Federal contractor · SAINT LOUIS, MO

DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER

DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER received -$9,953 in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 1 awards (−129% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $12.6M. Its largest customer was Agricultural Research Service (-$9,953). It also received $4.6M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
-$9,953
New awards
1
Sole-source
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Single offer
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UEI
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Other than small businessNonprofit
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 200.2KFY2017
  2. 1.6MFY2018
  3. 2.1MFY2019
  4. 2MFY2020
  5. 4.6MFY2021
  6. 921.8KFY2022
  7. 1.1MFY2023
  8. 29.7KFY2024
  9. 34.3KFY2025
  10. -10KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Agricultural Research Service-$9,9530.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

Where the work was performed

Integrity signals

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

Largest awards

  1. DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER CORE FACILITIES EQUIPMENT USAGE JANUARY-MARCH 2025$7,142
    Agricultural Research Service· St. Louis County, MO· Professional services· Jan 16, 2025 – Jan 14, 2026· 12505B25F0030

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.

DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER received $4.6M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 20 actions (5 new awards), −77% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program ($3.2M).

Assistance · FY2026
$4.6M
New awards
5
Actions
20
Since FY2021
$86.8M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 16.3MFY2021
  2. 12.1MFY2022
  3. 19.8MFY2023
  4. 13.7MFY2024
  5. 20.3MFY2025
  6. 4.6MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$4.6M100%

Top programs

  1. 81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program$3.2M70%
  2. 47.083 · Integrative Activities$783.5K17%
  3. 10.310 · Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI)$655.9K14%
  4. 47.084 · Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships$12.1K0.3%
  5. 47.074 · Biological Sciences-$65.1K0.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Energy$3.2M70%
  2. National Science Foundation$730.5K16%
  3. National Institute of Food and Agriculture$655.9K14%
    Department of Agriculture

Largest awards

  1. INTEGRATED ENGINEERING OF WHOLE PLANT WATER USE EFFICIENCY IN SORGHUM AND SETARIA$16.6M
    81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program· Department of Energy· Project grant· Sep 19, 2022 – Jun 30, 2026· DESC0023160
  2. BII: NEW ROOTS FOR RESTORATION: INTEGRATING PLANT TRAITS, COMMUNITIES, AND THE SOIL ECOSPHERE TO ADVANCE RESTORATION OF NATURAL AND…$12.2M
    47.074 · Biological Sciences· National Science Foundation· Cooperative agreement· Jul 28, 2021 – Apr 10, 2026· 2120153
  3. DISSECTING THE REGULATORY MECHANISMS OF C4 PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND CARBON PARTITIONING IN SORGHUM$5.8M
    81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program· Department of Energy· Project grant· Sep 30, 2025 – Jul 15, 2026· DESC0026121
  4. LINKING MOLECULAR, BIOCHEMICAL AND PHENOTYPIC RESPONSES TO THE ENVIRONMENT TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE, STRESS RESILIENT BIOENERGY SORGHUM$2.5M
    81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program· Department of Energy· Project grant· Sep 27, 2025 – Jul 15, 2026· DESC0026032
  5. **AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF…$1M
    10.310 · Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI)· National Institute of Food and Agriculture· Project grant· Dec 8, 2021 – Nov 20, 2025· 20226702136467
  6. SMALL PLANT-DERIVED PEPTIDES WITH POTENT ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY AGAINST AGRICULTURALLY IMPORTANT FUNGAL PATHOGENS HAVE HIGH POTENTIAL FOR…$980.8K
    10.310 · Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI)· National Institute of Food and Agriculture· Project grant· Jan 28, 2026 – Jan 28, 2026· 20266703945934

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: $5.2M (24 subawards)

17 sub-recipients

  1. THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY$702.8K14%
    STANFORD, CA · 1 subaward
  2. UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SYSTEM$519.5K10%
    COLUMBIA, MO · 3 subawards
  3. WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THE$495.5K9.6%
    SAINT LOUIS, MO · 3 subawards
  4. UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA$390.9K7.6%
    TUCSON, AZ · 1 subaward
  5. UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND$361.8K7.0%
    KINGSTON, RI · 1 subaward
  6. MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY$349.5K6.8%
    EAST LANSING, MI · 2 subawards
  7. SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY$341.1K6.6%
    SAINT LOUIS, MO · 2 subawards
  8. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS$340.2K6.6%
    URBANA, IL · 1 subaward
  9. IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY$318.7K6.2%
    AMES, IA · 2 subawards
  10. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA$270.7K5.3%
    MINNEAPOLIS, MN · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $2.7M (6 subawards)

6 primes

  1. BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA$1.8M66%
    LINCOLN, NE · 1 subaward
  2. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS$388.5K14%
    DAVIS, CA · 1 subaward
  3. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE$230.3K8.4%
    BERKELEY, CA · 1 subaward
  4. COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY$161.7K5.9%
    COLD SPRING HARBOR, NY · 1 subaward
  5. UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CENTER FOR RESEARCH INC$125.2K4.6%
    LAWRENCE, KS · 1 subaward
  6. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA$34K1.2%
    MINNEAPOLIS, MN · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $27.4M paid out · $2.3M received
  • FY2022: $16.1M paid out · $1.5M received
  • FY2023: $18.4M paid out · $1.1M received
  • FY2024: $10.1M paid out · $2.2M received
  • FY2025: $6M paid out · $998.1K received
  • FY2026: $5.2M paid out · $2.7M 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

43 companies · $83.2M reported

  1. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA$17.9M
    OAKLAND, CA · 8 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA$9.2M
    TUCSON, AZ · 12 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY$8.8M
    STANFORD, CA · 8 subawards

Primes that pay it

18 companies · $10.8M reported

  1. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA$2M
    OAKLAND, CA · 7 subawards
  2. BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA$1.8M
    LINCOLN, NE · 1 subaward
  3. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS$1.2M
    DAVIS, CA · 6 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 1 market (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. COVARIANCE BIOSCIENCES, LLC$56.8K+272% in FY2026
    CLEVELAND, OH · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAgricultural Research Service · Scientific research and development services
  2. GENCOVE INC$60.5K
    LONG ISLAND CITY, NY · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAgricultural Research Service · Scientific research and development services
  3. CREATIVE BIOMART INC$54.8K+122% in FY2026
    SHIRLEY, NY · 93% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAgricultural Research Service · Scientific research and development services

Showing the top 3 of 24 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.

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.