Federal contractor · WASHINGTON, DC

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE received $1.7M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 28 awards (−32% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $25.7M. Its largest customer was Department of Veterans Affairs ($940.9K). It also received $3M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$1.7M
New awards
28
Sole-source
95%
Single offer
4.7%
UEI
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Other than small businessNonprofit
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Company family

Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.

2 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $1.7M in FY2026 together.

  1. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCEWASHINGTON, DC · Family page
    $1.7M
  2. AAAS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS, INC.WASHINGTON, DC
    $0

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.1MFY2017
  2. 2.2MFY2018
  3. 2.6MFY2019
  4. 2.3MFY2020
  5. 3.2MFY2021
  6. 2.7MFY2022
  7. 4.4MFY2023
  8. 3.1MFY2024
  9. 2.4MFY2025
  10. 1.7MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of Veterans Affairs$940.9K57%
    1 awards
  2. National Institutes of Health$399.1K24%
    3 awards
  3. Departmental Offices$245.7K15%
    1 awards
  4. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$195.6K12%
    2 awards
  5. Department of State$171.3K10%
    11 awards
  6. National Science Foundation$71.3K4.3%
    2 awards
  7. Rural Housing Service$54.7K3.3%
    1 awards
  8. Department of the Air Force$50K3.0%
    1 awards
  9. Department of the Navy$46.6K2.8%
    2 awards
  10. Executive Office of the President$2,6500.2%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$1.5M89%
  2. Other equipment & supplies$154K9.3%
  3. IT & telecom$21.8K1.3%

Where the work was performed

  1. District of Columbia, DC$1.2M72%
  2. Montgomery County, MD$399.1K24%
  3. Prince George's County, MD$54.7K3.3%
  4. Anne Arundel County, MD$14.4K0.9%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $1.7M
  • Sole-source awards95%
    US 30% · $1.6M
  • Single-offer competitions4.7%
    US 8.7% · $77.7K
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. National Institutes of Health$368K
    Department of Health and Human Services · 1 awards
  2. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$195.6K
    Department of the Interior · 1 awards
  3. National Science Foundation$71.3K
    National Science Foundation · 1 awards
  4. Rural Housing Service$54.7K
    Department of Agriculture · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. AAAS SUPPORT$4.9M
    Department of Veterans Affairs· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Sep 1, 2021 – Aug 31, 2026· 36C24E21C0018
  2. AAAS FELLOWLINE 1 1994689$2.2M
    Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Sep 7, 2017 – Aug 19, 2026· HHSO100200900110C
  3. THIS CONTRACT IS TO ASSESS COMPLEX POLICY ISSUES RELATED TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN THE U.S. INCLUDING TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION ASSESSMENTS AND DETERMINING IMPACTS TO U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY.$585.8K
    Departmental Offices· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Apr 13, 2023 – Jul 7, 2026· 2032H323C00015
  4. THIS PO IS TO AWARD A SOLE-SOURCE CONTRACT ENTITLED "SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY FELLOWS" TO THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE (AAAS). THIS IS A FIRM FIXED PRICE CONTRACT WITH THE ANTICIPATED PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE OF$534.2K
    Immediate Office of the Secretary of Transportation· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Jan 7, 2025 – Jun 8, 2026· 693JK425P600008
  5. VA-DIV OF SCNTFC ATHRTY-AAAS FELLOW COMM$485.2K
    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Jul 27, 2023 – Mar 27, 2026· 140F0S23P0022
  6. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE FELLOWS PROGRAM$368K
    National Institutes of Health· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Sep 4, 2026 – Sep 4, 2026· 75N98026P01340
  7. COLLECT DETAILED STATISTICAL INFORMATION FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON THE YEARLY LEGISLATED BUDGET AUTHORITY TO FUND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (R&D)$224.9K
    National Science Foundation· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· May 18, 2022 – Jun 17, 2026· 49100422P0030
  8. VA-DIV OF MGMT ATHRTY STPF FELLOWSHIP$195.6K
    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Jul 10, 2026 – Jul 10, 2026· 140F0S26P0018

Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE received $3M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 13 actions (2 new awards), −88% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources) ($2M).

