Federal contractor · TUSCALOOSA, AL
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA received $600.1K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 6 awards (−6.2% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $8.8M. Its largest customer was National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ($439.8K). It also received $152.2M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.
- Obligations · FY2026
- $600.1K
- New awards
- 6
- Sole-source
- 100%
- Single offer
- 0.0%
- UEI
- RCNJEHZ83EV6
- Parent company
- UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA
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 UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM company family: 2 registered entities, $17M in FY2026 together. See the family
- UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAMBIRMINGHAM, AL · Family page$16.4M
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 423.9KFY2017
- 974.1KFY2018
- 1.3MFY2019
- 660.3KFY2020
- 816.5KFY2021
- 1.5MFY2022
- 1.3MFY2023
- 493KFY2024
- 639.6KFY2025
- 600.1KFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- 3 awards
- Department of the Navy$90K15%1 awards
- National Institutes of Health$70.4K12%1 awards
- Department of the Army$00.0%1 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- IT & telecom$260.2K43%
- Facilities & utilities$179.6K30%
- Professional services$160.4K27%
Where the work was performed
- Tuscaloosa County, AL$600.1K100%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition100%US 39% · $600.1K
- Sole-source awards100%US 30% · $600.1K
- 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
- Department of Defense · 1 awards
Largest awards
- Department of the Army· Tuscaloosa County, AL· Research & development· May 3, 2018 – May 28, 2026· W912HQ18C0025
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Tuscaloosa County, AL· IT & telecom· May 26, 2022 – Apr 23, 2026· 1305M322CNWWY0003
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Tuscaloosa County, AL· Facilities & utilities· May 12, 2022 – May 8, 2026· 1305M322CNWWY0006
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Tuscaloosa County, AL· Facilities & utilities· Jan 29, 2024 – Feb 5, 2026· 1305M324C0001
- National Institutes of Health· Tuscaloosa County, AL· Professional services· Jan 13, 2025 – Jul 21, 2026· 75N98025P00775
- Department of the Navy· Tuscaloosa County, AL· Professional services· Nov 13, 2025 – May 12, 2026· N0017326P5203
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.
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA received $152.2M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 832 actions (101 new awards), +2.9% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program ($46.7M).
- Assistance · FY2026
- $152.2M
- New awards
- 101
- Actions
- 832
- Since FY2021
- $1.1B
Assistance by fiscal year
- 135.3MFY2021
- 155.4MFY2022
- 274.6MFY2023
- 192.1MFY2024
- 147.9MFY2025
- 152.2MFY2026
By type
- Grants$102.7M67%
- Direct payments$48.9M32%
- Other assistance$602.2K0.4%
Top programs
- 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$46.7M31%
- 11.432 · National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Cooperative Institutes$29.5M19%
- 84.411 · Education Innovation and Research (Formerly Investing in Innovation (I3) FUND)$10M6.6%
- 47.083 · Integrative Activities$5.7M3.7%
- 15.808 · U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection$4.3M2.8%
- 47.070 · Computer and Information Science and Engineering$4.1M2.7%
- 47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences$4M2.6%
- 47.041 · Engineering$3.4M2.2%
Awarding agencies
- Department of Education$60.5M40%
- Department of Commerce
- National Science Foundation$24.7M16%
- Department of Health and Human Services
- U.S. Geological Survey$4.3M2.8%Department of the Interior
- Washington Headquarters Services$4.3M2.8%Department of Defense
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of Energy$2.7M1.8%
Largest awards
- 11.432 · National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Cooperative Institutes· National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Cooperative agreement· Apr 4, 2022 – Aug 21, 2026· NA22NWS4320003
- GRANT PROGRAM$46.7M84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 12, 2025 – Sep 14, 2026· P063P250007
- GRANT PROGRAM$46.5M84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 14, 2024 – Jul 22, 2026· P063P240007
- GRANT PROGRAM$21.4M84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 5, 2026 – Sep 18, 2026· P063P260007
- 12.630 · Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering· Washington Headquarters Services· Cooperative agreement· Sep 10, 2024 – Jul 13, 2026· HQ00342420014
- 84.411 · Education Innovation and Research (Formerly Investing in Innovation (I3) FUND)· Department of Education· Project grant· Jul 30, 2026 – Jul 30, 2026· S411B260072
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.
