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CARLETON UNIVERSITY

CARLETON UNIVERSITY received $23.9K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 2 awards (−17% vs FY2025). Since FY2020: $2.1M. Its largest customer was U.S. Geological Survey ($23.9K). It also received $118.6K in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$23.9K
New awards
2
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
PAYJLPX4A435
Other than small businessNonprofitEducational institution
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 254KFY2020
  2. 101.9KFY2022
  3. 208.8KFY2023
  4. 1.5MFY2024
  5. 28.7KFY2025
  6. 23.9KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. U.S. Geological Survey$23.9K100%
    2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$23.9K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Jefferson County, CO$23.9K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition0.0%
    US 39% · $0
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.8% · $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. WHOLE ROCK ISOTOPIC ANALYSES SERVICES$12.3K
    U.S. Geological Survey· Jefferson County, CO· Professional services· Apr 15, 2026 – Apr 15, 2026· 140G0226F0125
  2. TASK ORDER ON 140G0222D0007 FOR ROCK ANALYSIS.$11.6K
    U.S. Geological Survey· Jefferson County, CO· Professional services· Jun 22, 2026 – Jun 22, 2026· 140G0226F0203

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.

CARLETON UNIVERSITY received $118.6K in federal assistance in FY2026, on 16 actions (1 new awards), −86% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 12.431 · Basic Scientific Research ($82K).

Assistance · FY2026
$118.6K
New awards
1
Actions
16
Since FY2021
$1.1M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 109.9KFY2021
  2. 0FY2022
  3. 77.5KFY2023
  4. 0FY2024
  5. 822.1KFY2025
  6. 118.6KFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$118.6K100%

Top programs

  1. 12.431 · Basic Scientific Research$82K69%
  2. 15.637 · Migratory Bird Joint Ventures$36.6K31%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of the Army$82K69%
    Department of Defense
  2. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$36.6K31%
    Department of the Interior

Largest awards

  1. ENHANCE THE UNDERSTANDING OF BRAIN STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL STRESS STRAIN SPECTRUM CHANGES UNDER DIFFERENT BLAST LOADING CONDITIONS$287.1K
    12.431 · Basic Scientific Research· Department of the Army· Block grant· Sep 28, 2023 – Jan 27, 2026· W911NF2310390
  2. NORTHERN COMMON EIDER DUCKS ARE AN IMPORTANT HARVESTED RESOURCE FOR THEIR EGGS, MEAT, AND FEATHER DOWN. THEEIDERS NESTING ALONG COASTLINES…$73.2K
    15.637 · Migratory Bird Joint Ventures· U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Cooperative agreement· Jun 23, 2025 – May 8, 2026· F25AC01156

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 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

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $89.1K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $62.2K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $131.4K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $216.1K 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

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

Companies it pays

No subawards reported to other companies.

Primes that pay it

5 companies · $498.9K reported

  1. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK$168.7K
    COLLEGE PARK, MD · 1 subaward
  2. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO$131.4K
    LA JOLLA, CA · 1 subaward
  3. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS$126.3K
    URBANA, IL · 2 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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. BROOKS APPLIED LABS LLC$190.8K+366% in FY2026
    SEATTLE, WA · 5.3% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveU.S. Geological Survey · Architectural, engineering, and related servicesArmy · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY LABORATORIES INC$413.7K+8% in FY2026
    BAYAMON, PR · 5.3% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveU.S. Geological Survey · Architectural, engineering, and related servicesArmy · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  3. AQUATIC BIOLOGY ASSOCIATES, INC.$58.3K
    CORVALLIS, OR · 3.3% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveU.S. Geological Survey · Architectural, engineering, and related services

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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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.