Regents Of The University Of Idaho

Regents Of The University Of Idaho, doing business as University of Idaho, operates as a public 1862 land-grant research institution headquartered in Moscow, Idaho, delivering federal research, educational services, and extension programming as a prime recipient and contractor across 199 federal agencies. The institution does not hold set-aside certifications and competes in full-and-open federal markets, with 92% of recent awards as prime beneficiary and 8% as sub-recipient on awards issued to other institutions.

The university's capability portfolio centers on research across life sciences, agricultural innovation, natural resource management, and STEM education grounded in land-grant mission. Representative prime work includes a $43.7 million combined-value cluster of NASA balanced science program grants (CFDA 43.001) spanning disciplines from planetary science to Earth resource characterization; a $6.14 million Smith-Lever Extension Funding award (CFDA 10.511) supporting 24 FTE county-based educators delivering agricultural extension programming across Idaho; Hatch Act formula grants ($4.04 million, CFDA 10.203) funding hypothesis-driven agricultural research in sustainable crop and livestock systems, disease prevention, and food safety; and a $2.99 million Department of Energy Office of Science grant (CFDA 81.049) investigating microbial non-genetic variability in energy-relevant processes, with sub-awards to Boise State University and Dartmouth College. NIFA competitive grants include a $751 thousand Alfalfa Forage Systems award (CFDA 10.330) establishing weed biomass thresholds through multi-state field research, and a $606 thousand Agriculture and Food Research Initiative grant (CFDA 10.310) developing plant-based protein scaffolds for cultured meat production. The university also executes tuition-based educational services contracts with the Navy (NROTC, Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps midshipmen and officer education) valued at $1.7 million combined, and operates specialized research facilities including the Deep Soil Ecotron and Genomics and Bioinformatics Resources Core supporting university and regional research infrastructure.

Customer concentration is diffuse across multiple grantor agencies. NASA's Shared Services Center anchors the largest single-customer dollar pool at $43.7 million (184 awards), driven by balanced science program cooperative agreements with performance periods extending through 2029. The National Science Foundation (NSF) places 212 awards, spanning CAREER faculty development grants (CFDA 47.049, 47.041, 47.076), Integrative Activities fellowships (CFDA 47.083), and collaborative research initiatives in mathematics, chemistry, physics, biological sciences, and engineering education. USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture dominates by award count (411 awards) across Hatch formula grants, McIntire-Stennis forestry research (CFDA 10.202, $1.7 million), EFNEP nutrition education (CFDA 10.514, $396 thousand), Smith-Lever extension, and competitive research programs. The U.S. Geological Survey Office of Acquisitions and Grants (77 awards, $1.5 million combined potential value) funds geologic mapping, water resources research, and earth science infrastructure. Department of Interior agencies (Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation) collectively place 145 awards for wildlife conservation, habitat restoration modeling, and water resource management research. The distributed customer base reflects the university's role as a comprehensive research and land-grant institution rather than a contractor dependent on single-agency relationships.

Vehicle position is modest. The university sits on one indefinite delivery contract (IDC) with the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC, CFDA unlisted), a $500 thousand single-award vehicle (June 1, 2025 through December 31, 2028) for housing, food, and shower facilities for firefighters during emergency incidents. Task order activity against this and other BOA vehicles totals 87 orders across 14 parent vehicles, anchored by Navy Basic Ordering Agreements N0018919GZ016 (19 task orders, $4.7 million combined value) and N0018918GZ048 (16 task orders, $217 thousand) for NROTC tuition and educational services. The university does not hold positions on major government-wide acquisition contracts (GWACs), schedules, or multi-agency IDIQs; federal awards flow primarily through agency-specific solicitation and grant programs rather than through centralized procurement vehicles.

Activity trajectory is stable to slightly declining year over year. The award count declined from 150 awards in 2022 to 140 in 2025, with 38 awards recorded in 2026 (through mid-August, a partial-year figure). The combined potential value across all 2,866 awards is $101.9 million, but obligated dollars total $1.59 billion (1,565% of potential value), indicating substantial prior-year carry-forward and multi-year grants in execution. Over the next 24 months, 184 awards with ultimate completion dates—valued at $9 million combined potential—will face recompete or renewal, notably including formula grants (Hatch, Smith-Lever, EFNEP, McIntire-Stennis) that cycle annually or biennially, and multi-year research grants nearing expiration.

The university acts as prime on the vast majority of work. Sub-award footprint is dispersed across research collaborators including Boise State University (co-PI on climate-smart forestry, microbial research, and manufacturing extension partnerships), Washington State University (alfalfa variety development, agricultural safety, agricultural marketing programs), University of Washington (Pacific Northwest transportation research, aquaculture extension), Idaho State University, Montana State University, and others. Federal grant work is concentrated in research, with principal gatekeepers including NSF (research and STEM education), USDA NIFA (agricultural research, extension, food safety), NASA (balanced science program), and NIH institutes (biomedical research). The university also receives significant federal formula grants tied to land-grant and cooperative extension missions (Smith-Lever, Hatch, McIntire-Stennis, EFNEP) that flow as entitlements based on institutional eligibility rather than competitive proposal selection.

Federal grant footprint dominates. The university is recipient (not sub-recipient) on approximately 92% of awards, executing roughly 2,644 prime awards spanning project grants, cooperative agreements, formula grants, and educational services delivery orders. Grant programs named include the National Science Foundation (Integrative Activities, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Engineering, Biological Sciences, STEM Education), USDA NIFA (Hatch, Smith-Lever, McIntire-Stennis, EFNEP, AFRI, Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged and Veteran Farmers), NASA Science Mission Directorate and Office of STEM Engagement, National Institutes of Health (NIAID, NIGMS, NICHD), Department of Energy Office of Science, National Endowment for the Humanities, and Department of Education (TRIO programs, Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Office of Postsecondary Education). Contract work is secondary and mission-driven: NROTC tuition delivery for the Navy, housing and facility services to the National Interagency Fire Center, and technical services (forest nursery operations, parking facility cost-sharing, land rental) to the USDA Forest Service.

The university operates as an integrated land-grant research enterprise without material subcontracting posture. The 8% sub-award share (222 awards) reflects participation in multi-institutional federally funded research consortia and collaborative networks rather than a traditional prime-subcontractor supply chain. Named sub-award relationships are reciprocal research partnerships (University of Montana on indigenous STEM education, University of Washington on salmon ecology modeling, Boise State University on manufacturing extension, Texas Biomedical Research Institute on aging research). No single subcontractor represents a significant share of the university's sub-work.

The university's headquarters is Moscow, Idaho, with work performed predominantly at the Moscow campus. Research facilities include the Idaho Geological Survey (geologic mapping, mineral resources inventory, critical minerals data), the Idaho Water Resources Research Institute, and specialized centers supporting advanced research infrastructure. Extension offices span all Idaho counties and coordinate multi-county programming through the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. Federal work extends beyond Idaho through cooperative research agreements and multi-state Hatch Act and cooperative extension programs.