University System Of New Hampshire

The University System of New Hampshire (USNH), operating through its University of New Hampshire division and doing business as New Hampshire School of Law, is a non-profit, 1862 land-grant educational institution registered to receive federal contract and grant awards. As a research-intensive institution, USNH provides specialized research services, technical assistance, and educational support across multiple scientific and engineering disciplines to federal agencies. The institution has maintained federal registration since June 2001 and operates through its Office of Sponsored Research to manage these federal partnerships across various domains including aerospace, environmental science, marine studies, and technology development.

Through federal contract awards, USNH has demonstrated substantial expertise in supporting government research and operational priorities. The institution has received firm fixed-price purchase orders and definitive contracts valued collectively in the millions of dollars from agencies including the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, NASA, the Environmental Protection Agency Region 1, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, and the Office of Acquisitions and Grants. Specific contract work has included coastal resiliency research in salt marshes and marine vegetated environments ($499,794), participation in NASA's Lightning Advisory Panel ($27,980), spatial coherence-based reconstruction for detection of underwater munitions ($217,039), and cosmogenic isotope preparation and analysis services ($7,938). These contracts represent no set-aside designations and span performance periods through 2026 and 2028. USNH has also maintained an Indefinite Delivery Contract with EPA Region 1 valued at $815,135 with a ceiling extending through September 2026, under which delivery orders have been issued totaling $269,053 for stormwater management and technical assistance support, maintenance of subsurface gravel wetland stormwater control retrofits, and support for nonpoint source pollution management programs across locations in Boston, Lee, and Cape Cod.

USNH's federal grant portfolio demonstrates equally robust engagement across research and educational initiatives. The institution serves as prime grantee on numerous NASA-funded research projects totaling millions in support for space science investigations, including studies on coronal mass ejections, solar wind heating, kinetic plasma phenomena, and heliophysics research. The National Science Foundation has awarded USNH multiple project grants exceeding $1.4 million for research spanning sustainable in-space manufacturing, statistical modeling of data with measurement errors, synthetic microbial consortia for organismal resilience, autonomous eddy covariance CO2 flux systems, and geosciences research on solar energetic particles and magnetospheric dynamics. USNH has received substantial grant awards from the Department of Education for postsecondary education enhancements, the Department of Transportation for fleet electrification planning, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for ocean mapping facilities and estuary partnership implementation, and the Department of Justice for child maltreatment monitoring systems and violence against women research evaluation. Additionally, USNH administers formula grants from the Administration for Community Living for assistive technology programs and has received cooperative agreements from agencies including the U.S. Department of Agriculture for mountain weather monitoring network development and the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy for regional energy technical assistance. Many of these grants involve subaward relationships with partner institutions such as Purdue University, Baylor University, University of Vermont, University of Maine System, and various New Hampshire state agencies, reflecting USNH's role as a coordinating research hub for regional and national initiatives.

USNH maintains a single Indefinite Delivery Contract vehicle with the Environmental Protection Agency Region 1, awarded on September 17, 2021, with a ceiling value of $815,135 and ultimate completion date of September 30, 2026. This IDV is structured as a single award with no set-aside designation and was established to provide stormwater management and technical assistance support services to EPA Region 1 programs. Three firm fixed-price delivery orders have been issued against this contract vehicle with a combined value of $269,053, addressing EPA Region 1's stormwater permitting, nonpoint source pollution management, and water quality initiatives. Performance has been executed by the University of New Hampshire through its Office of Sponsored Research at multiple locations including Boston, Massachusetts, Lee, New Hampshire, and Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The delivery orders have funded maintenance and monitoring of subsurface gravel wetland stormwater control retrofits and general stormwater technical assistance, positioning USNH as a critical partner for the EPA's efforts to advance stormwater management practices and water quality protection in the New England region.