Federal contractor · CAMBRIDGE, MA

NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH INC

No contract obligations recorded for NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH INC in FY2026. Since FY2017: $241.6K. It also received $14.6M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$0
New awards
0
Sole-source
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Single offer
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 49KFY2017
  2. 37KFY2018
  3. 25KFY2019
  4. 27KFY2020
  5. 107KFY2021
  6. 88.5KFY2022
  7. -91.9KFY2023

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Obligations in FY2026.

No contract obligations recorded for NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH INC in FY2026.

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.

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.

NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH INC received $14.6M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 49 actions (3 new awards), −13% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 93.866 · Aging Research ($9.8M).

Assistance · FY2026
$14.6M
New awards
3
Actions
49
Since FY2021
$126M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 22.2MFY2021
  2. 21.5MFY2022
  3. 21.2MFY2023
  4. 29.7MFY2024
  5. 16.9MFY2025
  6. 14.6MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$14.6M100%

Top programs

  1. 93.866 · Aging Research$9.8M67%
  2. 93.307 · Minority Health and Health Disparities Research$2.2M15%
  3. 47.084 · Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships$1.4M9.6%
  4. 93.865 · Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research$620.2K4.3%
  5. 84.305 · Education Research, Development and Dissemination$528.6K3.6%
  6. 47.075 · Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences$397.4K2.7%
  7. 96.007 · Social Security Research and Demonstration-$276.8K0.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Institutes of Health$12.5M86%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  2. National Science Foundation$1.8M12%
  3. Department of Education$528.6K3.6%

Largest awards

  1. ECONOMICS OF AGING$35M
    93.866 · Aging Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Oct 19, 2020 – Sep 17, 2026· P01AG005842
  2. NBER CENTER FOR AGING AND HEALTH RESEARCH$16.9M
    93.866 · Aging Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Oct 27, 2020 – Sep 10, 2026· P30AG012810
  3. NBER RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY RESEARCH CENTER$10.5M
    96.007 · Social Security Research and Demonstration· Social Security Administration· Cooperative agreement· Sep 30, 2021 – Dec 19, 2025· RDR18000003
  4. BEHAVIOR CHANGE IN HEALTH AND SAVING$9.4M
    93.866 · Aging Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Nov 2, 2020 – Aug 21, 2026· P30AG034532
  5. NBER COORDINATING CENTER ON THE ECONOMICS OF AD/ADRD PREVENTION, TREATMENT, AND CARE. - OTHER PROJECT INFORMATION – PROJECT…$8.7M
    93.866 · Aging Research· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Sep 19, 2024 – Aug 28, 2026· U54AG090084
  6. A NEW DATABASE TO MEASURE THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN INCOME, RACE, AND MORTALITY: INEQUALITY IN LONGEVITY DURING AND BEYOND THE COVID-19…$3.3M
    93.866 · Aging Research· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Sep 22, 2021 – Aug 3, 2026· U01AG076557

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: $4.1M (20 subawards)

18 sub-recipients

  1. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, THE$969K24%
    SAN FRANCISCO, CA · 1 subaward
  2. THE RAND CORPORATION$462.5K11%
    SANTA MONICA, CA · 1 subaward
  3. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN$455.5K11%
    ANN ARBOR, MI · 3 subawards
  4. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS$415.3K10%
    URBANA, IL · 1 subaward
  5. RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$255.1K6.2%
    COLUMBUS, OH · 1 subaward
  6. TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE$200K4.9%
    HANOVER, NH · 1 subaward
  7. THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO$199.9K4.9%
    CHICAGO, IL · 1 subaward
  8. BROWN UNIVERSITY$199.2K4.8%
    PROVIDENCE, RI · 1 subaward
  9. FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY$198.8K4.8%
    TALLAHASSEE, FL · 1 subaward
  10. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO$157.4K3.8%
    BOULDER, CO · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $244.9K (3 subawards)

3 primes

  1. MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$138.3K56%
    CAMBRIDGE, MA · 1 subaward
  2. THE ADMINISTRATORS OF TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND$76.5K31%
    NEW ORLEANS, LA · 1 subaward
  3. THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO$30.2K12%
    CHICAGO, IL · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $2.5M paid out · $1.2M received
  • FY2022: $1.2M paid out · $713.3K received
  • FY2023: $1.7M paid out · $538.8K received
  • FY2024: $997.4K paid out · $1.7M received
  • FY2025: $1.9M paid out · $2.7M received
  • FY2026: $4.1M paid out · $244.9K received
  • FY2027: $1.2M paid out · $0 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

46 companies · $13.6M reported

  1. PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE$2M
    BOSTON, MA · 7 subawards
  2. OCHIN, INC$1.2M
    PORTLAND, OR · 1 subaward
  3. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, THE$969K
    SAN FRANCISCO, CA · 1 subaward

Primes that pay it

19 companies · $7.1M reported

  1. MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$1.4M
    LEXINGTON, MA · 3 subawards
  2. TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY$1.1M
    COLLEGE STATION, TX · 1 subaward
  3. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, THE$947.7K
    SAN FRANCISCO, CA · 1 subaward

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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.

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.