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REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE

REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE received $50.4M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 28 awards (−45% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $523.6M. Its largest customer was National Aeronautics and Space Administration ($46.2M). It also received $399.8M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$50.4M
New awards
28
Sole-source
8.1%
Single offer
1.2%
UEI
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Other than small businessEducational 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 THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA company family: 9 registered entities, $1.4B in FY2026 together. See the family

  1. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIAOAKLAND, CA · Family page
    $1.3B
  2. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINEIRVINE, CA
    $3.8M
  3. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARASANTA BARBARA, CA
    $1.8M
  4. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIARIVERSIDE, CA
    $695.7K
  5. UCLA DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY & LABORATORY MEDICINELOS ANGELES, CA
    $327.4K

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

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 45.7MFY2017
  2. 23.2MFY2018
  3. 22.4MFY2019
  4. 31.6MFY2020
  5. 42.9MFY2021
  6. 102.3MFY2022
  7. 71.2MFY2023
  8. 43MFY2024
  9. 90.9MFY2025
  10. 50.4MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$46.2M92%
    9 awards
  2. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency$2.5M5.0%
    1 awards
  3. Department of the Army$967.5K1.9%
    5 awards
  4. Department of the Navy$431.7K0.9%
    7 awards
  5. Department of the Air Force$272.5K0.5%
    1 awards
  6. Departmental Offices$00.0%
    1 awards
  7. Department of Veterans Affairs-$1,8070.0%
    1 awards
  8. Defense Contract Management Agency-$4,2450.0%
    1 awards
  9. Agricultural Research Service-$6,7710.0%
    1 awards
  10. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement-$11.3K0.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$49.6M98%
  2. Education & social services$431.7K0.9%
  3. Other equipment & supplies$241.5K0.5%
  4. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$160.9K0.3%

Where the work was performed

  1. Alameda County, CA$50.4M100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition9.3%
    US 39% · $4.7M
  • Sole-source awards8.1%
    US 30% · $4.1M
  • Single-offer competitions1.2%
    US 8.7% · $588.1K
  • 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. Department of the Navy$431.7K
    Department of Defense · 6 awards

Largest awards

  1. TIME HISTORY OF EVENTS&MACROSCALE INTERACTIONS DURING SUBSTORMS (THEMIS) MISSION PHASE A EFFORT THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE A CONCEPT STUDY FOR THE THEMIS MISSION IN ORDER TO PROVIDE NASA WITH MORE DEFINITIVE INFORMATION REGARDING THE COST, RISK, AND FEASIBILITY OF THE INVESTIGATION. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PREPARE AND DELIVER A CONCEPT STUDY REPORT DETAILING THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY IN ACCORDANCE WITH ATTACHMENT B OF THE CONTRACT ENTITLED "MEDIUM-CLASS EXPLORER PROGRAM GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA FOR THE PHASE A CONCEPT STUDY". THE CONTRACTOR SHALL ALSO SUPPORT A NASA SITE VISIT AT ITS FACILITY TO DISCUSS THE CONCEPT STUDY REPORT AND ATTEND A PHASE A CONCEPT STUDY REVIEW MEETING, BRIDGE PHASE OPTION: THE CONTRACTOR SHALL COMMENCE INITIAL DEFINITION PHASE ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING LONG LEAD PARTS PROCUREMENTS. AND THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES: - PROVIDE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT FOR THEMIS - BEGIN SCIENTIFIC STUDIES AND SIMULATIONS TO PROVIDE SCIENTIFIC INPUT FOR INSTRUMENT AND ORBIT DESIGN ENSURING THEY MEET SCIENCE GOALS - BEGIN THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT AND INSTRUMENTS, OTHER HARDWARE, AND ELECTRONICS AND - BEGIN FLIGHT SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT$200.5M
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Alameda County, CA· Research & development· Oct 14, 2016 – Jul 31, 2026· GSFC0200207DNAS502099
  2. THE COMPTON SPECTROMETER AND IMAGER (COSI)$135.6M
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Alameda County, CA· Research & development· Mar 23, 2021 – Aug 11, 2026· 80GSFC21C0059
  3. GLOBAL LYMAN-ALPHA IMAGERS OF THE DYNAMIC EXOSPHERE (GLIDE) INSTRUMENT PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT (PHASE B) SUPPORT.$84.9M
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Alameda County, CA· Research & development· Feb 10, 2021 – Aug 13, 2026· 80GSFC21C0038
  4. ESCAPE AND PLASMA ACCELERATION AND DYNAMICS EXPLORERS (ESCAPADE) MISSION -.PHASE A CONCEPT STUDY.$68.5M
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Alameda County, CA· Research & development· Aug 21, 2019 – Jul 31, 2026· 80MSFC19C0041
  5. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL DESIGN, DEVELOP, AND DELIVER AN INSTRUMENT FOR THE LUNAR SURFACE ELECTROMAGNETICS EXPERIMENT AT NIGHT.$17.5M
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Alameda County, CA· Research & development· Jun 1, 2023 – Sep 22, 2026· 80MSFC23CA015
  6. THE STIS INSTRUMENT IS AN ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY SCIENTIFIC-GRADE FLIGHT INSTRUMENT THAT WILL BE DESIGNED AND DEVELOPED TO OPERATE IN THE INTERPLANETARY ENVIRONMENT AT LAGRANGE L1 APPROXIMATELY 1M MILES FROM EARTH TOWARDS THE SUN ON THE EARTH-SUN LINE$9.2M
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Alameda County, CA· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 30, 2020 – May 7, 2026· 80GSFC20C0068
  7. UCB SHALL BE DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONDUCT OF ALL PHASES AND ASPECTS OF THE SPAN-AI INSTRUMENT.$4.7M
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Alameda County, CA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Apr 7, 2021 – May 22, 2026· 80GSFC21C0004
  8. LOGICS: LEARNING-DRIVEN ORACLE-GUIDED COMPOSITIONAL SYMBIOTIC DESIGN OF CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS$4.6M
    Defense Contract Management Agency· Alameda County, CA· Research & development· Sep 29, 2020 – Oct 31, 2025· FA875020C0156

