Federal contractor · NEW YORK, NY

THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY

THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY received $126.4K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 1 awards (−74% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $3.1M. Its largest customer was Washington Headquarters Services ($126.4K). It also received $69.6M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$126.4K
New awards
1
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Other than small businessNonprofitEducational institution
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 354KFY2017
  2. 477.7KFY2018
  3. 482.8KFY2019
  4. 309.1KFY2020
  5. 478.3KFY2021
  6. -74.1KFY2023
  7. 428.8KFY2024
  8. 494.9KFY2025
  9. 126.4KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Washington Headquarters Services$126.4K100%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$126.4K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. New York County, NY$126.4K100%

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. SPECIAL STUDIES AND RESEARCH/ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY$1.1M
    Washington Headquarters Services· New York County, NY· Professional services· Jul 19, 2024 – Jun 11, 2026· HQ003424C0077

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 ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY received $69.6M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 205 actions (28 new awards), +7.8% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research ($19.4M).

Assistance · FY2026
$69.6M
New awards
28
Actions
205
Since FY2021
$454.7M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 78.1MFY2021
  2. 90.7MFY2022
  3. 81.3MFY2023
  4. 70.3MFY2024
  5. 64.6MFY2025
  6. 69.6MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$69.6M100%

Top programs

  1. 93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research$19.4M28%
  2. 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$9.2M13%
  3. 47.083 · Integrative Activities$8.4M12%
  4. 93.853 · Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders$5.8M8.4%
  5. 93.847 · Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research$4.2M6.1%
  6. 47.074 · Biological Sciences$3.5M5.0%
  7. 93.866 · Aging Research$2.2M3.2%
  8. 93.242 · Mental Health Research Grants$2.1M3.1%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Institutes of Health$55.6M80%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  2. National Science Foundation$12.4M18%
  3. Defense Health Agency$1.6M2.4%
    Department of Defense

Largest awards

  1. DEVELOPING, DEMONSTRATING, AND DISSEMINATING INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS TO ACHIEVE TRANSLATIONAL SUCCESS$40.6M
    93.350 · National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· May 27, 2021 – Jun 22, 2026· UL1TR001866
  2. ONCOHISTONES: ROLE OF HISTONE H3 MUTATIONS IN THE ONCOGENESIS OF PEDIATRIC CANCERS$17.5M
    93.393 · Cancer Cause and Prevention Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Nov 10, 2020 – Jan 30, 2026· P01CA196539
  3. INTEGRIN ALPHAIIBBETA3 STRUCTURE, ACTIVATION, AND LIGAND BINDING$13M
    93.837 · Cardiovascular Diseases Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Jan 31, 2022 – Sep 10, 2026· R01HL019278
  4. MID-SCALE RI-1 (M1: DA): DESIGNING SCALABLE COMMUNITY-DRIVEN INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT BIODIVERSITY GENOMICS (SCIBG). -THE FULL INVENTORY…$11.9M
    47.074 · Biological Sciences· National Science Foundation· Cooperative agreement· Sep 14, 2026 – Sep 14, 2026· 2535312
  5. REGULATION OF EPIDERMAL DEVELOPMENT AND DIFFERENTIATION$11.6M
    93.846 · Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Jun 16, 2021 – Jun 8, 2026· R01AR031737
  6. MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF ANTIBODY-MEDIATED IMMUNOTHERAPIES$11.5M
    93.395 · Cancer Treatment Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Mar 9, 2021 – Aug 27, 2026· R35CA196620

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: $3.1M (23 subawards)

16 sub-recipients

  1. SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH$602.2K19%
    NEW YORK, NY · 2 subawards
  2. SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$469.7K15%
    SEATTLE, WA · 1 subaward
  3. FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER CENTER$455.3K15%
    SEATTLE, WA · 2 subawards
  4. WEILL MEDICAL COLLEGE OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY$327.3K11%
    NEW YORK, NY · 5 subawards
  5. EMORY UNIVERSITY$234.8K7.6%
    ATLANTA, GA · 1 subaward
  6. BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE$145.6K4.7%
    HOUSTON, TX · 1 subaward
  7. THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK$143K4.6%
    NEW YORK, NY · 1 subaward
  8. DUKE UNIVERSITY$134.6K4.3%
    DURHAM, NC · 1 subaward
  9. CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$134.3K4.3%
    PASADENA, CA · 1 subaward
  10. NEW YORK UNIVERSITY$127.1K4.1%
    NEW YORK, NY · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $16.4M (26 subawards)

16 primes

  1. WEILL MEDICAL COLLEGE OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY$9.9M60%
    NEW YORK, NY · 5 subawards
  2. FOOD ALLERGY SCIENCE INITIATIVE, INC.$2.2M14%
    CAMBRIDGE, MA · 2 subawards
  3. SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE$722.1K4.4%
    LA JOLLA, CA · 1 subaward
  4. MAYO CLINIC$515.9K3.2%
    ROCHESTER, MN · 2 subawards
  5. RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER$494.9K3.0%
    CHICAGO, IL · 1 subaward
  6. ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI$475.1K2.9%
    NEW YORK, NY · 2 subawards
  7. THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK$420.7K2.6%
    NEW YORK, NY · 1 subaward
  8. EMORY UNIVERSITY$339K2.1%
    ATLANTA, GA · 2 subawards
  9. NEW YORK GENOME CENTER, INC.$325K2.0%
    NEW YORK, NY · 1 subaward
  10. MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$320.3K2.0%
    CAMBRIDGE, MA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $8.4M paid out · $11.1M received
  • FY2022: $11.7M paid out · $10.6M received
  • FY2023: $7.8M paid out · $12M received
  • FY2024: $8.9M paid out · $9.7M received
  • FY2025: $7.2M paid out · $4.7M received
  • FY2026: $3.1M paid out · $16.4M 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 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

45 companies · $48.2M reported

  1. THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY$6.2M
    STANFORD, CA · 18 subawards
  2. ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI$5M
    NEW YORK, NY · 31 subawards
  3. CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$4.9M
    PASADENA, CA · 12 subawards

Primes that pay it

46 companies · $64.5M reported

  1. WEILL MEDICAL COLLEGE OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY$11.2M
    NEW YORK, NY · 8 subawards
  2. CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$4.7M
    PASADENA, CA · 5 subawards
  3. ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI$4M
    NEW YORK, NY · 7 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 1 market (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. A2 SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, INC.$1.1M
    EL SEGUNDO, CA · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveWashington Headquarters Services · Scientific research and development services
  2. PETRONERDS LLC$720.1K0% in FY2026
    CRAIG, CO · 71% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveWashington Headquarters Services · Scientific research and development services
  3. HORIZON ADVISORY PARTNERS LLC$527.2K−0.6% in FY2026
    EDGEWORTH, PA · 50% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveWashington Headquarters Services · 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.

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.