Federal contractor · PROVIDENCE, RI

BROWN UNIVERSITY

BROWN UNIVERSITY received $1M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 13 awards (−27% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $40.3M. Its largest customer was Department of the Army ($772.8K). It also received $193.2M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$1M
New awards
13
Sole-source
16%
Single offer
18%
UEI
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 7.1MFY2017
  2. 4.9MFY2018
  3. 2.1MFY2019
  4. 1.6MFY2020
  5. 7.4MFY2021
  6. 4.9MFY2022
  7. 4MFY2023
  8. 5.9MFY2024
  9. 1.4MFY2025
  10. 1MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Army$772.8K75%
    4 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$227.9K22%
    3 awards
  3. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources$90K8.8%
    1 awards
  4. Department of Veterans Affairs$45K4.4%
    1 awards
  5. U.S. Geological Survey$19.9K1.9%
    2 awards
  6. National Institutes of Health-$127.1K0.0%
    2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$845.7K82%
  2. Education & social services$117.9K11%
  3. Professional services$45K4.4%
  4. Other equipment & supplies$19.9K1.9%

Where the work was performed

  1. Providence County, RI$918.5K89%
  2. Ventura County, CA$110K11%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition34%
    US 39% · $352.9K
  • Sole-source awards16%
    US 30% · $162.9K
  • Single-offer competitions18%
    US 8.7% · $190K
  • 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 Navy$117.9K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards
  2. Department of Veterans Affairs$45K
    Department of Veterans Affairs · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. SERDP ER21-1129$1.2M
    Department of the Army· Providence County, RI· Research & development· May 23, 2022 – Feb 6, 2026· W912HQ22C0033
  2. ER21-1234 BROWN UNIVERSITY$1.1M
    Department of the Army· Providence County, RI· Research & development· Apr 18, 2022 – Feb 19, 2026· W912HQ22C0044
  3. SERDP ER21-3540$814.6K
    Department of the Army· Providence County, RI· Research & development· May 19, 2023 – Feb 6, 2026· W912HQ23C0031
  4. SERDP ER25-C1-4916 USING COLLOIDAL GAS APHRONS (CGAS) TO REMOVE MICROPLASTICS AND PFAS FROM WATER$250K
    Department of the Army· Providence County, RI· Research & development· Jan 28, 2026 – Jan 28, 2026· W912HQ26PA010
  5. RI, BROWN UNIVERSITY TUITION AND FEES FOR FALL TERM AUG - DEC 2025$239.1K
    Department of the Navy· Providence County, RI· Education & social services· Jul 23, 2025 – May 8, 2026· N0622A25FA409
  6. EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE CENTERS (EPC) VII METHODS AND DISSEMINATION$180K
    Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources· Providence County, RI· Research & development· Sep 23, 2025 – Sep 2, 2026· 75Q80125F32001
  7. BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA) CONTRACT$150K
    Department of the Navy· Ventura County, CA· Research & development· Sep 20, 2024 – Feb 4, 2026· N3943024C2017
  8. TUITION AND FEES FOR SPRING TERM OCT 2025 - MAY 2026 RI, BROWN UNIVERSITY$117.4K
    Department of the Navy· Providence County, RI· Education & social services· May 7, 2026 – May 7, 2026· N0622A26FA381

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.

BROWN UNIVERSITY received $193.2M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 833 actions (162 new awards), −8.8% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 93.866 · Aging Research ($35.6M).

Assistance · FY2026
$193.2M
New awards
162
Actions
833
Since FY2021
$1.2B

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 228.8MFY2021
  2. 196.9MFY2022
  3. 221.2MFY2023
  4. 196.2MFY2024
  5. 211.8MFY2025
  6. 193.2MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$183.8M95%
  2. Direct payments$9.4M4.9%

Top programs

  1. 93.866 · Aging Research$35.6M18%
  2. 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$21.9M11%
  3. 47.070 · Computer and Information Science and Engineering$10.9M5.6%
  4. 12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research$9.7M5.0%
  5. 93.853 · Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders$9.2M4.8%
  6. 47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences$8.9M4.6%
  7. 93.279 · Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs$8.4M4.4%
  8. 93.242 · Mental Health Research Grants$8M4.1%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Institutes of Health$127.1M66%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  2. National Science Foundation$29.3M15%
  3. Department of the Navy$9.7M5.0%
    Department of Defense
  4. Department of Education$9.4M4.9%
  5. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$6.9M3.6%
  6. Department of Energy$5.8M3.0%
  7. Department of the Army$1.2M0.6%
    Department of Defense
  8. National Institute of Food and Agriculture$1.1M0.6%
    Department of Agriculture