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.

REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE received $399.8M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 1,267 actions (222 new awards), −0.1% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program ($69.2M).

Assistance · FY2026
$399.8M
New awards
222
Actions
1,267
Since FY2021
$2.5B

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 478.4MFY2021
  2. 388.2MFY2022
  3. 381.3MFY2023
  4. 448.9MFY2024
  5. 400.1MFY2025
  6. 399.8MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$278.8M70%
  2. Direct payments$118.1M30%
  3. Other assistance$2.9M0.7%

Top programs

  1. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$69.2M17%
  2. 93.384 · Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (Arpa-H)$43.3M11%
  3. 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$38.8M9.7%
  4. 47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences$22M5.5%
  5. 93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research$18M4.5%
  6. 93.866 · Aging Research$16.6M4.2%
  7. 47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)$15.7M3.9%
  8. 43.001 · Science$15.7M3.9%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Institutes of Health$181.6M45%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  2. Department of Education$79.7M20%
  3. National Science Foundation$67.7M17%
  4. Department of Energy$21.9M5.5%
  5. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$18.6M4.7%
  6. Department of the Navy$7M1.7%
    Department of Defense
  7. Department of the Army$4.9M1.2%
    Department of Defense
  8. U.S. Geological Survey$4.4M1.1%
    Department of the Interior

Largest awards

  1. GRANT PROGRAM$75.1M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 26, 2024 – Dec 10, 2025· P063P240049
  2. GRANT PROGRAM$71M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 20, 2025 – Sep 18, 2026· P063P250049
  3. US POINTER NEUROIMAGING ANCILLARY STUDY$47.3M
    93.866 · Aging Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Jan 26, 2021 – Feb 13, 2026· R01AG062689
  4. TOXIC SUBSTANCES IN THE ENVIRONMENT$45.7M
    93.143 · Niehs Superfund Hazardous Substances_basic Research and Education· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Apr 12, 2021 – Dec 18, 2025· P42ES004705
  5. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH EDUCATION AND RESEARCH CENTERS$31.3M
    93.262 · Occupational Safety and Health Program· Centers for Disease Control and Prevention· Grant· Nov 4, 2020 – Jul 31, 2026· T42OH008429
  6. PROTECTIVE IMMUNITY FOLLOWING DENGUE VIRUS NATURAL INFECTIONS AND VACCINATION$31.2M
    93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Mar 23, 2021 – Sep 17, 2026· P01AI106695

