Federal contractor · BETHLEHEM, PA

LEHIGH UNIVERSITY

No contract obligations recorded for LEHIGH UNIVERSITY in FY2026. Since FY2017: $5.2M. Its largest customer was Department of State ($0). It also received $18.6M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$0
New awards
3
Sole-source
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Single offer
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UEI
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Other than small businessNonprofitEducational institution
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 40KFY2017
  2. 351.3KFY2018
  3. 352.1KFY2019
  4. 516.9KFY2020
  5. 1.7MFY2021
  6. 360KFY2022
  7. 817.5KFY2023
  8. 200.1KFY2024
  9. 901.3KFY2025
  10. 0FY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of State$00.0%
    1 awards
  2. Federal Highway Administration$00.0%
    2 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. TO PERFORM "SEISMIC EXPLOSION FOR LG MAGNITUDE CALIBRATION IN WESTERN MAGNOLIA.$964.7K
    Department of State· Northampton County, PA· Professional services· Aug 31, 2020 – Mar 24, 2026· 19AQMM20P1477
  2. SECURITY AND SAFETY OF BRIDGES FROM HUMAN-MADE HAZARDS$228.5K
    Federal Highway Administration· Lehigh County, PA· Research & development· Sep 23, 2021 – Dec 9, 2025· 693JJ321C000035
  3. NEW CONTRACT MULTI-HAZARD FRAGILITY OF HIGHWAY BRIDGES FOR IMPROVED COMMUNITY RESILIENCE MODELING$85.2K
    Federal Highway Administration· Lehigh County, PA· Research & development· Mar 17, 2024 – Aug 10, 2026· 693JJ324C000011

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.

LEHIGH UNIVERSITY received $18.6M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 132 actions (31 new awards), −36% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 47.041 · Engineering ($3.4M).

Assistance · FY2026
$18.6M
New awards
31
Actions
132
Since FY2021
$214.6M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 42.1MFY2021
  2. 36.3MFY2022
  3. 47.8MFY2023
  4. 40.6MFY2024
  5. 29.2MFY2025
  6. 18.6MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$17.6M95%
  2. Other assistance$500K2.7%
  3. Direct payments$445K2.4%

Top programs

  1. 47.041 · Engineering$3.4M18%
  2. 81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program$3.4M18%
  3. 12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research$3M16%
  4. 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$2.3M12%
  5. 93.286 · Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health$1.5M8.1%
  6. 47.070 · Computer and Information Science and Engineering$1.4M7.7%
  7. 47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences$608.3K3.3%
  8. 11.011 · Ocean Exploration$584.4K3.1%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Science Foundation$6.2M34%
  2. National Institutes of Health$5M27%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  3. Department of the Navy$3M16%
    Department of Defense
  4. Department of Energy$2.2M12%
  5. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$584.4K3.1%
    Department of Commerce
  6. Department of Education$523.9K2.8%
  7. Department of the Air Force$350.7K1.9%
    Department of Defense
  8. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency$309.8K1.7%
    Department of Defense

Largest awards

  1. REVEALING THE HYDRODYNAMICS PRINCIPLES OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL FISH SCHOOLS: FROM BIOLOGY TO SCHOOLING ROBOTICS$6.4M
    12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research· Department of the Navy· Project grant· Aug 12, 2022 – Jul 17, 2026· N000142212616
  2. NATURAL HAZARDS ENGINEERING RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE: EXPERIMENTAL FACILITY WITH LARGE-SCALE, MULTI-DIRECTIONAL, HYBRID SIMULATION TESTING…$6.4M
    47.041 · Engineering· National Science Foundation· Cooperative agreement· Dec 9, 2020 – Jul 31, 2026· 2037771
  3. INTEGRATED MAGNETIC AND KINETIC PROFILE CONTROL FOR ADVANCED ITER SCENARIOS IN DIII-D$3.5M
    81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program· Department of Energy· Project grant· Jul 15, 2021 – Jun 3, 2026· DESC0010661
  4. ASSESSING TELEPHONE ALL NATIONS BREATH OF LIFE FOR EFFICACY$3.3M
    93.279 · Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Dec 23, 2020 – Feb 2, 2026· R01DA048955
  5. MODELING MECHANISMS IN CYTOKINESIS, CELL POLARIZATION AND MOTILITY$3.2M
    93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Mar 26, 2021 – Apr 24, 2026· R35GM136372
  6. URBAN AND RESERVATION IMPLEMENTATION OF ALL NATIONS BREATH OF LIFE TO IMPROVE SMOKING CESSATION RATES AMONG AMERICAN INDIANS$3.2M
    93.279 · Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Dec 21, 2020 – Jun 29, 2026· R01DA047863

