Federal contractor · TROY, NY

RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE

RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE received $3.1M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 7 awards (−15% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $30.7M. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($3.1M). It also received $32.3M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$3.1M
New awards
7
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Other than small businessNonprofitEducational institution
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 4.1MFY2017
  2. 2.1MFY2018
  3. 110.3KFY2019
  4. 3.1MFY2020
  5. 3.5MFY2021
  6. 3.6MFY2022
  7. 4.1MFY2023
  8. 3.1MFY2024
  9. 3.7MFY2025
  10. 3.1MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$3.1M99.8%
    4 awards
  2. U.S. Geological Survey$7,5000.2%
    1 awards
  3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$00.0%
    1 awards
  4. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$00.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Education & social services$3.1M99.8%
  2. Professional services$7,5000.2%

Where the work was performed

  1. Rensselaer County, NY$3.1M100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $3.1M
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $3.1M
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · $0
  • 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$3.1M
    Department of Defense · 4 awards

Largest awards

  1. RATIFICATION OF GOVERNMENT-AT-FALUT RETROACTIVE TUITION FOR SPRING 2026 NROTC MIDSHIPMEN TUITION AND ALLOWABLE FEES.$1.6M
    Department of the Navy· Rensselaer County, NY· Education & social services· Mar 18, 2026 – Mar 18, 2026· N3560A26FB171
  2. RATIFICATION OF GOVERNMENT-AT-FALUT RETROACTIVE TUITION FOR FALL SEMESTER 2025 NROTC MIDSHIPMEN TUITION AND ALLOWABLE FEES.$1.5M
    Department of the Navy· Rensselaer County, NY· Education & social services· Dec 16, 2025 – Dec 16, 2025· N3560A26FB045
  3. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS STUDY IS TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTS OF SPACEFLIGHT ON CELL AND TISSUE DYSFUNCTION ALONG THE BRAIN-LIVER-GUT AXIS AND TO DETERMINE THE ROLE OF THESE PERTURBATIONS IN ACCELERATING TISSUE DEGENERATION ASSOCIATED WITH AGING.$1.1M
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Rensselaer County, NY· Research & development· Feb 2, 2023 – Jun 24, 2026· 80ARC023CA007
  4. INVESTIGATION OF THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN VACCINATIONS AND AUTISM PREVALENCE$362.5K
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention· Rensselaer County, NY· Professional services· Sep 26, 2025 – Jun 9, 2026· 75D30125C20702
  5. SPRING QUARTER 2026 NROTC MIDSHIPMEN TUITION AND ALLOWABLE FEES$23.9K
    Department of the Navy· Rensselaer County, NY· Education & social services· May 15, 2026 – May 15, 2026· N3560A26FB205
  6. WINTER 2026 NROTC MIDSHIPMEN TUITION AND ALLOWABLE FEES$23.9K
    Department of the Navy· Rensselaer County, NY· Education & social services· Feb 20, 2026 – Feb 20, 2026· N3560A26FB112
  7. CHLOROPHYLL-A ANALYSIS$15K
    U.S. Geological Survey· Rensselaer County, NY· Professional services· May 16, 2025 – May 20, 2026· 140G0125P0123

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.

RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE received $32.3M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 199 actions (36 new awards), +13% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program ($6.7M).

Assistance · FY2026
$32.3M
New awards
36
Actions
199
Since FY2021
$242.9M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 55.1MFY2021
  2. 38.3MFY2022
  3. 45.7MFY2023
  4. 43MFY2024
  5. 28.6MFY2025
  6. 32.3MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$23.5M73%
  2. Direct payments$8.5M26%
  3. Other assistance$333.3K1.0%

Top programs

  1. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$6.7M21%
  2. 93.866 · Aging Research$2.5M7.8%
  3. 81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program$2.3M7.2%
  4. 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$2.3M7.0%
  5. 11.617 · Congressionally-Identified Projects$2M6.3%
  6. 81.135 · Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy$1.3M3.9%
  7. 12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research$1.2M3.7%
  8. 47.041 · Engineering$1.2M3.7%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Education$8.5M26%
  2. National Institutes of Health$6.8M21%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  3. Department of Energy$5M16%
  4. National Science Foundation$4.3M13%
  5. National Institute of Standards and Technology$2M6.3%
    Department of Commerce
  6. Department of the Navy$1.4M4.3%
    Department of Defense
  7. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$1.3M4.0%
  8. Department of the Air Force$1.1M3.3%
    Department of Defense

