Federal contractor · UNIVERSITY, MS

THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI

THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI received $2.8M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 9 awards (−24% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $62.1M. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($1.1M). It also received $77.9M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$2.8M
New awards
9
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 3.6MFY2017
  2. 11.1MFY2018
  3. 3.3MFY2019
  4. 3.1MFY2020
  5. 7MFY2021
  6. 9.7MFY2022
  7. 9.4MFY2023
  8. 8.4MFY2024
  9. 3.7MFY2025
  10. 2.8MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$1.1M40%
    3 awards
  2. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management$949.6K34%
    1 awards
  3. Federal Emergency Management Agency$371.6K13%
    1 awards
  4. Immediate Office of the Secretary of Transportation$348.6K13%
    1 awards
  5. Department of the Army$00.0%
    1 awards
  6. Food and Drug Administration$00.0%
    1 awards
  7. National Institutes of Health-$1,2660.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Education & social services$1.1M40%
  2. Professional services$949.6K34%
  3. Research & development$719K26%

Where the work was performed

  1. Lafayette County, MS$2.4M87%
  2. District of Columbia, DC$371.6K13%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $2.8M
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $2.8M
  • 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 the Navy$1.1M
    Department of Defense · 3 awards
  2. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management$949.6K
    Department of the Interior · 1 awards
  3. Immediate Office of the Secretary of Transportation$348.6K
    Department of Transportation · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. BAA 23-0013, GRAPHENE-ENABLED TECHNOLOGIES FOR GROUND COMBAT OPERATIONS-PART II U438240$4.4M
    Department of the Army· Lafayette County, MS· Research & development· Sep 27, 2023 – May 21, 2026· W912HZ23C0069
  2. SUPPORT NSDP EFFORTS TO ACQUIRE THE DSS WISE LITE MODELLING CAPABILITY, TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO STATE DAM SAFETY OFFICES AND FEMA STAFF.$1.8M
    Federal Emergency Management Agency· District of Columbia, DC· Research & development· Sep 26, 2022 – Sep 2, 2026· 70FA6022C00000003
  3. THE COMMON PERCEPTION THAT A LABEL OF 'NATURAL' ENSURES SAFETY, THE UNPLEASANT EPISODES AND SIDE EFFECTS ASSOCIATED WITH PHARMACEUTICAL (SYNTHETIC) DRUGS, ALONG WITH THE LONG HISTORY OF USAGE OF BOTANICALS AS MEDICINES, HAVE RESULTED IN T$1.6M
    Food and Drug Administration· Montgomery County, MD· Research & development· Sep 17, 2021 – Dec 19, 2025· 75F40121C00119
  4. CRITICAL MINERALS BRINE POOL$949.6K
    Bureau of Ocean Energy Management· Lafayette County, MS· Professional services· Sep 22, 2026 – Sep 22, 2026· 140M0126C0006
  5. SPRING 2026 TUITION AND ALLOWABLE FEES NROTC UNIT UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI$564.5K
    Department of the Navy· Lafayette County, MS· Education & social services· Mar 5, 2026 – Mar 5, 2026· N3560A26FB143
  6. RATIFICATION OF GOVERNMENT-AT-FALUT RETROACTIVE TUITION FOR (FALL 2025) NROTC MIDSHIPMEN TUITION AND ALLOWABLE FEES$536.2K
    Department of the Navy· Lafayette County, MS· Education & social services· Nov 21, 2025 – Nov 21, 2025· N3560A26F0002
  7. ROCKET PROPULSION AND SONIC BOOM ACOUSTIC PROPAGATION MODEL. MODIFY EXISTING, OR DESIGN, BUILD, AND TEST A NEW ROCKET PROPULSION AND SONIC BOOM ACOUSTIC PROPAGATION MODEL.$348.6K
    Immediate Office of the Secretary of Transportation· Lafayette County, MS· Research & development· Jul 15, 2026 – Aug 6, 2026· 6913G626P800038
  8. PRODUCTION OF CANNABIS AND RELATED MATERIALS FOR RESEARCH. 09/01/23 - 08/31/24.$151.4K
    National Institutes of Health· Lafayette County, MS· Research & development· Aug 18, 2023 – Jun 12, 2026· 75N95023F00003

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 UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI received $77.9M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 659 actions (30 new awards), +3.2% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program ($32.5M).

