Federal contractor · TUCSON, AZ

UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA received $11.5M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 51 awards (−72% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $363.5M. Its largest customer was National Aeronautics and Space Administration ($7.8M). It also received $345.7M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$11.5M
New awards
51
Sole-source
26%
Single offer
4.8%
UEI
ED44Y3W6P7B9
Parent company
ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS
Other than small businessEducational institutionGovernment entity

Company family

Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.

6 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $39.6M in FY2026 together.

  1. UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONATUCSON, AZ · Family page
    $11.5M
  2. $22.6M
  3. $2.1M
  4. $1.8M
  5. $1.6M
  6. $0

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

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 29.1MFY2017
  2. 38.9MFY2018
  3. 38.2MFY2019
  4. 49.5MFY2020
  5. 41.2MFY2021
  6. 52.7MFY2022
  7. 40.1MFY2023
  8. 21.3MFY2024
  9. 40.9MFY2025
  10. 11.5MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. 5 awards
  2. 3 awards
  3. 3 awards
  4. 1 awards
  5. 7 awards
  6. 7 awards
  7. 1 awards
  8. 15 awards
  9. 2 awards
  10. 1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$8.1M71%
  2. Health & medical$2.1M18%
  3. Education & social services$738.2K6.4%
  4. Professional services$591K5.1%
  5. IT & telecom$8,0000.1%

Where the work was performed

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition31%
    US 39% · $3.6M
  • Sole-source awards26%
    US 30% · $3M
  • Single-offer competitions4.8%
    US 8.7% · $552K
  • 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 Health and Human Services · 1 awards
  2. Department of Agriculture · 6 awards
  3. Department of Defense · 1 awards
  4. Department of Veterans Affairs · 6 awards
  5. Department of the Interior · 2 awards

