Recipient of federal assistance · KINGSTON, RI

THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND RESEARCH FOUNDATION

THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND RESEARCH FOUNDATION received $2.3M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 6 actions, −72% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $37.3M. Its largest awarding agency was National Institute of Standards and Technology ($1.3M).

Assistance · FY2026
$2.3M
New awards
1
Actions
6
Since FY2021
$37.3M
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Location
KINGSTON, RI
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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.

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 2.2MFY2021
  2. 7.2MFY2022
  3. 4.3MFY2023
  4. 12.9MFY2024
  5. 8.4MFY2025
  6. 2.3MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$2.3M100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 11.611 · Manufacturing Extension Partnership$1.3M56%
  2. 11.469 · Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects$1M44%
  3. 12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research-$8.990.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Institute of Standards and Technology$1.3M56%
    Department of Commerce
  2. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$1M44%
    Department of Commerce

Largest awards

  1. PURPOSE: THE AWARD RECIPIENT WOULD BE GRANTED FUNDING THROUGH A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT TO OPERATE A HOLLINGS MANUFACTURING EXTENSION…$5.2M
    11.611 · Manufacturing Extension Partnership· National Institute of Standards and Technology· Cooperative agreement· Sep 19, 2022 – Mar 4, 2026· 70NANB22H115
  2. RHODE ISLAND RISEUP 3.0$2.8M
    12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research· Department of the Navy· Project grant· Aug 1, 2025 – Aug 13, 2026· N000142512393
  3. UNIVERSITIES OF RHODE ISLAND, ALASKA AND HAWAII WILL COLLECTIVELY DEVELOP AND COMMERCIALIZE SCALABLE SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIES$2.4M
    12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research· Department of the Navy· Project grant· Nov 14, 2022 – Sep 23, 2026· N000142312022
  4. PROJECT SUMMARY / ABSTRACT THE RHODE ISLAND SMARTBAY PERSISTENT UNDERSEA MONITORING PLATFORM (PUMP) PROJECT WILL ESTABLISH A…$1M
    11.469 · Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects· National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Project grant· Sep 24, 2026 – Sep 24, 2026· NA26OARX469G0020
  5. SEE NOTICE OF AWARD, ATTACHMENT 1 - TERMS AND CONDITIONS, ATTACHMENT D - STATEMENT OF WORK, ABSTRACT$300K
    17.289 · Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending· Employment and Training Administration· Grant· Jun 20, 2024 – Mar 17, 2026· 24A60CP000253
  6. BLUE POWER ACCELERATE: CATALYZING INNOVATION IN MARINE AND HYDROPOWER$100K
    81.087 · Renewable Energy Research and Development· Department of Energy· Cooperative agreement· Sep 18, 2025 – Nov 10, 2025· DEEE0011881

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

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $100K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $30K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $6.2M 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.