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THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK

THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK received $4.2M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 8 awards (+7.5% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $43.4M. Its largest customer was National Institutes of Health ($3.9M). It also received $129.1M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$4.2M
New awards
8
Sole-source
1.3%
Single offer
49%
UEI
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Parent company
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
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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 YORKALBANY, NY
    $4M
  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. 3.5MFY2017
  2. 4MFY2018
  3. 4.5MFY2019
  4. 5.5MFY2020
  5. 4.8MFY2021
  6. 3.4MFY2022
  7. 5.9MFY2023
  8. 3.8MFY2024
  9. 3.9MFY2025
  10. 4.2MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. National Institutes of Health$3.9M94%
    4 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$209.5K5.0%
    1 awards
  3. Department of Veterans Affairs$53.4K1.3%
    1 awards
  4. Department of the Army$00.0%
    1 awards
  5. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$00.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$4.2M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Erie County, NY$4M95%
  2. District of Columbia, DC$209.5K5.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition51%
    US 39% · $2.1M
  • Sole-source awards1.3%
    US 30% · $53.4K
  • Single-offer competitions49%
    US 8.7% · $2.1M
  • 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$53.4K
    Department of Veterans Affairs · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE QUALITY ASSESSMENT PROGRAMS TO CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY LABORATORIES (LABS) THAT TEST SAMPLES FROM SUBJECTS ENROLLED IN NIAID SUPPORTED CLINICAL STUDIES. OPTIONS TO PROVIDE INCREASED LEVEL OF EFFORT TO SUPPORT$10M
    National Institutes of Health· Erie County, NY· Research & development· May 19, 2022 – May 26, 2026· 75N93022C00009
  2. WOMEN'S HEALTH INITIATIVE (WHI) - REGIONAL CENTER (RC) - TASK AREA A$5.6M
    National Institutes of Health· Erie County, NY· Research & development· Oct 15, 2020 – Jul 9, 2026· 75N92021F00001
  3. THE PRENATAL AND CHILDHOOD MECHANISMS OF HEALTH DISPARITIES INITIAL RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION$3M
    National Institutes of Health· Erie County, NY· Research & development· Sep 15, 2023 – Mar 23, 2026· 75N94023F00001
  4. WOMEN'S HEALTH INITIATIVE (WHI) REGIONAL CENTER (RC): TASK AREA A AND A2$2.5M
    National Institutes of Health· Erie County, NY· Research & development· Sep 26, 2025 – Aug 12, 2026· 75N92025F00001
  5. SERDP PROJECT ER25-4734 "DESTRUCTION OF PFAS ON SPENT GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON VIA THERMAL DESORPTION AND OFF-GAS TREATMENT WITH A WARM THERMAL MICROWAVE PLASMA"$250K
    Department of the Army· Erie County, NY· Research & development· Apr 7, 2025 – Jan 30, 2026· W912HQ25P0025
  6. RESEARCH STUDY$209.5K
    Department of the Navy· District of Columbia, DC· Research & development· Jan 21, 2026 – Jan 21, 2026· N0002426C4318
  7. GENOMICS OF LOW THIAMINE TOLERANCE IN LAKE TROUT$110K
    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Erie County, NY· Research & development· Dec 11, 2023 – Mar 2, 2026· 140FS324C0004
  8. HUMAN MRNA SEQUENCING AND BIOINFORMATIC ANALYSIS SERVICES PROVIDED BY EUDCATIONAL AFFILIATE FOR RESEARCH STUDIES AT THE VA WESTERN NEW YORK HEALTH CARE SYSTEM$53.4K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Erie County, NY· Research & development· Feb 26, 2026 – Feb 26, 2026· 36C24226N0389

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 $129.1M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 570 actions (98 new awards), −7.3% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training ($14.5M).

Assistance · FY2026
$129.1M
New awards
98
Actions
570
Since FY2021
$834.9M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 127.7MFY2021
  2. 153.7MFY2022
  3. 145.6MFY2023
  4. 139.4MFY2024
  5. 139.4MFY2025
  6. 129.1MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$128.3M99%
  2. Other assistance$865.9K0.7%

Top programs

  1. 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$14.5M11%
  2. 93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research$7.7M6.0%
  3. 93.121 · Oral Diseases and Disorders Research$7M5.4%
  4. 93.847 · Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research$6M4.7%
  5. 93.273 · Alcohol Research Programs$6M4.6%
  6. 93.350 · National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences$5.7M4.4%
  7. 93.867 · Vision Research$5.4M4.2%
  8. 93.395 · Cancer Treatment Research$5.2M4.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Institutes of Health$94M73%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  2. National Science Foundation$14.1M11%
  3. Department of Education$7M5.4%
  4. Department of Energy$3.8M2.9%
  5. Health Resources and Services Administration$3M2.3%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  6. Department of the Air Force$1.7M1.3%
    Department of Defense
  7. Administration for Community Living$1.2M0.9%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  8. National Institute of Standards and Technology$1M0.8%
    Department of Commerce

