Federal contractor · CLEMSON, SC

CLEMSON UNIVERSITY

CLEMSON UNIVERSITY received $424.4K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 13 awards (−61% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $13M. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($353.5K). It also received $139.4M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$424.4K
New awards
13
Sole-source
17%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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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.

2 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $424.4K in FY2026 together.

  1. CLEMSON UNIVERSITYCLEMSON, SC · Family page
    $424.4K
  2. CLEMSON UNIVERSITYCLEMSON, SC
    $0

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.7MFY2017
  2. 729.2KFY2018
  3. 1.1MFY2019
  4. 1MFY2020
  5. 1MFY2021
  6. 1.6MFY2022
  7. 1.7MFY2023
  8. 2.5MFY2024
  9. 1.1MFY2025
  10. 424.4KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$353.5K83%
    2 awards
  2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$42.5K10%
    1 awards
  3. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$18K4.2%
    6 awards
  4. Department of the Army$10.4K2.5%
    3 awards
  5. Department of the Air Force$00.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$353.5K83%
  2. Professional services$60.5K14%
  3. Transportation & logistics$10.4K2.5%

Where the work was performed

  1. Pickens County, SC$222.5K52%
  2. Ventura County, CA$178.9K42%
  3. Story County, IA$23K5.4%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition17%
    US 39% · $70.9K
  • Sole-source awards17%
    US 30% · $70.9K
  • 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.

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$42.5K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1 awards
  2. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$18K
    Department of Agriculture · 5 awards
  3. Department of the Army$10.4K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. ER18-1599$1.1M
    Department of the Army· Anderson County, SC· Research & development· Apr 6, 2021 – Mar 25, 2026· W912HQ21C0013
  2. THIS CONTRACT IS A RESULT OF PROPOSAL SENT UNDER TIMBER CALL #1 RELATED TO BAA: FA805124S0001. DEVELOPMENT OF DE/RE-DEPLOYABLE MASS TIMBER TACTICAL SHELTER FOR ACE ENVIRONMENT.$843.2K
    Department of the Air Force· Pickens County, SC· Research & development· Sep 30, 2024 – Feb 20, 2026· FA805124C0005
  3. BAA NEED TOPIC NO. 6 - DEVELOPMENT OF A PRACTICAL MODELING PLATFORM FOR ASSESSING SALTWATER INTRUSION IMPACTS UNDER FUTURE SEA-LEVEL CHANGE SCENARIOS$842.2K
    Department of the Navy· Pickens County, SC· Research & development· Aug 25, 2022 – Nov 25, 2025· N3943022C2418
  4. BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA) CONTRACT$400.7K
    Department of the Navy· Ventura County, CA· Research & development· Sep 17, 2024 – Mar 25, 2026· N3943024C2018
  5. FORECASTING HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS WITH AI U433D90$99.6K
    Department of the Army· Pickens County, SC· Research & development· Aug 30, 2023 – Mar 11, 2026· W912HZ23P0122
  6. SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT (SME) FOR THE USE OF THIGH CUFFS DEVELOPED BY SME AND THAT WILL BE USED AS A COUNTERMEASURE TO SPACEFLIGHT-ASSOCIATED NEURO-OCULAR SYNDROME$42.5K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Pickens County, SC· Professional services· Sep 2, 2026 – Sep 2, 2026· 80NSSC26P1506
  7. SCARNG FY 26 YOUTH CAMP (HANNON ) 27-29 MAY 2026$10.4K
    Department of the Army· Pickens County, SC· Transportation & logistics· Apr 16, 2026 – Apr 16, 2026· W912QG26PA012
  8. MORATORIUM EXCEPTION: HPAI NATIONAL ANIMAL HEALTH LABORATORY NETWORK DIAGNOSTIC TESTING SERVICES FOR HPAI AVIAN INFLUENZA TESTING$10K
    Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service· Story County, IA· Professional services· Mar 2, 2026 – Mar 2, 2026· 12639526F0283

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.

CLEMSON UNIVERSITY received $139.4M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 739 actions (154 new awards), −31% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program ($22.7M).

Assistance · FY2026
$139.4M
New awards
154
Actions
739
Since FY2021
$1.1B

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 151MFY2021
  2. 138MFY2022
  3. 270.7MFY2023
  4. 196.6MFY2024
  5. 203.3MFY2025
  6. 139.4MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$114.5M82%
  2. Direct payments$23.7M17%
  3. Other assistance$1.2M0.8%

Top programs

  1. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$22.7M16%
  2. 12.910 · Research and Technology Development$9M6.5%
  3. 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$7.9M5.7%
  4. 84.116 · Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education$7.5M5.4%
  5. 81.089 · Fossil Energy Research and Development$6.9M5.0%
  6. 10.511 · Smith-Lever Extension Funding$6.2M4.4%
  7. 47.083 · Integrative Activities$5.3M3.8%
  8. 10.025 · Animal Disease and Animal Care$5.3M3.8%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Education$34M24%
  2. National Science Foundation$22.6M16%
  3. National Institute of Food and Agriculture$19.7M14%
    Department of Agriculture
  4. National Institutes of Health$18.9M14%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  5. Department of the Army$10.5M7.5%
    Department of Defense
  6. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$9.9M7.1%
    Department of Agriculture
  7. Department of Energy$7.8M5.6%
  8. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$5.4M3.9%

