Federal contractor · ATLANTA, GA

GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORP

GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORP received $4.7M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 18 awards (−48% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $148.4M. Its largest customer was Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ($3.6M). It also received $180.3M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$4.7M
New awards
18
Sole-source
2.8%
Single offer
15%
UEI
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Parent company
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF GEORGIA
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.

Part of the GEORGIA TECH APPLIED RESEARCH CORP company family: 4 registered entities, $331.2M in FY2026 together. See the family

  1. GEORGIA TECH APPLIED RESEARCH CORPATLANTA, GA · Family page
    $326.3M
  2. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH GEORGIADAHLONEGA, GA
    $185.2K
  3. SAVANNAH STATE UNIVERSITYSAVANNAH, GA
    $42.8K

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 18.1MFY2017
  2. 13.8MFY2018
  3. 9.4MFY2019
  4. 21.2MFY2020
  5. 10.2MFY2021
  6. 19.2MFY2022
  7. 21MFY2023
  8. 21.8MFY2024
  9. 9MFY2025
  10. 4.7MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency$3.6M76%
    3 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$702.2K15%
    5 awards
  3. Department of the Air Force$350K7.4%
    1 awards
  4. Department of the Army$122.2K2.6%
    1 awards
  5. Food and Drug Administration$68.1K1.4%
    2 awards
  6. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$00.0%
    1 awards
  7. Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response-$8,2000.0%
    1 awards
  8. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-$104.2K0.0%
    4 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$4.5M96%
  2. Professional services$164.9K3.5%

Where the work was performed

  1. Fulton County, GA$4.5M96%
  2. Ventura County, CA$176.2K3.7%
  3. Montgomery County, MD$127.6K2.7%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition18%
    US 39% · $854.8K
  • Sole-source awards2.8%
    US 30% · $131.6K
  • Single-offer competitions15%
    US 8.7% · $723.2K
  • 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. Department of the Navy$235.7K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. SIGNATURE MANAGEMENT USING OPERATIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND ENVIRONMENTS (SMOKE) PHASE I AND II$22.9M
    Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency· Fulton County, GA· Research & development· Oct 5, 2022 – Jun 11, 2026· HR001123C0035
  2. IARPA RESEARCH$11.7M
    Department of the Army· Fulton County, GA· Research & development· Sep 22, 2022 – Apr 21, 2026· W911NF22C0083
  3. OPTIMUM PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY INSIDE MEMORY ARRAYS (OPTIMA)$3.1M
    Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency· Fulton County, GA· Research & development· Oct 27, 2023 – Jan 7, 2026· HR001124C0312
  4. THE HETEROGENEOUS ADAPTIVELY PRODUCED PHOTONIC INTERFACES (HAPPI) PROGRAM AIMS TO CREATE A 1000X INCREASE IN THE INFORMATION TRANSMISSION DENSITY WITH A MICROSYSTEM BY EXPLOITING PHOTONIC SIGNALING.$2.4M
    Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency· Fulton County, GA· Research & development· Mar 11, 2025 – Jan 2, 2026· HR001125C0045
  5. FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH$2.3M
    Department of the Air Force· Fulton County, GA· Research & development· Sep 29, 2020 – Jun 2, 2026· FA865020C1003
  6. DEVELOPMENT OF VECTOR SENSORS AND ARRAYS FOR FLOW NOISE MEASUREMENTS AND SHALLOW WATER APPLICATIONS$2.1M
    Department of the Navy· Fulton County, GA· Research & development· May 13, 2024 – May 12, 2026· N0001424C2211
  7. DEVELOP FUTURE SCENARIOS FOR MID-CENTURY SUSTAINABLE AVIATION, IDENTIFY CRITICAL TECH, SUBSYSTEMS, AND AIRCRAFT CONCEPTS, EVALUATE THEM AGAINST METRICS, AND CREATE TECHNOLOGY ROADMAPS WITH RISKS FOR ENABLING TECH NOT YET USED IN COMMERCIAL AVIATION.$1.4M
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Fulton County, GA· Research & development· Sep 27, 2024 – Mar 9, 2026· 80GRC024CA037
  8. THE OVERALL OBJECTIVE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO DEVELOP A USER-FRIENDLY, POINT-OF-CARE MICRONEEDLE PATCH THAT RAPIDLY COLLECTS DERMAL INTERSTITIAL FLUID (ISF) FROM SKIN AND EMPLOYS MULTIPLEXED BIOSENSORS FOR SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT OF BIOMARKERS.$741.4K
    Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response· Fulton County, GA· Research & development· Jul 10, 2024 – Sep 4, 2026· 75A50124C00015

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.

GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORP received $180.3M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 799 actions (143 new awards), −37% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 47.070 · Computer and Information Science and Engineering ($14.4M).

