Federal contractor · CHARLESTON, SC

THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA

THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA received $6M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 42 awards (+69% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $59.9M. Its largest customer was Department of Veterans Affairs ($4.2M). It also received $151.5M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$6M
New awards
42
Sole-source
75%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 3.8MFY2017
  2. 7.1MFY2018
  3. 6.4MFY2019
  4. 6.4MFY2020
  5. 6.5MFY2021
  6. 6.6MFY2022
  7. 7.3MFY2023
  8. 6.2MFY2024
  9. 3.6MFY2025
  10. 6MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of Veterans Affairs$4.2M70%
    31 awards
  2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$994.7K17%
    1 awards
  3. National Institutes of Health$488.9K8.1%
    4 awards
  4. Department of the Navy$311.3K5.2%
    6 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Health & medical$3.9M65%
  2. Research & development$1.5M26%
  3. Education & social services$574.4K9.5%

Where the work was performed

  1. Charleston County, SC$5M83%
  2. Abroad$994.7K17%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition75%
    US 39% · $4.5M
  • Sole-source awards75%
    US 30% · $4.5M
  • 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 Veterans Affairs$4.2M
    Department of Veterans Affairs · 15 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$311.3K
    Department of Defense · 4 awards

Largest awards

  1. TUBERCULOSIS TRIALS AND CONSORTIUM$5.6M
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention· Research & development· Dec 18, 2020 – Jun 9, 2026· 75D30121C10168
  2. RESEARCH ASSISTANCE SERVICES$1.1M
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Charleston County, SC· Health & medical· Jan 6, 2026 – Apr 29, 2026· 36C24E26N0034
  3. RESEARCH ASSISTANCE SERVICES$872.9K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Charleston County, SC· Health & medical· Apr 1, 2024 – Nov 17, 2025· 36C24E24N0087
  4. VA PRO-RATA SHARE OF EDUCATIONAL COSTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VHA DIRECTIVE 1400.10, TITLE 38 USC 8153, AND VAAR PART 873$805.2K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Charleston County, SC· Education & social services· Dec 29, 2022 – Mar 13, 2026· 36C24723C0035
  5. RESEARCH ASSISTANCE SERVICES$756K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Charleston County, SC· Health & medical· Sep 1, 2024 – Jan 20, 2026· 36C24E24N0239
  6. RESEARCH ASSISTANCE SERVICES$689K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Charleston County, SC· Health & medical· Jul 1, 2024 – Dec 4, 2025· 36C24E24N0162
  7. OFFSITE DENTAL SUPPORT SERVICES - EO 14398$668.8K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Charleston County, SC· Health & medical· Jul 13, 2026 – Jul 13, 2026· 36C24726C0059
  8. RESEARCH SUPPORT$574.5K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Charleston County, SC· Health & medical· Jul 1, 2026 – Jul 1, 2026· 36C24E26N0188

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 MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA received $151.5M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 638 actions (87 new awards), −2% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 93.279 · Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs ($19.7M).

Assistance · FY2026
$151.5M
New awards
87
Actions
638
Since FY2021
$911.9M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 141.1MFY2021
  2. 146.8MFY2022
  3. 169.9MFY2023
  4. 147.9MFY2024
  5. 154.6MFY2025
  6. 151.5MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$142.4M94%
  2. Direct payments$9.1M6.0%

Top programs

  1. 93.279 · Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs$19.7M13%
  2. 93.853 · Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders$14.9M9.8%
  3. 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$13.1M8.6%
  4. 93.393 · Cancer Cause and Prevention Research$11.6M7.6%
  5. 93.273 · Alcohol Research Programs$8M5.3%
  6. 93.837 · Cardiovascular Diseases Research$6.9M4.6%
  7. 93.310 · Trans-NIH Research Support$5.4M3.6%
  8. 93.847 · Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research$5.4M3.6%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Institutes of Health$131.6M87%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  2. Health Resources and Services Administration$9.6M6.3%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  3. Defense Health Agency$4.3M2.8%
    Department of Defense
  4. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration$2.8M1.9%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  5. Administration for Community Living$2.1M1.4%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  6. Department of Education$660.5K0.4%
  7. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality$491.8K0.3%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  8. National Science Foundation$151K0.1%

