Federal contractor · PROVO, UT

BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY

BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY received $448K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 6 awards (−38% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $4.7M. Its largest customer was Department of the Air Force ($398.8K). It also received $96.7M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$448K
New awards
6
Sole-source
78%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
JWSYC7RUMJD1
Other than small businessNonprofitEducational institution
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 782.6KFY2017
  2. 231.5KFY2018
  3. 373.7KFY2019
  4. 276.4KFY2020
  5. 447.2KFY2021
  6. 278.9KFY2022
  7. 159.4KFY2023
  8. 945.7KFY2024
  9. 718.5KFY2025
  10. 448KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Air Force$398.8K89%
    2 awards
  2. U.S. Geological Survey$49.3K11%
    2 awards
  3. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$00.0%
    1 awards
  4. Office of Procurement Operations$00.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$348K78%
  2. Research & development$100K22%

Where the work was performed

  1. Santa Barbara County, CA$298.8K67%
  2. Utah County, UT$149.3K33%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition78%
    US 39% · $348K
  • Sole-source awards78%
    US 30% · $348K
  • 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.

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. Department of the Air Force$298.8K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards
  2. U.S. Geological Survey$49.3K
    Department of the Interior · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. UEI: JWSYC7RUMJD1 THIS CONTRACT IS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (HEREAFTER "DHS," "GOVERNMENT," OR "DEPARTMENT") AND BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY. THIS CONTRACT IS IDENTIFIED BY ITS PROCURE$700K
    Office of Procurement Operations· Utah County, UT· Research & development· Sep 30, 2024 – Aug 26, 2026· 70RSAT24CB0000011
  2. FM9 SONIC BOOM PROGRAM SUPPORT. REFER TO ATTACHED SOW.$298.8K
    Department of the Air Force· Santa Barbara County, CA· Professional services· Apr 10, 2026 – Apr 10, 2026· FA461026P0018
  3. VIRTUAL MEMBERSHIP WITH SEVERAL UNIVERSITIES/VENDORS MEMBERSHIP, 2YR, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TYPE$100K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Utah County, UT· Professional services· Jul 7, 2025 – May 21, 2026· 80NSSC25PB394
  4. SHREC MEMBERSHIP CY 26 PURCHASE TWO(2) FEDERAL MEMBERSHIPS ($50K EACH) IN NSF SHREC CENTER @ BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY$100K
    Department of the Air Force· Utah County, UT· Research & development· Jan 8, 2026 – Feb 18, 2026· FA945326FX005
  5. EO 14398 -THIS REQUIREMENT IS FOR CHEMICAL ANALYSES OF SOIL AND PLANT SAMPLES$49.3K
    U.S. Geological Survey· Utah County, UT· Professional services· Jul 16, 2026 – Jul 16, 2026· 140G0326P0212
  6. SOIL AND PLANT ANALYSES TASK ORDER #5$8,429
    U.S. Geological Survey· Utah County, UT· Professional services· Nov 26, 2024 – Feb 18, 2026· 140G0325F0001

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.

BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY received $96.7M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 528 actions (23 new awards), −1.8% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program ($81.4M).

Assistance · FY2026
$96.7M
New awards
23
Actions
528
Since FY2021
$429.1M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 17.9MFY2021
  2. 48.8MFY2022
  3. 76.5MFY2023
  4. 90.6MFY2024
  5. 98.5MFY2025
  6. 96.7MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$81.4M84%
  2. Grants$15.3M16%
  3. Other assistance$9,9980.0%

Top programs

  1. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$81.4M84%
  2. 84.116 · Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education$3.7M3.9%
  3. 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$3.4M3.5%
  4. 81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program$967.5K1.0%
  5. 12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research$961.6K1.0%
  6. 47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences$706.9K0.7%
  7. 93.846 · Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Research$563K0.6%
  8. 93.865 · Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research$559.2K0.6%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Education$85.1M88%
  2. National Institutes of Health$6.1M6.3%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  3. National Science Foundation$1.5M1.6%
  4. Department of the Navy$961.6K1.0%
    Department of Defense
  5. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$657.4K0.7%
  6. Department of Energy$652.3K0.7%
  7. Department of the Army$509.3K0.5%
    Department of Defense
  8. National Institute of Food and Agriculture$405.9K0.4%
    Department of Agriculture

