Federal contractor · ITHACA, NY

CORNELL UNIVERSITY

CORNELL UNIVERSITY received $4.4M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 28 awards (−25% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $44.7M. Its largest customer was Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service ($1.3M). It also received $287.9M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$4.4M
New awards
28
Sole-source
31%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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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.

4 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $7M in FY2026 together.

  1. CORNELL UNIVERSITYITHACA, NY · Family page
    $4.4M
  2. CORNELL UNIVERSITYITHACA, NY
    $2.6M
  3. CORNELL UNIVERSITYITHACA, NY
    $0
  4. TOWER INNOVATIVE LEARNING SOLUTIONS, INC.ITHACA, NY
    $0

AI-inferred: entity-match@1 · Analisa AI · 2026-10-05

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 5MFY2017
  2. 5.7MFY2018
  3. 4.2MFY2019
  4. 3.6MFY2020
  5. 3.7MFY2021
  6. 2.4MFY2022
  7. 4.4MFY2023
  8. 5.4MFY2024
  9. 5.9MFY2025
  10. 4.4MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$1.3M30%
    13 awards
  2. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$1.3M29%
    4 awards
  3. Department of the Army$732.7K17%
    3 awards
  4. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency$638.6K15%
    1 awards
  5. U.S. Geological Survey$222K5.0%
    2 awards
  6. Nuclear Regulatory Commission$109K2.5%
    1 awards
  7. Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services$42.3K1.0%
    1 awards
  8. Food Safety and Inspection Service$27K0.6%
    1 awards
  9. Department of Housing and Urban Development-$1.000.0%
    1 awards
  10. Agricultural Research Service-$4,3300.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$2.5M57%
  2. Research & development$1.6M36%
  3. Facilities & utilities$267.8K6.1%
  4. IT & telecom$42.3K1.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Tompkins County, NY$4.1M93%
  2. Story County, IA$192.7K4.4%
  3. Larimer County, CO$116.5K2.6%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition31%
    US 39% · $1.4M
  • Sole-source awards31%
    US 30% · $1.4M
  • 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.

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$1.3M
    Department of Agriculture · 10 awards

Largest awards

  1. CYBER AGENTS FOR SECURITY TESTING AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS (CASTLE) PROGRAM$2.1M
    Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency· Tompkins County, NY· Research & development· Jun 21, 2024 – Feb 5, 2026· HR001124C0429
  2. NATIONAL ANIMAL HEALTH LABORATORY NETWORK ORDER FOR HPAI-EMERGING EVENT TESTING.$1M
    Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service· Tompkins County, NY· Professional services· Dec 16, 2025 – Dec 16, 2025· 12639526F0093
  3. ESTCP PROJECT ER23-3628 - ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS INFLUENCING NATURAL ABIOTIC AND BIOTIC TRANSFORMATION OF PERFLUOROALKYL ACID (PFAA) PRECURSORS AT AFFF-IMPACTED SITES$955.9K
    Department of the Army· Tompkins County, NY· Research & development· Jan 9, 2024 – Jun 3, 2026· W912HQ24C0021
  4. SERDP ER21-3964 (ER18-1026 FOLLOW-ON) "NEXT GENERATION - CYCLODEXTRIN-BASED ADSORBENTS FOR PFAS REMEDIATION"$819.3K
    Department of the Army· Tompkins County, NY· Research & development· Apr 18, 2023 – Apr 13, 2026· W912HQ23C0020
  5. SERDP PROJECT ER23-3697$755.2K
    Department of the Army· Tompkins County, NY· Research & development· Dec 22, 2023 – Mar 3, 2026· W912HQ24C0005
  6. INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT SERVICES IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING$667.4K
    Department of Housing and Urban Development· Tompkins County, NY· Professional services· Nov 29, 2021 – Jul 30, 2026· 86614122C00001
  7. THE NRWRC WILL PROVIDE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES TO ADDRESS REGIONAL LONG TERM WEATHER RECORDS NEEDS AND ISSUES IN THE CONTEXT OF NCEIS BROADER ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION RESPONSIBILITIES.$582.4K
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Tompkins County, NY· Professional services· Sep 15, 2026 – Sep 15, 2026· 1332KP26F0087
  8. NRCC BASE AND REGIONAL SERVICES 5-MONTH NCEI CORE TASK ORDER NO. 17 AWARDED UNDER 1332KP21DNEEN0005 17 APRIL 2026 THROUGH 16 SEPTEMBER 2026$420.4K
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Tompkins County, NY· Professional services· Apr 16, 2026 – Apr 16, 2026· 1332KP26F0030

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.

