Federal contractor · EMERYVILLE, CA

ENGINEERING BIOLOGY RESEARCH CONSORTIUM

ENGINEERING BIOLOGY RESEARCH CONSORTIUM received $187.5K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 1 awards. Since FY2020: $324.5K. Its largest customer was Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ($187.5K). It also received $357.2K in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$187.5K
New awards
1
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
0.0%
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. 47KFY2020
  2. 30KFY2021
  3. 30KFY2022
  4. 30KFY2023
  5. 187.5KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency$187.5K100%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$187.5K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Alameda County, CA$187.5K100%

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. RISK ANALYSIS AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TECHNICAL OUTPUTS OF THE DARPA GENERATIVE OPTOGENETICS PROGRAM$187.5K
    Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency· Alameda County, CA· Research & development· Jun 8, 2026 – Jun 8, 2026· HR001126CE079

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.

ENGINEERING BIOLOGY RESEARCH CONSORTIUM received $357.2K in federal assistance in FY2026, on 3 actions (2 new awards), −88% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 47.084 · Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships ($260K).

Assistance · FY2026
$357.2K
New awards
2
Actions
3
Since FY2024
$4.7M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 1.2MFY2024
  2. 3.1MFY2025
  3. 357.2KFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$357.2K100%

Top programs

  1. 47.084 · Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships$260K73%
  2. 47.074 · Biological Sciences$97.5K27%
  3. 19.224 · Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund-$1960.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Science Foundation$357.4K100%

Largest awards

  1. THIS PROJECT AIMS TO STRENGTHEN THE SECURITY OF THE GLOBAL NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS (NAS) SCREENING INDUSTRY THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SET…$999.8K
    19.224 · Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund· Department of State· Cooperative agreement· Aug 21, 2024 – Jun 17, 2026· SISNDF24CA0009
  2. CONFERENCE: NATIONAL NETWORK OF AI-PROGRAMMABLE CLOUD LABORATORIES SUMMIT (PCL KICKOFF) -- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.$260K
    47.084 · Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships· National Science Foundation· Project grant· Aug 20, 2026 – Aug 20, 2026· 2639435
  3. CONFERENCE: AI-READY DATA FOR ENGINEERING BIOLOGY: TECHNICAL STANDARDS AND QUALITY FOR ACCELERATING DISCOVERY AND INNOVATION -RECENT…$97.5K
    47.074 · Biological Sciences· National Science Foundation· Project grant· Jul 28, 2026 – Jul 28, 2026· 2630689

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 · FY2024–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

No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $50.1K (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. KOLIBER BIOSCIENCES INC.$50.1K100%
    SAN DIEGO, CA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $305.9K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $271.6K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $50.1K 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

No subawards reported to other companies.

Primes that pay it

4 companies · $627.7K reported

  1. BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE$305.9K
    HOUSTON, TX · 1 subaward
  2. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS$159.9K
    URBANA, IL · 1 subaward
  3. GEORGIA TECH APPLIED RESEARCH CORP$111.7K
    ATLANTA, GA · 1 subaward

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 1 market (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. KECK GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES$206.3K−100% in FY2026
    CLAREMONT, CA · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Advanced Research Projects Agency · Scientific research and development services
  2. SUNFISH INC$160K
    DEL VALLE, TX · 85% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Advanced Research Projects Agency · Scientific research and development services
  3. CATALYST SCIENCE SOLUTIONS LLC$150K−100% in FY2026
    TROY, MO · 80% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Advanced Research Projects Agency · 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.

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.