Federal contractor · BOSTON, MA

TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY

TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY received $20.9M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 10 awards (−51% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $174.8M. Its largest customer was Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response ($10.8M). It also received $146.9M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$20.9M
New awards
10
Sole-source
48%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
THL6A6JLE1S7
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.

4 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $29.2M in FY2026 together.

  1. TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYBOSTON, MA · Family page
    $20.9M
  2. TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYBOSTON, MA
    $6.6M
  3. TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYBOSTON, MA
    $1.7M
  4. BOSTON UNIVERSITY, TRUSTEES OFBOSTON, MA
    $0

AI-inferred: entity-match@1 · Analisa AI · 2026-10-05

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1MFY2017
  2. 80.5KFY2018
  3. 482.9KFY2019
  4. 187.4KFY2020
  5. 170KFY2021
  6. 25.7MFY2022
  7. 60.6MFY2023
  8. 22.8MFY2024
  9. 42.8MFY2025
  10. 20.9MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response$10.8M52%
    1 awards
  2. National Institutes of Health$9.5M45%
    2 awards
  3. Department of Veterans Affairs$537.9K2.6%
    5 awards
  4. Department of the Army$103K0.5%
    1 awards
  5. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$00.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$20.5M98%
  2. Professional services$413.1K2.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Suffolk County, MA$11.4M55%
  2. Montgomery County, MD$9.5M45%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition48%
    US 39% · $10M
  • Sole-source awards48%
    US 30% · $10M
  • 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. National Institutes of Health$9.5M
    Department of Health and Human Services · 1 awards
  2. Department of Veterans Affairs$537.9K
    Department of Veterans Affairs · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. CARB-X GLOBAL ANTIBACTERIAL ACCELERATOR OTA$150.8M
    Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response· Suffolk County, MA· Research & development· May 18, 2022 – Apr 28, 2026· 75A50122C00028
  2. FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY (FHS), TASK AREA A - CORE STUDY OPERATIONS$13.7M
    National Institutes of Health· Montgomery County, MD· Research & development· Feb 13, 2025 – Jan 29, 2026· 75N92025F00001
  3. FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY (FHS), TASK AREA B - PROTOCOL DEVELOPMENT AND BASIC EXAMINATION, YEAR 2$2.4M
    National Institutes of Health· Montgomery County, MD· Research & development· Apr 3, 2026 – Apr 3, 2026· 75N98026F00001
  4. RESEARCH BIOINFORMATICS SUPPORT FOR THE PTSD BRAIN BANK.$1.9M
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Suffolk County, MA· Professional services· Jan 13, 2022 – Jul 7, 2026· 36C24122P0057
  5. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS AND MANUSCRIPT WRITING$697.8K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Suffolk County, MA· Professional services· Sep 20, 2021 – May 19, 2026· 36C24121P0722
  6. HARMONIZED LANDSAT SENTINEL-2 (HLS) AI GEOSPATIAL FOUNDATIONAL MODEL (GEOFM) FOR SPECTRAL, SPATIAL, TEMPORAL, CHANGE AND DISTURBANCE ANALYSES$244.8K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Suffolk County, MA· Research & development· Aug 21, 2024 – Jan 26, 2026· 80NSSC24PC130
  7. SERDP PROJECT RC25-4751 ADDRESSING TERRESTRIAL CARBON CYCLE UNCERTAINTIES THROUGH ITERATIVE MODEL-DATA ASSIMILATION$203K
    Department of the Army· Suffolk County, MA· Research & development· Sep 16, 2025 – Jan 22, 2026· W912HQ25C0049
  8. KINEMAN MOUSE LIVER SAMPLES BOSTON UNIVERSITY$173.1K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Suffolk County, MA· Research & development· Aug 29, 2023 – Jul 20, 2026· 36C25223C0073

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.

TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY received $146.9M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 839 actions (96 new awards), −18% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program ($24.6M).

Assistance · FY2026
$146.9M
New awards
96
Actions
839
Since FY2021
$1B

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 195.7MFY2021
  2. 153.9MFY2022
  3. 167MFY2023
  4. 165.4MFY2024
  5. 180.2MFY2025
  6. 146.9MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$114.8M78%
  2. Direct payments$31.6M21%
  3. Other assistance$500K0.3%

Top programs

  1. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$24.6M17%
  2. 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$11.1M7.6%
  3. 43.001 · Science$8.2M5.6%
  4. 47.084 · Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships$7.1M4.9%
  5. 93.286 · Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health$6.6M4.5%
  6. 93.173 · Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders$5.9M4.0%
  7. 84.411 · Education Innovation and Research (Formerly Investing in Innovation (I3) FUND)$5.7M3.9%
  8. 47.083 · Integrative Activities$5.4M3.6%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Institutes of Health$57.8M39%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  2. Department of Education$39.8M27%
  3. National Science Foundation$27.1M18%
  4. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$8.3M5.6%
  5. Department of the Army$3M2.0%
    Department of Defense
  6. Department of Energy$2.6M1.8%
  7. Defense Health Agency$2.4M1.6%
    Department of Defense
  8. Administration for Community Living$1.9M1.3%
    Department of Health and Human Services