Largest awards

  1. MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA - CANCER CENTER SUPPORT GRANT$40.5M
    93.397 · Cancer Centers Support Grants· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Dec 2, 2020 – Jul 15, 2026· P30CA138313
  2. EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL STUDIES OF PRESBYACUSIS$35M
    93.173 · Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Aug 16, 2021 – Jul 31, 2026· P50DC000422
  3. ALCOHOL RESEARCH CENTER - TREATMENT AND IMPLICATIONS$29.2M
    93.273 · Alcohol Research Programs· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Jan 15, 2021 – Jul 8, 2026· P50AA010761
  4. TELEHEALTH CENTER OF EXCELLENCE$29M
    93.211 · Telehealth Programs· Health Resources and Services Administration· Project grant· Nov 30, 2020 – Sep 16, 2026· U6631458
  5. SOUTHERN CONSORTIUM NODE OF THE CLINICAL TRIALS NETWORK$24.8M
    93.279 · Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Dec 3, 2020 – Feb 27, 2026· UG1DA013727
  6. STROKENET THROMBECTOMY ENDOVASCULAR PLATFORM (STEP) - ABSTRACT STROKE IS THE FOURTH LEADING CAUSE OF DISABILITY WITHIN THE UNITED STATES…$20.5M
    93.853 · Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders· National Institutes of Health· Direct payment for specified use· Sep 1, 2022 – Mar 9, 2026· OT2NS129366

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: $5.7M (35 subawards)

29 sub-recipients

  1. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$1.9M33%
    LOS ANGELES, CA · 1 subaward
  2. UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO$994.5K18%
    WATERLOO, ON · 3 subawards
  3. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA$552.7K9.8%
    MINNEAPOLIS, MN · 2 subawards
  4. OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION$316.9K5.6%
    OKLAHOMA CITY, OK · 1 subaward
  5. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA$280.1K4.9%
    COLUMBIA, SC · 2 subawards
  6. LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO$217.7K3.8%
    MAYWOOD, IL · 1 subaward
  7. EMORY UNIVERSITY$166.8K2.9%
    ATLANTA, GA · 3 subawards
  8. YALE UNIV$161.5K2.9%
    NEW HAVEN, CT · 1 subaward
  9. OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE$137.5K2.4%
    COLUMBUS, OH · 1 subaward
  10. UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA$131K2.3%
    TUCSON, AZ · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $25.3M (104 subawards)

53 primes

  1. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA$3.8M15%
    GAINESVILLE, FL · 8 subawards
  2. CLEMSON UNIVERSITY$3.8M15%
    CLEMSON, SC · 6 subawards
  3. THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK$1.9M7.5%
    NEW YORK, NY · 1 subaward
  4. ATTORNEY GENERAL, SOUTH CAROLINA$1.5M5.9%
    COLUMBIA, SC · 4 subawards
  5. DUKE UNIVERSITY$1.3M5.2%
    DURHAM, NC · 7 subawards
  6. THE CHILDRENS TRUST FUND OF SOUTH CAROLINA$1.2M4.8%
    COLUMBIA, SC · 2 subawards
  7. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$1.1M4.4%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 2 subawards
  8. THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY$981.6K3.9%
    STANFORD, CA · 4 subawards
  9. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER$922.6K3.7%
    DALLAS, TX · 2 subawards
  10. EMORY UNIVERSITY$825.6K3.3%
    ATLANTA, GA · 3 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $19.6M paid out · $19.5M received
  • FY2022: $19.1M paid out · $17M received
  • FY2023: $14.2M paid out · $22.2M received
  • FY2024: $39.5M paid out · $21.5M received
  • FY2025: $12.8M paid out · $30.8M received
  • FY2026: $5.7M paid out · $25.3M 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

185 companies · $110.8M reported

  1. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$15.5M
    LOS ANGELES, CA · 4 subawards
  2. CINCINNATI UNIV OF$11.7M
    CINCINNATI, OH · 1 subaward
  3. MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY$9.5M
    CHARLESTON, SC · 10 subawards

Primes that pay it

120 companies · $136.2M reported

  1. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA$12.1M
    GAINESVILLE, FL · 32 subawards
  2. THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK$10.6M
    NEW YORK, NY · 24 subawards
  3. ATTORNEY GENERAL, SOUTH CAROLINA$7.9M
    COLUMBIA, SC · 17 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 8 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. HARRELL DESIGN GROUP PC$9.2M−62% in FY2026
    CHARLOTTE, NC · 58% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. FFE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES INC$9.9M+5.8% in FY2026
    CINCINNATI, OH · 58% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  3. L2EOCULUS JV LLC$8.8M−40% in FY2026
    SAINT LOUIS, MO · 56% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Architectural, engineering, and related 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.

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.