Federal contractor · CINCINNATI, OH

CINCINNATI UNIV OF

CINCINNATI UNIV OF received $2.3M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 12 awards (−23% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $29.2M. Its largest customer was Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response ($2M). It also received $191.8M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$2.3M
New awards
12
Sole-source
15%
Single offer
85%
UEI
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1MFY2017
  2. 4.4MFY2018
  3. 3.4MFY2019
  4. 511.3KFY2020
  5. 7.6MFY2021
  6. 904.8KFY2022
  7. 4MFY2023
  8. 2MFY2024
  9. 3MFY2025
  10. 2.3MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response$2M85%
    1 awards
  2. Department of Veterans Affairs$323.5K14%
    3 awards
  3. Department of the Navy$17.4K0.8%
    2 awards
  4. National Institutes of Health$10K0.4%
    2 awards
  5. Department of the Air Force$2520.0%
    1 awards
  6. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-$66.460.0%
    2 awards
  7. Federal Highway Administration-$6,3970.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Health & medical$2.3M98%
  2. Research & development$27.1K1.2%
  3. Education & social services$17.6K0.8%

Where the work was performed

  1. Hamilton County, OH$2.3M100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition99.8%
    US 39% · $2.3M
  • Sole-source awards15%
    US 30% · $341.1K
  • Single-offer competitions85%
    US 8.7% · $2M
  • 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 Veterans Affairs$323.5K
    Department of Veterans Affairs · 2 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$17.4K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. THE SCOPE OF WORK FOR THIS CONTRACT INCLUDES THE DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF BIOTIN AS AN IN VIVO LABELLING AGENT FOR RED BLOOD CELLS TO REPLACE CHROMIUM 51 AS THE STANDARD FDA-APPROVED TECHNOLOGY FOR ASSESSING THE LIFESPAN OF RBCS IN CIRCULATION.$8.4M
    Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response· Hamilton County, OH· Health & medical· Sep 21, 2023 – Jul 27, 2026· 75A50123C00052
  2. CONTRACEPTIVE CLINICAL TRIAL NETWORK -CLINICAL EVALUATION OF NOVEL PRODUCTS FOR FEMALE CONTRACEPTION: PILOT AND EFFICACY STUDY WITH PK HHSN275201300014I/HHSN275200003$649.7K
    National Institutes of Health· Hamilton County, OH· Research & development· Sep 14, 2017 – Sep 29, 2026· HHSN27500003
  3. PROJECT: COOPERATIVE PERCEPTION AND CONTROL FOR FREEWAY TRAFFIC SYSTEM OPERATIONS IN RESPONSE TO 693JJ3-20-BAA-0001.$552.2K
    Federal Highway Administration· Hamilton County, OH· Research & development· Aug 13, 2021 – Nov 24, 2025· 693JJ321C000016
  4. BLOOD SUPPLY AND TRANSFUSION SERVICES$300K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Hamilton County, OH· Health & medical· Mar 1, 2026 – Jul 8, 2026· 36C25026P0345
  5. AWARD TASK ORDER 1 TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE IN PROTOCOL REVIEW, PROTOCOL DEVELOPMENT AND ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE CCTN ACTIVITIES.$89.5K
    National Institutes of Health· Hamilton County, OH· Research & development· Aug 1, 2020 – Jul 20, 2026· 75N94020F00001
  6. CONSULTING SERVICES TO DEVELOP MACHINE LEARNING DATA ANALYSIS$44.9K
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention· Hamilton County, OH· Professional services· Jul 20, 2021 – Jul 1, 2026· 75D30121P12005
  7. PARTNERSHIP FOR RESEARCH OF SENSING TECHNOLOGIES$41K
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention· Hamilton County, OH· Professional services· Aug 28, 2024 – Nov 25, 2025· 75D30124P19936
  8. IRB PROTOCOL SAFETY OVERSIGHT EO 14398$23.9K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Hamilton County, OH· Research & development· May 22, 2026 – May 22, 2026· 36C25026P0503

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.

CINCINNATI UNIV OF received $191.8M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 855 actions (80 new awards), −2.1% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program ($74M).

