Federal contractor · PITTSBURGH, PA

CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITY

CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITY received $9.2M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 18 awards (−33% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $220.1M. Its largest customer was Department of the Army ($7.3M). It also received $150.5M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$9.2M
New awards
18
Sole-source
33%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
U3NKNFLNQ613
Parent company
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
Other than small businessNonprofitEducational institution
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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 CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY company family: 3 registered entities, $94.3M in FY2026 together. See the family

  1. CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITYPITTSBURGH, PA · Family page
    $85M
  2. CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITYPITTSBURGH, PA
    $0

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 18MFY2017
  2. 8.8MFY2018
  3. 12.6MFY2019
  4. 27.1MFY2020
  5. 26.1MFY2021
  6. 38.8MFY2022
  7. 39.1MFY2023
  8. 26.7MFY2024
  9. 13.8MFY2025
  10. 9.2MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Army$7.3M79%
    9 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$1.8M19%
    4 awards
  3. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$115.1K1.2%
    1 awards
  4. Department of Veterans Affairs$18.1K0.2%
    2 awards
  5. Department of the Air Force$00.0%
    1 awards
  6. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-$10K0.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$4.9M53%
  2. Education & social services$4.3M46%
  3. Professional services$105.1K1.1%

Where the work was performed

  1. Allegheny County, PA$9.1M99%
  2. Madison County, AL$115.1K1.2%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition33%
    US 39% · $3M
  • Sole-source awards33%
    US 30% · $3M
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · $721
  • 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$1.8M
    Department of Defense · 3 awards
  2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$115.1K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1 awards
  3. Department of Veterans Affairs$18.1K
    Department of Veterans Affairs · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. TASK ORDER 8 (TO8) TO CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY (CMU) BASE IDIQ W911QX-20-D-0008$10.1M
    Department of the Army· Allegheny County, PA· Research & development· Mar 18, 2024 – May 14, 2026· W911QX24F0026
  2. DRONE CORRIDOR$4.8M
    Department of the Army· Allegheny County, PA· Research & development· Mar 8, 2023 – Mar 12, 2026· W519TC23C0003
  3. BUILT-IN ADAPTIVE SYSTEM TESTING (BAST)$4.3M
    Department of the Navy· Allegheny County, PA· Research & development· Jan 11, 2021 – May 29, 2026· N0042121C0002
  4. INFECTIOUS DISEASE MODELING$3.6M
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention· Allegheny County, PA· Professional services· Feb 15, 2023 – Feb 13, 2026· 75D30123C15907
  5. AWARD A 12-MONTH BRIDGE FOR CURRENT APG/AI2C FOLLOW-ON.$3.4M
    Department of the Army· Allegheny County, PA· Research & development· May 27, 2025 – May 12, 2026· W519TC25C0025
  6. REINFORCEMENT LEARNING FOR TACTICS AND OPERATIONS. RESEARCH TO INVESTIGATE AI SYSTEMS ABILITY TO IMPROVE MULTIDOMAIN COMMAND, CONTROL, COMMUNICATIONS, AND COMPUTERS, AND ENABLE DECISION DOMINANCE IN VOLATILE ENVIRONMENTS.$2.8M
    Department of the Army· Allegheny County, PA· Research & development· Aug 11, 2023 – Dec 19, 2025· W519TC23C0030
  7. ACCELERATING EDGE INTELLIGENCE$2M
    Department of the Army· Allegheny County, PA· Research & development· Jun 13, 2024 – Feb 26, 2026· W911QX24F0049
  8. IS TO ESTABLISH A CONTRACT FOR COMPREHENSIVE AI-RELATED TRAINING PROGRAMS, CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, COURSE FACILITATION, AND CERTIFICATION SUPPORT. THIS IDIQ INCLUDES A FIVE-YEAR ORDERING PERIOD.$1.9M
    Department of the Army· Allegheny County, PA· Education & social services· Apr 9, 2026 – Apr 13, 2026· W911NF26FA012

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.

CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITY received $150.5M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 584 actions (122 new awards), −19% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 47.070 · Computer and Information Science and Engineering ($30.3M).

Assistance · FY2026
$150.5M
New awards
122
Actions
584
Since FY2021
$1B

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 203.4MFY2021
  2. 180.1MFY2022
  3. 155.8MFY2023
  4. 168.5MFY2024
  5. 186.6MFY2025
  6. 150.5MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$126.1M84%
  2. Direct payments$23.2M15%
  3. Other assistance$1.2M0.8%

Top programs

  1. 47.070 · Computer and Information Science and Engineering$30.3M20%
  2. 93.384 · Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (Arpa-H)$11.4M7.6%
  3. 47.084 · Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships$11.3M7.5%
  4. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$8.8M5.8%
  5. 12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research$8.2M5.5%
  6. 12.910 · Research and Technology Development$7.7M5.1%
  7. 12.431 · Basic Scientific Research$7.6M5.0%
  8. 47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)$7.3M4.9%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Science Foundation$58.7M39%
  2. National Institutes of Health$39.1M26%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  3. Department of Education$12.3M8.2%
  4. Department of the Navy$8.2M5.5%
    Department of Defense
  5. Department of the Army$7.6M5.0%
    Department of Defense
  6. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency$7.5M5.0%
    Department of Defense
  7. National Institute of Standards and Technology$4.5M3.0%
    Department of Commerce
  8. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$4.4M2.9%

