Federal contractor · POTSDAM, NY

CLARKSON UNIVERSITY

CLARKSON UNIVERSITY received $99K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 2 awards (+2.4% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $5.8M. Its largest customer was Department of the Army ($99K). It also received $1.9M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$99K
New awards
2
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
SL2PF6R7MRN1
Other than small businessNonprofitEducational institution
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.4MFY2017
  2. 646.3KFY2018
  3. 298.3KFY2019
  4. 302KFY2020
  5. 824.6KFY2021
  6. 50KFY2022
  7. 447.8KFY2023
  8. 1.6MFY2024
  9. 96.6KFY2025
  10. 99KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Army$99K100%
    2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$99K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. St. Lawrence County, NY$99K100%

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 8.7% · $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.

Largest awards

  1. SERDP PROJECT ER21-3538 "PLASMA BASED TREATMENT PROCESSES FOR PFAS INVESTIGATION DERIVED WASTE"$412.4K
    Department of the Army· St. Lawrence County, NY· Research & development· Dec 14, 2022 – Oct 20, 2025· W912HQ23C0010
  2. BAA-24-0029 "ENHANCEMENT CMS MODEL TO SIMULATE COMPLEX HYDRODYNAMIC AND SEDIMENT TRANSPORT PROCESSES IN COASTAL WATER BODIES" U430400$293.4K
    Department of the Army· St. Lawrence County, NY· Research & development· Aug 28, 2024 – Jun 8, 2026· W912HZ24C0065

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.

CLARKSON UNIVERSITY received $1.9M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 38 actions (8 new awards), −50% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences ($867.5K).

Assistance · FY2026
$1.9M
New awards
8
Actions
38
Since FY2021
$64.7M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 18.9MFY2021
  2. 9.7MFY2022
  3. 19MFY2023
  4. 11.4MFY2024
  5. 3.8MFY2025
  6. 1.9MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$1.9M100%

Top programs

  1. 47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences$867.5K46%
  2. 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$617.9K33%
  3. 47.050 · Geosciences$498.1K26%
  4. 12.431 · Basic Scientific Research$100.9K5.3%
  5. 10.351 · Rural Business Development Grant$99K5.2%
  6. 12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research$71.8K3.8%
  7. 47.041 · Engineering$7,6160.4%
  8. 93.351 · Research Infrastructure Programs$1.000.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Science Foundation$1M55%
  2. National Institutes of Health$582.1K31%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  3. Department of the Army$100.9K5.3%
    Department of Defense
  4. Rural Business Cooperative Service$99K5.2%
    Department of Agriculture
  5. Department of the Navy$71.8K3.8%
    Department of Defense

Largest awards

  1. DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF ORGANELLE CHEMOTYPE FINGERPRINTING FOR THE FUNCTIONAL INVESTIGATION OF ORGANELLAR CHLORIDE…$2.1M
    93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Jul 12, 2022 – Jul 1, 2026· R35GM147112
  2. CLARKSON UNIVERSITY STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM$1.6M
    84.042 · Trio Student Support Services· Department of Education· Project grant· Aug 17, 2021 – Aug 11, 2026· P042A201409
  3. NUTRIENT RECOVERY FROM ANAEROBIC DIGESTION DEWATERING SIDESTREAM USING BIPOLAR MEMBRANE ELECTRODIALYSIS$1.1M
    81.086 · Conservation Research and Development· Department of Energy· Cooperative agreement· Sep 24, 2021 – Jun 1, 2026· DEEE0009503
  4. ADVANCING VISUALIZATION AND QUANTIFICATION OF SUBCELLULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR MECHANICS THROUGH MECHANOCHEMICAL PROTOCOLS - PROJECT SUMMARY…$1.1M
    93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Sep 16, 2024 – Jun 23, 2026· R35GM154994
  5. BUILDING RURAL ASPIRATIONS IN NEUROSCIENCE WITH SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS (BRAIN-STEM) - THE OVERARCHING GOAL OF…$1.1M
    93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Aug 22, 2023 – May 25, 2026· R25GM150156
  6. ADVANCE PARTNERSHIP: STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP FOR ALIGNMENT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN STEM (SPACES) -ALTHOUGH RESEARCH USING…$763.3K
    47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)· National Science Foundation· Project grant· Aug 14, 2022 – Jan 26, 2026· 2204550

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: $220.1K (2 subawards)

2 sub-recipients

  1. THE WILLIAM H MINER AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE$175K79%
    CHAZY, NY · 1 subaward
  2. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO$45.1K21%
    BOULDER, CO · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $68.8K (2 subawards)

2 primes

  1. WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY$38.8K56%
    DAYTON, OH · 1 subaward
  2. TRANSPORTATION, VERMONT AGENCY OF$30K44%
    BARRE, VT · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $20.7M paid out · $2.3M received
  • FY2022: $1.7M paid out · $929.9K received
  • FY2023: $344.8K paid out · $1.5M received
  • FY2024: $605.4K paid out · $2.3M received
  • FY2025: $945K paid out · $1.9M received
  • FY2026: $220.1K paid out · $68.8K 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

25 companies · $24.5M reported

  1. ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENTAL/ ANALYTICAL CONSULTING SERVICES, LLC$7.2M
    NEW KENSINGTON, PA · 3 subawards
  2. THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK$6.7M
    FREDONIA, NY · 2 subawards
  3. THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK$6.7M
    OSWEGO, NY · 2 subawards

Primes that pay it

27 companies · $9M reported

  1. PRESIDENT AND TRUSTEES OF COLBY COLLEGE$1.6M
    WATERVILLE, ME · 1 subaward
  2. TRIAD NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC$1.5M
    COLUMBUS, OH · 2 subawards · Facilities support services
  3. CONCORD CONSORTIUM INC$1.3M
    CONCORD, MA · 3 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 2 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. TRANSCEND ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, LLC$1.7M
    BETHEL, VT · 97% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Scientific research and development services
  2. AWAREABILITY TECHNOLOGIES, LLC$1.8M−100% in FY2026
    COLUMBUS, OH · 97% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Scientific research and development services
  3. SWIR VISION SYSTEMS, INC.$1.9M
    DURHAM, NC · 97% 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 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.

Matched organizations

  • Clarkson UniversityAI match · 98%
Lobbying · 2024
$180K
8 reports

Lobbying by year

  1. 2024$180K
    8 reports

Top issues

  1. Budget and appropriations8 reports
  2. Education8 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES8 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE8 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. Munk Policy & Law$100K
    4 reports
  2. JPC Strategies, LLC$80K
    4 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 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 Oct 5, 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.