Federal contractor · WOODS HOLE, MA

THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY

THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY received -$25.74 in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 1 awards (−100% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $2.5M. Its largest customer was National Institutes of Health (-$25.74). It also received $11M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
-$25.74
New awards
1
Sole-source
—
Single offer
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UEI
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Other than small businessNonprofit
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 497.5KFY2017
  2. 194.1KFY2018
  3. 140.6KFY2019
  4. 339.9KFY2020
  5. 207.5KFY2021
  6. 308.6KFY2022
  7. 306.1KFY2023
  8. 304.4KFY2024
  9. 198.7KFY2025
  10. -25.7FY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. National Institutes of Health-$25.740.0%
    1 awards

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.

Largest awards

  1. OFF-SITE RESEARCH FACILITY RENTAL, TECHNICAL SUPPORT, AND SUPPLIES FOR THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE (NINDS) SQUID RESEARCH PROGRAM$265.5K
    National Institutes of Health· Barnstable County, MA· Health & medical· Jul 29, 2022 – Jun 5, 2026· 75N95022P00419

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.

THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY received $11M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 52 actions (7 new awards), −32% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 43.001 · Science ($1.7M).

Assistance · FY2026
$11M
New awards
7
Actions
52
Since FY2021
$81.1M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 19.1MFY2021
  2. 13.3MFY2022
  3. 10.4MFY2023
  4. 10.8MFY2024
  5. 16.3MFY2025
  6. 11MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$11M100%

Top programs

  1. 43.001 · Science$1.7M16%
  2. 93.351 · Research Infrastructure Programs$1.6M14%
  3. 47.083 · Integrative Activities$1.3M11%
  4. 93.865 · Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research$1.2M11%
  5. 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$1.1M9.6%
  6. 47.074 · Biological Sciences$954.5K8.6%
  7. 93.866 · Aging Research$923.1K8.4%
  8. 93.853 · Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders$514.5K4.7%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Institutes of Health$6.6M59%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  2. National Science Foundation$2.2M20%
  3. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$1.7M16%
  4. Department of Energy$384.6K3.5%
  5. Department of the Army$178.9K1.6%
    Department of Defense

Largest awards

  1. NATIONAL XENOPUS RESOURCE CENTER$12.1M
    93.351 · Research Infrastructure Programs· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Apr 12, 2021 – Jul 17, 2026· P40OD010997
  2. SITE-DIRECTED RNA EDITING OF NAV1.7 AS A NOVEL ANALGESIC - CHRONIC PAIN IS A LEADING CAUSE OF DISABILITY, AFFECTING ABOUT ONE-THIRD OF…$11.2M
    93.279 · Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Sep 22, 2021 – Jul 7, 2026· U19NS126038
  3. MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY: NEW MARINER AWARD. CONTROL NUMBER: 1726-1506 TITLE: ''THE DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNIQUES FOR TROPICAL SEAWEED…$7.3M
    81.135 · Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy· Department of Energy· Cooperative agreement· Feb 9, 2021 – Jun 16, 2026· DEAR0000912
  4. XENOPUS MUTANT RESOURCE$6M
    93.351 · Research Infrastructure Programs· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Jun 19, 2021 – Jul 28, 2026· R24OD030008
  5. MECHANISMS OF SYNAPTIC DYSFUNCTION IN PARKINSON'S AND OTHER SYNUCLEIN-LINKED DISE$5.3M
    93.866 · Aging Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· May 5, 2021 – Jul 29, 2026· R01NS078165
  6. HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER AS A SOURCE OF EVOLUTIONARY INNOVATION IN METAZOANS$4.2M
    93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Jun 18, 2021 – Feb 27, 2026· R01GM111917

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-grants: $1.9M (14 subawards)

9 sub-recipients

  1. YALE UNIV$636.5K34%
    NEW HAVEN, CT · 5 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS$545.7K29%
    RICHARDSON, TX · 1 subaward
  3. WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION$295K16%
    WOODS HOLE, MA · 1 subaward
  4. BOARD OF REGENTS OF NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION$136K7.3%
    LAS VEGAS, NV · 1 subaward
  5. CHILDRENS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER$122K6.6%
    CINCINNATI, OH · 1 subaward
  6. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS$74.8K4.0%
    CHICAGO, IL · 2 subawards
  7. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA$59.2K3.2%
    MINNEAPOLIS, MN · 1 subaward
  8. NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY$51.4K2.8%
    BOSTON, MA · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $1.1M (5 subawards)

3 primes

  1. ADA FORSYTH INSTITUTE, INC.$944K90%
    SOMERVILLE, MA · 3 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN$69.9K6.7%
    AUSTIN, TX · 1 subaward
  3. THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK$36.3K3.5%
    NEW YORK, NY · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $2.2M paid out · $782.6K received
  • FY2022: $2.3M paid out · $4.2M received
  • FY2023: $836K paid out · $0 received
  • FY2024: $1.3M paid out · $614.6K received
  • FY2025: $998.6K paid out · $1.1M received
  • FY2026: $1.9M paid out · $1.1M received
  • FY2027: $0 paid out · $406.8K 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

35 companies · $9.8M reported

  1. YALE UNIV$2M
    NEW HAVEN, CT · 11 subawards
  2. WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION$1.3M
    WOODS HOLE, MA · 7 subawards
  3. UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC$622.2K
    CHICAGO, IL · 7 subawards

Primes that pay it

14 companies · $8.1M reported

  1. ADA FORSYTH INSTITUTE, INC.$2.6M
    CAMBRIDGE, MA · 10 subawards
  2. THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK$1.8M
    NEW YORK, NY · 5 subawards
  3. WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION$1.5M
    WOODS HOLE, MA · 2 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 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 3 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. JAE ANDERSON$453.2K−12% in FY2026
    FORT COLLINS, CO · 79% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveSmithsonian Institution · Scientific research and development services
  2. GENOHUB, INC.$384.4K−70% in FY2026
    AUSTIN, TX · 56% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveSmithsonian Institution · Scientific research and development services
  3. SARAH LYONS BORNBUSCH$159.8K
    ROCKVILLE, MD · 32% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveSmithsonian Institution · Scientific research and development services

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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 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.

Matched organizations

  • Marine Biological LaboratoryAI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2023
$30K
1 reports

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$30K
    1 reports

Top issues

  1. Natural resources1 reports

Who was contacted

  1. Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)1 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. Natural Resource Results LLC$30K
    1 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 Oct 5, 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.