Federal contractor · HADLEY, MA

NATIONAL COLLEGIATE INVENTORS & INNOVATORS ALLIANCE, INC.

NATIONAL COLLEGIATE INVENTORS & INNOVATORS ALLIANCE, INC. received $66.4M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 23 awards (+408% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $466.3M. Its largest customer was National Institutes of Health ($65.8M). It also received $18.9M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$66.4M
New awards
23
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
54%
UEI
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Other than small businessNonprofit
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 32.2KFY2017
  2. 82.7KFY2018
  3. 38KFY2019
  4. 20.1MFY2020
  5. 55.1MFY2021
  6. 96.1MFY2022
  7. 195.3MFY2023
  8. 20MFY2024
  9. 13.1MFY2025
  10. 66.4MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. National Institutes of Health$65.8M99%
    21 awards
  2. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency$589.7K0.9%
    2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$65.8M99%
  2. Research & development$589.7K0.9%

Where the work was performed

  1. Hampshire County, MA$40.1M60%
  2. Frederick County, MD$25.8M39%
  3. Montgomery County, MD$578.1K0.9%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition51%
    US 39% · $33.7M
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · -$2.2M
  • Single-offer competitions54%
    US 8.7% · $35.9M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · -$2.5M

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Largest awards

  1. RADX INNOVATION FUNNEL FOR HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES - AWARD MANAGEMENT$35.3M
    National Institutes of Health· Hampshire County, MA· Professional services· Sep 24, 2026 – Sep 24, 2026· 75N98026F00002
  2. RADX INNOVATION FUNNEL FOR HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES - COMMERCIALIZATION CENTER$25.8M
    National Institutes of Health· Frederick County, MD· Professional services· Sep 25, 2026 – Sep 25, 2026· 75N98026F00003
  3. RAPID ACCELERATION OF DIAGNOSTICS (RADX) CLINICAL EVALUATION SERVICES -TASK ORDER 06$21M
    National Institutes of Health· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Jun 1, 2023 – Jul 20, 2026· 75N92023F00004
  4. RADX INNOVATION FUNNEL FOR HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES - COMMERCIALIZATION CENTER$9.9M
    National Institutes of Health· Hampshire County, MA· Professional services· Sep 27, 2024 – Jul 22, 2026· 75N92024F00004
  5. RADX CLINICAL EVALUATION SERVICES CONTRACT TO7. L3 HEALTHCARE (PROJECT 2620 OTC) AND L3 HEALTHCARE (PROJECT 6658 OTC).$5.5M
    National Institutes of Health· Hampshire County, MA· Professional services· Sep 28, 2021 – Jan 30, 2026· 75N92021F00007
  6. NIBIB INNOVATION FUNNEL COMMERCIALIZATION CENTER - RADX BLUEPRINT MEDTECH TRANSLATOR COHORT 3$5.4M
    National Institutes of Health· Hampshire County, MA· Professional services· Aug 25, 2025 – Jun 25, 2026· 75N92025F00002
  7. RADX BLUEPRINT MEDTECH TRANSLATOR COHORT 4 - COMMERCIALIZATION CENTER$4.8M
    National Institutes of Health· Hampshire County, MA· Professional services· Jul 9, 2026 – Jul 9, 2026· 75N98026F00001
  8. RADX INNOVATION FUNNEL FOR HIV DIAGNOSTICS - COMMERCIALIZATION CENTER$4.1M
    National Institutes of Health· Hampshire County, MA· Professional services· May 23, 2024 – Jan 12, 2026· 75N92024F00001

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 COLLEGIATE INVENTORS & INNOVATORS ALLIANCE, INC. received $18.9M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 31 actions (0 new awards), −55% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 47.084 · Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships ($18.9M).

