Federal contractor · RALEIGH, NC

NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY

NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY received $1.6M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 13 awards (−36% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $23.8M. Its largest customer was Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ($1.2M). It also received $262.9M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$1.6M
New awards
13
Sole-source
1.5%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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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.

2 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $2.4M in FY2026 together.

  1. NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITYRALEIGH, NC · Family page
    $1.6M
  2. NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITYRALEIGH, NC
    $818.5K

AI-inferred: entity-match@1 · Analisa AI · 2026-09-30

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 4.6MFY2017
  2. 1.7MFY2018
  3. 1.1MFY2019
  4. 3.8MFY2020
  5. 3.7MFY2021
  6. 2.2MFY2022
  7. 1.6MFY2023
  8. 994.9KFY2024
  9. 2.5MFY2025
  10. 1.6MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency$1.2M77%
    1 awards
  2. Federal Highway Administration$300K19%
    1 awards
  3. Forest Service$46.6K2.9%
    2 awards
  4. Department of the Army$45.3K2.8%
    5 awards
  5. Missile Defense Agency$5000.0%
    1 awards
  6. Environmental Protection Agency$00.0%
    2 awards
  7. National Institutes of Health-$21.6K0.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$1.6M97%
  2. Education & social services$37K2.3%
  3. Professional services$9,6330.6%

Where the work was performed

  1. Wake County, NC$1.6M99%
  2. Durham County, NC$9,6330.6%
  3. Madison County, AL$5000.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition1.4%
    US 39% · $22.3K
  • Sole-source awards1.5%
    US 30% · $25.1K
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · -$2,740
  • 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. Forest Service$46.6K
    Department of Agriculture · 2 awards

Largest awards

  1. THE HETEROGENOUS ADAPTIVELY PRODUCED PHOTONIC INTERFACES (HAPPI) PROGRAM AIMS TO CREATE A 1000X INCREASE IN THE INFORMATION TRANSMISSION DENSITY WITHIN A MICROSYSTEM BY EXPLOITING PHOTONIC SIGNALING.$2.5M
    Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency· Wake County, NC· Research & development· Mar 10, 2025 – Dec 8, 2025· HR001125C0044
  2. SERDP PROJECT WP21-1240$902.2K
    Department of the Army· Wake County, NC· Research & development· Aug 19, 2021 – Jan 5, 2026· W912HQ21C0044
  3. SERDP PROJECT ER23-3683 "PFAS TRANSPORT AND INTERACTION WITH PORTLAND CEMENT AND ASPHALT CONCRETE: A FIELD AND LABORATORY STUDY"$559.9K
    Department of the Army· Wake County, NC· Research & development· Sep 13, 2023 – Oct 16, 2025· W912HQ23C0072
  4. SERDP PROJECT ER20-3044$424.1K
    Department of the Army· Wake County, NC· Research & development· Dec 14, 2020 – Oct 11, 2025· W912HQ21P0005
  5. THIS IS A COST REIMBURSABLE CONTRACT AWARD FOR RESEARCH TOPIC HRDI-TRS-05 OF 693JJ3-23-BAA-0002 ENTITLED, "ENHANCING PAVEMENT SURFACE MACROTEXTURE MEASUREMENT QUALITY". ALL WORK SHALL BE PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF WORK$300K
    Federal Highway Administration· Wake County, NC· Research & development· Nov 20, 2025 – Aug 13, 2026· 693JJ326C000001
  6. BAA 21-0042 TOWARDS REAL-TIME FECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA MONITORING IN COASTAL WATERS$288K
    Department of the Army· Wake County, NC· Research & development· Jan 28, 2022 – Nov 26, 2025· W912HZ22C0013
  7. SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION: PREDICTIVE CHEMICAL MODELS FOR INCINERATION OF NOVICHOK AGENTS; HS.406.1.4.2$250K
    Environmental Protection Agency· Durham County, NC· Professional services· Dec 16, 2024 – Jul 24, 2026· 68HE0M25P0041
  8. THERMAL MANIKIN TESTING: HEAT AND MOISTURE RESISTANCE PROPERTIES OF GARMENTS AND FABRICS.$39K
    Department of the Army· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· Jun 10, 2025 – Feb 12, 2026· W911QY25FA069

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.

NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY received $262.9M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 967 actions (216 new awards), −4.7% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program ($41.9M).

Assistance · FY2026
$262.9M
New awards
216
Actions
967
Since FY2021
$1.7B

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 316.3MFY2021
  2. 252.7MFY2022
  3. 305.8MFY2023
  4. 325.2MFY2024
  5. 276MFY2025
  6. 262.9MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$216.2M82%
  2. Direct payments$44M17%
  3. Other assistance$2.8M1.0%

Top programs

  1. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$41.9M16%
  2. 47.041 · Engineering$18.1M6.9%
  3. 10.200 · Grants for Agricultural Research, Special Research Grants$13.9M5.3%
  4. 10.511 · Smith-Lever Extension Funding$12.5M4.8%
  5. 47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)$10.3M3.9%
  6. 93.113 · Environmental Health$9.6M3.7%
  7. 10.203 · Payments to Agricultural Experiment Stations Under the Hatch Act$8.8M3.4%
  8. 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$7.9M3.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Science Foundation$50.6M19%
  2. National Institute of Food and Agriculture$47.4M18%
    Department of Agriculture
  3. Department of Education$45.8M17%
  4. National Institutes of Health$45.8M17%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  5. Department of Energy$22.7M8.6%
  6. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$7.4M2.8%
    Department of Agriculture
  7. Department of the Air Force$6M2.3%
    Department of Defense
  8. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$4.9M1.9%
    Department of Commerce

