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
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.
- UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONATUCSON, AZ · Family page$11.5M
- ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYSCOTTSDALE, AZ$22.6M
- NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITYFLAGSTAFF, AZ$2.1M
- ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYTEMPE, AZ$1.8M
- UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONATUCSON, AZ$1.6M
- NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITYFLAGSTAFF, AZ$0
AI-inferred: entity-match@1 · Analisa AI · 2026-10-05
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 29.1MFY2017
- 38.9MFY2018
- 38.2MFY2019
- 49.5MFY2020
- 41.2MFY2021
- 52.7MFY2022
- 40.1MFY2023
- 21.3MFY2024
- 40.9MFY2025
- 11.5MFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- 5 awards
- Indian Health Service$2.7M23%3 awards
- Department of the Army$676.9K5.9%3 awards
- Consumer Product Safety Commission$242.5K2.1%1 awards
- Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$167.7K1.5%7 awards
- U.S. Geological Survey$145.5K1.3%7 awards
- Department of the Navy$138.2K1.2%1 awards
- Department of Veterans Affairs$104K0.9%15 awards
- Bureau of Reclamation$66.7K0.6%2 awards
- Departmental Offices$22.3K0.2%1 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Research & development$8.1M71%
- Health & medical$2.1M18%
- Education & social services$738.2K6.4%
- Professional services$591K5.1%
- IT & telecom$8,0000.1%
Where the work was performed
- Pima County, AZ$9M78%
- Maricopa County, AZ$2M18%
- Montgomery County, MD$600K5.2%
- Madison County, AL$50K0.4%
- Story County, IA$6,8360.1%
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
- Department of Health and Human Services · 1 awards
- Department of Agriculture · 6 awards
- Department of the Navy$138.2KDepartment of Defense · 1 awards
- Department of Veterans Affairs · 6 awards
- U.S. Geological Survey$52.9KDepartment of the Interior · 2 awards
Largest awards
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Pima County, AZ· Research & development· Oct 24, 2016 – May 13, 2026· GSFC0200208DNAS502105
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Pima County, AZ· Research & development· Oct 17, 2016 – Sep 4, 2026· NNM10AA11C
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention· Pima County, AZ· Research & development· Jun 14, 2022 – Jun 4, 2026· 75D30122C14188
- Indian Health Service· Maricopa County, AZ· Health & medical· Sep 26, 2024 – Aug 27, 2026· 75H71224C00033
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Pima County, AZ· Research & development· Jul 13, 2026 – Sep 4, 2026· 80MSFC26C0008
- Department of the Army· Pima County, AZ· Research & development· May 21, 2021 – Apr 30, 2026· W912HQ21C0036
- Department of the Army· Pima County, AZ· Research & development· Sep 13, 2024 – May 12, 2026· W911SR24C0035
- 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
- 450.5MFY2021
- 368.1MFY2022
- 487.2MFY2023
- 423.4MFY2024
- 417.1MFY2025
- 345.7MFY2026
By type
- Grants$262.6M76%
- Direct payments$80.1M23%
- Other assistance$3.1M0.9%
Top programs
- 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$68.5M20%
- 93.866 · Aging Research$35.6M10%
- 93.837 · Cardiovascular Diseases Research$30.4M8.8%
- 43.001 · Science$28.5M8.2%
- 93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research$17.3M5.0%
- 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$13M3.8%
- 93.847 · Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research$10M2.9%
- 47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences$9.8M2.8%
Awarding agencies
- National Institutes of Health$190M55%Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of Education$76.5M22%
- National Science Foundation$24.7M7.1%
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of Transportation
- Department of the Air Force$6.5M1.9%Department of Defense
- U.S. Geological Survey$5.8M1.7%Department of the Interior
Largest awards
- 93.397 · Cancer Centers Support Grants· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Nov 3, 2020 – Jul 29, 2026· P30CA023074
- GRANT PROGRAM$78.3M84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 20, 2024 – Feb 21, 2026· P063P241070
- GRANT PROGRAM$69.6M84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 18, 2025 – Sep 18, 2026· P063P251070
- 93.866 · Aging Research· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Sep 21, 2021 – Aug 4, 2026· U19AG065169
- GRANT PROGRAM$55.4M84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 15, 2022 – Feb 9, 2026· P063P221070
- GRANT PROGRAM$51.8M84.063 · 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
- BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE$484.4K6.6%HOUSTON, TX · 1 subaward
- CASTLE COMMUNICATIONS INC$434K5.9%MONKTON, MD · 1 subaward
- OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY$391.8K5.3%PORTLAND, OR · 1 subaward
- UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ$371.4K5.1%SANTA CRUZ, CA · 1 subaward
- UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES$331.4K4.5%LOS ANGELES, CA · 1 subaward
- MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY$309K4.2%MISSISSIPPI STATE, MS · 1 subaward
- UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM$303.6K4.1%MADISON, WI · 2 subawards
- UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL$295.5K4.0%LOWELL, MA · 2 subawards
- UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL$265.8K3.6%WORCESTER, MA · 1 subaward
- 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
- BOULDER, CO · 4 subawards
- BALTIMORE, MD · 1 subaward
- THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$2.8M6.8%BALTIMORE, MD · 5 subawards
- PHOENIX, AZ · 15 subawards
- GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (THE)$2.3M5.5%WASHINGTON, DC · 2 subawards
- UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO$1.6M3.9%ALBUQUERQUE, NM · 2 subawards
- UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS$1.5M3.7%DAVIS, CA · 3 subawards
- ARIZONA HEALTH CARE COST CONTAINMENT SYSTEM$1.2M3.0%PHOENIX, AZ · 1 subaward
- UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO$1.2M2.9%ALBUQUERQUE, NM · 1 subaward
- EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF STATE OF ARIZONA$938.5K2.3%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
- HUNTSVILLE, AL · 23 subawards · Scientific research and development services
- BANNER HEALTH$22.8MPHOENIX, AZ · 19 subawards
- PHOENIX, AZ · 12 subawards
Primes that pay it
384 companies · $729.4M reported
- PHOENIX, AZ · 248 subawards
- PHOENIX, AZ · 86 subawards
- ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY$23.9MPHOENIX, 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.
- BASTION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$122.5M−75% in FY2026HOUSTON, 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
- ANALYTICAL MECHANICS ASSOCIATES, INC.$80.6M−23% in FY2026HAMPTON, VA · 46% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development services
- THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO$186.8M+30% in FY2026BOULDER, 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
- 2023$643K47 reports
- 2024$666.6K39 reports
- 2025$1M46 reports
- 2026$720K26 reports
Top issues
- Budget and appropriations88 reports
- Education85 reports
- Defense59 reports
- Science and technology38 reports
- Aerospace30 reports
- Natural resources29 reports
- Immigration25 reports
- Environment and Superfund17 reports
Who was contacted
- U.S. SENATE142 reports
- U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES140 reports
- Education - Dept of21 reports
- Defense - Dept of (DOD)16 reports
- White House Office8 reports
- Bureau of Land Management (BLM)5 reports
- Energy - Dept of4 reports
Houses of Congress and federal agencies the reports list as contacted (a report names every one for all its issues).
Lobbying firms hired
- Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC$700K14 reports
- Congressional Solutions, Inc (CSI)$568K15 reports
- Mehlman Consulting, Inc.$530K11 reports
- CONTINENTAL STRATEGY, LLC$450K7 reports
- Tiber Creek Group$340K6 reports
- THE ARTEMIS GROUP, LLC (OKLAHOMA)$310K6 reports
- Cornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.$300K5 reports
- Cassidy & Associates, Inc.$220K7 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.