Federal contractor · LITTLE ROCK, AR

UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS SYSTEM

No contract obligations recorded for UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS SYSTEM in FY2026. Since FY2017: $119.3K. It also received $27.8M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$0
New awards
0
Sole-source
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Single offer
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UEI
DBP4N9GHCA14
Parent company
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS SYSTEM
Other than small businessEducational institutionGovernment entity
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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.

2 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $0 in FY2026 together.

  1. UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS SYSTEMLITTLE ROCK, AR · Family page
    $0
  2. UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS SYSTEMPINE BLUFF, AR
    $0

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 112.4KFY2017
  2. 0FY2018
  3. 12.8KFY2019
  4. 0FY2020
  5. -5.9KFY2021
  6. 398.4KFY2022
  7. -398.4KFY2023

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

No contract obligations recorded for UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS SYSTEM in FY2026.

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

Where the work was performed

Integrity signals

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

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 SYSTEM received $27.8M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 281 actions (9 new awards), −18% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program ($18.4M).

Assistance · FY2026
$27.8M
New awards
9
Actions
281
Since FY2021
$187.2M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 40MFY2021
  2. 19.4MFY2022
  3. 25.9MFY2023
  4. 40.2MFY2024
  5. 33.8MFY2025
  6. 27.8MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$18.8M68%
  2. Grants$9M32%

Top programs

  1. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$18.4M66%
  2. 11.617 · Congressionally-Identified Projects$3M11%
  3. 84.206 · Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education$2.6M9.3%
  4. 59.037 · Small Business Development Centers$1.3M4.5%
  5. 43.008 · Office of Stem Engagement (OSTEM)$1.2M4.4%
  6. 84.042 · Trio Student Support Services$307.2K1.1%
  7. 84.047 · Trio Upward Bound$299K1.1%
  8. 84.007 · Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants$278K1.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Education$22M79%
  2. National Institute of Standards and Technology$3M11%
    Department of Commerce
  3. Small Business Administration$1.4M5.2%
  4. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$1.2M4.4%
  5. Internal Revenue Service$100K0.4%
    Department of the Treasury
  6. National Science Foundation$96.3K0.3%

Largest awards

  1. GRANT PROGRAM$18.1M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 28, 2025 – Sep 11, 2026· P063P251084
  2. GRANT PROGRAM$16.9M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 29, 2024 – Nov 25, 2025· P063P241084
  3. UNKNOWN TITLE$14.5M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Oct 5, 2020 – Jan 21, 2026· P063P191084
  4. GRANT PROGRAM$12.5M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Sep 1, 2022 – Feb 9, 2026· P063P221084
  5. GRANT PROGRAM$11.6M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 30, 2021 – Jan 29, 2026· P063P211084
  6. NEW GRANT$5M
    12.431 · Basic Scientific Research· Department of the Army· Project grant· Feb 16, 2023 – Dec 9, 2025· W911NF2310011

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: $1.2M (4 subawards)

4 sub-recipients

  1. NUSHORES BIOSCIENCES LLC$1.1M88%
    LITTLE ROCK, AR · 1 subaward
  2. DIVISION OF AGRICULTURE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS$83.8K6.9%
    LITTLE ROCK, AR · 1 subaward
  3. UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS$37.8K3.1%
    FAYETTEVILLE, AR · 1 subaward
  4. UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS-FORT SMITH$25K2.0%
    FORT SMITH, AR · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $526.7K (8 subawards)

3 primes

  1. UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES$368.8K70%
    LITTLE ROCK, AR · 6 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA$128.5K24%
    GAINESVILLE, FL · 1 subaward
  3. CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY$29.4K5.6%
    ORANGE, CA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $854.9K paid out · $776.6K received
  • FY2022: $810.8K paid out · $1.9M received
  • FY2023: $2.4M paid out · $1.6M received
  • FY2024: $57.2K paid out · $0 received
  • FY2025: $955.4K paid out · $273.3K received
  • FY2026: $1.2M paid out · $526.7K 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

18 companies · $6.1M reported

  1. UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS$1.5M
    FAYETTEVILLE, AR · 11 subawards
  2. CAMBRIDGE SEMANTICS INCORPORATED$1.4M
    BOSTON, MA · 1 subaward
  3. NUSHORES BIOSCIENCES LLC$1.1M
    LITTLE ROCK, AR · 1 subaward

Primes that pay it

28 companies · $13.5M reported

  1. NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITY$1.9M
    GREENSBORO, NC · 4 subawards
  2. UNITED STATES ENDOWMENT FOR FORESTRY AND COMMUNITIES, INC$1.8M
    GREENVILLE, SC · 1 subaward
  3. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ARKANSAS$1.2M
    LITTLE ROCK, AR · 10 subawards

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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.

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.