Largest awards

  1. MODEL STATE-SUPPORTED AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS$11.8M
    93.107 · Area Health Education Centers· Health Resources and Services Administration· Project grant· Oct 29, 2020 – Aug 6, 2026· U7716459
  2. TRACK 4: ADVANCED CI COORDINATION ECOSYSTEM: MONITORING AND MEASUREMENT SERVICES -THE SUNY AT BUFFALO TEAM PROVIDES MONITORING AND…$11.4M
    47.070 · Computer and Information Science and Engineering· National Science Foundation· Cooperative agreement· Apr 21, 2022 – Jan 8, 2026· 2137603
  3. CLINICAL, GENETIC, AND CELLULAR CONSEQUENCES OF MUTATIONS IN NA,K-ATPASE ATP1A3$8.9M
    93.853 · Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Apr 26, 2021 – May 1, 2026· R01NS058949
  4. EXISTING LIQUID PROPULSION SYSTEMS ARE COMPLEX AND SEEM TO HAVE REACHED THE LIMIT FOR FUEL ENERGY DENSITY. A BREAKTHROUGH THAT…$8.5M
    81.124 · Predictive Science Academic Alliance Program· Department of Energy· Cooperative agreement· Oct 28, 2020 – Sep 18, 2026· DENA0003961
  5. CTSA UM1 STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO - THE UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE INSTITUTE (CTSI) AND…$8.3M
    93.350 · National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Jan 6, 2025 – Feb 6, 2026· UM1TR005296
  6. COMPREHENSIVE MINIMALLY/NON-INVASIVE MULTIFACETED ASSESSMENT OF NANO-/MICROELECTRONIC DEVICES$7.5M
    12.800 · Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program· Department of the Air Force· Project grant· Jun 7, 2022 – Aug 26, 2026· FA95502210312

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: $4.6M (32 subawards)

27 sub-recipients

  1. DELPHIRE, INC.$963.2K21%
    PASADENA, CA · 1 subaward
  2. UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION$708.8K15%
    PITTSBURGH, PA · 3 subawards
  3. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON$428.6K9.4%
    SEATTLE, WA · 1 subaward
  4. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$276.3K6.0%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 1 subaward
  5. WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES$269.8K5.9%
    WINSTON SALEM, NC · 3 subawards
  6. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$247.8K5.4%
    LOS ANGELES, CA · 1 subaward
  7. LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE$152.5K3.3%
    LIVERPOOL, GBR · 1 subaward
  8. THE ANALYTICAL MOOSE LLC$150K3.3%
    IGO, CA · 1 subaward
  9. VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER$140K3.1%
    NASHVILLE, TN · 1 subaward
  10. HEALTH RESEARCH, INC.$134.3K2.9%
    BUFFALO, NY · 2 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $11.4M (63 subawards)

41 primes

  1. FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY$1.6M14%
    BOCA RATON, FL · 1 subaward
  2. DUKE UNIVERSITY$1.2M11%
    DURHAM, NC · 1 subaward
  3. THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY$813K7.1%
    UNIVERSITY PARK, PA · 2 subawards
  4. UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE$797.7K7.0%
    ANCHORAGE, AK · 2 subawards
  5. NEW YORK UNIVERSITY$736.3K6.4%
    NEW YORK, NY · 1 subaward
  6. ADA FORSYTH INSTITUTE, INC.$501.9K4.4%
    SOMERVILLE, MA · 1 subaward
  7. CORNELL UNIVERSITY$483.7K4.2%
    ITHACA, NY · 4 subawards
  8. BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY$434.5K3.8%
    BOISE, ID · 1 subaward
  9. PURDUE UNIVERSITY$422.7K3.7%
    WEST LAFAYETTE, IN · 1 subaward
  10. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$365.4K3.2%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 3 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $6.2M paid out · $11.4M received
  • FY2022: $18M paid out · $12.9M received
  • FY2023: $24.9M paid out · $14M received
  • FY2024: $13.3M paid out · $17.4M received
  • FY2025: $21.4M paid out · $12.6M received
  • FY2026: $4.6M paid out · $11.4M received
  • FY2027: $0 paid out · $298.6K 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.