Largest awards

  1. NEXT GENERATION SPACE TELESCOPE NIRCAM THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE THE PERSONNEL, SERVICES, MATERIALS, EQUIPMENT, AND FACILITIES NEEDED TO MANAGE AND PERFORM PHASES A THROUGH E OF THE SELECTED NEAR-INFRARED CAMERA (NIRCAM) INSTRUMENT FLIGHT INVESTIGATION. THE CONTRACTOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THAT ALL THE REQUIREMENTS IN THE CONTRACT ARE MET. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PERFORM THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES WITHIN EACH PHASE: PHASE A: THE CONTRACTOR SHALL DEFINE THE NIRCAM SCIENCE INVESTIGATION, SCIENCE PAYLOAD, AND MISSION OPERATIONS AND DATA SYSTEMS. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL DOCUMENT ITS FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS IN A CONCEPT STUDY REPORT THAT IT SHALL PREPARE AND DELIVER TO THE GOVERNMENT. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL DEFINE AND REFINE ITS EDUCATION AND PUBLIC OUTREACH PLAN DURING PHASE A. PHASES B-D: THE CONTRACTOR SHALL DESIGN, ANALYZE, DEVELOP, FABRICATE, CALIBRATE, INTEGRATE, TEST AND DELIVER THE NIRCAM SCIENCE INSTRUMENT TO NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA) GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER'S (GSFC) JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE (JWST) PROJECT. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL ALSO PLAN AND PREPARE FOR THE MISSION OPERATIONS PHASE DURING PHASES B-D. THIS SHALL INCLUDE DEVELOPING AN OPERATIONS AND CALIBRATION STRATEGY, DEFINING AND PLANNING THE GUARANTEED TIME OBSERVATIONS (GTO) SCIENCE PROGRAM, PREPARING AND TESTING GROUND SOFTWARE IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SCIENCE AND OPERATIONS CENTER, AND PARTICIPATING IN MISSION SIMULATIONS. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL EXECUTE ITS EDUCATION AND PUBLIC OUTREACH (E/PO) PLAN DURING PHASES B-D. PHASES E: THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE THE NECESSARY PERSONNEL, SERVICES, MATERIALS, EQUIPMENT, AND FACILITIES NEEDED TO PERFORM MISSION OPERATIONS AND DATA ANALYSIS (MO&DA) ACTIVITIES. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL DIRECT THE EXECUTION OF ITS GTO SCIENCE PROGRAM DURING PHASE E. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL CONTINUE TO EXECUTE ITS E/PO PLAN DURING PHASE E.$486.7M
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Pima County, AZ· Research & development· Oct 24, 2016 – May 13, 2026· GSFC0200208DNAS502105
  2. OSIRIS - REX ASTEROID SAMPLE RETURN MISSION. 1.1 OSIRIS - REX DEPUTY PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR, HEATHER ENOS, OSIRIS - REX BUSINESS MANAGER, DR. DRAKE AND DR. LAURETTA WILL HAVE THE OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND DELIVERY OF THE OSIRIS - REX PHASE A CONCEPT STUDY REPORT. THE CONCEPT STUDY REPORT MUST MEET THE REQUIREMENTS DELINEATED IN PART II OF THE STATEMENT OF WORK. 1.2 THE CONCEPT STUDY REPORT (CSR) WILL INCLUDE, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROPOSED LEVEL 1 SCIENCE REQUIREMENTS, CRITERIA FOR FULL MISSION SUCCESS SATISFYING THE BASELINE SCIENCE MISSION AND CRITERIA FOR MINIMUM MISSION SUCCESS SATISFYING THE THRESHOLD SCIENCE MISSION. 1.3 THE UA MANAGEMENT TEAM WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH THE GSFC AND LM MANAGEMENT TEAMS TO REFINE THE PROPOSED OSIRIS - REX MISSION COSTS. THE UA MANAGEMENT TEAM WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH GSFC PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND LM TO ASSESS THE ROBUSTNESS AND FEASIBILITY OF THE COST AND SCHEDULES. THE UA MANAGEMENT TEAM WILL HAVE THE LEAD FOR THE COST SECTION OF THE REPORT. 1.4 THE UA MANAGEMENT TEAM WILL PROVIDE SUPPORT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF REQUIRED INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS SUCH AS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AGREEMENTS AND ITAR LICENSES. 1.5 THE UA MANAGEMENT TEAM WILL OVERSEE THE PHASE A CONTRACT WITH INSTRUMENT LEAD, DR. PHIL CHRISTENSEN, ASU. 1.6 THE UA MANAGEMENT TEAM WILL PROVIDE INPUTS AND VALIDATION SUPPORT TO THE GSFC INTEGRATED MASTER SCHEDULER. 1.7 DEPUTY PI, DR. LAURETTA, WILL LEAD THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE E/PO AND STUDENT COLLABORATION PLANS. 1.8 THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA (UA) WILL SUPPORT THE OSIRIS-REX SITE VISIT AT LOCKHEED MARTIN, LITTLETON, CO.$134M
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Pima County, AZ· Research & development· Oct 17, 2016 – Sep 4, 2026· NNM10AA11C
  3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention· Pima County, AZ· Research & development· Jun 14, 2022 – Jun 4, 2026· 75D30122C14188
  4. Indian Health Service· Maricopa County, AZ· Health & medical· Sep 26, 2024 – Aug 27, 2026· 75H71224C00033
  5. National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Pima County, AZ· Research & development· Jul 13, 2026 – Sep 4, 2026· 80MSFC26C0008
  6. Department of the Army· Pima County, AZ· Research & development· May 21, 2021 – Apr 30, 2026· W912HQ21C0036
  7. Department of the Army· Pima County, AZ· Research & development· Sep 13, 2024 – May 12, 2026· W911SR24C0035
  8. Department of the Army· Pima County, AZ· Research & development· Nov 9, 2023 – May 27, 2026· W912HQ24C0006

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 ARIZONA received $345.7M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 1,529 actions (203 new awards), −17% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program ($68.5M).

Assistance · FY2026
$345.7M
New awards
203
Actions
1,529
Since FY2021
$2.5B

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 450.5MFY2021
  2. 368.1MFY2022
  3. 487.2MFY2023
  4. 423.4MFY2024
  5. 417.1MFY2025
  6. 345.7MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$262.6M76%
  2. Direct payments$80.1M23%
  3. Other assistance$3.1M0.9%

Top programs

  1. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$68.5M20%
  2. 93.866 · Aging Research$35.6M10%
  3. 93.837 · Cardiovascular Diseases Research$30.4M8.8%
  4. 43.001 · Science$28.5M8.2%
  5. 93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research$17.3M5.0%
  6. 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$13M3.8%
  7. 93.847 · Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research$10M2.9%
  8. 47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences$9.8M2.8%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Health and Human Services
  2. Department of Health and Human Services
  3. Department of Transportation
  4. Department of Defense
  5. Department of the Interior

