Federal contractor · EAST BOOTHBAY, ME

BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES

No contract obligations recorded for BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES in FY2026. Since FY2017: $90.3K. It also received $5.5M 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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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 14.3KFY2017
  2. 30KFY2018
  3. -0FY2019
  4. 44.9KFY2020
  5. 47.9KFY2023
  6. 0FY2024
  7. -46.7KFY2025

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

No contract obligations recorded for BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES 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.

BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES received $5.5M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 22 actions (3 new awards), −38% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 47.084 · Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships ($2M).

Assistance · FY2026
$5.5M
New awards
3
Actions
22
Since FY2021
$48.9M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 6MFY2021
  2. 2.7MFY2022
  3. 17.2MFY2023
  4. 8.9MFY2024
  5. 8.7MFY2025
  6. 5.5MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$5.4M98%
  2. Other assistance$82K1.5%

Top programs

  1. 47.084 · Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships$2M37%
  2. 47.083 · Integrative Activities$1.7M30%
  3. 43.001 · Science$1.6M30%
  4. 10.001 · Agricultural Research Basic and Applied Research$82K1.5%
  5. 47.078 · Polar Programs$57.2K1.0%
  6. 47.050 · Geosciences$29.1K0.5%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Science Foundation$3.7M69%
  2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$1.6M30%
  3. Agricultural Research Service$82K1.5%
    Department of Agriculture

Largest awards

  1. E-RISE RII: MAINE ALGAL RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE AND ACCELERATOR -MATERIALS FROM MACROALGAE ONE CAN SEE AND MICROALGAE THAT ONE CANNOT SEE…$5.9M
    47.083 · Integrative Activities· National Science Foundation· Project grant· Aug 19, 2024 – Jul 15, 2026· 2436200
  2. NSF CONVERGENCE ACCELERATOR REAL-WORLD CHEMICAL SENSING APPLICATIONS: INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO MONITOR METHANE EMISSIONS FROM LIVESTOCK USING…$4M
    47.084 · Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships· National Science Foundation· Cooperative agreement· May 21, 2025 – Jun 30, 2026· 2452579
  3. EQUIPMENT: EQUIPMENT: MRI: TRACK 2, ACQUISITION OF A HIGH-THROUGHPUT WORKFLOW FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SINGLE CELL GENOMICS -A SINGLE CELL IS THE…$2.7M
    47.050 · Geosciences· National Science Foundation· Project grant· Jul 18, 2025 – Apr 16, 2026· 2510715
  4. NEW COMPETITIVE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES, DE-FOA-0002989 ((SEA CO2) CONTROL #2989-1519 PROJECT…$2.3M
    81.135 · Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy· Department of Energy· Cooperative agreement· Mar 18, 2024 – Jun 22, 2026· DEAR0001834
  5. ACCELNET-IMPLEMENTATION: CRUSTAL OCEAN BIOSPHERE RESEARCH ACCELERATOR (COBRA)$2.2M
    47.079 · International Science and Engineering· National Science Foundation· Project grant· Jul 9, 2021 – Nov 20, 2025· 2114593
  6. COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: DYNAMIC SIMILARITY OR SIZE PROPORTIONALITY? SENSORY ECOLOGICAL ADAPTATIONS OF EUCHAETA TO VISCOSITY$765.7K
    47.078 · Polar Programs· National Science Foundation· Project grant· Aug 19, 2021 – Jul 10, 2026· 2023601

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

  • Sub-grants: $30.5K (1 subaward)

1 sub-recipient

  1. TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGE$30.5K100%
    MEDFORD, MA · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $344.7K (2 subawards)

2 primes

  1. PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE$244.7K71%
    SEATTLE, WA · 1 subaward
  2. NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY FOUNDATION$100K29%
    SILVER SPRING, MD · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $383.3K paid out · $6.3M received
  • FY2022: $1.1M paid out · $3.1M received
  • FY2023: $199.9K paid out · $9.4M received
  • FY2024: $1.4M paid out · $448.1K received
  • FY2025: $1.6M paid out · $3.8M received
  • FY2026: $30.5K paid out · $344.7K 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

20 companies · $4.7M reported

  1. LELANTOS INC$977.4K
    NEW YORK, NY · 2 subawards
  2. THE WILLIAM H MINER AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE$813.8K
    CHAZY, NY · 2 subawards
  3. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES$651.9K
    LOS ANGELES, CA · 1 subaward

Primes that pay it

18 companies · $23.4M reported

  1. UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM$15.2M
    ORONO, ME · 10 subawards
  2. PRESIDENT AND TRUSTEES OF COLBY COLLEGE$3.8M
    WATERVILLE, ME · 1 subaward
  3. NORTH PACIFIC RESEARCH BOARD$841.2K
    ANCHORAGE, AK · 5 subawards

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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.

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.