Largest awards

  1. NIA AD/ADRD HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS RESEARCH COLLABORATORY$108.8M
    93.866 · Aging Research· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Oct 19, 2020 – Sep 10, 2026· U54AG063546
  2. RI-CENTER FOR CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE$44.7M
    93.310 · Trans-NIH Research Support· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Dec 11, 2020 – Sep 2, 2026· U54GM115677
  3. SHAPING LONG-TERM CARE IN AMERICA$34.4M
    93.866 · Aging Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Feb 11, 2021 – Aug 18, 2026· P01AG027296
  4. SOMATIC ACTIVATION OF RETROTRANSPOSITION: A NEW MOLECULAR MECHANISM OF AGING$27.2M
    93.866 · Aging Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Feb 21, 2022 – Feb 23, 2026· P01AG051449
  5. COBRE CENTER FOR CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION$22.9M
    93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Aug 26, 2021 – Mar 13, 2026· P20GM103645
  6. COBRE: CENTER FOR COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY OF HUMAN DISEASE$22.6M
    93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Aug 3, 2021 – May 21, 2026· P20GM109035

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-contracts: $56.9K (1 subaward)
  • Sub-grants: $36.7M (332 subawards)

132 sub-recipients

  1. RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL$3M8.2%
    PROVIDENCE, RI · 36 subawards
  2. AMERICAN HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION$2.6M7.1%
    WASHINGTON, DC · 1 subaward
  3. HEBREW REHABILITATION CENTER$1.7M4.5%
    ROSLINDALE, MA · 6 subawards
  4. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$1.5M4.0%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 14 subawards
  5. UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER$1.2M3.3%
    ROCHESTER, NY · 8 subawards
  6. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN$1.2M3.3%
    ANN ARBOR, MI · 6 subawards
  7. NEW YORK UNIVERSITY$988.7K2.7%
    NEW YORK, NY · 4 subawards
  8. UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND$964.4K2.6%
    KINGSTON, RI · 14 subawards
  9. TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE$830K2.3%
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 8 subawards
  10. SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, THE$704.3K1.9%
    LA JOLLA, CA · 3 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $290.5K (2 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $26.2M (187 subawards)

86 primes

  1. RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL$2.9M11%
    PROVIDENCE, RI · 33 subawards
  2. NEW YORK UNIVERSITY$1.9M7.0%
    NEW YORK, NY · 3 subawards
  3. THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK$1.6M6.1%
    NEW YORK, NY · 9 subawards
  4. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$1.5M5.7%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 4 subawards
  5. THE MIRIAM HOSPITAL$1.3M4.9%
    PROVIDENCE, RI · 15 subawards
  6. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO$1.3M4.9%
    LA JOLLA, CA · 1 subaward
  7. ECOG-ACRIN MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.$1.2M4.6%
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 3 subawards
  8. UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER$1M3.9%
    ROCHESTER, NY · 2 subawards
  9. UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE$1M3.9%
    BURLINGTON, VT · 2 subawards
  10. MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY$972.3K3.7%
    EAST LANSING, MI · 4 subawards

Its reported sub-contracts equal 5.5% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $34.9M paid out · $37.7M received
  • FY2022: $43.6M paid out · $27.9M received
  • FY2023: $45.4M paid out · $34M received
  • FY2024: $46.8M paid out · $36.2M received
  • FY2025: $30.9M paid out · $23M received
  • FY2026: $36.8M paid out · $26.5M received
  • FY2027: $0 paid out · $541.6K 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

282 companies · $237.8M reported

  1. RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL$19.6M
    PROVIDENCE, RI · 211 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. AMERICAN HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION$8.5M
    WASHINGTON, DC · 10 subawards
  3. HEBREW REHABILITATION CENTER$8.4M
    BOSTON, MA · 27 subawards

Primes that pay it

166 companies · $185.4M reported

  1. ECOG-ACRIN MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.$10.5M
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 27 subawards
  2. BUTLER HOSPITAL$8M
    PROVIDENCE, RI · 77 subawards
  3. DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.$7.9M
    BOSTON, MA · 21 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 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 11 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. BALLYDEL TECHNOLOGIES INC.$3.2M−100% in FY2026
    WILMINGTON, DE · 38% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · Scientific research and development services
  2. NEI CORPORATION$3M−66% in FY2026
    PISCATAWAY, NJ · 36% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Scientific research and development services
  3. SANDTABLE, INC.$3.1M+509% in FY2026
    MARIETTA, GA · 36% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · 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.

Matched organizations

  • BROWN UNIVERSITYAI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2025
$490K
10 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$1.2M
$1.2M in its own reports

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$220K
    4 reports
  2. 2024$280K
    4 reports
  3. 2025$490K
    10 reports
  4. 2026$180K
    4 reports

Top issues

  1. Education21 reports
  2. Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code15 reports
  3. Budget and appropriations14 reports
  4. Immigration14 reports
  5. Science and technology13 reports
  6. Health issues7 reports
  7. Defense6 reports
  8. Copyright, patent and trademark3 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES19 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE19 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. Cornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.$300K
    6 reports
  2. AxAdvocacy Government Relations$40K
    2 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.