University Of Nebraska

University Of Nebraska, a state-controlled educational institution and child entity of the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, operates as a federal grant recipient (53% of recent awards as prime recipient) and subrecipient (47%), with minimal federal contracting presence. The institution does not compete under SBA set-asides and holds one federal contract prime award: a $7,500 purchase order from the Department of the Army Nebraska Army National Guard for a marketing proposal delivered by June 2023.

The institution's federal footprint is heavily concentrated in research grants and subgrants. As a prime grant recipient, University Of Nebraska holds awards in biomedical research, workforce development, and vocational training. Representative prime grants include a $127,159 project grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (CFDA 93.855, awarded June 2026 through May 2030) investigating androgens' protective role against peanut allergen immune response development; a $353,851 TRIO Student Support Services project grant from the Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.042, September 2025 through August 2026) funding student retention and academic support at the Kearney campus; a $2 million project grant from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (CFDA 84.215, awarded July 2024 through June 2026) supporting early childhood education teacher recruitment and retention across ten rural Nebraska communities through the Knowledge Network for Early Childhood Education Workforce (KNEW) initiative; and multiple formula grants from the Mine Safety and Health Administration for miner training and mine safety education (awarded October 2021 through September 2026).

The National Institute of General Medical Sciences accounts for 23 awards and anchors the customer base by volume, followed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (19 awards) and the Office of Postsecondary Education (8 awards). The top five customer agencies by award count cover 48% of recent awards. By potential value, the top five account for 36% of combined potential value. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center carries the highest dollar concentration at $241 thousand across four awards. Other research funders include the National Institute on Drug Abuse (6 awards), the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, the Fish and Wildlife Service Region 6, and the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. The Department of Agriculture, Department of Education, and Department of Transportation also place awards. University Of Nebraska places one task order under Blanket Purchase Agreement AG6395B090022 (a Department of Agriculture vehicle) with $100 thousand in combined potential value.

University Of Nebraska's subrecipient activity spans multiple research networks and workforce initiatives. The institution receives subgrants from the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska for participation in the Nebraska Research Network in Functional Genomics, which carries multiple sub-awards across functional genomics research; sub-awards from Case Western Reserve University for exosome nanoparticle research and inflammatory suppression work; from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans for contract amendments on unspecified health-related research; from University of Utah for health and prevention programs; from Iowa State University for exercise intervention and fall-risk reduction studies; and from the Nebraska Department of Transportation for driver safety education and teen driving awareness programs. The institution also receives subgrants related to rural health services, migrant health mobile intervention programs, and apprenticeship expansion from state and regional partners.

Recent activity shows growth from six awards in 2022 to nineteen in 2024, with seventeen awards in 2025 and fourteen in 2026. Five awards (combined potential value not itemized in recompete-window reporting) reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. Testing laboratories and reference laboratory testing work comprise the top NAICS and PSC categories at thirteen awards each, suggesting analytical and diagnostic services delivery alongside the dominant research portfolio. The institution's total award footprint spans 128 awards across 37 distinct customer agencies, with combined obligated dollars of $49.9 million against a stated combined potential value of $951 thousand — a reporting artifact reflecting the dominance of grant work with full funding cycles outside the "potential value" accounting model used for contracts.