CORNELL UNIVERSITY received $287.9M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 1,216 actions (236 new awards), −8.5% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training ($39.4M).

Assistance · FY2026
$287.9M
New awards
236
Actions
1,216
Since FY2021
$2.1B

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 386.2MFY2021
  2. 348.4MFY2022
  3. 392.4MFY2023
  4. 369.4MFY2024
  5. 314.7MFY2025
  6. 287.9MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$283.6M99%
  2. Other assistance$4.3M1.5%

Top programs

  1. 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$39.4M14%
  2. 12.800 · Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program$30.2M10%
  3. 47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences$25.6M8.9%
  4. 93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research$22.1M7.7%
  5. 47.074 · Biological Sciences$11.3M3.9%
  6. 43.001 · Science$10.4M3.6%
  7. 81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program$9.2M3.2%
  8. 10.511 · Smith-Lever Extension Funding$9.1M3.1%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Institutes of Health$102.3M36%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  2. National Science Foundation$58.8M20%
  3. National Institute of Food and Agriculture$39.2M14%
    Department of Agriculture
  4. Department of the Air Force$30.2M10%
    Department of Defense
  5. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$11.6M4.0%
  6. Department of Energy$9.2M3.2%
  7. Department of the Navy$7M2.4%
    Department of Defense
  8. Department of the Army$4.6M1.6%
    Department of Defense

Largest awards

  1. U.S. CMS UPGRADES FOR THE HIGH-LUMINOSITY LARGE HADRON COLLIDER$81.4M
    47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences· National Science Foundation· Cooperative agreement· Oct 29, 2020 – Jul 31, 2026· 1946735
  2. CENTER FOR BRIGHT BEAMS$44.6M
    47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences· National Science Foundation· Cooperative agreement· Apr 2, 2021 – Sep 11, 2026· 1549132
  3. THIS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT SHALL BE PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW) ENTITLED , "THE MATERIALS SOLUTIONS NETWORK AT…$41M
    12.800 · Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program· Department of the Air Force· Cooperative agreement· Sep 14, 2022 – Aug 26, 2026· FA86502225200
  4. MID-SCALE RI-2: A FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND X-RAY FACILITY FOR NEW SCIENCE AT THE HIGH MAGNETIC FIELD FRONTIER$32.7M
    47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences· National Science Foundation· Cooperative agreement· Oct 28, 2020 – Jan 15, 2026· 1946998
  5. NE-CAT: A RESOURCE FOR ADVANCED MACROMOLECULAR CRYSTALLOGRAPHY$31.2M
    93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Jan 6, 2021 – May 20, 2026· P30GM124165
  6. MID-SCALE: OPERATIONS OF THE CENTER FOR HIGH ENERGY X-RAY SCIENCE (CHEXS) -THIS AWARD CONTINUES TO SUPPORT OPERATIONS OF THE CENTER FOR…$31M
    47.041 · Engineering· National Science Foundation· Cooperative agreement· Sep 9, 2024 – Jun 12, 2026· 2342336

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: $339.1K (4 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $35.2M (279 subawards)