Largest awards

  1. 93.397 · Cancer Centers Support Grants· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Nov 3, 2020 – Jul 29, 2026· P30CA023074
  2. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 20, 2024 – Feb 21, 2026· P063P241070
  3. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 18, 2025 – Sep 18, 2026· P063P251070
  4. 93.866 · Aging Research· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Sep 21, 2021 – Aug 4, 2026· U19AG065169
  5. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 15, 2022 – Feb 9, 2026· P063P221070
  6. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Oct 1, 2020 – Oct 18, 2025· P063P201070

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: $434K (1 subaward)
  • Sub-grants: $6.9M (57 subawards)

51 sub-recipients

  1. HOUSTON, TX · 1 subaward
  2. CASTLE COMMUNICATIONS INC$434K5.9%
    MONKTON, MD · 1 subaward
  3. PORTLAND, OR · 1 subaward
  4. SANTA CRUZ, CA · 1 subaward
  5. LOS ANGELES, CA · 1 subaward
  6. MISSISSIPPI STATE, MS · 1 subaward
  7. MADISON, WI · 2 subawards
  8. LOWELL, MA · 2 subawards
  9. WORCESTER, MA · 1 subaward
  10. FREEFALL AEROSPACE, INC.$250K3.4%
    TUCSON, AZ · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $3.1M (2 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $38.2M (180 subawards)

99 primes

  1. BOULDER, CO · 4 subawards
  2. BALTIMORE, MD · 1 subaward
  3. BALTIMORE, MD · 5 subawards
  4. PHOENIX, AZ · 15 subawards
  5. WASHINGTON, DC · 2 subawards
  6. ALBUQUERQUE, NM · 2 subawards
  7. DAVIS, CA · 3 subawards
  8. ARIZONA HEALTH CARE COST CONTAINMENT SYSTEM$1.2M3.0%
    PHOENIX, AZ · 1 subaward
  9. ALBUQUERQUE, NM · 1 subaward
  10. PHOENIX, AZ · 2 subawards

Its reported sub-contracts equal 3.8% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $66.4M paid out · $55.5M received
  • FY2022: $131.6M paid out · $43.3M received
  • FY2023: $64.5M paid out · $48.6M received
  • FY2024: $53.3M paid out · $63M received
  • FY2025: $38M paid out · $52.3M received
  • FY2026: $7.4M paid out · $41.2M received
  • FY2027: $0 paid out · $211.6K 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

672 companies · $631M reported

  1. HUNTSVILLE, AL · 23 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. PHOENIX, AZ · 19 subawards
  3. PHOENIX, AZ · 12 subawards

Primes that pay it

384 companies · $729.4M reported

  1. PHOENIX, AZ · 248 subawards
  2. PHOENIX, AZ · 86 subawards
  3. ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY$23.9M
    PHOENIX, AZ · 143 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 59 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. BASTION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$122.5M−75% in FY2026
    HOUSTON, TX · 54% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development servicesArmy · Scientific research and development services
  2. HAMPTON, VA · 46% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development services
  3. BOULDER, CO · 7 entities · 63% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · Colleges, universities, and professional schoolsNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing+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 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 UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA (6 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • Arizona State UniversityAI match · 100%
  • Arizona State University ASUAI match · 100%
  • Northern Arizona UniversityAI match · 100%
  • UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONAAI match · 100%
  • University of Arizona Health SciencesAI match · 99%
  • Northern Arizona University FoundationAI match · 94%
  • University of Arizona FoundationAI match · 93%
Lobbying · 2025
$1M
46 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$3M
$2.9M in its own reports

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$643K
    47 reports
  2. 2024$666.6K
    39 reports
  3. 2025$1M
    46 reports
  4. 2026$720K
    26 reports

Top issues

  1. Budget and appropriations88 reports
  2. Education85 reports
  3. Defense59 reports
  4. Science and technology38 reports
  5. Aerospace30 reports
  6. Natural resources29 reports
  7. Immigration25 reports
  8. Environment and Superfund17 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. SENATE142 reports
  2. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES140 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$700K
    14 reports
  2. Congressional Solutions, Inc (CSI)$568K
    15 reports
  3. Mehlman Consulting, Inc.$530K
    11 reports
  4. CONTINENTAL STRATEGY, LLC$450K
    7 reports
  5. Tiber Creek Group$340K
    6 reports
  6. THE ARTEMIS GROUP, LLC (OKLAHOMA)$310K
    6 reports
  7. Cornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.$300K
    5 reports
  8. Cassidy & Associates, Inc.$220K
    7 reports

17 firms in all. 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.