Federal contractor · COLLEGE STATION, TX

TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCH

TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCH received $227.1K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 13 awards (−60% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $13.8M. Its largest customer was Food and Drug Administration ($222.2K). It also received $74.2M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$227.1K
New awards
13
Sole-source
87%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Parent company
TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
Other than small businessEducational institutionGovernment entity
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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, $246.5K in FY2026 together.

  1. TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCHCOLLEGE STATION, TX · Family page
    $227.1K
  2. TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTONGALVESTON, TX
    $19.5K

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.9MFY2017
  2. 2.4MFY2018
  3. 471.7KFY2019
  4. 1.2MFY2020
  5. 329.6KFY2021
  6. 482KFY2022
  7. 4.7MFY2023
  8. 1.5MFY2024
  9. 573.3KFY2025
  10. 227.1KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Food and Drug Administration$222.2K98%
    4 awards
  2. Agricultural Research Service$38.4K17%
    1 awards
  3. Department of the Army$00.0%
    1 awards
  4. U.S. Geological Survey-$4,3940.0%
    3 awards
  5. Bureau of Land Management-$9,8440.0%
    1 awards
  6. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service-$19.3K0.0%
    3 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$227.5K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Brazos County, TX$246.4K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition83%
    US 39% · $188.7K
  • Sole-source awards87%
    US 30% · $198.5K
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · -$9,844
  • 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. Food and Drug Administration$222.2K
    Department of Health and Human Services · 1 awards
  2. U.S. Geological Survey-$4,394
    Department of the Interior · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. TX-S TX REFUGES COMP-EVAL & MITIGATION$3.4M
    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Brazos County, TX· Professional services· Sep 11, 2023 – Jul 21, 2026· 140F0S23P0027
  2. SERDP PROJECT ER19-1420 (FO ER18-1620)"SMALL-SCALE DEMONSTRATION OF EX SITU REMEDIATION OF PFAS-IMPACTED INVESTIGATION-DERIVED WASTES BY ELECTRON BEAM TECHNOLOGY"$1M
    Department of the Army· Brazos County, TX· Research & development· Sep 30, 2022 – May 28, 2026· W912HQ22C0080
  3. TX AF INSPECTIONS$931.4K
    Food and Drug Administration· Prince George's County, MD· Professional services· Sep 3, 2021 – Jul 27, 2026· 75F40121C00117
  4. TO ESTABLISH A TEAM OF SCIENTIFIC EXPERTS IN SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND THAT INCLUDES EXPERTISE IN THE SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES OF NUTRITION, TOXICOLOGY, AND EVIDENCE INTEGRATION AND SYNTHESIS, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE FDA.$247.7K
    Food and Drug Administration· Prince George's County, MD· Research & development· Sep 22, 2023 – Apr 25, 2026· 75F40123P00441
  5. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF CONTAMINANT COMPOSITION OF HUMAN MILK AND INFANT FORMULA$246.7K
    Food and Drug Administration· Brazos County, TX· Research & development· Sep 15, 2023 – Jul 25, 2026· 75F40123P00255
  6. ANIMAL FOOD TEXAS AMU INSPECTIONS 2026$222.6K
    Food and Drug Administration· Brazos County, TX· Professional services· Sep 29, 2026 – Sep 29, 2026· 75F40126C00188
  7. WHB GENETICS ANALYSIS SERVICE CONTRACT$172.8K
    Bureau of Land Management· Brazos County, TX· Professional services· Sep 18, 2020 – Mar 12, 2026· 140L0620P0052
  8. LOW-PASS SEQUENCING OF COTTON ACCESSIONS$38.4K
    Agricultural Research Service· Brazos County, TX· Professional services· Sep 4, 2026 – Sep 4, 2026· 1232SA26P0673

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.

TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCH received $74.2M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 354 actions (66 new awards), −47% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 10.001 · Agricultural Research Basic and Applied Research ($14.3M).

Assistance · FY2026
$74.2M
New awards
66
Actions
354
Since FY2021
$634.4M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 121.8MFY2021
  2. 96.3MFY2022
  3. 123.6MFY2023
  4. 79.4MFY2024
  5. 139MFY2025
  6. 74.2MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$71.6M97%
  2. Other assistance$2.6M3.5%

Top programs

  1. 10.001 · Agricultural Research Basic and Applied Research$14.3M19%
  2. 10.307 · Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative$9.4M13%
  3. 10.203 · Payments to Agricultural Experiment Stations Under the Hatch Act$9.3M13%
  4. 10.310 · Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI)$7.3M9.8%
  5. 11.617 · Congressionally-Identified Projects$6.9M9.3%
  6. 93.310 · Trans-NIH Research Support$4.3M5.8%
  7. 81.135 · Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy$3.4M4.6%
  8. 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$3.4M4.5%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Institute of Food and Agriculture$27.3M37%
    Department of Agriculture
  2. National Institutes of Health$19.6M26%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  3. Agricultural Research Service$14.3M19%
    Department of Agriculture
  4. National Institute of Standards and Technology$6.9M9.3%
    Department of Commerce
  5. Department of Energy$3.4M4.6%
  6. Food and Drug Administration$1.2M1.6%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  7. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$1.2M1.6%
    Department of Agriculture
  8. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$988.6K1.3%