Largest awards

  1. GRANT PROGRAM$81.1M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 26, 2025 – Sep 18, 2026· P063P252345
  2. GRANT PROGRAM$77.6M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 27, 2024 – Oct 14, 2025· P063P242345
  3. GRANT PROGRAM$65.3M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 28, 2023 – Apr 14, 2026· P063P232345
  4. NEW AWARD: TESTING AND MODEL -BASED OPTIMIZATION OF COAL-FIRED PRIMARY HEATER DESIGN FOR INDIRECT SUPERCRITICAL CO2 POWER CYCLES$4M
    81.089 · Fossil Energy Research and Development· Department of Energy· Cooperative agreement· Dec 1, 2020 – Aug 31, 2026· DEFE0031928
  5. STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF PATHOGENESIS-ASSOCIATED BACTERIAL STRUCTURES BY ELECTRON CRYOTOMOGRAPHY$3.9M
    93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Apr 6, 2022 – Apr 3, 2026· R01AI127401
  6. BRIDGING DIVIDES: A NATIONAL CIVIL DISCOURSE INITIATIVE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION$3.7M
    84.116 · Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education· Department of Education· Project grant· Dec 31, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025· P116J251378

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: $1.1M (5 subawards)

4 sub-recipients

  1. UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY$378K35%
    LOGAN, UT · 1 subaward
  2. TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE$298.5K28%
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 2 subawards
  3. TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY$267.9K25%
    BLOOMINGTON, IN · 1 subaward
  4. UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI$127.1K12%
    CORAL GABLES, FL · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $391.5K (6 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $5M (24 subawards)

23 primes

  1. THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY$2.2M41%
    UNIVERSITY PARK, PA · 2 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF UTAH$449.9K8.4%
    SALT LAKE CITY, UT · 1 subaward
  3. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO$378.6K7.1%
    BOULDER, CO · 2 subawards
  4. BAYLOR UNIVERSITY$375K7.0%
    WACO, TX · 1 subaward
  5. SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE$192K3.6%
    LA JOLLA, CA · 1 subaward
  6. UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CENTER FOR RESEARCH INC$187.2K3.5%
    LAWRENCE, KS · 2 subawards
  7. HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.$180K3.4%
    KANSAS CITY, MO · 4 subawards
  8. UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS$143.9K2.7%
    AMHERST, MA · 1 subaward
  9. CLEMSON UNIVERSITY$142.3K2.7%
    CLEMSON, SC · 1 subaward
  10. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ$138.3K2.6%
    SANTA CRUZ, CA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $3.4M paid out · $6.8M received
  • FY2022: $2.3M paid out · $9.6M received
  • FY2023: $1.2M paid out · $6.7M received
  • FY2024: $1.5M paid out · $9.6M received
  • FY2025: $4.8M paid out · $9.7M received
  • FY2026: $1.1M paid out · $5.3M 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

28 companies · $14.2M reported

  1. CORNELL UNIVERSITY$3.2M
    ITHACA, NY · 1 subaward
  2. UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY SPACE DYNAMICS LABORATORY$1.6M
    NORTH LOGAN, UT · 3 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY$1M
    BLACKSBURG, VA · 2 subawards

Primes that pay it

71 companies · $47.8M reported

  1. UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM$7M
    BIRMINGHAM, AL · 13 subawards
  2. THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY$5.1M
    UNIVERSITY PARK, PA · 6 subawards
  3. UNIVERSITY OF UTAH$5M
    SALT LAKE CITY, UT · 26 subawards

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

  1. 1ST DETECT CORPORATION$718.1K
    AUSTIN, TX · 33% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveOffice of Procurement Operations · Scientific research and development services
  2. YOTTA NAVIGATION CORPORATION$749.9K−100% in FY2026
    SANTA CLARA, CA · 33% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveOffice of Procurement Operations · Scientific research and development services
  3. ESC, INC.$690.5K−98% in FY2026
    ARLINGTON, VA · 32% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Management, scientific, and technical consulting 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.

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.