Federal contractor · CAMBRIDGE, MA

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY received $7.1M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 26 awards (−58% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $346.7M. Its largest customer was National Aeronautics and Space Administration ($4.6M). It also received $399M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$7.1M
New awards
26
Sole-source
79%
Single offer
3.1%
UEI
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Parent company
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
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 MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY company family: 2 registered entities, $1.2B in FY2026 together. See the family

  1. MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYLEXINGTON, MA · Family page
    $1.2B

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 46MFY2017
  2. 42.2MFY2018
  3. 26.4MFY2019
  4. 23.9MFY2020
  5. 33.6MFY2021
  6. 108MFY2022
  7. 27.9MFY2023
  8. 14.9MFY2024
  9. 16.8MFY2025
  10. 7.1MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$4.6M65%
    10 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$1.7M23%
    7 awards
  3. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources$400K5.6%
    1 awards
  4. Department of the Army$400K5.6%
    2 awards
  5. Department of State$19.4K0.3%
    1 awards
  6. Defense Information Systems Agency$7,9000.1%
    1 awards
  7. Food and Drug Administration$00.0%
    2 awards
  8. National Institute of Standards and Technology-$7,9000.0%
    1 awards
  9. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration-$33.5K0.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$3.2M45%
  2. Education & social services$1.8M26%
  3. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$1.4M20%
  4. Professional services$676.4K9.5%
  5. IT & telecom$7,9000.1%

Where the work was performed

  1. Middlesex County, MA$6M84%
  2. Monterey County, CA$1.3M18%
  3. Anne Arundel County, MD$7,9000.1%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition82%
    US 39% · $5.8M
  • Sole-source awards79%
    US 30% · $5.6M
  • Single-offer competitions3.1%
    US 8.7% · $219.4K
  • 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. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$3.2M
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 3 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$1.8M
    Department of Defense · 5 awards

Largest awards

  1. TRANSITING EXOPLANET SURVEY SATELLITE (TESS) PROJECT. THIS CONTRACT IS FOR PERFORMANCE OF THE PHASE B BRIDGE PHASE OF THE TESS MISSION. EFFORTS INCLUDED, BUT LIMITED TO, ARE AS FOLLOWS: DEVELOP DOCUMENTATION, PLANS, AND SCHEDULES DEVELOP REQUIREMENTS IN PREPARATION FOR THE SYSTEMS REQUIREMENT REVIEW PERFORM THE TECHNICAL TRADE STUDIES OUTLINED IN THE CONCEPT STUDY REPORT, AND ANY OTHER TRADES IDENTIFIED DURING PHASE B BRIDGE PHASE PROVIDE OVERALL MANAGEMENT FOR THE PAYLOAD DEVELOPMENT PROVIDE TESS SYSTEMS ENGINEERING SUPPORT TO THE PROJECT IN COORDINATION WITH THE GSFC PROJECT SYSTEMS ENGINEER (PSE) MANAGE THE CONTRACTS OF VENDORS AND SUBCONTRACTORS AS NECESSARY DURING THE PHASE B BRIDGE PHASE ESTABLISH THE ELECTRONIC DATABASE OF TESS TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS AND SPECIFICATIONS AS EACH DOCUMENT IS BASELINED. MAINTAIN COMPLETE TRACEABILITY AND CONFIGURATION CONTROL OF ALL TESS PROJECT REQUIREMENT DOCUMENTS. DELIVER DOCUMENTATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS.$110.1M
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Middlesex County, MA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Oct 18, 2016 – Jul 27, 2026· NNG14FC03C
  2. NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER (GSFC) HAS A NEED TO OBTAIN SUPPORT IN ACHIEVING THE GOALS OF THE SPACE GEODESY PROJECT (SGP). THE GOALS OF THIS ACTIVITY ARE RELATED TO THE STUDY OF THE SHAPE OF THE EARTH AND HOW IT ROTATES. THIS EFFORT WILL BE A FOLLOW-ON TO NASA GSFC CONTRACT NNG10HP00C WITH MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (MIT)/HAYSTACK OBSERVATORY (HO) FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR THE STATE-OF-THE-ART NEXT GENERATION VERY LONG BASELINE INTERFEROMETRY (VLBI) SYSTEMS IN SUPPORT OF THE NASA SGP. UNDER THIS CONTRACT EFFORT MIT HAYSTACK OBSERVATORY SHALL PROVIDE CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION OF THE SIGNAL CHAINS FOR THREE NEXT GENERATION GEODETIC VLBI ANTENNAS AND VALIDATION OF THE COMPLETED SYSTEMS; OPERATIONS SUPPORT IN THE FORM OF CORRELATION OF GEODETIC VLBI DATA, OPERATION OF THE WESTFORD ANTENNA, AND ENGINEERING SUPPORT FOR THE NASA GEODETIC NETWORK; AND CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEXT GENERATION GEODETIC VLBI SYSTEMS. THE HO SHALL PROVIDE THE PERSONNEL, MATERIALS, FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT NECESSARY TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO NASA GSFC IN ACHIEVING THE GOALS OF THE SGP. THE SCOPE OF THIS EFFORT IS LIMITED TO FIVE SPECIFIC AREAS (CALLED TASKS): 1. BUILDING VLBI GLOBAL OBSERVING SYSTEMS (VGOS) 2. VGOS SYSTEM VALIDATION 3. OPERATIONS AND SUSTAINING ENGINEERING 4. FORWARD LOOKING DEVELOPMENT 5. PROJECT MANAGEMENT$11.6M
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· Dec 9, 2016 – Jul 22, 2026· NNG15HZ35C
  3. SUPPORT FOR THE NASA SPACE GEODESY PROJECT (SGP) IN DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF NASA'S VERY LONG BASELINE INTERFEROMETRY (VLBI) STATIONS, THE PROCESSING OF VLBI DATA, AND SUPPORT FOR THE INTERNATIONAL VLBI SERVICE FOR GEODESY AND ASTROMETRY (IVS).$10.2M
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· Jun 22, 2020 – Feb 26, 2026· 80GSFC20C0078
  4. THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO CONTINUE THE DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF NASA'S VERY LONG BASELINE INTERFEROMETRY (VLBI) STATIONS.$6.2M
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· Jun 20, 2025 – Jul 22, 2026· 80GSFC25CA011
  5. MECHANISTIC MODELING AND PROCESS ANALYTICAL TECHNOLOGY FOR EXOSOME PRODUCTION$3.3M
    Food and Drug Administration· Middlesex County, MA· Professional services· Sep 22, 2023 – Dec 16, 2025· 75F40123C00200
  6. WEB ACCESSIBILITY INITIATIVE (WAI) CORE$2.5M
    Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Sep 28, 2020 – May 12, 2026· 75P00120P00168
  7. MANAGEMENT, ADMINISTRATION, AND OUTREACH$2.2M
    Department of the Army· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· Mar 3, 2023 – Mar 3, 2026· W911NF23F0021
  8. THIS REQUIREMENT IS FOR THE GENERATION OF A BAA TO ADDRESS THE ONGOING GROWTH IN CONTINUOUS MANUFACTURING WITHIN CELL LINES. THIS REQUIREMENT IS BEING FUNDED THROUGH THE PRESIDENT'S TARGET INCREASE FOR FOCUS ON ADVANCE MANUFACTURING AND WILL FOC$1.8M
    Food and Drug Administration· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· Sep 18, 2024 – Dec 22, 2025· 75F40124C00130