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: $18.7M (84 subawards)
44 sub-recipients
- UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY$2M11%LOGAN, UT · 8 subawards
- RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE$1.3M7.1%DURHAM, NC · 7 subawards
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA$1.3M6.7%MOBILE, AL · 3 subawards
- TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY$1.1M5.8%COLLEGE STATION, TX · 2 subawards
- MINNEAPOLIS, MN · 4 subawards
- THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA$912.9K4.9%IOWA CITY, IA · 4 subawards
- TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY$879.1K4.7%BOSTON, MA · 1 subaward
- NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY$854.9K4.6%FARGO, ND · 1 subaward
- ARLINGTON, MA · 2 subawards
- HOBOKEN, NJ · 4 subawards
As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026
- Sub-grants: $6.4M (42 subawards)
29 primes
- ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF$1.3M21%MONTGOMERY, AL · 4 subawards
- CLEMSON UNIVERSITY$887.5K14%CLEMSON, SC · 1 subaward
- COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY$433K6.8%FORT COLLINS, CO · 3 subawards
- HOBOKEN, NJ · 2 subawards
- ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH$414.9K6.5%MONTGOMERY, AL · 3 subawards
- GREENSBORO, NC · 3 subawards
- UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII$258.5K4.0%HONOLULU, HI · 1 subaward
- PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY$221.4K3.5%PRAIRIE VIEW, TX · 1 subaward
- FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC$218.3K3.4%MELBOURNE, FL · 1 subaward
- UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE, THE$205.9K3.2%HUNTSVILLE, AL · 2 subawards
By fiscal year
- FY2021: $26.1M paid out · $28.7M received
- FY2022: $15.5M paid out · $17.2M received
- FY2023: $38.1M paid out · $16.8M received
- FY2024: $36.2M paid out · $19.4M received
- FY2025: $37.3M paid out · $12.8M received
- FY2026: $18.7M paid out · $6.4M 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.
Teaming partners
Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.
Companies it pays
449 companies · $583.1M reported
- TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY$25.9MTUSKEGEE INSTITUTE, AL · 30 subawards
- JACKSON, MS · 67 subawards · Scientific research and development services
- RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC · 40 subawards
Primes that pay it
250 companies · $398M reported
- MONTGOMERY, AL · 92 subawards
- NASHVILLE, TN · 45 subawards
- AUSTIN, TX · 22 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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 26 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK$20.7M−94% in FY2026NEW YORK, NY · 3 entities · 41% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development servicesNational Institutes of Health · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · Colleges, universities, and professional schools+1 more
- UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE$15.3M−19% in FY2026LAFAYETTE, LA · 37% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Institutes of Health · Scientific research and development servicesNational Institutes of Health · Other animal production
- UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM$34.8M−33% in FY2026MADISON, WI · 11 entities · 47% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development servicesNational Institutes of Health · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · Colleges, universities, and professional schools+1 more
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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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 UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM (2 recipients).
Matched organizations
- University of Alabama Health SystemAI match · 97%
- Lobbying · 2025
- $110K
- 4 reports
- Lobbying · 2025–2026
- $140K
Lobbying by year
- 2025$110K4 reports
- 2026$30K1 reports
Top issues
- Health issues5 reports
Who was contacted
- U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES5 reports
- U.S. SENATE5 reports
Houses of Congress and federal agencies the reports list as contacted (a report names every one for all its issues).
Lobbying firms hired
- Baker & Hostetler LLP$140K5 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2023–2026.
Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.