Tuskegee University
Tuskegee, AL
- UEI
- U9JCYEXFEEU4
- CAGE
- 7MBL4, 1P3Y2
- Primary NAICS
- 611310 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
- SAM.gov registration
- Active through
Company facts
- FY2025 rankings
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Other
- Other NAICS codes in SAM.gov
- Corporate family
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- Tuskegee University PWR2YJ6PFZN3
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- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 1200 W Montgomery Rd, Tuskegee, AL 36088, USA
- Website
- tuskegee.edu
- Founded
- 1881
- Employees
- 1-10
- Estimated annual revenue
- $0-$1M
- Industry
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- Consumer Discretionary
- Diversified Consumer Services
- Education Services
- Education
- SIC code
- 82 Educational Services
- Profiles
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Contract obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2027 To date | $0 |
| FY2026 | $666,132 |
| FY2025 | $993,210 |
| FY2024 | $803,134 |
| FY2023 | $197,676 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of the Navy | $581,136 | |
| 2 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $84,996 |
Contract awards
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Grant awards
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Grant subawards
| Prime recipient | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cornell University | 2222434 | $145,134 | |
| University Of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. | 20223864037488 | $4,950 | |
| The Nature Conservancy | NR233A750004G005 | $775,339 | |
| Mississippi State University | T35OD010432 | $30,406 | |
| University Of Alabama At Birmingham | P30AG031054 | $40,000 |
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About the company
Tuskegee University, a historically Black private 1890 land-grant university headquartered in Tuskegee, Alabama, acts primarily as a prime recipient of federal grants and a delivery agent for federal educational services, with particular strength in NROC tuition billing, agricultural and food sciences research, and STEM workforce development. The university operates across 122 federal customer agencies and has executed 1,021 total awards (940 prime, 81 sub) spanning research, education, extension, and training programs with a combined potential value of $30.8 million.
Tuskegee's capability portfolio centers on agricultural and food sciences research and extension, veterinary medicine education, STEM curriculum development and workforce pipeline programs, applied biological and materials research, and federal educational service delivery. Representative prime work includes $8.205 million in Extension Services formula funding (USDA NIFA CFDA 10.512) supporting Tuskegee University Cooperative Extension programs across community development, food systems, natural resource sustainability, and 4-H youth development in Alabama's Black Belt region; $6.578 million in Payments to 1890 Land-Grant Colleges formula funding (USDA NIFA CFDA 10.205) for integrated research and extension addressing food security, environmental stewardship, and rural community resilience; and recurring Naval Personnel delivery orders for NROTC midshipmen tuition ($290 thousand to $300 thousand per semester, with ultimate completion through spring 2026). Academic research examples include $699 thousand from NSF's Integrative Activities program for development of trustworthy AI systems for healthcare with privacy controls, $1.994 million for undergraduate STEM scholarships in mathematics and aerospace engineering, and $1.25 million from NSF's Research Training Group program with Auburn University for AI and integrated data science workforce development.
Customer concentration is dispersed across research funding (NSF and USDA lead in award count) and Navy educational services (Navy accounts for $8.1 million of the top-five potential value, routed through Indefinite Delivery Contract N0018909GZ251 spanning 24 task orders). The top five customer agencies by award count are USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (226 awards, largest by volume), NSF (99 awards), USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (49 awards), and other USDA subdivisions. On the potential-value axis, Naval Personnel and NASA Shared Services Center dominate, reflecting education and space research services concentration rather than research program scale. NROC tuition billing is episodic and does not roll forward as multi-year obligated dollars; the source reports $948 million obligated against $30.8 million potential value, a ratio driven by multi-year formula grants and research centers running through 2027–2030.
Activity has grown materially: 46 awards in 2023, 83 in 2024, then declining to 42 in 2025 and 14 in 2026, reflecting the episodic nature of NROC billing and the maturation of large multi-year USDA extension and research center awards. Fifty-two awards (combined potential value $725 thousand) face ultimate completion within the next 24 months, primarily formula-grant extensions and cooperative agreements in food science, forestry, and aquaculture research.
Tuskegee operates predominantly as a prime recipient (92% of awards); sub-award volume is minimal. Across SCI-reportable federal service contracts, the university invoiced $310 thousand in FY2023 at a median rate of approximately $196/hr, with average sub-hours comprising 14% of total contractor delivery and two named subcontractors reported. SCI coverage is sparse (7 records, FY2022–FY2025), reflecting that the university's federal footprint is dominated by grant and education-service awards above the SCI reporting scope.
Tuskegee's federal identity is rooted in its 1890 land-grant designation, which anchors its eligibility for USDA formula funding, capacity-building grants, extension programming, and workforce development initiatives. The College of Agriculture, Environment and Nutrition Sciences, the College of Veterinary Medicine (which has trained over 70% of the nation's African-American veterinarians), the Carver Research Foundation, and the Evans Allen Research Program form the institutional foundation for food systems, health disparities, and environmental sustainability research. Named sub-recipient roles are concentrated in STEM workforce development collaborations (Auburn University, University of Illinois, North Carolina A&T, Cornell) and research centers spanning AI applications, plant phenotyping, and agricultural systems. The university also serves as regional lead for agroforestry education and outreach in the Southeast under The Nature Conservancy partnership and as institutional host for the Tuskegee Demonstration and Experimental Forest under USDA Forest Service cooperative agreements.
Quick answers
Is Tuskegee University registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Tuskegee University's SAM.gov registration is active through December 3, 2026.
How much has Tuskegee University received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $993,210 to Tuskegee University in fiscal year 2025 and $2,660,152 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
How does Tuskegee University rank among federal contractors?
Tuskegee University ranked #65 in NAICS 71211 and #84 in NAICS 712 in FY2025.
What is Tuskegee University's most recent federal award?
Tuskegee University's most recent federal grant award is Research initiation award: integrating ecological discovery, conservation, and undergraduate genomics education (2500122), from Division of Undergraduate Education, on January 15, 2027.
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