Assistance · FY2026
$77.9M
New awards
30
Actions
659
Since FY2021
$465.2M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 95.3MFY2021
  2. 49.6MFY2022
  3. 77.7MFY2023
  4. 89.2MFY2024
  5. 75.5MFY2025
  6. 77.9MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$42.8M55%
  2. Direct payments$34.4M44%
  3. Other assistance$703.2K0.9%

Top programs

  1. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$32.5M42%
  2. 93.493 · Congressional Directives$7M9.0%
  3. 59.059 · Congressional Grants$5M6.4%
  4. 10.587 · National Food Service Management Institute Administration and Staffing Grant$5M6.4%
  5. 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$4M5.2%
  6. 11.617 · Congressionally-Identified Projects$4M5.1%
  7. 93.103 · Food and Drug Administration Research$2.7M3.4%
  8. 95.010 · Congressional Directives$2M2.6%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Education$34.4M44%
  2. National Institutes of Health$7.1M9.2%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  3. Health Resources and Services Administration$7M9.0%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  4. Small Business Administration$6.3M8.1%
  5. Food and Nutrition Service$5M6.4%
    Department of Agriculture
  6. National Science Foundation$4.2M5.4%
  7. National Institute of Standards and Technology$4M5.1%
    Department of Commerce
  8. Food and Drug Administration$2.7M3.4%
    Department of Health and Human Services

Largest awards

  1. SCIENCE BASED AUTHENTICATION OF DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS$35.6M
    93.103 · Food and Drug Administration Research· Food and Drug Administration· Cooperative agreement· Aug 4, 2021 – Sep 24, 2026· U01FD004246
  2. GRANT PROGRAM$34.5M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· May 29, 2024 – Nov 3, 2025· P063P241722
  3. GRANT PROGRAM$34.3M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· May 28, 2025 – Sep 17, 2026· P063P251722
  4. GLYCORE: GLYCOSCIENCE CENTER OF RESEARCH EXCELLENCE$15.7M
    93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Apr 13, 2021 – Sep 10, 2026· P20GM130460
  5. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) POWERED SELF-DRIVING DRUG DISCOVERY & DEVELOPMENT - THE INCREASING DEMAND FOR ADVANCED PHARMACEUTICALS…$7M
    93.493 · Congressional Directives· Health Resources and Services Administration· Project grant· Sep 22, 2026 – Sep 22, 2026· CE160190
  6. THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI THROUGH THE MISSISSIPPI SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER NETWORK MSBDCN AND THE RESOURCES FOR INTERNATIONAL…$5M
    59.059 · Congressional Grants· Small Business Administration· Grant· Sep 18, 2026 – Sep 18, 2026· SBAOCFCS260072

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

No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $2.5M (14 subawards)

11 primes

  1. NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES$1.1M42%
    WASHINGTON, DC · 2 subawards
  2. MAYO CLINIC$282.3K11%
    ROCHESTER, MN · 1 subaward
  3. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA$235.5K9.5%
    GAINESVILLE, FL · 1 subaward
  4. BOARD OF REGENTS OF NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION$200K8.0%
    LAS VEGAS, NV · 1 subaward
  5. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON$200K8.0%
    SEATTLE, WA · 1 subaward
  6. UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER$171.1K6.9%
    JACKSON, MS · 3 subawards
  7. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$86.3K3.5%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 1 subaward
  8. LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY$80K3.2%
    BATON ROUGE, LA · 1 subaward
  9. CORNELL UNIVERSITY$78.8K3.2%
    ITHACA, NY · 1 subaward
  10. BROWN UNIVERSITY$61K2.5%
    PROVIDENCE, RI · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $732.6K paid out · $5.6M received
  • FY2022: $1.7M paid out · $6.6M received
  • FY2023: $2.2M paid out · $13.5M received
  • FY2024: $3.2M paid out · $4.7M received
  • FY2025: $4.9M paid out · $3.5M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $2.5M 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 · $12.8M reported

  1. MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY$2.3M
    MISSISSIPPI STATE, MS · 17 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER$1.7M
    JACKSON, MS · 13 subawards
  3. JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY$1.2M
    JACKSON, MS · 7 subawards · Scientific research and development services

Primes that pay it

61 companies · $36.4M reported

  1. MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY$6.7M
    MISSISSIPPI STATE, MS · 10 subawards
  2. INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION INC$6.1M
    NEW YORK, NY · 25 subawards · Educational support services
  3. STATE TREASURER, MISSISSIPPI OFFICE OF THE$3.2M
    JACKSON, MS · 6 subawards

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

  1. RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA$17.6M+52% in FY2026
    CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA · 3 entities · 71% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · Colleges, universities, and professional schoolsNational Institutes of Health · Scientific research and development services
  2. XTREMIS, INC.$7.7M+273% in FY2026
    WASHINGTON, DC · 46% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Scientific research and development services
  3. FLASH STEELWORKS INC$7.8M−100% in FY2026
    WASHINGTON, MI · 46% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · 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

  • University of MississippiAI match · 100%
  • University of Mississippi Medical CenterAI match · 96%
Lobbying · 2025
$240K
8 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$760K

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$200K
    8 reports
  2. 2024$200K
    8 reports
  3. 2025$240K
    8 reports
  4. 2026$120K
    4 reports

Top issues

  1. Budget and appropriations28 reports
  2. Health issues14 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES28 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE28 reports
  3. Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)14 reports
  4. Commerce - Dept of (DOC)14 reports
  5. Defense - Dept of (DOD)14 reports
  6. Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)14 reports
  7. White House Office14 reports
  8. Transportation - Dept of (DOT)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. BGR Government Affairs$760K
    14 reports
  2. UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER$0
    14 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 Sep 30, 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.