Assistance · FY2026
$3M
New awards
2
Actions
13
Since FY2021
$80.3M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 6.6MFY2021
  2. 9.8MFY2022
  3. 20.4MFY2023
  4. 16.2MFY2024
  5. 24.3MFY2025
  6. 3MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$3M100%

Top programs

  1. 47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)$2M67%
  2. 11.620 · Science, Technology, Business and/or Education Outreach$1M35%
  3. 43.001 · Science$202.7K6.8%
  4. 98.001 · Usaid Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas-$49.1K0.0%
  5. 10.960 · Technical Agricultural Assistance-$60.1K0.0%
  6. 16.560 · National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants-$162K0.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Science Foundation$2M67%
  2. National Institute of Standards and Technology$1M35%
    Department of Commerce
  3. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$202.7K6.8%

Largest awards

  1. THE PURPOSE OF THIS MODIFICATION IS TO INCREMENTALLY FUND THE SUBJECT COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT. THIS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT IS MODIFIED AS…$35M
    98.001 · Usaid Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas· Agency for International Development· Cooperative agreement· Oct 14, 2025 – Oct 14, 2025· AIDESPA000600003
  2. ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF AN INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE TO ADVANCE MOTIVATION AND PERSISTENCE AMONG STEM STUDENT RESEARCHERS -THE…$6.7M
    47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)· National Science Foundation· Project grant· Aug 12, 2024 – Sep 15, 2026· 2434437
  3. EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF STEM TEACHERS TO MEET AMERICA'S NEEDS -THIS PROJECT AIMS TO ENHANCE THE PREPARATION AND…$4.4M
    47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)· National Science Foundation· Project grant· Aug 28, 2025 – Aug 18, 2026· 2534799
  4. STEM EQUITY ACHIEVEMENT (SEA CHANGE)$3.5M
    47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)· National Science Foundation· Project grant· May 25, 2023 – Dec 4, 2025· 1841687
  5. PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THE AAAS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY POLICY FELLOWSHIP AT NIST IS TO PROVIDE A YEAR-LONG, EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING AND CIVIC…$2.7M
    11.620 · Science, Technology, Business and/or Education Outreach· National Institute of Standards and Technology· Cooperative agreement· Sep 2, 2022 – Jul 13, 2026· 70NANB22H103
  6. BUILDING THE NATIONAL HBCU INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM -HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ARE AMONG THE NATION'S LEADERS OF SCIENCE…$1.9M
    47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)· National Science Foundation· Project grant· Aug 20, 2026 – Aug 20, 2026· 2630066

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $176.1K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $160.1K received
  • FY2023: $578.7K paid out · $0 received

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

3 companies · $578.7K reported

  1. AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES$369K
    ARLINGTON, VA · 1 subaward
  2. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON$112.5K
    SEATTLE, WA · 1 subaward
  3. QEM NETWORK HQ$97.2K
    WASHINGTON, DC · 1 subaward

Primes that pay it

1 company · $336.3K reported

  1. UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH$336.3K
    BOULDER, CO · 2 subawards

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from 2021.

Competitors

Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.

Compared on 24 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. WESTERN INTERSTATE COMMISSION FOR HIGHER EDUCATION$5.2M−26% in FY2026
    BOULDER, CO · 36% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Other professional, scientific, and technical services
  2. AMERICAN DIRECTIONS RESEARCH GROUP INC.$5.6M−100% in FY2026
    WASHINGTON, DC · 36% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Other professional, scientific, and technical services
  3. VANCRO$5.9M+273% in FY2026
    CASTLE ROCK, WA · 36% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Other professional, scientific, and technical services

Showing the top 3 of 25 competitors. Open the profile for the full list.

Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Lobbying and PAC activity

Organizations in House lobbying disclosures and FEC records whose names an AI judgment matched to this company. Those records carry no identifier shared with contracts, so every match is by name.

Across the company family of AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE (2 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • American Association for the Advancement of ScienceAI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2025
$120K
4 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$200K

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$40K
    4 reports
  2. 2024$0
    4 reports
  3. 2025$120K
    4 reports
  4. 2026$40K
    2 reports

Top issues

  1. Science and technology6 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES6 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE6 reports
  3. Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)4 reports
  4. Natl Institutes of Health (NIH)4 reports

Houses of Congress and federal agencies the reports list as contacted (a report names every one for all its issues).

Lobbying firms hired

  1. Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP$200K
    14 reports

Registrants who are individuals are counted, not named.

Lobbying amounts are the filers' own good-faith estimates on quarterly LD-2 reports (the law asks for amounts rounded to $10,000; under $5,000 need not be itemized), latest amendment only. When an organization files its own report, it replaces what outside firms report for it that quarter. Matches are by name. Lobbying and political giving are legal and public: they show engagement with government, not influence over any award. Correlation is not influence: these organizations' lobbying and their contracts are shown side by side, and nothing here implies either affected the other.

Source: Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.

Matches: Analisa AI name judgments (entity-match@1), updated Sep 30, 2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.