Largest awards

  1. NANOSYSTEMS ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FOR DIRECTED MULTISCALE ASSEMBLY OF CELLULAR METAMATERIALS WITH NANOSCALE PRECISION: CELL-MET$39.3M
    47.041 · Engineering· National Science Foundation· Cooperative agreement· Oct 6, 2020 – Jul 21, 2026· 1647837
  2. GRANT PROGRAM$30.2M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· May 15, 2024 – Jul 29, 2026· P063P240183
  3. GRANT PROGRAM$25.6M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 27, 2025 – Sep 3, 2026· P063P250183
  4. GRANT PROGRAM$23.2M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Jun 8, 2023 – Dec 18, 2025· P063P230183
  5. OUR HELIOSPHERIC SHIELD$13.5M
    43.001 · Science· National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Cooperative agreement· Sep 16, 2022 – Jun 25, 2026· 80NSSC22M0164
  6. LOCAL NEURONAL DRIVE AND NEUROMODULATORY CONTROL OF ACTIVITY IN THE PIAL NEUROVASCULAR CIRCUIT - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT – OVERALL WE SEEK…$13.4M
    93.279 · Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Aug 16, 2021 – May 13, 2026· U19NS123717

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-contracts: $4.1M (5 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $7.6M (33 subawards)

32 sub-recipients

  1. PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE$1.6M14%
    CAMBRIDGE, MA · 2 subawards
  2. UH-OH LABS INC$1.3M11%
    SANTA CLARA, CA · 1 subaward
  3. CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CORPORATION, THE$1.1M9.2%
    BOSTON, MA · 2 subawards
  4. CHEMBIO DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS INC.$1M8.6%
    MEDFORD, NY · 1 subaward
  5. THE ALIGN FOUNDATION$819K7.0%
    ALHAMBRA, CA · 1 subaward
  6. YALE UNIV$805.4K6.9%
    NEW HAVEN, CT · 1 subaward
  7. BEA B.V.$800K6.8%
    DELFT, NLD · 1 subaward
  8. MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$709.7K6.1%
    CAMBRIDGE, MA · 3 subawards
  9. THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION$507.2K4.3%
    BOSTON, MA · 2 subawards
  10. BROWN UNIVERSITY$305.2K2.6%
    PROVIDENCE, RI · 2 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $502.7K (4 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $15.6M (93 subawards)

59 primes

  1. CORNELL UNIVERSITY$1.4M8.5%
    ITHACA, NY · 7 subawards
  2. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$1.2M7.4%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 3 subawards
  3. TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE$1.2M7.2%
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 5 subawards
  4. THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY$1.1M6.7%
    UNIVERSITY PARK, PA · 2 subawards
  5. MASSACHUSETTS SERVICE ALLIANCE, INC$899.9K5.6%
    BOSTON, MA · 1 subaward
  6. UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA$879.1K5.5%
    TUSCALOOSA, AL · 1 subaward
  7. COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY$848K5.3%
    FORT COLLINS, CO · 4 subawards
  8. THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION$672.9K4.2%
    BOSTON, MA · 3 subawards
  9. THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY$522.6K3.2%
    STANFORD, CA · 2 subawards
  10. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA$494.8K3.1%
    TAMPA, FL · 1 subaward

Its reported sub-contracts equal 20% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $57.4M paid out · $14.8M received
  • FY2022: $56.2M paid out · $30.8M received
  • FY2023: $76M paid out · $24.3M received
  • FY2024: $50.2M paid out · $28.1M received
  • FY2025: $22.5M paid out · $56.7M received
  • FY2026: $11.7M paid out · $16.1M received
  • FY2027: $376.9K 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

421 companies · $490.2M reported

  1. THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION$26.2M
    BOSTON, MA · 81 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES$15.5M
    LOS ANGELES, CA · 51 subawards
  3. BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION$10.6M
    BOSTON, MA · 63 subawards · Scientific research and development services

Primes that pay it

201 companies · $342.9M reported

  1. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY MASSACHUSETTS$45.2M
    FRAMINGHAM, MA · 17 subawards
  2. THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION$15.2M
    BOSTON, MA · 47 subawards
  3. BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION$13.1M
    BOSTON, MA · 110 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 15 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC.$67.9M−83% in FY2026
    NUTLEY, NJ · 56% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveOffice of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response · Scientific research and development services
  2. CERUS CORPORATION$66.7M+5,166% in FY2026
    CONCORD, CA · 56% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveOffice of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response · Scientific research and development services
  3. OSSIUM HEALTH, INC.$69.9M
    SAN FRANCISCO, CA · 56% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveOffice of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response · Scientific research and development services

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 TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY (4 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • BOSTON UNIVERSITYAI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2025
$240K
8 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$920K
$920K in its own reports

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$320K
    8 reports
  2. 2024$250K
    8 reports
  3. 2025$240K
    8 reports
  4. 2026$110K
    4 reports

Top issues

  1. Budget and appropriations28 reports
  2. Defense21 reports
  3. Science and technology21 reports
  4. Education15 reports
  5. Health issues9 reports
  6. Immigration5 reports
  7. Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code5 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES28 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE28 reports
  3. Education - Dept of3 reports
  4. Office of Management & Budget (OMB)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. Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC$380K
    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 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.