Federal contractor · WASHINGTON, DC

ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES INC

ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES INC received $198K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 1 awards (−57% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $9.3M. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($198K). It also received $148.3M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$198K
New awards
1
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
NZBMKZMW68N3
Other than small businessNonprofit
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 973.5KFY2017
  2. 1.6MFY2018
  3. 1.1MFY2019
  4. 268.5KFY2020
  5. 382.2KFY2021
  6. 650.7KFY2022
  7. 3.2MFY2023
  8. 430.4KFY2024
  9. 461.9KFY2025
  10. 198KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$198K100%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$198K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. District of Columbia, DC$198K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $198K
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $198K
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · $0
  • 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.

Largest awards

  1. VLBI CORRELATOR SUPPORT$1.8M
    Department of the Navy· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· May 20, 2022 – Jan 21, 2026· N0018922PZ261

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.

ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES INC received $148.3M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 62 actions (3 new awards), +7% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences ($148M).

Assistance · FY2026
$148.3M
New awards
3
Actions
62
Since FY2021
$802M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 115.3MFY2021
  2. 134.8MFY2022
  3. 132.9MFY2023
  4. 132MFY2024
  5. 138.6MFY2025
  6. 148.3MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$148.3M100%

Top programs

  1. 47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences$148M99.8%
  2. 43.001 · Science$274.9K0.2%
  3. 12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research$60K0.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Science Foundation$148M99.8%
  2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$274.9K0.2%
  3. Department of the Navy$60K0.0%
    Department of Defense

Largest awards

  1. ATACAMA LARGE MILLIMETER/SUBMILLIMETER ARRAY (ALMA) OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE$497M
    47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences· National Science Foundation· Cooperative agreement· Oct 6, 2020 – Sep 4, 2026· 1647375
  2. NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY: VERY LARGE ARRAY OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE$434.1M
    47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences· National Science Foundation· Cooperative agreement· Oct 6, 2020 – Sep 11, 2026· 1647378
  3. MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS OF THE GREEN BANK OBSERVATORY FY 2025 - FY 2026 -ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES, INC. (AUI) WILL MANAGE AND OPERATE THE…$43.4M
    47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences· National Science Foundation· Cooperative agreement· Sep 18, 2024 – Aug 24, 2026· 2349693
  4. RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE: NEXT-GENERATION VERY LARGE ARRAY DESIGN ACTIVITIES: 2024-2026 -THE NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY (NRAO) HAS…$39.9M
    47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences· National Science Foundation· Cooperative agreement· Sep 8, 2023 – Sep 10, 2026· 2334267
  5. NGVLA ANTENNA PROTOTYPING AND EARLY SCIENCE$22.9M
    47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences· National Science Foundation· Cooperative agreement· Aug 9, 2021 – Jun 3, 2026· 2034328
  6. NRAO BAND STUDY FOR 7/8 GHZ SPECTRUM PIPELINE/SPRINT EFFORTS -THE PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM (PM) TITLED MODERNIZING UNITED STATES SPECTRUM…$7.6M
    47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences· National Science Foundation· Cooperative agreement· Jun 16, 2025 – Aug 10, 2026· 2500397

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 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

  • Sub-grants: $303.2K (2 subawards)

2 primes

  1. WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION$205.6K68%
    MORGANTOWN, WV · 1 subaward
  2. OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY$97.6K32%
    CORVALLIS, OR · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $738.5K paid out · $939.7K received
  • FY2022: $664K paid out · $2.2M received
  • FY2023: $2.5M paid out · $591.8K received
  • FY2024: $1.2M paid out · $10.6K received
  • FY2025: $86.2K paid out · $1.6M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $303.2K 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

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

Companies it pays

41 companies · $5.1M reported

  1. RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA$2.1M
    CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA · 21 subawards
  2. SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION$357.2K
    CAMBRIDGE, MA · 3 subawards
  3. NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY$208.6K
    SOCORRO, NM · 3 subawards

Primes that pay it

11 companies · $5.6M reported

  1. UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC$1.1M
    NOTRE DAME, IN · 1 subaward
  2. UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM$847.5K
    MILWAUKEE, WI · 1 subaward
  3. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN$788.2K
    AUSTIN, TX · 1 subaward

Showing the top 3 of each list. Open the profile for potential partners and the full lists.

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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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 1 market (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. VRCO, INC.$1.1M−100% in FY2026
    MARSHALLTOWN, IA · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Other professional, scientific, and technical services
  2. ERI/HEC EFA-MED., LLC.$928.4K
    NATICK, MA · 85% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Other professional, scientific, and technical services
  3. CENTER FOR PUBLIC SAFETY EXCELLENCE, INC.$955.7K−100% in FY2026
    RESTON, VA · 86% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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.

Matched organizations

  • Associated Universities, Inc.AI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2025
$200K
8 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$920K

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$380K
    8 reports
  2. 2024$200K
    8 reports
  3. 2025$200K
    8 reports
  4. 2026$140K
    5 reports

Top issues

  1. Budget and appropriations29 reports
  2. Defense23 reports
  3. Science and technology15 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES29 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE29 reports
  3. Natl Science Foundation (NSF)15 reports
  4. Defense - Dept of (DOD)14 reports
  5. Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)14 reports
  6. Commerce - Dept of (DOC)6 reports
  7. Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)3 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. Federal Science Partners LLC$660K
    15 reports
  2. Cornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.$260K
    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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.