Federal contractor · ALBANY, NY

THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK

THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK received $4M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 1 awards (−35% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $21.7M. Its largest customer was Department of the Army ($4M). It also received $21.8M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$4M
New awards
1
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
CDAQNZCL6287
Parent company
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
Other than small businessNonprofitEducational institution
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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.

Part of the THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK company family: 9 registered entities, $19.6M in FY2026 together. See the family

  1. THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKSTONY BROOK, NY · Family page
    $7.1M
  2. THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKAMHERST, NY
    $4.2M
  3. THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKBINGHAMTON, NY
    $3.4M
  4. THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKSYRACUSE, NY
    $587.6K
  5. RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THEALBANY, NY
    $376.2K

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. -6MFY2017
  2. 0FY2018
  3. 30.2KFY2019
  4. 3.8MFY2020
  5. 3.7MFY2021
  6. 5MFY2022
  7. 5MFY2023
  8. 0FY2024
  9. 6.1MFY2025
  10. 4MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Army$4M100%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$4M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Albany County, NY$4M100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition0.0%
    US 39% · $0
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • 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.

Largest awards

  1. INTEGRATED GENERATIVE AI AND ACTIVE INFERENCE IDIQ$4M
    Department of the Army· Albany County, NY· Research & development· May 28, 2026 – Jun 4, 2026· W911QX26FA048

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 RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK received $21.8M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 12 actions (1 new awards), −27% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 12.800 · Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program ($22.2M).

Assistance · FY2026
$21.8M
New awards
1
Actions
12
Since FY2021
$176.9M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 48MFY2021
  2. 26.6MFY2022
  3. 28.8MFY2023
  4. 21.8MFY2024
  5. 30MFY2025
  6. 21.8MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$21.8M100%

Top programs

  1. 12.800 · Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program$22.2M100%
  2. 81.135 · Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy-$39.7K0.0%
  3. 81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program-$334.7K0.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of the Air Force$22.2M100%
    Department of Defense

Largest awards

  1. AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR MANUFACTURING INTEGRATED PHOTONICS 2.0$139.8M
    12.800 · Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program· Department of the Air Force· Cooperative agreement· Sep 29, 2021 – Jul 15, 2026· FA86502121000
  2. THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR SUNY, ON BEHALF OF SUNY POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE: NEW OPEN 2018 AWARD. CONTROL NUMBER: 1858-2557 TITLE: ''SMART…$2.6M
    81.135 · Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy· Department of Energy· Cooperative agreement· Oct 5, 2020 – Dec 2, 2025· DEAR0001028
  3. EPITRANSCRIPTOMIC CONTROL OF ROS - MAINTENANCE OF THE GSH REDOX CYCLE IS RELIANT ON THE ACTIVITIES OF SELENOCYSTEINE-CONTAINING GSH…$756.3K
    93.396 · Cancer Biology Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Aug 24, 2022 – Dec 5, 2025· R15CA274603
  4. PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT WITH THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR SUNY ON BEHALF OF SUNY POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE IS TO INTEGRATE…$397.4K
    11.609 · Measurement and Engineering Research and Standards· National Institute of Standards and Technology· Cooperative agreement· Sep 4, 2024 – Jul 31, 2026· 70NANB24H200
  5. THE PROPOSED RESEARCH FOCUSED ON NOVEL WAVEFORM DESIGN FOR INTEGRATED SENSING AND COMMUNICATIONS USING OVER-THE-AIR TRANSMISSION DATA…$63.5K
    12.800 · Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program· Department of the Air Force· Cooperative agreement· Apr 17, 2026 – May 26, 2026· FA8750262B005

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: $8.7M (10 subawards)

7 sub-recipients

  1. ANALOG PHOTONICS LLC$4.2M48%
    BOSTON, MA · 2 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$1.7M19%
    LOS ANGELES, CA · 1 subaward
  3. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS$996K11%
    DAVIS, CA · 1 subaward
  4. MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$692.2K7.9%
    CAMBRIDGE, MA · 3 subawards
  5. THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES$523.7K6.0%
    ORLANDO, FL · 1 subaward
  6. PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE$515K5.9%
    CAMBRIDGE, MA · 1 subaward
  7. ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$160K1.8%
    ROCHESTER, NY · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $3.4M paid out · $1.1M received
  • FY2022: $7.3M paid out · $1.6M received
  • FY2023: $7.4M paid out · $3.3M received
  • FY2024: $6.2M paid out · $4.1M received
  • FY2025: $9.6M paid out · $286.4K received
  • FY2026: $8.7M paid out · $0 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

433 companies · $369.2M reported

  1. ANALOG PHOTONICS LLC$15.9M
    BOSTON, MA · 11 subawards
  2. CORNELL UNIVERSITY$15.8M
    ITHACA, NY · 38 subawards
  3. UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC$15.3M
    CHICAGO, IL · 39 subawards

Primes that pay it

262 companies · $296.2M reported

  1. DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES NEW YORK STATE$14.9M
    ALBANY, NY · 27 subawards
  2. HEALTH RESEARCH, INC.$13.7M
    MENANDS, NY · 87 subawards
  3. THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK$10.8M
    NEW YORK, NY · 98 subawards · Scientific research and development services

Showing the top 3 of each list. Open the profile for potential partners and the full lists.

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

  1. RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY$62.9M−24% in FY2026
    NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ · 10 entities · 47% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · Outpatient care centersArmy · Scientific research and development servicesNational Institutes of Health · Scientific research and development services+2 more
  2. NEW YORK CITY HEALTH AND HOSPITALS CORPORATION$99.4M−52% in FY2026
    NEW YORK, NY · 5 entities · 56% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · Outpatient care centers
  3. CITY OF NEW YORK FIRE DEPARTMENT$52.9M−81% in FY2026
    BROOKLYN, NY · 39% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · Outpatient care centers

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 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.

Across the company family of THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK (9 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • The Research Foundation for the State University of New YorkAI match · 100%
  • The Research Foundation for the State of New YorkAI match · 96%
Lobbying · 2023
$55.2K
5 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$275.2K

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$55.2K
    5 reports
  2. 2025$120K
    3 reports
  3. 2026$100K
    2 reports

Top issues

  1. Budget and appropriations8 reports
  2. Education4 reports
  3. Science and technology4 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES8 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE8 reports
  3. Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS)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. Mehlman Consulting, Inc.$220K
    5 reports
  2. ACTUM I, LLC$55.2K
    4 reports
  3. Clark Hill, PLC$0
    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.