Federal contractor · HOUGHTON, MI

MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY received $6M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 12 awards (−73% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $97.5M. Its largest customer was Department of the Army ($4.5M). It also received $26.2M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$6M
New awards
12
Sole-source
74%
Single offer
1.7%
UEI
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Other than small businessEducational institutionGovernment entity
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 5.3MFY2017
  2. 6.8MFY2018
  3. 9.2MFY2019
  4. 9.8MFY2020
  5. 7.5MFY2021
  6. 6.8MFY2022
  7. 8.6MFY2023
  8. 15.1MFY2024
  9. 22.3MFY2025
  10. 6MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Army$4.5M75%
    4 awards
  2. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency$749.7K13%
    1 awards
  3. Department of the Navy$700K12%
    2 awards
  4. Department of the Air Force$30K0.5%
    2 awards
  5. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$00.0%
    1 awards
  6. U.S. Coast Guard$00.0%
    1 awards
  7. Federal Railroad Administration$00.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$6M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Houghton County, MI$5.9M99%
  2. Washtenaw County, MI$30K0.5%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition75%
    US 39% · $4.5M
  • Sole-source awards74%
    US 30% · $4.4M
  • Single-offer competitions1.7%
    US 8.7% · $100K
  • 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. NEW FOLLOW-ON CONTRACT EFFORT: THE WORK DIRECTIVES ISSUED HEREUNDER SHALL INVOLVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS ON VARIOUS ASPECTS RELATED TO SURVIVABILITY, ASSURED MOBILITY, AND MANEUVER SUPPORT MATERIAL SOLUTIONS.$31.1M
    Department of the Army· Houghton County, MI· Research & development· Mar 22, 2019 – Feb 20, 2026· W56HZV19C0053
  2. TECHNICAL AND ENGINEERING SERVICES SUPPORT FOR ASSURED MOBILITY, SURVIVABILITY, AND MANEUVER SUPPORT MATERIAL SOLUTIONS FOR THE GROUND VEHICLE SYSTEMS CENTER GROUND VEHICLE SURVIVABILITY AND PROTECTION DIRECTORATE$28.4M
    Department of the Army· Houghton County, MI· Research & development· Sep 24, 2024 – May 13, 2026· W912CH24C0038
  3. COMPUTATIONALLY-DRIVEN NEXT GENERATION CARBON-CARBON COMPOSITE MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT$4.4M
    Department of the Air Force· Houghton County, MI· Research & development· May 28, 2024 – Feb 4, 2026· FA239424CB014
  4. DDARPA TRIAGE CHALLENGE (DTC) UNDER THE SIGNATURES OF TRAUMA FOR ALGORITHM-ASSISTED CLINICAL ASSESSMENT, TRIAGE, AND OBSERVATION (STACATO) PROGRAM$1.7M
    Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency· Houghton County, MI· Research & development· Oct 26, 2023 – Mar 3, 2026· HR001124C0339
  5. SUDOKU$1.1M
    Department of the Air Force· Washtenaw County, MI· Research & development· Apr 29, 2024 – Dec 15, 2025· FA875024CB074
  6. BAA 22-0014A WITH MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY FOR R&D PROPOSAL SAR SIGNATURE MANAGEMENT. U438170$800K
    Department of the Army· Houghton County, MI· Research & development· May 22, 2023 – May 8, 2026· W912HZ23C0022
  7. OPFOR HIERARCHICAL AL FOR FIELD EXERCISES AND TRAINING DEMONSTRATIONS.$639.8K
    Department of the Army· Houghton County, MI· Research & development· Aug 21, 2024 – Jun 1, 2026· W912CG24C0017
  8. THIS PROJECT PROPOSES TO BRING TOGETHER MODERN GENERATIVE AI METHODS WITH EXPERT MODELS TO CREATE KINEMATIC AND RF BEHAVIOR SIMULATIONS FOR COMPLEX MARITIME SURFACE VESSEL ENGAGEMENTS AT LARGE SCALES.$500K
    Department of the Navy· Houghton County, MI· Research & development· Mar 24, 2026 – Mar 24, 2026· N0001426C1117

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.

MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY received $26.2M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 182 actions (42 new awards), −12% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources) ($5.3M).

Assistance · FY2026
$26.2M
New awards
42
Actions
182
Since FY2021
$205.8M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 43.8MFY2021
  2. 25.4MFY2022
  3. 52.9MFY2023
  4. 27.8MFY2024
  5. 29.7MFY2025
  6. 26.2MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$25.1M96%
  2. Other assistance$1M4.0%

Top programs

  1. 47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)$5.3M20%
  2. 43.001 · Science$3.6M14%
  3. 11.617 · Congressionally-Identified Projects$2M7.6%
  4. 12.910 · Research and Technology Development$1.5M5.8%
  5. 47.050 · Geosciences$1.4M5.3%
  6. 47.078 · Polar Programs$1.3M5.0%
  7. 15.808 · U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection$1.3M4.9%
  8. 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$1.1M4.3%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Science Foundation$10.7M41%
  2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$3.8M14%
  3. National Institute of Standards and Technology$2.4M9.4%
    Department of Commerce
  4. National Institutes of Health$1.7M6.3%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  5. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency$1.5M5.8%
    Department of Defense
  6. U.S. Geological Survey$1.3M4.9%
    Department of the Interior
  7. National Institute of Food and Agriculture$1.2M4.5%
    Department of Agriculture
  8. Forest Service$801.7K3.1%
    Department of Agriculture

Largest awards

  1. BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW (BIL) SUPPLYING REFINED BATTERY MATERIALS INTO THE UNITED STATES ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERY SUPPLY CHAIN BY…$8.1M
    81.086 · Conservation Research and Development· Department of Energy· Project grant· Sep 26, 2023 – Apr 17, 2026· DEEE0010398
  2. MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY: NEW AWARD. CONTROL NUMBER: 1564-1523 TITLE: ''NEXTCAR: CONNECTED AND AUTOMATED CONTROL FOR VEHICLE…$7.4M
    81.135 · Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy· Department of Energy· Cooperative agreement· Apr 27, 2021 – Jun 16, 2026· DEAR0000788
  3. BIOLOGICAL UNDERSEA ENERGY (BLUE) BIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGIES OFFICE BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT$4.8M
    12.910 · Research and Technology Development· Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency· Cooperative agreement· Sep 30, 2024 – Feb 13, 2026· HR00112420381
  4. PROJECT TITLE ENABLING THE FUTURE OF GREAT LAKES BIOLOGICAL RESOURCE ASSESSMENTPROJECT PERIOD 9 1 2022 8 31 2023THE OVERARCHING GOAL OF THE…$3.5M
    15.808 · U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection· U.S. Geological Survey· Cooperative agreement· Aug 29, 2022 – Feb 24, 2026· G22AC00436
  5. PARTNERING TO PREPARE STEM MASTER TEACHERS FOR MICHIGAN?S MIDDLE SCHOOLS -THE PROJECT AIMS TO SERVE THE NATIONAL NEED OF DEVELOPING AND…$2.7M
    47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)· National Science Foundation· Project grant· May 29, 2024 – Sep 8, 2026· 2345094
  6. A LOW GREENHOUSE GAS (GHG) ADVANCED SPARK IGNITION (SI) ENGINE THAT CAN OPERATE ON NATURAL GAS (NG) AND NATURAL GAS-HYDROGEN (NG/H2) BLENDS…$2.5M
    81.086 · Conservation Research and Development· Department of Energy· Cooperative agreement· Sep 19, 2023 – Sep 17, 2026· DEEE0010604

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: $1.1M (1 subaward)
  • Sub-grants: $3.4M (24 subawards)

