President And Fellows Of Middlebury College

President And Fellows Of Middlebury College, doing business as Middlebury College, is a private liberal arts research institution based in Middlebury, Vermont, that serves as a prime recipient of federal grants and a prime contractor on federal purchase orders and delivery orders across national security, research, and educational domains. The college operates as a tax-exempt nonprofit educational institution without SBA set-aside designations and competes in full-and-open procurements, deriving 93% of its recent awards from prime positions.

Middlebury College's federal footprint concentrates heavily in three capability domains: foreign language immersion training and interpreter services; countering weapons of mass destruction (CWMD) dialogue, tabletop research, and strategic analysis; and nuclear nonproliferation, export control capacity building, and related international security initiatives. Representative contract work includes a $351,155 definitive contract from the Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation for the Middlebury College Summer Immersion Training program (language instruction, tuition, and books); a $433,979.52 purchase order from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) for CWMD dialogue and tabletop research support services; and multiple purchase orders from the Department of State Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation and Bureau of Arms Control Verification and Compliance for nonproliferation strategy research, export control training, and strategic dialogues. The college also holds awards from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for economics database updates and Great Lakes economic valuation, and from the Department of the Navy Naval Network Warfare Command for language training.

Grant work spans basic research and applied research-training partnerships. The National Science Foundation funds the college as prime recipient across 58 awards, including a $1.195 million five-year CAREER award in biogeographic research on island mammal populations, a $272,913 award in episodic accretion in star formation, and a $154,490 award studying trapped ion interactions with piezoelectric crystals. The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke funded a $540,427 project grant on spinal cord stimulation pain modulation modeling. The Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration funds export control fellows programs and nuclear safeguards training. The college also serves as sub-recipient on grants from the University of Vermont, Emory University, Johns Hopkins University, and Indiana University trustees, participating in research spanning environmental science, health outcomes, geology, and genetics.

Customer concentration, by award count, is dispersed: the National Science Foundation leads with 58 awards, followed by the Department of State Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation (33 awards), the FBI Headquarters Division (12 awards), DTRA (11 awards), and the Navy's Naval Network Warfare Command (10 awards). These five agencies account for 38% of the college's recent award portfolio. By potential value, the distribution differs: the FBI anchors 12 awards worth $7.6 million combined potential, DTRA places 11 awards worth $4.5 million, and Navy accounts for 10 awards at $1.5 million. The Department of State Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation carries 33 awards but only $1.4 million in combined potential value, reflecting smaller individual contract sizes relative to award volume.

The college places work under a Basic Ordering Agreement with the Navy (N0018916GZ019, 9 task orders, $1.5 million) and a Basic Ordering Agreement with the FBI (DJFBI10330, 3 task orders, $509 thousand). Top NAICS categories reflect the college's identity as an educational institution: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (22 awards), Language Schools (12 awards), and Administration of Education Programs (10 awards).

On the subcontract side, the college performs as a sub-recipient on grants from University of Vermont & State Agricultural College, Emory University, Johns Hopkins University, and Trustees of Indiana University in environmental science, neuroscience, genetics, and ecosystem research programs. As a contract subcontractor, Middlebury College subcontracts to the Institute of International Education (Boren Flagship Grants and DOD flagship programs), HII Mission Technologies Corp (Russian-Iranian relationship analysis), and Education Development Center, Inc. (professional services under a larger education program).

Activity has averaged 14 awards annually across 2022–2024 (21 awards in 2022, 17 in 2023, 27 in 2024), with a marked slowdown in 2025–2026 (9 and 6 awards respectively); 8 awards with completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $141 thousand, representing modest near-term recompete exposure. The college's combined obligated dollars across all awards ($83.7 million) significantly exceed combined potential value ($18.5 million), indicating the source captures legacy awards with realized spend.