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.

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY received $399M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 1,140 actions (214 new awards), −6.3% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 93.384 · Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (Arpa-H) ($60.7M).

Assistance · FY2026
$399M
New awards
214
Actions
1,140
Since FY2021
$2.4B

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 374MFY2021
  2. 404.3MFY2022
  3. 405.2MFY2023
  4. 410.6MFY2024
  5. 426MFY2025
  6. 399MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$359.9M90%
  2. Direct payments$34.4M8.6%
  3. Other assistance$4.8M1.2%

Top programs

  1. 93.384 · Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (Arpa-H)$60.7M15%
  2. 81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program$40.6M10%
  3. 12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research$36.6M9.2%
  4. 47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)$23M5.8%
  5. 12.431 · Basic Scientific Research$22.5M5.6%
  6. 93.242 · Mental Health Research Grants$20.5M5.1%
  7. 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$17.6M4.4%
  8. 47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences$17.2M4.3%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Institutes of Health$134.7M34%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  2. Department of Energy$58.6M15%
  3. National Science Foundation$56M14%
  4. Departmental Offices$38.9M9.8%
    Department of the Interior
  5. Department of the Air Force$26.7M6.7%
    Department of Defense
  6. Department of the Army$22.5M5.6%
    Department of Defense
  7. Department of the Navy$20.5M5.1%
    Department of Defense
  8. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$14.1M3.5%

Largest awards

  1. UNITED STATES AIR FORCE (USAF) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) ACCELERATOR AT THE MASSACHUSETTS INSITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (MIT)$112.3M
    12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research· Department of the Air Force· Cooperative agreement· Sep 23, 2021 – Apr 13, 2026· FA87501921000
  2. GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM (GRFP)$111.2M
    47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)· National Science Foundation· Project grant· Aug 10, 2021 – Mar 20, 2026· 2141064
  3. CANCER CENTER SUPPORT (CORE) GRANT$70.1M
    93.397 · Cancer Centers Support Grants· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Oct 22, 2020 – May 26, 2026· P30CA014051
  4. ARPA-H OPEN BAA 2023$65.7M
    93.384 · Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (Arpa-H)· Departmental Offices· Cooperative agreement· Jan 31, 2024 – Sep 19, 2026· D24AC00040
  5. RESEARCH IN NUCLEAR PHYSICS$52.6M
    81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program· Department of Energy· Project grant· Dec 1, 2020 – May 8, 2026· DEFG0294ER40818
  6. AMS OPERATIONS$43.1M
    81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program· Department of Energy· Project grant· Dec 10, 2020 – Jun 6, 2026· DESC0011755

