Federal contractor · MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA

SETI INSTITUTE

No contract obligations recorded for SETI INSTITUTE in FY2026. Since FY2017: $5.9M. It also received $11M 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. 391.2KFY2017
  2. 421.2KFY2018
  3. 824.3KFY2019
  4. 1.4MFY2020
  5. 1.2MFY2021
  6. 796.2KFY2022
  7. 850.6KFY2023
  8. -22.1KFY2024

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Obligations in FY2026.

No contract obligations recorded for SETI INSTITUTE 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.

SETI INSTITUTE received $11M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 101 actions (13 new awards), −31% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 43.001 · Science ($10.4M).

Assistance · FY2026
$11M
New awards
13
Actions
101
Since FY2021
$85.3M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 15.1MFY2021
  2. 17MFY2022
  3. 13.8MFY2023
  4. 12.6MFY2024
  5. 15.9MFY2025
  6. 11MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$11M100%

Top programs

  1. 43.001 · Science$10.4M94%
  2. 43.012 · Space Technology$528.9K4.8%
  3. 43.009 · Mission Support$55K0.5%
  4. 15.808 · U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection$40K0.4%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$10.9M99.6%
  2. U.S. Geological Survey$40K0.4%
    Department of the Interior

Largest awards

  1. ON THE OCCASION OF THE PDS DISCIPLINE NODE PROGRAMMATIC REVIEW THE PDS RING-MOON SYSTEMS NODE SUBMITS THIS MID-TERM REPORT AS A REVIEW$8M
    43.001 · Science· National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Cooperative agreement· Nov 30, 2021 – Jul 30, 2026· 80NSSC22M0022
  2. DATA PROCESSING AND ANALYSIS SUPPORT FOR NASA SCIENCE PIPELINES.$7.2M
    43.001 · Science· National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Cooperative agreement· Feb 24, 2021 – Jun 10, 2026· 80NSSC21M0079
  3. THE AIRBORNE ASTRONOMY AMBASSADORS (AAA) PROGRAM IS A THREE-PART PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (PD) EXPERIENCE FOR BOTH FORMAL AND INFORMAL…$6.5M
    43.001 · Science· National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Cooperative agreement· Nov 19, 2020 – Jan 30, 2026· NNX16AC51A
  4. SYNCHROTRON SPECTROSCOPY OF NITROGENASE AND HYDROGENASE$6.2M
    93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Mar 31, 2021 – Jun 3, 2026· R01GM065440
  5. A 4-YEAR MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH PROGRAM SUPPORTING NASAS STRATEGIC PLAN AND SCIENCE PLAN GOALS AND OBJECTIVES IS PROPOSED. THE GUIDING…$5.6M
    43.009 · Mission Support· National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Project grant· Oct 7, 2020 – Sep 10, 2026· NNX14AT27A
  6. THE NASA COMMUNITY COLLEGE NETWORK$4.1M
    43.001 · Science· National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Cooperative agreement· Feb 9, 2021 – May 6, 2026· 80NSSC21M0009

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 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: $556.8K (7 subawards)

6 sub-recipients

  1. BAY AREA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE$178.6K32%
    MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA · 1 subaward
  2. ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY$146.9K26%
    SCOTTSDALE, AZ · 2 subawards
  3. JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC, THE$139.7K25%
    LAUREL, MD · 1 subaward
  4. SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION$47.9K8.6%
    CAMBRIDGE, MA · 1 subaward
  5. SANTA FE INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE$28.1K5.0%
    SANTA FE, NM · 1 subaward
  6. CARLETON COLLEGE$15.7K2.8%
    NORTHFIELD, MN · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $333.3K (1 subaward)
  • Sub-grants: $784.1K (7 subawards)

8 primes

  1. ENGINEERING RESEARCH AND CONSULTING, INC.$333.3K30%
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 1 subaward
  2. WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION$324.2K29%
    MORGANTOWN, WV · 1 subaward
  3. OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY$105.9K9.5%
    CORVALLIS, OR · 1 subaward
  4. THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY$98.5K8.8%
    UNIVERSITY PARK, PA · 1 subaward
  5. UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE, THE$90K8.1%
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 1 subaward
  6. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$80.4K7.2%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 1 subaward
  7. SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE$54.2K4.9%
    SAN ANTONIO, TX · 1 subaward
  8. BROWN UNIVERSITY$30.9K2.8%
    PROVIDENCE, RI · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $2.9M paid out · $583.5K received
  • FY2022: $1.3M paid out · $675K received
  • FY2023: $960.2K paid out · $520.7K received
  • FY2024: $2.8M paid out · $2.7M received
  • FY2025: $1.8M paid out · $5.3M received
  • FY2026: $556.8K paid out · $1.1M 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

48 companies · $10.4M reported

  1. WESTED$1.3M
    SAN FRANCISCO, CA · 2 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA$1.2M
    TUCSON, AZ · 6 subawards
  3. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA$606.1K
    OAKLAND, CA · 3 subawards

Primes that pay it

29 companies · $10.9M reported

  1. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$4.8M
    FORT WORTH, TX · 7 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE$861.6K
    TUCSON, AZ · 9 subawards
  3. THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES$779.6K
    ORLANDO, FL · 4 subawards

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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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.