Federal contractor · FAYETTEVILLE, AR

UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS

UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS received $551.3K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 4 awards (+209% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $12.4M. Its largest customer was Department of the Army ($302.8K). It also received $100.6M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$551.3K
New awards
4
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
MECEHTM8DB17
Other than small businessEducational institutionGovernment entity

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 101.1KFY2017
  2. 97.9KFY2018
  3. 1.8MFY2019
  4. 847.8KFY2020
  5. 3.5MFY2021
  6. 2MFY2022
  7. 2.9MFY2023
  8. 420.3KFY2024
  9. 178.5KFY2025
  10. 551.3KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. 1 awards
  2. 1 awards
  3. 2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$551.3K100%

Where the work was performed

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition0.0%
    US 39% · $0
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • 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.

Largest awards

  1. Department of the Army· Washington County, AR· Research & development· Apr 14, 2025 – Jan 26, 2026· W912HQ25C0018
  2. Federal Railroad Administration· Washington County, AR· Research & development· Sep 27, 2022 – Apr 10, 2026· 693JJ622C000045
  3. Federal Highway Administration· Washington County, AR· Research & development· Sep 25, 2026 – Sep 25, 2026· 693JJ326C000008
  4. Federal Railroad Administration· Washington County, AR· Research & development· Sep 22, 2022 – Mar 30, 2026· 693JJ622C000031

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 ARKANSAS received $100.6M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 461 actions (65 new awards), +6.4% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program ($36.7M).

Assistance · FY2026
$100.6M
New awards
65
Actions
461
Since FY2021
$611M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 132.1MFY2021
  2. 70.9MFY2022
  3. 84MFY2023
  4. 128.8MFY2024
  5. 94.6MFY2025
  6. 100.6MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$58.2M58%
  2. Direct payments$41.7M42%
  3. Other assistance$633.1K0.6%

Top programs

  1. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$36.7M37%
  2. 12.431 · Basic Scientific Research$13.2M13%
  3. 93.352 · Construction Support$8M8.0%
  4. 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$5.5M5.5%
  5. 47.041 · Engineering$3.6M3.6%
  6. 11.617 · Congressionally-Identified Projects$3.5M3.5%
  7. 32.005 · Universal Service Fund - Rural Health Care$3M3.0%
  8. 47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences$1.9M1.9%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Health and Human Services
  2. Department of Defense
  3. Department of Commerce
  4. Department of Transportation

Largest awards

  1. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 12, 2024 – Feb 21, 2026· P063P241088
  2. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 8, 2025 – Sep 18, 2026· P063P251088
  3. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 10, 2026 – Sep 18, 2026· P063P261088
  4. 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Feb 22, 2021 – Jun 4, 2026· P20GM139768
  5. 12.431 · Basic Scientific Research· Department of the Army· Cooperative agreement· Apr 17, 2025 – Feb 5, 2026· W911NF2520094
  6. 81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program· Department of Energy· Project grant· Sep 27, 2022 – May 19, 2026· DESC0023412

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: $4.4M (20 subawards)

18 sub-recipients

  1. SYRACUSE, NY · 1 subaward
  2. FAYETTEVILLE, AR · 3 subawards
  3. BEAVER WATERSHED ALLIANCE$409.2K9.4%
    ELKINS, AR · 1 subaward
  4. NALAQUQ LLC$350.4K8.0%
    QUINHAGAK, AK · 1 subaward
  5. ORLANDO, FL · 1 subaward
  6. AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE$299.7K6.9%
    STONEVILLE, MS · 1 subaward
  7. DIVISION OF AGRICULTURE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS$274.4K6.3%
    LITTLE ROCK, AR · 1 subaward
  8. CARBON CHICKEN PROJECT LLC$218.9K5.0%
    FAYETTEVILLE, AR · 1 subaward
  9. LITTLE ROCK, AR · 1 subaward
  10. CHARLESTON, SC · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $35K (1 subaward)
  • Sub-grants: $2.6M (32 subawards)

19 primes

  1. LITTLE ROCK, AR · 2 subawards
  2. LITTLE ROCK, AR · 8 subawards
  3. TUSCALOOSA, AL · 1 subaward
  4. UNIVERSITY PARK, PA · 1 subaward
  5. HOUSTON, TX · 1 subaward
  6. GAINESVILLE, FL · 2 subawards
  7. URBANA, IL · 4 subawards
  8. NASHVILLE, TN · 3 subawards
  9. LITTLE ROCK, AR · 1 subaward
  10. TULSA, OK · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $3.2M paid out · $24.5M received
  • FY2022: $3.6M paid out · $5.1M received
  • FY2023: $13M paid out · $15.8M received
  • FY2024: $10.6M paid out · $10.2M received
  • FY2025: $5.9M paid out · $8.2M received
  • FY2026: $4.4M paid out · $2.7M 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

98 companies · $40.7M reported

  1. MERCED, CA · 1 subaward
  2. TEMPE, AZ · 3 subawards
  3. NORMAN, OK · 2 subawards

Primes that pay it

88 companies · $66.4M reported

  1. BOZEMAN, MT · 3 subawards
  2. ARKANSAS DIVISION OF WORKFORCE SERVICES$10.1M
    LITTLE ROCK, AR · 1 subaward
  3. INTERTRIBAL AGRICULTURE COUNCIL, INC$4.6M
    BILLINGS, MT · 1 subaward

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 5 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. DOODLE LABS LLC$517.5K−183% in FY2026
    MARINA DEL REY, CA · 45% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Scientific research and development servicesAir Force · Scientific research and development services
  2. SPECTRONN, INC.$504.8K−100% in FY2026
    HOLMDEL, NJ · 44% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development servicesArmy · Scientific research and development services
  3. JETX LLC$502K−100% in FY2026
    ORLANDO, FL · 44% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development servicesArmy · 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 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.

Matched organizations

  • University of ArkansasAI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2025
$200K
4 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$670K

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$170K
    4 reports
  2. 2024$200K
    4 reports
  3. 2025$200K
    4 reports
  4. 2026$100K
    2 reports

Top issues

  1. Budget and appropriations14 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES14 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE14 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. Cornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.$670K
    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 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.