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-grants: $26.5M (92 subawards)

66 sub-recipients

  1. UKU BIO, INC.$4.6M18%
    ARLINGTON, MA · 1 subaward
  2. PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE$4.1M15%
    CAMBRIDGE, MA · 6 subawards
  3. CAPSULATEBIO, INC.$2.3M8.9%
    ATLANTA, GA · 1 subaward
  4. THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK$977K3.7%
    NEW YORK, NY · 4 subawards
  5. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION$855.6K3.2%
    YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, NY · 1 subaward
  6. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE$746.4K2.8%
    BERKELEY, CA · 3 subawards
  7. UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA$666.1K2.5%
    TUCSON, AZ · 2 subawards
  8. SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION$637.1K2.4%
    CAMBRIDGE, MA · 1 subaward
  9. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON$618K2.3%
    SEATTLE, WA · 2 subawards
  10. NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY$546.9K2.1%
    EVANSTON, IL · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $725K (5 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $49.1M (157 subawards)

82 primes

  1. THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY$11.5M23%
    UNIVERSITY PARK, PA · 7 subawards
  2. BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA$3.3M6.7%
    LINCOLN, NE · 1 subaward
  3. WEILL MEDICAL COLLEGE OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY$2.1M4.2%
    NEW YORK, NY · 1 subaward
  4. DUKE UNIVERSITY$2M4.0%
    DURHAM, NC · 3 subawards
  5. UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION$1.5M3.1%
    PITTSBURGH, PA · 4 subawards
  6. PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE$1.4M2.8%
    CAMBRIDGE, MA · 4 subawards
  7. THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK$1.3M2.6%
    NEW YORK, NY · 6 subawards
  8. THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY$1.2M2.4%
    STANFORD, CA · 7 subawards
  9. TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE$1.2M2.3%
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 2 subawards
  10. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON$1M2.1%
    SEATTLE, WA · 4 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $822.6K paid out · $84.7M received
  • FY2022: $31.1M paid out · $81.4M received
  • FY2023: $144.6M paid out · $75.6M received
  • FY2024: $69M paid out · $126.3M received
  • FY2025: $36.1M paid out · $76M received
  • FY2026: $26.5M paid out · $49.8M 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

1,453 companies · $1.9B reported

  1. DIGITAL PROSPECTORS CORP$133.9M
    EXETER, NH · 216 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. KBR SERVICES, LLC$93.4M
    HOUSTON, TX · 25 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. JOHN GALT STAFFING INC$71.9M
    BURLINGTON, MA · 105 subawards · Scientific research and development services

Primes that pay it

189 companies · $499.7M reported

  1. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY MASSACHUSETTS$46.3M
    FRAMINGHAM, MA · 15 subawards
  2. PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE$30.9M
    BOSTON, MA · 136 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$30.5M
    PASADENA, CA · 10 subawards

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 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 22 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION$3.8B−21% in FY2026
    EL SEGUNDO, CA · 2 entities · 81% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development services
  2. ODYSSEY SYSTEMS CONSULTING GROUP, LTD.$1.2B−5.4% in FY2026
    WAKEFIELD, MA · 29% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development services
  3. MANTECH TSG-2 JOINT VENTURE$1.1B−34% in FY2026
    FAIRFAX, VA · 27% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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.

Across the company family of MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (2 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyAI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2025
$460K
10 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$896.4K
$896.4K in its own reports

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$91.5K
    4 reports
  2. 2024$144.9K
    4 reports
  3. 2025$460K
    10 reports
  4. 2026$200K
    6 reports

Top issues

  1. Energy and nuclear10 reports
  2. Budget and appropriations8 reports
  3. Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code8 reports
  4. Education6 reports
  5. Science and technology6 reports
  6. Defense2 reports
  7. Medical and disease research, clinical labs1 reports
  8. Real estate, land use and conservation1 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES18 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE18 reports
  3. Executive Office of the President (EOP)2 reports
  4. White House Office2 reports
  5. Minority Business Development Agency1 reports
  6. Natl Institutes of Health (NIH)1 reports
  7. Treasury - Dept of1 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. S-3 Group$360K
    6 reports
  2. DCI Group, L.L.C.$90K
    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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.