Sinclair Community College

Sinclair Community College, a public two-year community college headquartered in Dayton, Ohio, acts as a prime recipient on federal education and workforce development grants and as a prime contractor on an unmanned aircraft systems center-of-excellence IDIQ. The college competes across full-and-open federal education programs and holds no SBA set-asides; it operates under standard higher-education and workforce-development grant vehicles from the National Science Foundation (STEM Education, CFDA 47.076), the Department of Education (Office of Postsecondary Education programs including TRIO Student Support Services CFDA 84.042, FIPSE CFDA 84.116, and Upward Bound), the Department of Energy, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Employment and Training Administration (registered apprenticeships and workforce innovation).

Sinclair's grant portfolio spans concrete workforce-development and technical-education missions. NSF STEM Education awards anchor the footprint: a $982,796 award (Oct 1, 2026) to develop building automation systems-integrated HVAC technician training with industry partners Trane, Schneider Electric, Point to Point Systems, and Waibel; a $999,266 award (Aug 1, 2025) to develop drone operations, LIDAR, and geospatial analysis credentials in remote sensing technologies for the built environment; a $553,836 award (Jul 15, 2025) to create eight new data analytics and artificial intelligence courses and certificate programs (the Sinclair Analytics Incubator); a $650,000 award (Oct 1, 2023) to develop UAS and advanced air mobility aircraft maintenance technician pathways with sub-awardees Atlantic Cape Community College and Northland Community & Technical College; a $1.2 million award (Jul 1, 2022) to build a hybrid and electric vehicle technician training program; and a $318,011 award (Jul 1, 2022) developing five stackable agricultural science certificates in greenhouse management, urban agriculture, agronomy, large animal care, and food science. The college also manages an NSF award ($498,635, Oct 1, 2025) to refine and scale math labs curriculum for two-year institutions and provide faculty professional development nationwide. Department of Education recipients include a $348,515 TRIO Student Support Services grant (Sep 1, 2025) serving low-income and first-generation students; an $896,790 FIPSE award (Jan 1, 2025) to strengthen mental wellness and basic needs resources; two Upward Bound grants; and an Improving Transfer Pathways project. Sinclair also received a $1 million Congressional earmark from the Small Business Administration (Sep 1, 2022) for small business development and entrepreneurship initiatives and a NIST-funded project (Oct 1, 2024) to acquire large UAS, advanced air mobility aircraft, simulators, and ground support equipment for training and research.

Customer concentration sits heavily with the Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education (29 awards) and the National Science Foundation (32 awards combined: 22 NSF-wide plus 10 NSF Division of Undergraduate Education). However, the top-potential-value ranking diverges sharply: the Department of the Navy and the Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Southwestern Region command $147.1 million and $98.3 million respectively, driven by a single $98.3 million indefinite delivery contract for a UAS Center of Excellence awarded by the FAA Southwestern Region (Sep 4, 2025, expiring Dec 31, 2026). This IDIQ establishes Sinclair as the prime contractor to deliver specialized UAS training and workforce development to military personnel and advance technological capabilities under the United States Naval Community College Partnerships program. The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration accounts for 10 awards valued at $85 thousand combined. Total prime awards represent 87% of the footprint; sub-awards comprise 13%, including FEMA First Responder UAS training sub-grants and Carl D. Perkins vocational-education subrecipient awards from the Ohio Department of Education.

Activity has been moderate but recent: nine awards in 2022, eight in 2023, five in 2024, ten in 2025, and five in 2026 year to date. Eight awards face ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months, creating recompete exposure; the FAA Southwestern Region IDIQ ($98.3 million) reaches completion Dec 31, 2026. Combined potential value across all 132 awards (prime and sub) totals $247.3 million, with $155.3 million obligated (63% drawn). Sinclair's work spans educational support services, professional and management development training, junior college operations, and logistics consulting, with 22 awards classified under Education/Training General PSC. The college's federal footprint is rooted in applied technical education and workforce pipeline development — building technician capacity in emerging fields (UAS, electric vehicles, building automation, data analytics, remote sensing) while providing student support services and faculty professional development at two-year institutions nationwide.