21 sub-recipients

  1. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$1.1M23%
    ORLANDO, FL · 1 subaward
  2. OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE$678.1K15%
    COLUMBUS, OH · 3 subawards
  3. UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE$520.2K12%
    NEWARK, DE · 1 subaward
  4. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS$250.8K5.6%
    DENTON, TX · 1 subaward
  5. SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY$248.9K5.6%
    SAINT LOUIS, MO · 1 subaward
  6. THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY$248.4K5.5%
    UNIVERSITY PARK, PA · 1 subaward
  7. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE$235.9K5.3%
    CAMBRIDGE, MD · 1 subaward
  8. VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY$233.7K5.2%
    NASHVILLE, TN · 1 subaward
  9. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA$209.8K4.7%
    SANTA BARBARA, CA · 1 subaward
  10. UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM$199.3K4.4%
    MADISON, WI · 2 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $381.8K (4 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $3.6M (26 subawards)

21 primes

  1. UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO$727.7K18%
    ALBUQUERQUE, NM · 3 subawards
  2. STATE OF MICHIGAN$629.4K16%
    DIMONDALE, MI · 2 subawards
  3. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN$580.1K14%
    ANN ARBOR, MI · 6 subawards
  4. MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY$381.9K9.5%
    EAST LANSING, MI · 2 subawards
  5. UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS$357.1K8.9%
    AMHERST, MA · 1 subaward
  6. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY$168K4.2%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 1 subaward
  7. TRIAD NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC$157.5K3.9%
    COLUMBUS, OH · 1 subaward
  8. UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE$144.3K3.6%
    NEWARK, DE · 1 subaward
  9. SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION$131.9K3.3%
    SAN JOSE, CA · 1 subaward
  10. NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION$104.4K2.6%
    WASHINGTON, DC · 1 subaward

Its reported sub-contracts equal 18% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $8.4M paid out · $5.6M received
  • FY2022: $6.1M paid out · $6.7M received
  • FY2023: $6.4M paid out · $9.6M received
  • FY2024: $15.1M paid out · $11.3M received
  • FY2025: $14.2M paid out · $8.4M received
  • FY2026: $4.5M paid out · $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 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

109 companies · $54.6M reported

  1. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$11.6M
    FORT WORTH, TX · 3 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY$3.4M
    TALLAHASSEE, FL · 8 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. BAE SYSTEMS LAND & ARMAMENTS L.P.$2.2M
    YORK, PA · 3 subawards · Scientific research and development services

Primes that pay it

73 companies · $45.5M reported

  1. MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES$10.1M
    LANSING, MI · 5 subawards
  2. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN$6.8M
    ANN ARBOR, MI · 50 subawards
  3. TRIAD NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC$3.6M
    COLUMBUS, OH · 4 subawards · Facilities support services

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

  1. TEXAS A&M ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION$41.1M−77% in FY2026
    COLLEGE STATION, TX · 80% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Scientific research and development servicesFederal Railroad Administration · Scientific research and development services
  2. VRC METAL SYSTEMS, LLC$34.2M+142% in FY2026
    BOX ELDER, SD · 70% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · Scientific research and development services
  3. SYSTEMS PRODUCTS AND SOLUTIONS, INC$41.8M+29% in FY2026
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 76% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · 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.

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

  • MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITYAI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2025
$120K
8 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$510K
$510K in its own reports

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$210K
    10 reports
  2. 2024$120K
    8 reports
  3. 2025$120K
    8 reports
  4. 2026$60K
    4 reports

Top issues

  1. Budget and appropriations29 reports
  2. Defense29 reports
  3. Science and technology23 reports
  4. Education18 reports
  5. Health issues14 reports
  6. Immigration14 reports
  7. Manufacturing14 reports
  8. Marine, maritime, boating and fisheries14 reports

Who was contacted

  1. Defense - Dept of (DOD)29 reports
  2. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES29 reports
  3. U.S. SENATE29 reports
  4. Food & Drug Administration (FDA)15 reports
  5. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)11 reports
  6. Natl Institutes of Health (NIH)9 reports
  7. Natl Science Foundation (NSF)9 reports
  8. Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)5 reports
  9. Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)4 reports
  10. Air Force - Dept of4 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. Federal Science Partners LLC$160K
    4 reports
  2. DYKEMA GOSSETT PLLC$110K
    12 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 Oct 5, 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.