Saint Edward's University, Inc.

Saint Edward's University, Inc. (operating as ST. Edward's University) is a tax-exempt private university based in Austin, Texas, that receives federal grants as a prime recipient in education and life sciences research, with a secondary role as a sub-recipient on collaborative research projects led by other institutions. The university is designated as a Hispanic-serving institution and a minority institution; it does not hold federal contracts or contract IDVs and competes exclusively in the federal grant space.

Saint Edward's University's federal grant portfolio centers on three capability areas. First, the university develops and delivers K-12 and undergraduate education curriculum and professional development in civics, American history, STEM fields, and humanities disciplines. Recent prime grants include a $759,870 project grant from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (CFDA 84.422) obligated October 1, 2025, for the "American Civic Explorers: Reviving Our Civic Traditions for the Semiquincentennial" project, which develops civics education curriculum and instructional materials for K-12 teachers and students. Second, the university operates and develops field research capacity at the Wild Basin Creative Research Center, supporting undergraduate and faculty research in ecology, environmental science, and biodiversity. The National Science Foundation awarded the university $130,437 on August 1, 2026, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to convert two existing offices at Wild Basin into flexible wet and dry laboratory space for sample processing, DNA preparation, and microscope work, with performance through July 31, 2027. Third, the university provides undergraduate scholarships, mentoring, and workforce development in STEM disciplines targeting low-income and first-generation students. The National Science Foundation awarded $220,453 under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to fund a conference for Hispanic-Serving Institutions principal investigators, completed August 2023. The university also received an NSF grant (CFDA 47.076) to provide four-year scholarships of up to $10,000 per year to three cohorts of low-income STEM majors in mathematics, biology, bioinformatics, environmental biology and climate change, and environmental science and policy, running through February 2029.

Customer concentration clusters around civilian education and science agencies. The National Science Foundation leads by award count with 14 prime grants, followed by the Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education with 7 prime awards, and the Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture with 6 prime awards. The Department of the Treasury Bureau of the Fiscal Service carries 12 awards valued at $72 thousand combined potential value, and the Department of the Air Force Air Education and Training Command places 6 awards valued at $18 thousand. The university operates under one named parent vehicle, an Indefinite Delivery Contract (F0160079D0204) with the Air Force, supporting 6 task orders valued at $18 thousand.

Saint Edward's University acts as a sub-recipient on collaborative environmental and biological research projects led by peer institutions. The university assists Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi on a NASA Improving Participation in Minority Serving Institutions grant for AERONET and Pandora spectrometer installation and maintenance, with project year 3 funding obligated July 22, 2025. The university collaborates with the University of North Carolina at Greensboro on ecological physiology field data collection for plant community research, with sub-award updates dated September 2024 and April 2024 documenting undergraduate student involvement in leaf gas exchange and water isotope sampling. A sub-award from Virginia Commonwealth University (January 24, 2024) involves modeling cancer risk and environmental exposures using residential histories.

The federal grant footprint spans 78 total awards (68 prime, 10 sub) obligating $118.8 million in combined dollars. Activity has fluctuated year to year—two awards in 2022, six in 2023, eight in 2024, two in 2025, and one in 2026—with two awards facing ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months. Saint Edward's University operates within the education and professional development space (NAICS Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; PSC Education/Training–Tuition/Registration/Membership Fees) and does not compete for federal contracts or contract vehicles outside the grant space.