University Of Wyoming

University Of Wyoming, operating as Sponsored Programs, is a state-supported land-grant research institution and recipient of federal grants, cooperative agreements, and research contracts across science, agriculture, natural resources, and education sectors. As a public research university (not a for-profit vendor), the institution acts as a prime recipient and research performer on federal grants and cooperative agreements rather than a traditional federal contractor; it does not hold federal contract vehicles and does not compete under set-asides. The university operates from its main campus in Laramie, Wyoming, with research and extension activities distributed across four statewide Research and Extension Centers.

University Of Wyoming's federal footprint spans 204 distinct customer agencies, with heavy concentration in research and educational grant work. The top funding sources by award count are the National Science Foundation (341 awards), the Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (262 awards), and NASA's Shared Services Center (113 awards, $34.3 million combined potential value). Across 2,713 total awards (2,454 prime, 259 sub-awards) in the source data, the institution has received $97.9 million in combined potential value, though obligated amounts total $1.89 billion, reflecting the university's role as a sustained recipient of federal research infrastructure and capacity funding. Recent activity shows 220 prime or sub-awards in 2024, declining to 118 in 2025 and 35 awards to date in 2026, a pattern consistent with typical federal grant award cycles rather than a revenue cliff.

The institution's federal work portfolio centers on fundamental and applied research, particularly in agriculture, natural resources, environmental science, and STEM education. Representative prime grant and cooperative agreement work includes a $21.4 million Cooperative Agreement from the Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy (awarded June 2026) to design and construct flue gas systems at the Wyoming Integrated Test Center for carbon capture research; a $3.41 million NASA STEM engagement cooperative agreement (June 2025) to build workforce pipeline through educational outreach; $2.7 million in Hatch Act formula funding from USDA NIFA (October 2025) for multidisciplinary agricultural research through the Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station; and $1.06 billion in combined NSF, DOE, USDA, and NASA research grants supporting astrophysics, biological sciences, geosciences, engineering, and climate-related investigations. The university also holds two Blanket Purchase Agreements with the National Park Service (ceiling values $250,000 and $3 million through 2029) for native plant seed laboratory and propagation services supporting ecosystem restoration across Midwest parks. An indefinite-delivery contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ceiling $2.5 million, March 2026–March 2029) establishes a snowpack and soil moisture monitoring network across the Upper Missouri River Basin.

The institution's extension and service mission delivers federal-funded programming in agricultural education, community development, and public health. University of Wyoming Extension manages $3.58 million in Smith-Lever funding (October 2025–September 2030) to provide cooperative extension education across Wyoming's 23 counties and the Wind River Indian Reservation, with program focus on agricultural viability, natural resource management, youth development, and family resource management. A $278,896 Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program award (October 2025–September 2030) delivers nutrition education to low-income populations. The university operates an APEX Accelerator center (established April 2026 via Procurement Technical Assistance For Business Firms cooperative agreement through the Department of Defense, $244,584 for April 2026–March 2027) providing free procurement counseling and federal contracting guidance to Wyoming businesses, and established a Prevention Technology Transfer Center serving HHS Region 8 (awarded September 2024, $1.9 million through September 2029) delivering substance misuse prevention training and technical assistance to state, tribal, and local prevention practitioners.

Subcontract activity shows the university engages as a sub-recipient on research projects led by peer institutions. Named sub-awards include collaborative work under Arizona State University leadership on improving crime laboratory communication (May 2026), participation in Colorado State University's post-fire lynx habitat modeling research (May 2026), and cooperative research with Montana State University on desiccation-tolerant tardigrade biology (January 2025). The institution also receives sub-awards as a delivery partner on grants where another entity holds the prime award—for example, sub-awards from Wyoming Game & Fish Commission on mule deer ecology, aquatic species genetics, and wildlife habitat restoration projects, and sub-awards from the Game & Fish Commission on specialized research supporting the state's wildlife management priorities.

No service contracts above the $150,000 SCI reporting threshold appear in the invoiced-revenue history; the institution's federal footprint is driven by research grants, cooperative agreements, and educational capacity funding rather than billable service delivery. The 156 awards with completion dates in the next twenty-four months (combined potential value $6.7 million) represent a modest recompete exposure, concentrated in formula-grant renewals, cooperative study unit agreements with the National Park Service, and field-based monitoring and research contracts with natural resource agencies. The university does not pursue or hold federal contracts under set-aside categories; its competitive posture is full-and-open across research grant programs and cooperative agreements.