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: $527.4K (3 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $2.2M (12 subawards)

14 sub-recipients

  1. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE$559.2K20%
    IRVINE, CA · 1 subaward
  2. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO$411.6K15%
    BOULDER, CO · 1 subaward
  3. CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY$334.4K12%
    PITTSBURGH, PA · 1 subaward
  4. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN$296.3K11%
    AUSTIN, TX · 1 subaward
  5. BATTELLE ENERGY ALLIANCE, LLC$280K10%
    IDAHO FALLS, ID · 1 subaward
  6. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$245.7K9.0%
    LOS ANGELES, CA · 2 subawards
  7. BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV$165.4K6.1%
    BEER SHEBA, ISR · 1 subaward
  8. THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK$100K3.7%
    NEW YORK, NY · 1 subaward
  9. PURDUE UNIVERSITY$83.3K3.1%
    WEST LAFAYETTE, IN · 1 subaward
  10. BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY$73.3K2.7%
    PROVO, UT · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $3.9M (21 subawards)

15 primes

  1. BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA$613.8K16%
    LINCOLN, NE · 3 subawards
  2. LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY$593.1K15%
    LOS ANGELES, CA · 1 subaward
  3. UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CENTER FOR RESEARCH INC$532.3K14%
    LAWRENCE, KS · 2 subawards
  4. THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY$525.6K14%
    UNIVERSITY PARK, PA · 2 subawards
  5. KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA$510.7K13%
    KUTZTOWN, PA · 2 subawards
  6. WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION$280.5K7.3%
    MORGANTOWN, WV · 1 subaward
  7. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON$150K3.9%
    SEATTLE, WA · 1 subaward
  8. GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC$141.3K3.7%
    ATLANTA, GA · 1 subaward
  9. GREEN & HEALTHY HOMES INITIATIVE INC$141.2K3.7%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 1 subaward
  10. UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE$132K3.4%
    NEWARK, DE · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $3.7M paid out · $5.9M received
  • FY2022: $8.3M paid out · $11.7M received
  • FY2023: $7.6M paid out · $7.1M received
  • FY2024: $4.6M paid out · $7.9M received
  • FY2025: $4.1M paid out · $4.5M received
  • FY2026: $2.7M paid out · $3.9M 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

76 companies · $31.1M reported

  1. OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE$3.6M
    COLUMBUS, OH · 2 subawards
  2. RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA$3.6M
    CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA · 2 subawards
  3. ENERGY RESEARCH CO$1.9M
    STATEN ISLAND, NY · 3 subawards

Primes that pay it

65 companies · $40.9M reported

  1. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, PA$6.9M
    HARRISBURG, PA · 1 subaward
  2. UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRE$4.7M
    DURHAM, NH · 5 subawards
  3. THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY$3M
    UNIVERSITY PARK, PA · 12 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 5 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. STORAGENERGY TECHNOLOGIES INC$873.3K
    SALT LAKE CITY, UT · 75% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Scientific research and development services
  2. LUCIDEAN, INC$1.3M−88% in FY2026
    GOLETA, CA · 85% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · Scientific research and development services
  3. FRAUNHOFER USA, INC$1.3M+4.6% in FY2026
    RIVERDALE, MD · 6 entities · 85% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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.

Matched organizations

  • LEHIGH UNIVERSITYAI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2025
$50K
7 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$267K
$267K in its own reports

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$130K
    8 reports
  2. 2024$37K
    4 reports
  3. 2025$50K
    7 reports
  4. 2026$50K
    4 reports

Top issues

  1. Budget and appropriations20 reports
  2. Education13 reports
  3. Energy and nuclear3 reports
  4. Science and technology3 reports
  5. Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code2 reports
  6. Defense1 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES20 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE20 reports
  3. Education - Dept of3 reports
  4. Energy - Dept of3 reports
  5. Natl Science Foundation (NSF)3 reports
  6. Defense - Dept of (DOD)1 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. McAllister & Quinn, LLC$170K
    5 reports
  2. Alcalde & Fay$70K
    4 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.