Trustees Of Indiana University

Trustees of Indiana University, doing business as Indiana University, operates as a major federal research recipient and prime contractor delivering research, education, and technical services across life sciences, STEM education, infrastructure, and healthcare domains. Indiana University competes in full-and-open procurements without set-aside designation, leveraging its status as a state-controlled institution of higher learning headquartered in Bloomington, Indiana.

Indiana University's federal footprint spans 5,038 awards (80% prime, 20% sub) with combined potential value of $369.4 million and combined obligated dollars of $3.31 billion—a signal of mature grant execution and multi-year project pipelines. Most recent award activity shows 515 awards in 2024 declining to 122 in 2026 (a partial-year count through July). The vendor serves 259 federal customer agencies, with customer concentration diffuse: the top five agencies by award count (NSF, NIA, HHS-NIH, Education-OPE, NIGMS) account for only 36% of awards, reflecting Indiana University's broad federal research portfolio rather than dependency on a single customer.

By award count, the National Science Foundation dominates (1,169 awards), followed by the National Institute on Aging (217), HHS-NIH broadly (181), Education's Office of Postsecondary Education (139), and NIGMS (86). By dollar value, the top five customers are NIDDK (71 awards, $10.8 million), the Department of the Army (53 awards, $3.2 million), NICHD (62 awards, $3.1 million), NCI (74 awards, $2.3 million), and DOE (54 awards, $557 thousand). This divergence reflects Indiana University's portfolio: many small NSF research grants anchor the award count, while larger single-project grants from NIH institutes drive dollar concentration.

Recent representative work illustrates Indiana University's research scope. Prime awards include a $14.5 million definitive contract from USDA Agriculture Research Service for Scientific Computing Initiative Network operations and security operations (awarded May 2026, performing through May 2031); a $7.2 million Department of Defense grant for clinical research on intra-articular amobarbital to prevent post-traumatic osteoarthritis (August 2025, through August 2030); a $3.8 million NSF Center for Single-Entity Nanochemistry and Nanocrystal Design Cooperative Agreement (September 2025, through August 2030) with sub-awardees at Texas A&M, Temple, UT Austin, Penn, UW, Purdue, and Illinois; and a $2.015 million USDA APHIS Cooperative Agreement on ultraviolet-C light technologies to combat highly pathogenic avian influenza in poultry (February 2026, through January 2029) with sub-awardees Michigan State and University of Colorado Boulder. Federal grant work includes $1.526 million from NIDA on ADHD medication effects on substance-related morbidity (September 2025, through May 2030) and $1.2 million from NIDILRR on health engagement after traumatic brain injury (September 2025, through August 2028) with sub-awardee Memorial Hermann Health System.

Indiana University holds parent vehicles including an indefinite-delivery contract with Veterans Integrated Service Network 10 ($2 million ceiling, through May 2030) for veterinary support, and delivery orders issued under this IDC totaling $673.6 thousand (June 2025, LARC support services). The vendor participates in federal service contract inventory with minimal SCI reporting: $3.1 million across FY2022–FY2024 as prime (8.8 to 143 FTEs per year, volatile pattern). SCI-derived hourly rates span $12.66–$130.09/hr median across prime records; GSA Schedule labor rates range $27.65–$256.69/hr with no security clearance offerings, reflecting education and institutional technical support labor rather than classified or defense-specialized work. Sub-engagement on SCI contracts averages 3% of hours; the vendor builds its own delivery teams rather than leaning heavily on subcontractors on service contracts.

As a prime, Indiana University subcontracts to institutions including Oregon Health & Science University (on grant sub-awards for preterm infant respiratory outcomes), Yale University (genomics and pangenome analysis), Carnegie-Mellon University (AphasiaBank communication research), and multiple other research partners on grant sub-awards. Sub-contract work is research-support in nature—biospecimen management, data coordination, specialized assay and imaging analysis. On federal contracts, Indiana University subcontracts from IT1 Source LLC (bioinformatics support) and the Institute of International Education (Boren Flagship Grants administration).

Federal grant work dominates Indiana University's portfolio: the source captures 300+ project and cooperative agreements from NSF (CISE, Materials Research, Mathematical Sciences, STEM Education, Environmental Biology, Chemistry divisions), NIH institutes (NIA, NIGMS, NIDDK, NICHD, NIMH, NIDCD, NHLBI, NEI, NCI, NAIDS, NIEHS), DOE Office of Science, DOD components (Air Force Research Laboratory, RDECOM, DHA), NSF Directorate for Education and Human Resources, USDA-NIFA, DOJ-COPS, and international collaboration programs (Belmont Forum). Grant-funded research spans fundamental science (molecular biology, physics, materials science, mathematics), clinical and translational research (neurodegenerative disease, cancer, maternal health, infectious disease), STEM education (K-12 AI curriculum, chemistry AR tools, semiconductor industry workforce), infrastructure (cybersecurity for academic research platforms, landslide mapping, groundwater monitoring), and health workforce development (behavioral health paraprofessionals, TRIO student support).

Activity trajectory shows 260 awards in 2022, growing to 515 in 2024, then declining to 122 in 2026 (partial-year figure). The 241 awards completing in the next 24 months (combined potential value $3.8 million) represent moderate recompete exposure. Indiana University's award portfolio composition—heavily federally funded research with long grant cycles and multi-year project durations—produces year-to-year volatility in counts and obligated amounts rather than sustained linear growth. Corporate structure includes 16 named subsidiaries registered as Trustees of Indiana University operating across multiple business-type and educational designations.