Assistance · FY2026
$180.3M
New awards
143
Actions
799
Since FY2021
$1.5B

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 224.7MFY2021
  2. 272.2MFY2022
  3. 241.8MFY2023
  4. 261.4MFY2024
  5. 287.9MFY2025
  6. 180.3MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$170.9M95%
  2. Direct payments$9M5.0%
  3. Other assistance$395K0.2%

Top programs

  1. 47.070 · Computer and Information Science and Engineering$14.4M8.0%
  2. 47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)$13.4M7.4%
  3. 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$13.3M7.4%
  4. 47.084 · Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships$12.8M7.1%
  5. 47.041 · Engineering$12.7M7.1%
  6. 12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research$10.4M5.8%
  7. 93.384 · Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (Arpa-H)$9M5.0%
  8. 81.089 · Fossil Energy Research and Development$7.5M4.2%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Institutes of Health$59.8M33%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  2. National Science Foundation$55.4M31%
  3. Department of Energy$21M12%
  4. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$12.2M6.8%
  5. Department of the Navy$10.4M5.8%
    Department of Defense
  6. Department of the Army$3.9M2.2%
    Department of Defense
  7. Department of the Air Force$3.9M2.1%
    Department of Defense
  8. National Institute of Standards and Technology$3.6M2.0%
    Department of Commerce

Largest awards

  1. MAPPING THE CANCER AND ORGAN DEGRADOME ATLAS (CODA) TO UNLOCK SYNTHETIC BIOMARKERS FOR MULTI-CANCER EARLY DETECTION$43M
    93.384 · Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (Arpa-H)· National Institutes of Health· Direct payment for specified use· Sep 25, 2023 – Feb 18, 2026· AY2AX000006
  2. NSF ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FOR CELL MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES (CMAT)$39.6M
    47.041 · Engineering· National Science Foundation· Cooperative agreement· Oct 6, 2020 – Jul 21, 2026· 1648035
  3. COMBUSTION MODEL DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION$34.3M
    20.109 · Air Transportation Centers of Excellence· Federal Aviation Administration· Cooperative agreement· Jun 14, 2022 – May 28, 2026· 13-C-AJFE-GIT
  4. CATEGORY I: NEXUS: A CONFLUENCE OF HIGH-PERFORMANCE AI AND SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING WITH SEAMLESS SCALING FROM LOCAL TO NATIONAL RESOURCES…$29M
    47.070 · Computer and Information Science and Engineering· National Science Foundation· Cooperative agreement· May 20, 2025 – Jul 26, 2026· 2505662
  5. CENTER FOR UNDERSTANDING AND CONTROL OF ACID GAS-INDUCED EVOLUTION OF MATERIALS FOR ENERGY (UNCAGE-ME)$27.6M
    81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program· Department of Energy· Project grant· Jul 21, 2021 – Apr 27, 2026· DESC0012577
  6. GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM (GRFP) -THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (NSF) GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM (GRFP) IS A HIGHLY…$16.9M
    47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)· National Science Foundation· Project grant· Aug 25, 2025 – Jul 28, 2026· 2545526

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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: $406.7K (3 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $21.3M (80 subawards)

65 sub-recipients

  1. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS$1.8M8.1%
    URBANA, IL · 2 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM$1.6M7.2%
    MADISON, WI · 1 subaward
  3. EMORY UNIVERSITY$1.4M6.7%
    ATLANTA, GA · 10 subawards
  4. TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE$1.4M6.6%
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 2 subawards
  5. INVIZYNE TECHNOLOGIES, INC$1.1M5.1%
    MONROVIA, CA · 1 subaward
  6. NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY$856.5K3.9%
    BOSTON, MA · 4 subawards
  7. TREMEBIO INC.$856.1K3.9%
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 1 subaward
  8. CONTEXTUALIZE, LLC$750K3.5%
    CASTLE ROCK, CO · 1 subaward
  9. CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CORPORATION, THE$747.6K3.4%
    BOSTON, MA · 1 subaward
  10. SOUTHERN COMPANY SERVICES, INC.$650.1K3.0%
    BIRMINGHAM, AL · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $325.2K (3 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $30.1M (159 subawards)

62 primes

  1. EMORY UNIVERSITY$5.7M19%
    ATLANTA, GA · 59 subawards
  2. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$2.2M7.3%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 5 subawards
  3. THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY$2.2M7.3%
    UNIVERSITY PARK, PA · 3 subawards
  4. NEW YORK UNIVERSITY$1.1M3.8%
    NEW YORK, NY · 1 subaward
  5. FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY$1.1M3.7%
    TALLAHASSEE, FL · 1 subaward
  6. SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS INTERNATIONAL$1M3.4%
    SAN JOSE, CA · 2 subawards
  7. NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION$999.2K3.3%
    WASHINGTON, DC · 1 subaward
  8. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE$882.4K2.9%
    IRVINE, CA · 5 subawards
  9. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS$824.2K2.7%
    URBANA, IL · 7 subawards
  10. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA$695.1K2.3%
    SANTA BARBARA, CA · 2 subawards

Its reported sub-contracts equal 8.7% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $34.2M paid out · $48.8M received
  • FY2022: $81.6M paid out · $40.2M received
  • FY2023: $59.7M paid out · $49.5M received
  • FY2024: $57M paid out · $48M received
  • FY2025: $33.6M paid out · $43.8M received
  • FY2026: $21.7M paid out · $30.4M 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

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

Companies it pays

445 companies · $870.9M reported

  1. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$84.7M
    FORT WORTH, TX · 5 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$38.5M
    MELBOURNE, FL · 9 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  3. EWA GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS, INC.$37M
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 18 subawards · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing

Primes that pay it

233 companies · $349.3M reported

  1. EMORY UNIVERSITY$41.7M
    ATLANTA, GA · 381 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$15.6M
    MELBOURNE, FL · 12 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  3. THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY$11.7M
    UNIVERSITY PARK, PA · 17 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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 21 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. TORCH TECHNOLOGIES INC$1.8B−26% in FY2026
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 2 entities · 67% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development servicesArmy · Scientific research and development services
  2. UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON$593.8M−33% in FY2026
    DAYTON, OH · 39% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development servicesAir Force · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  3. APPLIED RESEARCH SOLUTIONS, INC.$712.7M−12% in FY2026
    BEAVERCREEK, OH · 41% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development services

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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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.