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: $1.7M (3 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $10.4M (61 subawards)

52 sub-recipients

  1. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS$1.6M13%
    URBANA, IL · 1 subaward
  2. YALE UNIV$1.1M9.1%
    NEW HAVEN, CT · 2 subawards
  3. THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY$927K7.6%
    STANFORD, CA · 4 subawards
  4. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL$758.2K6.2%
    CHAPEL HILL, NC · 3 subawards
  5. UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA$432K3.6%
    SAN JOSE, CRI · 1 subaward
  6. MAX PLANCK FLORIDA CORP$405.3K3.3%
    JUPITER, FL · 1 subaward
  7. ALLEN INSTITUTE$373.8K3.1%
    SEATTLE, WA · 1 subaward
  8. THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY$365.4K3.0%
    PRINCETON, NJ · 1 subaward
  9. INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH, BANGLADESH$352.1K2.9%
    DHAKA, BGD · 3 subawards
  10. SUSTAINABLE SCIENCES INSTITUTE$338.4K2.8%
    OAKLAND, CA · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $34.9M (17 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $35.4M (161 subawards)

84 primes

  1. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO$30.4M43%
    BOULDER, CO · 11 subawards
  2. CA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION$4.2M6.0%
    SACRAMENTO, CA · 2 subawards
  3. JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC, THE$3M4.3%
    LAUREL, MD · 4 subawards
  4. THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA$2.4M3.4%
    IOWA CITY, IA · 10 subawards
  5. UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER$1.5M2.1%
    ROCHESTER, NY · 3 subawards
  6. ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE$1.3M1.9%
    BRONX, NY · 3 subawards
  7. TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE$1.3M1.8%
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 4 subawards
  8. THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY$1.3M1.8%
    UNIVERSITY PARK, PA · 2 subawards
  9. THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK$1.2M1.8%
    NEW YORK, NY · 1 subaward
  10. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS$1.1M1.6%
    URBANA, IL · 5 subawards

Its reported sub-contracts equal 3.4% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $340.7M paid out · $39.6M received
  • FY2022: $68.9M paid out · $55.4M received
  • FY2023: $128.2M paid out · $104.9M received
  • FY2024: $61.6M paid out · $42.9M received
  • FY2025: $24.2M paid out · $50.8M received
  • FY2026: $12.2M paid out · $70.2M received
  • FY2027: $0 paid out · $504.2K 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

583 companies · $997M reported

  1. GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (THE)$153.2M
    WASHINGTON, DC · 12 subawards
  2. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$110.9M
    MELBOURNE, FL · 2 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. BAE SYSTEMS LAND & ARMAMENTS L.P.$44.8M
    YORK, PA · 2 subawards · Scientific research and development services

Primes that pay it

323 companies · $771.2M reported

  1. CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$65.8M
    PASADENA, CA · 76 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO$43.8M
    BOULDER, CO · 81 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$27.8M
    LOS ANGELES, CA · 176 subawards · Scientific research and development 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 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 33 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC$3.6B−6.1% in FY2026
    CHICAGO, IL · 3 entities · 85% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveEnergy · Scientific research and development services
  2. ALLIANCE FOR ENERGY INNOVATION, LLC$2.8B−15% in FY2026
    LAKEWOOD, CO · 66% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveEnergy · Scientific research and development services
  3. FERMI FORWARD DISCOVERY GROUP, LLC$2.5B−55% in FY2026
    CHICAGO, IL · 59% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveEnergy · 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 THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (9 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • The Regents of the University of CaliforniaAI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2025
$700K
8 reports
Lobbying · 2024–2026
$1.2M

Lobbying by year

  1. 2024$60K
    1 reports
  2. 2025$700K
    8 reports
  3. 2026$400K
    4 reports

Top issues

  1. Education12 reports
  2. Budget and appropriations5 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES11 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE11 reports
  3. White House Office4 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. BGR Government Affairs$740K
    6 reports
  2. Cornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.$420K
    7 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.