Largest awards

  1. THE STUDY OF LIFE S ORIGINS ON EARTH IS AGE-OLD FROM ANCIENT PHILOSOPHERS TO CONTEMPORARY SCIENTISTS. IN THE MODERN ERA TOP-DOWN ORIGINS…$9.1M
    43.001 · Science· National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Cooperative agreement· Dec 22, 2020 – Jan 23, 2026· 80NSSC19M0069
  2. LINEAR ACCELERATOR (LINAC) REFURBISHMENT PROJECT$8.2M
    81.121 · Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration· Department of Energy· Cooperative agreement· Sep 30, 2021 – Dec 11, 2025· DENR0000679
  3. GRANT PROGRAM$7.1M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Jun 18, 2025 – Aug 26, 2026· P063P250300
  4. PHYSICALLY REALISTIC VIRTUAL SURGERY$6.2M
    93.286 · Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Dec 17, 2020 – Jun 18, 2026· R01EB005807
  5. ER46608: TMS-DEFECT MODELING BEYOND THE DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; PI-SHENGBAI ZHANG$6.2M
    81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program· Department of Energy· Project grant· Jul 23, 2021 – Jan 30, 2026· DESC0002623
  6. INVESTIGATING CIRCADIAN POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION.$4M
    93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Apr 15, 2021 – Jul 24, 2026· R35GM128687

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-grants: $3.4M (11 subawards)

11 sub-recipients

  1. ALBANY MED HEALTH SYSTEM$1.3M39%
    ALBANY, NY · 1 subaward
  2. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA$675K20%
    TAMPA, FL · 1 subaward
  3. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL$640.9K19%
    CHAPEL HILL, NC · 1 subaward
  4. BOSTON FUSION CORP$276K8.1%
    LEXINGTON, MA · 1 subaward
  5. ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI$199.7K5.8%
    NEW YORK, NY · 1 subaward
  6. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO$119K3.5%
    LA JOLLA, CA · 1 subaward
  7. TEXAS A&M ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION$75K2.2%
    COLLEGE STATION, TX · 1 subaward
  8. SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE$44.3K1.3%
    LA JOLLA, CA · 1 subaward
  9. UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA$28.5K0.8%
    NORMAN, OK · 1 subaward
  10. GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORP$15.1K0.4%
    ATLANTA, GA · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $3.4M (18 subawards)

16 primes

  1. SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$502.7K15%
    SAN DIEGO, CA · 1 subaward
  2. NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES$400K12%
    WASHINGTON, DC · 1 subaward
  3. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$385K11%
    LOS ANGELES, CA · 1 subaward
  4. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON$333.3K9.8%
    SEATTLE, WA · 1 subaward
  5. ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE$287.6K8.5%
    ALBANY, NY · 1 subaward
  6. UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO$271.3K8.0%
    ALBUQUERQUE, NM · 1 subaward
  7. THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK$250.7K7.4%
    NEW YORK, NY · 2 subawards
  8. THE METHODIST HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE$228.5K6.7%
    HOUSTON, TX · 1 subaward
  9. UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM$150.8K4.4%
    HOUSTON, TX · 1 subaward
  10. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE$120K3.5%
    IRVINE, CA · 2 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $15.2M paid out · $8.7M received
  • FY2022: $12.9M paid out · $12.5M received
  • FY2023: $26.2M paid out · $8.3M received
  • FY2024: $14.6M paid out · $12.1M received
  • FY2025: $5.1M paid out · $8.9M received
  • FY2026: $3.4M paid out · $3.4M 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

91 companies · $77.4M reported

  1. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS$11M
    URBANA, IL · 10 subawards
  2. THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK$7.6M
    NEW YORK, NY · 7 subawards
  3. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO$7.3M
    BOULDER, CO · 12 subawards

Primes that pay it

77 companies · $53.9M reported

  1. HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY$4.2M
    ALBANY, NY · 10 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE$3.4M
    NEWARK, DE · 11 subawards
  3. FLUOR MARINE PROPULSION, LLC$3.1M
    GREENVILLE, SC · 4 subawards · Scientific research and development services

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

  1. MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY$8.5M−30% in FY2026
    GLENDALE, AZ · 2 entities · 82% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Colleges, universities, and professional schools
  2. UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC$8.5M−29% in FY2026
    STOCKTON, CA · 82% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Colleges, universities, and professional schools
  3. VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY IN THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA$9.4M+17% in FY2026
    VILLANOVA, PA · 82% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Colleges, universities, and professional schools

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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.

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.