K
- Estimated annual revenue
- $250M-$500M
- 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 .
Contract obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2027 To date | $0 |
| FY2026 | $50,000 |
| FY2025 | $0 |
| FY2024 | $0 |
| FY2023 | $71,229 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Air Force | $50,000 |
Contract awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Grant awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Grant subawards
| Prime recipient | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee Department Of Health | B0455467 | $79,000 | |
| Not on record | H181A260009 | $398,970 | |
| Not on record | H181X260009 | $30,030 | |
| Tennessee Department Of Health | NU17CE010047 | $41,250 | |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University | 2550169 | $52,185 |
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About the company
Middle Tennessee State University, a state-controlled institution of higher learning based in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, operates as a federal grant recipient across STEM research and education, with emerging service-delivery work in event planning and professional training. The university acts as prime recipient on 86% of recent awards (358 of 418 total) and as sub-recipient on federal grants managed by prime grantees including Vanderbilt University, Michigan State University, Tennessee Department of Health, and the University of Tennessee. It is a child entity of the Board of Regents Tennessee.
MTSU's grant portfolio is concentrated in the National Science Foundation (55 awards) and the Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education (17 awards), with sustained activity across the Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (14 awards) and the Department of the Interior National Park Service (11 awards). The top five funding agencies account for 27% of recent awards by count. Over the past five years, MTSU has received 18 awards in 2022, 38 in 2023, 35 in 2024, 23 in 2025, and 15 in 2026, tracking a general decline from the 2023 peak. The combined potential value across all 418 awards is $4.7 million, though the combined obligated dollars ($345.4 million) substantially exceed potential value, reflecting significant prior funding on active and completed awards.
MTSU's capability portfolio centers on STEM education research and workforce development. Representative prime grants include a $2.0 million National Research Traineeship award from NSF's Division of Graduate Education (September 2025) to establish an interdisciplinary graduate training program in Quantum Information Science and Artificial Intelligence with 40 trainees across mathematics, physics, computer science, chemistry, and biomedical science; a $1,786,778 STEM Education grant (July 2024) to develop leaders in data science education for middle school STEM teachers across high-need school districts in partnership with Cannon County Schools, Bedford County Schools, and Murfreesboro City Schools; a $1.2 million STEM Education grant (July 2024) supporting low-income chemistry and biochemistry students through scholarships, mentoring, and research experiences over six years; and a $200,000 Department of Agriculture agriculture and food research grant (August 2026) to develop tools for visualizing and measuring circadian rhythm activity in honey bee brain cells. MTSU also holds service contracts including a $50,000 purchase order from the Air Force Test Center (March 2026) for the AEDC Supervisor Course and a $9,975 purchase order from the Tennessee National Guard (July 2026) for event services supporting the 278th Task Force 2 Post-Mobilization Yellow Ribbon ceremony in Murfreesboro.
MTSU serves as sub-recipient on grant work spanning evaluation research, STEM education, and public health. Sub-award examples include Safe Stars Evaluation work under Tennessee Department of Health (multiple annual funding tranches), Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and Death Scene Investigation training under Tennessee Department of Health, TRIO Student Support Services delivery under the Department of Education, and STEM education research partnerships including a Vanderbilt-led collaborative on NASA remote sensing applications and a Michigan State-led project on quantum dot characterization. The university also acts as a sub-recipient for Part C IDEA early intervention services under a State of Tennessee grant, delivering services to children with developmental disabilities birth through age five.
MTSU's grant activity faces a recompete cliff: 27 awards reach ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months and will require recompete or continuation action. The university maintains collaborative relationships with regional and national research institutions including the University at Buffalo SUNY (quantum research), Fisk University and Southern Adventist University (quantum information science outreach), Alabama A&M University and Central Washington University (STEM teacher retention consortium work), and the Land Institute and University of Kentucky (perennial grain crop research). MTSU does not hold seats on government-wide acquisition contracts or agency IDIQs; instead, it competes for grants and purchase orders issued directly by customer agencies. The combined obligated dollar value of $345.4 million substantially exceeds the combined potential value of active awards ($4.7 million), indicating that MTSU's footprint reflects mature, funded projects with invoiced revenue significantly in advance of ceiling values.
Quick answers
Is Middle Tennessee State University registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Middle Tennessee State University's SAM.gov registration is active through April 22, 2027.
How much has Middle Tennessee State University received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $121,229 to Middle Tennessee State University in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
How does Middle Tennessee State University rank among federal contractors?
Middle Tennessee State University's parent company, Board of Regents Tennessee, ranked #21 in PSC AN14, #32 in PSC AS11 and #84 in NAICS 6113 in FY2025.
What is Middle Tennessee State University's most recent federal award?
Middle Tennessee State University's most recent federal grant award is Graduate research fellowship program (grfp) (2634222), from Division of Graduate Education, on August 15, 2026.
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