Largest awards

  1. POWERAMERICA: THE NEXT GENERATION POWER ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING INNOVATION INSTITUTE$66.9M
    81.086 · Conservation Research and Development· Department of Energy· Cooperative agreement· Dec 3, 2020 – Jul 28, 2026· DEEE0006521
  2. GRANT PROGRAM$42.1M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 19, 2024 – Nov 6, 2025· P063P241959
  3. GRANT PROGRAM$41.4M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 19, 2025 – Sep 16, 2026· P063P251959
  4. STC: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR PHOSPHORUS SUSTAINABILITY (STEPS) CENTER$29.7M
    47.041 · Engineering· National Science Foundation· Cooperative agreement· Sep 9, 2021 – Aug 5, 2026· 2019435
  5. THE IR-4 PROJECT FACILITATES REGISTRATION OF CROP PROTECTION TECHNOLOGY FOR SPECIALTY CROPS (FRUITS, VEGETABLES, NUTS, HERBS, ORNAMENTALS…$27.7M
    10.200 · Grants for Agricultural Research, Special Research Grants· National Institute of Food and Agriculture· Project grant· Sep 9, 2025 – Aug 20, 2026· 20257911145234
  6. GRANT PROGRAM$25.1M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 17, 2021 – Jan 29, 2026· P063P211959

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-contracts: $129.8K (1 subaward)
  • Sub-grants: $22.7M (83 subawards)

56 sub-recipients

  1. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS$4.3M19%
    DAVIS, CA · 1 subaward
  2. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA$3.1M14%
    GAINESVILLE, FL · 4 subawards
  3. MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY$1.4M6.1%
    EAST LANSING, MI · 1 subaward
  4. NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD COMPANY$1.3M5.5%
    RALEIGH, NC · 1 subaward
  5. EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY$1.1M5.0%
    GREENVILLE, NC · 11 subawards
  6. DUKE UNIVERSITY$1.1M4.7%
    DURHAM, NC · 3 subawards
  7. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND ES$1M4.6%
    PRINCESS ANNE, MD · 1 subaward
  8. TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE$956.1K4.2%
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 3 subawards
  9. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL$904.9K4.0%
    CHAPEL HILL, NC · 5 subawards
  10. UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS$620K2.7%
    BETHEL, AK · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $571.5K (3 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $25.3M (105 subawards)

69 primes

  1. DUKE UNIVERSITY$7M27%
    DURHAM, NC · 12 subawards
  2. NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION$3.1M12%
    WASHINGTON, DC · 1 subaward
  3. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO$936.5K3.6%
    GREENSBORO, NC · 2 subawards
  4. ALBEMARLE U.S., INC.$930K3.6%
    CHARLOTTE, NC · 1 subaward
  5. UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE$738.1K2.9%
    NEWARK, DE · 1 subaward
  6. WEILL MEDICAL COLLEGE OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY$696.4K2.7%
    NEW YORK, NY · 1 subaward
  7. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA$675.7K2.6%
    GAINESVILLE, FL · 4 subawards
  8. UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE$673K2.6%
    KNOXVILLE, TN · 2 subawards
  9. VOLUNTEERISM & COMMUNITY SERVICES NC COM$575K2.2%
    RALEIGH, NC · 1 subaward
  10. KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY$534.8K2.1%
    MANHATTAN, KS · 3 subawards

Its reported sub-contracts equal 8.0% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $41.8M paid out · $40.3M received
  • FY2022: $46.2M paid out · $40.5M received
  • FY2023: $27.8M paid out · $42.9M received
  • FY2024: $56.7M paid out · $34.9M received
  • FY2025: $28.5M paid out · $62.7M received
  • FY2026: $22.8M paid out · $25.9M received
  • FY2027: $0 paid out · $48.4K 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

279 companies · $224.9M reported

  1. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS$21.5M
    DAVIS, CA · 14 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA$16.1M
    GAINESVILLE, FL · 38 subawards
  3. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL$14.5M
    CHAPEL HILL, NC · 78 subawards

Primes that pay it

204 companies · $250.3M reported

  1. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK$41.3M
    COLLEGE PARK, MD · 16 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL$18.5M
    CHAPEL HILL, NC · 42 subawards · Other professional, scientific, and technical services
  3. DUKE UNIVERSITY$14.1M
    DURHAM, NC · 29 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 17 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. WEB SENSING, LLC$5.5M−66% in FY2026
    LEBANON, NH · 50% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Advanced Research Projects Agency · Scientific research and development servicesArmy · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · Scientific research and development services
  2. DREXEL UNIVERSITY$4.7M−45% in FY2026
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 2 entities · 43% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Colleges, universities, and professional schoolsArmy · Scientific research and development services
  3. BIFROST BIOSYSTEMS INC$2.5M+195% in FY2026
    BERKELEY, CA · 34% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Advanced Research Projects Agency · 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 NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY (2 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • North Carolina State UniversityAI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2025
$190K
4 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$660K
$660K in its own reports

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$140K
    4 reports
  2. 2024$220K
    4 reports
  3. 2025$190K
    4 reports
  4. 2026$110K
    2 reports

Top issues

  1. Agriculture14 reports
  2. Budget and appropriations14 reports
  3. Copyright, patent and trademark14 reports
  4. Defense14 reports
  5. Education14 reports
  6. Energy and nuclear14 reports
  7. Homeland security14 reports
  8. Medical and disease research, clinical labs14 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES14 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE14 reports
  3. Energy - Dept of10 reports
  4. Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)8 reports

Houses of Congress and federal agencies the reports list as contacted (a report names every one for all its issues).

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.