Largest awards

  1. THIS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT IS FOR THE VIRTUAL PROTOTYPING OF GROUND SYSTEMS.$84.6M
    12.910 · Research and Technology Development· Department of the Army· Cooperative agreement· Sep 23, 2021 – Mar 17, 2026· W56HZV2120001
  2. GRANT PROGRAM$24.2M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Sep 25, 2024 – Oct 6, 2025· P063P240377
  3. GRANT PROGRAM$23.2M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 19, 2025 – Sep 18, 2026· P063P250377
  4. SC COBRE FOR TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH IMPROVING MUSCULOSKELETAL HEALTH (SC-TRIMH)$22.5M
    93.310 · Trans-NIH Research Support· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Mar 18, 2021 – Sep 2, 2026· P20GM121342
  5. RII TRACK-1: AI-ENABLED DEVICES FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF PERSONALIZED AND TRANSFORMATIVE HEALTHCARE IN SOUTH CAROLINA -THE VISION OF THE…$17M
    47.083 · Integrative Activities· National Science Foundation· Cooperative agreement· May 5, 2023 – Jul 15, 2026· 2242812
  6. DISEASE MODELING AND ANALYTICS TO INFORM OUTBREAK PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, INTERVENTION, MITIGATION, AND ELIMINATION IN SOUTH CAROLINA…$11.4M
    93.940 · HIV Prevention and Surveillance Activities-Health Department Based· Centers for Disease Control and Prevention· Cooperative agreement· Sep 12, 2023 – Sep 29, 2026· NU38FT000011

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-contracts: $371.6K (2 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $48.5M (129 subawards)

89 sub-recipients

  1. SOUTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY$6.6M14%
    ORANGEBURG, SC · 4 subawards
  2. GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY$4.2M8.6%
    FAIRFAX, VA · 8 subawards
  3. THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA$3.8M7.8%
    CHARLESTON, SC · 6 subawards
  4. PURDUE UNIVERSITY$2.4M4.8%
    WEST LAFAYETTE, IN · 3 subawards
  5. PRISMA HEALTH - UPSTATE$1.8M3.6%
    GREENVILLE, SC · 5 subawards
  6. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA$1.6M3.3%
    COLUMBIA, SC · 3 subawards
  7. VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY$1.6M3.2%
    BLACKSBURG, VA · 4 subawards
  8. UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE$1.3M2.6%
    NEWARK, DE · 2 subawards
  9. MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY$1.2M2.4%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 1 subaward
  10. THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES$1.2M2.4%
    ORLANDO, FL · 2 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $360K (1 subaward)
  • Sub-grants: $9.6M (69 subawards)

45 primes

  1. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA$1.4M14%
    GAINESVILLE, FL · 7 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE$600K6.0%
    KNOXVILLE, TN · 1 subaward
  3. ADJUTANT GENERAL SOUTH CAROLINA$537.9K5.4%
    WEST COLUMBIA, SC · 4 subawards
  4. THE NATURE CONSERVANCY$497.3K5.0%
    ARLINGTON, VA · 1 subaward
  5. SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOL & OTHER DRUG ABUSE SERVICES$435.4K4.4%
    COLUMBIA, SC · 2 subawards
  6. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK$426.1K4.3%
    COLLEGE PARK, MD · 3 subawards
  7. UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.$412K4.1%
    ATHENS, GA · 3 subawards
  8. THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY$366.6K3.7%
    UNIVERSITY PARK, PA · 3 subawards
  9. TRIAD NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC$360K3.6%
    COLUMBUS, OH · 1 subaward
  10. NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITY$328.5K3.3%
    GREENSBORO, NC · 1 subaward

Its reported sub-contracts equal 88% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $7.9M paid out · $20.4M received
  • FY2022: $11.5M paid out · $18M received
  • FY2023: $20.2M paid out · $29.1M received
  • FY2024: $11.7M paid out · $20.7M received
  • FY2025: $12.5M paid out · $26.1M received
  • FY2026: $48.8M paid out · $10M 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

170 companies · $112.4M reported

  1. SOUTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY$7.7M
    ORANGEBURG, SC · 9 subawards
  2. THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES$6M
    ORLANDO, FL · 3 subawards
  3. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA$6M
    COLUMBIA, SC · 15 subawards

Primes that pay it

152 companies · $127.1M reported

  1. SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH$8.5M
    COLUMBIA, SC · 3 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM$8.1M
    BIRMINGHAM, AL · 3 subawards
  3. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA$5.9M
    TAMPA, FL · 7 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 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 9 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. ODYS AVIATION, INC.$4.5M−94% in FY2026
    LONG BEACH, CA · 73% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · Scientific research and development servicesAir Force · Scientific research and development services
  2. NUMAT TECHNOLOGIES INC$2.2M−83% in FY2026
    SKOKIE, IL · 52% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · Scientific research and development services
  3. MERGE PLOT LLC$3M+46% in FY2026
    HUNTINGDON VALLEY, PA · 59% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Scientific research and development servicesArmy · Scientific research and development servicesAir 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 CLEMSON UNIVERSITY (2 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • Clemson UniversityAI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2025
$392K
19 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$1.5M
$1.4M in its own reports

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$440K
    20 reports
  2. 2024$440K
    20 reports
  3. 2025$392K
    19 reports
  4. 2026$200K
    10 reports

Top issues

  1. Defense33 reports
  2. Budget and appropriations27 reports
  3. Education27 reports
  4. Energy and nuclear27 reports
  5. Science and technology26 reports
  6. Agriculture14 reports
  7. Animals13 reports
  8. Sports and athletics13 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES66 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE63 reports
  3. 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 firms hired

  1. Thorn Run Partners$840K
    14 reports
  2. CDB PROJX LLC$168K
    28 reports
  3. American Defense International, Inc.$30K
    14 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 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.