Assistance · FY2026
$191.8M
New awards
80
Actions
855
Since FY2021
$1.2B

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 242.4MFY2021
  2. 142MFY2022
  3. 183.9MFY2023
  4. 234.1MFY2024
  5. 195.9MFY2025
  6. 191.8MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$112.8M59%
  2. Direct payments$78.4M41%
  3. Other assistance$610.5K0.3%

Top programs

  1. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$74M39%
  2. 93.837 · Cardiovascular Diseases Research$15.3M8.0%
  3. 93.853 · Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders$13.4M7.0%
  4. 93.279 · Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs$10.4M5.4%
  5. 93.113 · Environmental Health$6.6M3.5%
  6. 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$6.5M3.4%
  7. 12.800 · Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program$4.6M2.4%
  8. 93.847 · Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research$4.4M2.3%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Institutes of Health$87.7M46%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  2. Department of Education$81.5M42%
  3. National Science Foundation$5.7M3.0%
  4. Department of the Air Force$4.6M2.4%
    Department of Defense
  5. Federal Transit Administration$3.6M1.9%
    Department of Transportation
  6. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$2.4M1.3%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  7. Department of Energy$2.3M1.2%
  8. Health Resources and Services Administration$1.3M0.7%
    Department of Health and Human Services

Largest awards

  1. GRANT PROGRAM$71.6M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 15, 2025 – Sep 18, 2026· P063P252017
  2. GRANT PROGRAM$70.6M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 13, 2024 – Jul 6, 2026· P063P242017
  3. GRANT PROGRAM$51.6M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 11, 2023 – May 5, 2026· P063P232017
  4. OHIO VALLEY NODE-NETWORK (OVNN) OF THE NIDA CLINICAL TRIALS NETWORK$42.5M
    93.279 · Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Dec 8, 2020 – Apr 20, 2026· UG1DA013732
  5. GRANT PROGRAM$41.8M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 12, 2022 – May 5, 2026· P063P222017
  6. CINCINNATI CENTER FOR CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES AND TRAINING$35.4M
    93.350 · National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Apr 5, 2021 – Feb 4, 2026· UL1TR001425

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-grants: $22.7M (174 subawards)

85 sub-recipients

  1. CHILDRENS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER$6.8M30%
    CINCINNATI, OH · 34 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI$2.5M11%
    CINCINNATI, OH · 2 subawards
  3. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON$1M4.6%
    SEATTLE, WA · 4 subawards
  4. FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER$931.4K4.1%
    SEATTLE, WA · 1 subaward
  5. MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA THE$788.1K3.5%
    CHARLESTON, SC · 1 subaward
  6. NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY$734.6K3.2%
    EVANSTON, IL · 4 subawards
  7. UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM$681.6K3.0%
    BIRMINGHAM, AL · 3 subawards
  8. BRIGHAM & WOMENS HOSPITAL INC$589K2.6%
    BOSTON, MA · 1 subaward
  9. YALE UNIV$567.9K2.5%
    NEW HAVEN, CT · 4 subawards
  10. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS$475.9K2.1%
    DAVIS, CA · 5 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $756K (1 subaward)
  • Sub-grants: $28.5M (93 subawards)

51 primes

  1. OHIO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION$5.2M18%
    COLUMBUS, OH · 13 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA$4.7M16%
    GAINESVILLE, FL · 5 subawards
  3. UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI$2.5M8.5%
    CINCINNATI, OH · 2 subawards
  4. YALE UNIV$2.4M8.2%
    NEW HAVEN, CT · 2 subawards
  5. THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY$1.6M5.5%
    STANFORD, CA · 1 subaward
  6. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$1.4M4.8%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 3 subawards
  7. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON$1.3M4.5%
    HOUSTON, TX · 1 subaward
  8. ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI$1M3.5%
    NEW YORK, NY · 2 subawards
  9. KENT STATE UNIVERSITY$976.5K3.3%
    KENT, OH · 1 subaward
  10. THE ADMINISTRATORS OF TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND$970.4K3.3%
    NEW ORLEANS, LA · 2 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $26.3M paid out · $37.7M received
  • FY2022: $22.5M paid out · $42.1M received
  • FY2023: $27.8M paid out · $44.6M received
  • FY2024: $23.8M paid out · $31.9M received
  • FY2025: $31.8M paid out · $33.5M received
  • FY2026: $22.7M paid out · $29.3M received
  • FY2027: $1.7M paid out · $0 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

252 companies · $143.8M reported

  1. CHILDRENS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER$39.4M
    CINCINNATI, OH · 244 subawards · Colleges, universities, and professional schools
  2. RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA$4.6M
    CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA · 54 subawards
  3. NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY$4.2M
    EVANSTON, IL · 21 subawards

Primes that pay it

138 companies · $206.4M reported

  1. OHIO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION$39M
    COLUMBUS, OH · 85 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA$16.5M
    GAINESVILLE, FL · 18 subawards
  3. OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE$14.2M
    COLUMBUS, OH · 20 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 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 12 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. GUIDETECH LLC$813.2K−8.8% in FY2026
    KANAB, UT · 10% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Scientific research and development servicesArmy · Scientific research and development services
  2. INTRANERVE, LLC$822.4K−8.4% in FY2026
    COLORADO SPRINGS, CO · 10% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Other ambulatory health care services
  3. LIFECARE AMBULANCE LLC$839.5K+15% in FY2026
    MEMPHIS, TN · 10% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Other ambulatory health care 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

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.