Federal contractor · TUCSON, AZ

ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY, INC.

No contract obligations recorded for ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY, INC. in FY2026. Since FY2017: $477.4K. It also received $149.8M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$0
New awards
0
Sole-source
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Single offer
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UEI
LFDKLGTB62C4
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.

Part of the ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY, INC. company family: 3 registered entities, $244.6M in FY2026 together. See the family

  1. ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY, INC.BALTIMORE, MD · Family page
    $244.6M
  2. ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY, INC.TUCSON, AZ
    $0

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 10KFY2017
  2. -879.9FY2018
  3. 93.1KFY2022
  4. 115.6KFY2023
  5. 119.1KFY2024
  6. 140.6KFY2025

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

No contract obligations recorded for ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY, INC. in FY2026.

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

Where the work was performed

Integrity signals

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

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.

ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY, INC. received $149.8M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 74 actions (0 new awards), −11% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences ($148.9M).

Assistance · FY2026
$149.8M
New awards
0
Actions
74
Since FY2021
$896.5M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 152.2MFY2021
  2. 149.8MFY2022
  3. 161.5MFY2023
  4. 114.7MFY2024
  5. 168.6MFY2025
  6. 149.8MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$149.8M100%

Top programs

  1. 47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences$148.9M99%
  2. 47.083 · Integrative Activities$737.4K0.5%
  3. 43.001 · Science$199.1K0.1%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Science Foundation$149.6M99.9%
  2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$199.1K0.1%

Largest awards

  1. CONSTRUCTION OF THE LARGE SYNOPTIC SURVEY TELESCOPE (LSST) UNDER THE MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION (MREFC) ACCOUNT$570.6M
    47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences· National Science Foundation· Cooperative agreement· Dec 9, 2020 – Apr 8, 2026· 1202910
  2. AURA MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL SOLAR OBSERVATORY$296.5M
    47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences· National Science Foundation· Cooperative agreement· Dec 11, 2020 – Sep 11, 2026· 1400450
  3. MANAGEMENT, OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL GEMINI OBSERVATORY -NSF?S NATIONAL OPTICAL-INFRARED ASTRONOMY RESEARCH…$181.5M
    47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences· National Science Foundation· Cooperative agreement· Dec 8, 2022 – Sep 1, 2026· 2211469
  4. NSF'S NATIONAL OPTICAL-INFRARED ASTRONOMY RESEARCH LABORATORY (NOIRLAB): MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS OF VERA C. RUBIN OBSERVATORY -NSF?S…$116.5M
    47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences· National Science Foundation· Cooperative agreement· Sep 22, 2022 – Aug 10, 2026· 2211468
  5. NSF'S NOIRLAB: MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS OF THE DIRECTORATE, MID-SCALE OBSERVATORIES, AND THE COMMUNITY SCIENCE AND DATA CENTER (NOIRLAB…$104M
    47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences· National Science Foundation· Cooperative agreement· Sep 22, 2022 – Sep 14, 2026· 2211467
  6. RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE: MID-SCALE RI-1 (M1:DA): DESIGN OF A NEXT GENERATION GROUND BASED SOLAR OBSERVING NETWORK (NGGONG-DESIGN) -THE SUN…$19M
    47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences· National Science Foundation· Cooperative agreement· Sep 23, 2025 – Dec 9, 2025· 2535601

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

  • Sub-grants: $6M (2 subawards)

2 sub-recipients

  1. WIYN CONSORTIUM INC$6M99.6%
    TUCSON, AZ · 1 subaward
  2. GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC$23.9K0.4%
    ATLANTA, GA · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $412.9K (2 subawards)

2 primes

  1. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN$349.9K85%
    ANN ARBOR, MI · 1 subaward
  2. SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE$63K15%
    SAN ANTONIO, TX · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $65.7K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $107.8K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $172.1K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $35.4K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $483.1K received
  • FY2026: $6M paid out · $412.9K 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

23 companies · $16.8M reported

  1. WIYN CONSORTIUM INC$6M
    TUCSON, AZ · 1 subaward
  2. AMAZON WEB SERVICES, INC.$3M
    SEATTLE, WA · 3 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. ALLIANCE TECHNOLOGY GROUP, LLC$2.3M
    HANOVER, MD · 3 subawards · Scientific research and development services

Primes that pay it

28 companies · $7M reported

  1. THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY$961K
    STANFORD, CA · 16 subawards
  2. DUKE UNIVERSITY$924.8K
    DURHAM, NC · 1 subaward
  3. BAE SYSTEMS LAND & ARMAMENTS L.P.$893.9K
    YORK, PA · 2 subawards · Scientific research and development services

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 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 3 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS, INC.$381M−53% in FY2026
    LANHAM, MD · 48% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development services
  2. SPACE NETWORK SOLUTIONS LLC$276.2M−20% in FY2026
    HOUSTON, TX · 35% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development services
  3. AERODYNE-SGT ENGINEERING SERVICES, LLC$258.1M−31% in FY2026
    CAPE CANAVERAL, FL · 33% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development 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 ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY, INC. (3 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc.AI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2025
$160K
4 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$573.5K

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$173.5K
    5 reports
  2. 2024$160K
    4 reports
  3. 2025$160K
    4 reports
  4. 2026$80K
    2 reports

Top issues

  1. Aerospace15 reports
  2. Budget and appropriations15 reports
  3. Science and technology15 reports
  4. Defense10 reports

Who was contacted

  1. Natl Science Foundation (NSF)15 reports
  2. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES15 reports
  3. U.S. SENATE15 reports
  4. Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)11 reports
  5. Office of Management & Budget (OMB)7 reports
  6. Natl Security Council (NSC)1 reports
  7. Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)1 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. ACTUM I, LLC$533.5K
    14 reports
  2. Clark Hill, PLC$40K
    1 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 Oct 5, 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.