Federal contractor · LA JOLLA, CA

J. CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE, INC.

J. CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE, INC. received $278.1K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 1 awards (−60% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $6.7M. Its largest customer was Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ($278.1K). It also received $13.1M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$278.1K
New awards
1
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
100%
UEI
FL8UNYTG72D1
Other than small businessNonprofit
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 203.8KFY2017
  2. 1.6MFY2018
  3. 1.7MFY2019
  4. 452.5KFY2020
  5. -8.4KFY2021
  6. -25KFY2022
  7. 976.4KFY2023
  8. 748.1KFY2024
  9. 692.1KFY2025
  10. 278.1KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$278.1K100%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Health & medical$278.1K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. San Diego County, CA$278.1K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $278.1K
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions100%
    US 8.7% · $278.1K
  • 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. RAPID SYNTHESIS OF PLASMIDS AND MUTAGENSIS$3.3M
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention· San Diego County, CA· Health & medical· Sep 26, 2023 – Jun 30, 2026· 75D30123P17712

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.

J. CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE, INC. received $13.1M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 22 actions (3 new awards), +39% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 93.307 · Minority Health and Health Disparities Research ($4.1M).

Assistance · FY2026
$13.1M
New awards
3
Actions
22
Since FY2021
$50.2M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 9.3MFY2021
  2. 6MFY2022
  3. 4.6MFY2023
  4. 7.8MFY2024
  5. 9.4MFY2025
  6. 13.1MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$13.1M100%

Top programs

  1. 93.307 · Minority Health and Health Disparities Research$4.1M31%
  2. 93.279 · Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs$3.4M26%
  3. 93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research$3M23%
  4. 93.393 · Cancer Cause and Prevention Research$1M7.8%
  5. 93.283 · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Investigations and Technical Assistance$590.5K4.5%
  6. 93.310 · Trans-NIH Research Support$400K3.1%
  7. 47.050 · Geosciences$320.9K2.5%
  8. 12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research$200K1.5%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Institutes of Health$12M91%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$590.5K4.5%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  3. National Science Foundation$325.9K2.5%
  4. Department of the Navy$200K1.5%
    Department of Defense

Largest awards

  1. ABCD-USA CONSORTIUM: DATA ANALYSIS CENTER$51.5M
    93.310 · Trans-NIH Research Support· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Dec 21, 2020 – Sep 3, 2026· U24DA041123
  2. CK20-004, J. CRAIG VENTER INSITUTE AND CLEVELAND VA PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION EPICENTER$6.4M
    93.283 · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Investigations and Technical Assistance· Centers for Disease Control and Prevention· Cooperative agreement· Apr 30, 2021 – Jul 21, 2026· U54CK000603
  3. OPTIMIZATION, MANUFACTURING AND TESTING OF A LEAD THERAPEUTIC BACTERIOPHAGE COCKTAIL FOR THE TREATMENT OF ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT KLEBSIELLA…$4.7M
    93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Jul 21, 2023 – Jul 1, 2026· R01AI176546
  4. IDENTIFYING INFLUENZA VIRUS INFECTION SEVERITY AND OUTCOME SIGNATURES THROUGH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-DRIVEN ANALYSES - ABSTRACT INFLUENZA…$3M
    93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Jul 5, 2022 – Jun 10, 2026· R01AI170111
  5. THE HISTONE DEMETHYLASE JMJD1C IN HUMAN ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA$2.8M
    93.396 · Cancer Biology Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· May 5, 2021 – Aug 28, 2026· R37CA229751
  6. INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE HEAT SHOCK RESPONSE AND HISTIDINE KINASE PATHWAYS IN THE THERMALLY DIMORPHIC FUNGAL PATHOGEN HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM$2.4M
    93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Aug 3, 2021 – Feb 10, 2026· R01AI137418

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: $1.5M (11 subawards)

9 sub-recipients

  1. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK$481K33%
    COLLEGE PARK, MD · 3 subawards
  2. NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY$371.7K25%
    RALEIGH, NC · 1 subaward
  3. THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK$229.3K16%
    NEW YORK, NY · 1 subaward
  4. CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY$117.3K8.0%
    CLEVELAND, OH · 1 subaward
  5. CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOUNDATION, THE$68.6K4.7%
    CLEVELAND, OH · 1 subaward
  6. UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION$63K4.3%
    PITTSBURGH, PA · 1 subaward
  7. NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITY$50K3.4%
    GREENSBORO, NC · 1 subaward
  8. KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY$49.1K3.3%
    MANHATTAN, KS · 1 subaward
  9. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE$40.1K2.7%
    BERKELEY, CA · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $607.5K (1 subaward)
  • Sub-grants: $4.6M (12 subawards)

9 primes

  1. THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO$1.4M28%
    CHICAGO, IL · 1 subaward
  2. WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THE$1.4M26%
    SAINT LOUIS, MO · 4 subawards
  3. TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE$688.9K13%
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 2 subawards
  4. DIGITAL INFUZION, LLC$607.5K12%
    ROCKVILLE, MD · 1 subaward
  5. CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES$390K7.5%
    LOS ANGELES, CA · 1 subaward
  6. EMORY UNIVERSITY$359.2K6.9%
    ATLANTA, GA · 1 subaward
  7. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO$231.1K4.4%
    LA JOLLA, CA · 1 subaward
  8. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$111K2.1%
    LOS ANGELES, CA · 1 subaward
  9. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS$16.2K0.3%
    URBANA, IL · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $8.2M paid out · $4.8M received
  • FY2022: $3.1M paid out · $1.8M received
  • FY2023: $2.1M paid out · $942.3K received
  • FY2024: $755.1K paid out · $4.3M received
  • FY2025: $1.7M paid out · $5.7M received
  • FY2026: $1.5M paid out · $5.2M 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

32 companies · $17.4M reported

  1. COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY$2M
    FORT COLLINS, CO · 1 subaward
  2. THE GENEVA FOUNDATION$1.9M
    TACOMA, WA · 1 subaward
  3. CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY$1.6M
    CLEVELAND, OH · 2 subawards

Primes that pay it

23 companies · $22.7M reported

  1. DIGITAL INFUZION, LLC$5.4M
    ROCKVILLE, MD · 3 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THE$2.9M
    SAINT LOUIS, MO · 17 subawards
  3. TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE$1.9M
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 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. LDDBLUELINE, INC.$1.2M+15% in FY2026
    MARIETTA, GA · 72% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. GT MOLECULAR, INC.$1.1M+4.1% in FY2026
    FORT COLLINS, CO · 60% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  3. BUREAU VERITAS NORTH AMERICA INC$1.2M−136% in FY2026
    NOVI, MI · 2 entities · 51% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · Architectural, engineering, and related 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 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.