163 sub-recipients

  1. TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY$1.4M3.8%
    BOSTON, MA · 7 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES$1.3M3.6%
    LOS ANGELES, CA · 8 subawards
  3. UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC$1.2M3.3%
    NOTRE DAME, IN · 3 subawards
  4. CIENCIA INTERNACIONAL$1.1M3.2%
    LIMA, PE · 1 subaward
  5. UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER$816.2K2.3%
    ROCHESTER, NY · 6 subawards
  6. YALE UNIV$780.4K2.2%
    NEW HAVEN, CT · 5 subawards
  7. THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO$751.1K2.1%
    CHICAGO, IL · 6 subawards
  8. CONNECTICUT AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENTAL STATION$743.6K2.1%
    NEW HAVEN, CT · 2 subawards
  9. THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK$742.8K2.1%
    NEW YORK, NY · 4 subawards
  10. THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK$692.2K1.9%
    BUFFALO, NY · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $1M (4 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $30.1M (139 subawards)

81 primes

  1. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$4.8M15%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 4 subawards
  2. THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK$2.7M8.8%
    STONY BROOK, NY · 4 subawards
  3. THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY$2.4M7.7%
    UNIVERSITY PARK, PA · 4 subawards
  4. BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE$1.9M6.1%
    HOUSTON, TX · 2 subawards
  5. BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA$1.3M4.1%
    LINCOLN, NE · 1 subaward
  6. CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY$1.2M3.9%
    CLEVELAND, OH · 6 subawards
  7. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA$1.1M3.7%
    GAINESVILLE, FL · 5 subawards
  8. OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY$768.9K2.5%
    CORVALLIS, OR · 7 subawards
  9. UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY$756.8K2.4%
    LOGAN, UT · 1 subaward
  10. UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS$615.7K2.0%
    AMHERST, MA · 2 subawards

Its reported sub-contracts equal 7.7% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $38.2M paid out · $55.5M received
  • FY2022: $40.2M paid out · $38.9M received
  • FY2023: $46.4M paid out · $60M received
  • FY2024: $48M paid out · $48.3M received
  • FY2025: $41.2M paid out · $52.6M received
  • FY2026: $35.5M paid out · $31.1M 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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

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

Companies it pays

342 companies · $249.6M reported

  1. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC$8.3M
    LAUREL, MD · 25 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA$7M
    TUCSON, AZ · 48 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. CIENCIA INTERNACIONAL$6.7M
    LIMA, PE · 15 subawards

Primes that pay it

186 companies · $292M reported

  1. THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY$17.8M
    PRINCETON, NJ · 21 subawards
  2. HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY$15.9M
    ALBANY, NY · 9 subawards
  3. THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK$15.8M
    STONY BROOK, NY · 38 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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 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 20 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. PURDUE UNIVERSITY$33M+130% in FY2026
    WEST LAFAYETTE, IN · 62% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Colleges, universities, and professional schoolsArmy · Scientific research and development servicesAnimal and Plant Health Inspection Service · Other professional, scientific, and technical services+3 more
  2. RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA$17.2M+45% in FY2026
    CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA · 3 entities · 38% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Colleges, universities, and professional schoolsArmy · Scientific research and development servicesDefense Health Agency · Scientific research and development services
  3. OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY$16.1M−25% in FY2026
    CORVALLIS, OR · 35% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Scientific research and development servicesAnimal and Plant Health Inspection Service · Other professional, scientific, and technical servicesNavy · Colleges, universities, and professional schools

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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 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 CORNELL UNIVERSITY (4 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • Cornell UniversityAI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2025
$1.1M
12 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$2.9M
$2.9M in its own reports

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$600K
    4 reports
  2. 2024$660K
    8 reports
  3. 2025$1.1M
    12 reports
  4. 2026$540K
    5 reports

Top issues

  1. Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code21 reports
  2. Education19 reports
  3. Agriculture14 reports
  4. Budget and appropriations14 reports
  5. Defense14 reports
  6. Energy and nuclear14 reports
  7. Food industry (safety, labeling)14 reports
  8. Immigration14 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES23 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE23 reports
  3. Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)4 reports
  4. Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)3 reports
  5. Defense - Dept of (DOD)2 reports
  6. Education - Dept of2 reports
  7. Executive Office of the President (EOP)2 reports
  8. Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS)2 reports
  9. Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)2 reports
  10. State - Dept of (DOS)2 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. Miller Strategies, LLC$220K
    5 reports
  2. Capitol Tax Partners, LLP$70K
    10 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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.