Largest awards

  1. CATEGORY I: BRIDGES-2: SCALABLE CONVERGED COMPUTING, DATA, AND ANALYTICS FOR RAPIDLY EVOLVING SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING RESEARCH$35.7M
    47.070 · Computer and Information Science and Engineering· National Science Foundation· Cooperative agreement· Oct 7, 2020 – Feb 19, 2026· 1928147
  2. FLEXIBLE HYBRID CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE FOR SEAMLESS INTEGRATION AND USE OF HUMAN BIOMOLECULAR DATA AND REFERENCE MAPS [1 OF 5] - THE HUMAN…$20.4M
    93.310 · Trans-NIH Research Support· National Institutes of Health· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 3, 2022 – Jul 29, 2026· OT2OD033759
  3. LIVER DISEASE CONSTITUTES AN URGENT PUBLIC HEALTH CHALLENGE BECAUSE UNLIKE MOST OTHER DISEASES DEATHS DUE TO LIVER DISEASE ARE RAPIDLY…$18.1M
    93.384 · Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (Arpa-H)· Departmental Offices· Cooperative agreement· Sep 26, 2025 – Apr 9, 2026· D25AC00460
  4. RESEARCH IN EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS$15.9M
    81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program· Department of Energy· Project grant· Apr 8, 2021 – Aug 11, 2026· DESC0010118
  5. AI INSTITUTE FOR SOCIETAL DECISION MAKING (AI-SDM) -DECISION MAKING IN DOMAINS SUCH AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS OR DISASTER RESPONSE HAS A…$15.7M
    47.075 · Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences· National Science Foundation· Cooperative agreement· May 3, 2023 – Aug 25, 2026· 2229881
  6. EXPERIMENTAL MEDIUM ENERGY PHYSICS$14.8M
    81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program· Department of Energy· Project grant· Feb 10, 2021 – May 11, 2026· DEFG0287ER40315

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: $28.7M (172 subawards)

91 sub-recipients

  1. UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION$3.2M11%
    PITTSBURGH, PA · 35 subawards
  2. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$2.1M7.1%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 2 subawards
  3. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON$2M7.1%
    SEATTLE, WA · 1 subaward
  4. FUTURHAND ROBOTICS INC.$1.6M5.7%
    PITTSBURGH, PA · 2 subawards
  5. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS$1M3.5%
    URBANA, IL · 2 subawards
  6. MAYO CLINIC$856.1K3.0%
    ROCHESTER, MN · 4 subawards
  7. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA$834.5K2.9%
    GAINESVILLE, FL · 4 subawards
  8. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA$700K2.4%
    SANTA BARBARA, CA · 3 subawards
  9. CHARITÉ - UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN$630.6K2.2%
    BERLIN, DEU · 1 subaward
  10. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE$561.7K2.0%
    BERKELEY, CA · 4 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $772.4K (2 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $21.2M (95 subawards)

42 primes

  1. ADVANCED ROBOTICS FOR MANUFACTURING INSTITUTE$4.4M20%
    PITTSBURGH, PA · 1 subaward
  2. UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION$3.5M16%
    PITTSBURGH, PA · 32 subawards
  3. THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY$2.1M9.6%
    UNIVERSITY PARK, PA · 6 subawards
  4. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$1.5M6.7%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 4 subawards
  5. WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY$1.4M6.3%
    HOUSTON, TX · 5 subawards
  6. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS$893.7K4.1%
    URBANA, IL · 2 subawards
  7. UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS$692.1K3.2%
    AMHERST, MA · 1 subaward
  8. NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY$675K3.1%
    EVANSTON, IL · 1 subaward
  9. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES$491.4K2.2%
    LOS ANGELES, CA · 1 subaward
  10. THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY$474.4K2.2%
    STANFORD, CA · 3 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $34.1M paid out · $48.8M received
  • FY2022: $28.6M paid out · $49.4M received
  • FY2023: $33.1M paid out · $49M received
  • FY2024: $32.8M paid out · $36.4M received
  • FY2025: $23.9M paid out · $24.1M received
  • FY2026: $28.7M paid out · $21.9M 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

357 companies · $233M reported

  1. UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION$19.1M
    PITTSBURGH, PA · 196 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. GENOME RESEARCH LIMITED$10.5M
    SAFFRON WALDEN, GBR · 2 subawards
  3. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS$8.5M
    URBANA, IL · 22 subawards

Primes that pay it

136 companies · $234.2M reported

  1. UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION$34.6M
    PITTSBURGH, PA · 248 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY$23.7M
    UNIVERSITY PARK, PA · 32 subawards
  3. WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION$11.2M
    MORGANTOWN, WV · 2 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 18 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. P E SYSTEMS, INC.$269.8M−45% in FY2026
    FAIRFAX, VA · 2 entities · 62% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development services
  2. OASIS SYSTEMS, LLC$579.7M−28% in FY2026
    BURLINGTON, MA · 4 entities · 89% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development services
  3. UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON$593.8M−33% in FY2026
    DAYTON, OH · 89% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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 CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY (3 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon UniversityAI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2025
$460K
4 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$1.4M
$1.4M in its own reports

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$350K
    4 reports
  2. 2024$360K
    4 reports
  3. 2025$460K
    4 reports
  4. 2026$180K
    2 reports

Top issues

  1. Budget and appropriations14 reports
  2. Defense14 reports
  3. Education14 reports
  4. Science and technology14 reports
  5. Transportation14 reports
  6. Health issues7 reports
  7. Immigration6 reports
  8. Agriculture4 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES14 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE14 reports
  3. Commerce - Dept of (DOC)12 reports
  4. Transportation - Dept of (DOT)10 reports
  5. Army - Dept of (Other)8 reports
  6. Defense - Dept of (DOD)6 reports
  7. Air Force - Dept of4 reports
  8. Natl Science Foundation (NSF)3 reports
  9. Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)2 reports
  10. Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)1 reports

Houses of Congress and federal agencies the reports list as contacted (a report names every one for all its issues).

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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.