Largest awards

  1. EXPANDS CLIMATE-SMART ROW CROPS, LIVESTOCK, FOREST PRODUCT AND SPECIALTY CROP MARKETS IN TX AND SUPPORTS FARMER, RANCHER AND FOREST…$65M
    10.937 · Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities· Natural Resources Conservation Service· Project grant· Apr 29, 2025 – Sep 8, 2026· NR233A750004G054
  2. AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO USING PRECISION NUTRITION, RESPONSIVE AGRICULTURE, AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH TO REDUCE DIET-RELATED CHRONIC DISEASE…$10.1M
    10.001 · Agricultural Research Basic and Applied Research· Agricultural Research Service· Cooperative agreement· May 13, 2026 – May 13, 2026· 5930934001
  3. ** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF…$10M
    10.310 · Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI)· National Institute of Food and Agriculture· Project grant· Jan 6, 2025 – Nov 19, 2025· 20256801244232
  4. ** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF…$10M
    10.310 · Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI)· National Institute of Food and Agriculture· Project grant· Sep 7, 2021 – Jun 29, 2026· 20216801235897
  5. TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCH: NEW ROOTS AWARD. CONTROL NUMBER: 1565-1501 TITLE: ''A FIELD-DEPLOYABLE MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING RHIZOTRON…$7.7M
    81.135 · Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy· Department of Energy· Cooperative agreement· Nov 5, 2020 – Jan 23, 2026· DEAR0000823
  6. THE PURPOSE OF THESE FUNDS IS TO CONDUCT RESEARCH IN ALL ASPECTS OF AGRICULTURE, INCLUDING PLANT AND ANIMAL HEALTH, PRODUCTION AND P…$7.5M
    10.203 · Payments to Agricultural Experiment Stations Under the Hatch Act· National Institute of Food and Agriculture· Formula grant· Feb 22, 2024 – Jun 18, 2026· NI24HFPXXXXXG017

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: $5.9M (54 subawards)

53 sub-recipients

  1. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA$517.8K8.8%
    RIVERSIDE, CA · 2 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS$481K8.2%
    CHICAGO, IL · 1 subaward
  3. SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$366.9K6.3%
    SEATTLE, WA · 1 subaward
  4. COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY$321.1K5.5%
    FORT COLLINS, CO · 1 subaward
  5. BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE$309.2K5.3%
    HOUSTON, TX · 1 subaward
  6. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL$277K4.7%
    CHAPEL HILL, NC · 1 subaward
  7. THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND$222.5K3.8%
    ST LUCIA, AUS · 1 subaward
  8. AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE$186K3.2%
    FORT COLLINS, CO · 1 subaward
  9. UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM$160.6K2.7%
    MADISON, WI · 1 subaward
  10. DIVISION OF AGRICULTURE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS$158.7K2.7%
    LITTLE ROCK, AR · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $6.4M (41 subawards)

21 primes

  1. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA$837.9K13%
    GAINESVILLE, FL · 7 subawards
  2. KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY$730.6K11%
    MANHATTAN, KS · 4 subawards
  3. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS$600.1K9.4%
    URBANA, IL · 4 subawards
  4. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY$441.8K6.9%
    BROOKINGS, SD · 1 subaward
  5. TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY$431.3K6.8%
    AUSTIN, TX · 2 subawards
  6. TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT$424.9K6.7%
    AUSTIN, TX · 3 subawards
  7. UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.$408.2K6.4%
    ATHENS, GA · 2 subawards
  8. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$371.6K5.8%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 1 subaward
  9. TX DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE$346.3K5.4%
    AUSTIN, TX · 2 subawards
  10. UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM$301.6K4.7%
    ORONO, ME · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $16.5M paid out · $13.5M received
  • FY2022: $16.4M paid out · $17.6M received
  • FY2023: $15.2M paid out · $18M received
  • FY2024: $12.8M paid out · $19.4M received
  • FY2025: $16.7M paid out · $21.5M received
  • FY2026: $5.9M paid out · $6.4M 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

173 companies · $82.2M reported

  1. OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY$6.5M
    TULSA, OK · 6 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON$3.6M
    SEATTLE, WA · 2 subawards
  3. PEOPLEFUND$3.2M
    AUSTIN, TX · 1 subaward

Primes that pay it

98 companies · $141.7M reported

  1. TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE$51.2M
    AUSTIN, TX · 33 subawards
  2. TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY$19.9M
    COLLEGE STATION, TX · 21 subawards
  3. TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT$6.3M
    AUSTIN, TX · 41 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 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 12 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. ESC AEROSPACE US, INC$1.4M−100% in FY2026
    ORLANDO, FL · 54% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Scientific research and development services
  2. AMBERWAVE INC$1.4M
    LOWELL, MA · 54% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Scientific research and development services
  3. INSTITUTE OF GAS TECHNOLOGY$1.5M+72% in FY2026
    DES PLAINES, IL · 2 entities · 54% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · 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 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.