Assistance · FY2026
$18.9M
New awards
0
Actions
31
Since FY2021
$192.9M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 6MFY2021
  2. 2.7MFY2022
  3. 24.4MFY2023
  4. 99MFY2024
  5. 42MFY2025
  6. 18.9MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$18.9M100%

Top programs

  1. 47.084 · Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships$18.9M100%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Science Foundation$18.9M100%

Largest awards

  1. REQUEST FOR OTHER TRANSACTION (OT) CONSORTIUM AGREEMENTS (RCA): TWO ARPA-H HUBS & NATIONWIDE NETWORK OF SPOKES$128.9M
    93.384 · Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (Arpa-H)· National Institutes of Health· Direct payment for specified use· Sep 25, 2023 – Aug 31, 2026· AY2AX000007
  2. I-CORPS: CONTINUATION AND EXPANSION OF TRAINING AND EVALUATION SUPPORT -THE I-CORPS PROGRAM AIMS TO INCREASE THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIETAL…$33.2M
    47.084 · Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships· National Science Foundation· Cooperative agreement· Sep 8, 2023 – Aug 19, 2026· 2320948
  3. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS FOCUSED ON OCEAN-BASED CLIMATE RESILIENCE ARE ESSENTIAL TO EQUIPPING COMMUNITIES TO PREPARE FOR, ABSORB…$13.5M
    11.012 · Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS)· National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Cooperative agreement· Dec 18, 2024 – Aug 27, 2026· NA25NOSX012C0014
  4. EVALUATION MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORT FOR THE IUCRC PROGRAM -NSF?S INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTER (IUCRC) PROGRAM ACCELERATES…$3.1M
    47.084 · Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships· National Science Foundation· Cooperative agreement· Dec 18, 2024 – Sep 9, 2026· 2410788
  5. VENTUREWELL PROPOSES SUPPORTING TWO ANNUAL NATIONAL COHORTS OF OUR ASCEND PROGRAM, A 10-WEEK HYBRID INVESTMENT READINESS TRAINING THAT…$100K
    81.087 · Renewable Energy Research and Development· Department of Energy· Cooperative agreement· Sep 8, 2025 – Apr 7, 2026· DEEE0011884
  6. ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTERS STAKEHOLDER WORKSHOPS -THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (NSF) ESTABLISHED THE ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTERS…$91.3K
    47.041 · Engineering· National Science Foundation· Project grant· Feb 14, 2022 – Dec 22, 2025· 2210606

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: $7.1M (141 subawards)

98 sub-recipients

  1. NEW YORK UNIVERSITY$200K2.8%
    NEW YORK, NY · 4 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN$200K2.8%
    AUSTIN, TX · 4 subawards
  3. MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$150K2.1%
    CAMBRIDGE, MA · 3 subawards
  4. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$150K2.1%
    LOS ANGELES, CA · 3 subawards
  5. VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY$150K2.1%
    NASHVILLE, TN · 3 subawards
  6. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE$150K2.1%
    CHARLOTTE, NC · 3 subawards
  7. NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY$150K2.1%
    EVANSTON, IL · 3 subawards
  8. THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY$150K2.1%
    UNIVERSITY PARK, PA · 3 subawards
  9. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK$150K2.1%
    COLLEGE PARK, MD · 3 subawards
  10. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO$150K2.1%
    BOULDER, CO · 3 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $9.1M (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$9.1M100%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $152.4K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $1.8M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $11.7M received
  • FY2026: $7.1M paid out · $9.1M received
  • FY2027: $50K 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

92 companies · $7.1M reported

  1. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN$250K
    AUSTIN, TX · 5 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA$200K
    TUCSON, AZ · 4 subawards
  3. NEW YORK UNIVERSITY$200K
    NEW YORK, NY · 4 subawards

Primes that pay it

6 companies · $22.8M reported

  1. THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION$13.3M
    BOSTON, MA · 2 subawards
  2. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC$9.1M
    LAUREL, MD · 1 subaward
  3. AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS$217.4K
    ITASCA, IL · 2 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 3 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. GAP SOLUTIONS, INC.$277.4M+36% in FY2026
    HERNDON, VA · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Institutes of Health · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  2. BLACK CANYON CONSULTING LLC$275.9M−19% in FY2026
    FAIRFAX, VA · 97% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Institutes of Health · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  3. KELLY SERVICES, INC.$419.3M+1.6% in FY2026
    TROY, MI · 2 entities · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Institutes of Health · Management, scientific, and technical consulting 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.

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.