Federal contractor · MERCED, CA

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, MERCED

No contract obligations recorded for UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, MERCED in FY2026. Since FY2019: $266.9K. It also received $38.2M 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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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 73.8KFY2019
  2. 144.4KFY2020
  3. 0FY2021
  4. 48.9KFY2023
  5. -213.8FY2025

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

No contract obligations recorded for UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, MERCED 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 CALIFORNIA, MERCED received $38.2M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 258 actions (25 new awards), −51% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program ($19.4M).

Assistance · FY2026
$38.2M
New awards
25
Actions
258
Since FY2021
$414.5M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 96.3MFY2021
  2. 67MFY2022
  3. 69.9MFY2023
  4. 65.1MFY2024
  5. 78MFY2025
  6. 38.2MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$20.5M54%
  2. Grants$17.7M46%
  3. Other assistance-$31.6K0.0%

Top programs

  1. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$19.4M51%
  2. 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$3.8M9.8%
  3. 20.939 · Safe Streets and Roads for All$3M7.7%
  4. 47.074 · Biological Sciences$2.5M6.4%
  5. 59.037 · Small Business Development Centers$1.8M4.8%
  6. 84.047 · Trio Upward Bound$1.2M3.2%
  7. 93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research$922.4K2.4%
  8. 47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences$879K2.3%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Education$21.8M57%
  2. National Institutes of Health$7.1M18%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  3. Federal Highway Administration$3M7.7%
    Department of Transportation
  4. National Science Foundation$2.4M6.3%
  5. Small Business Administration$1.8M4.8%
  6. Department of the Air Force$691K1.8%
    Department of Defense
  7. Department of Energy$344.6K0.9%
  8. Departmental Offices$250K0.7%
    Department of the Interior

Largest awards

  1. GRANT PROGRAM$37M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Sep 27, 2024 – May 13, 2026· P063P246278
  2. GRANT PROGRAM$34.8M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Sep 18, 2025 – Sep 11, 2026· P063P256278
  3. BII: INSITE: INSTITUTE FOR SYMBIOTIC INTERACTIONS, TEACHING, AND EDUCATION IN THE FACE OF A CHANGING CLIMATE -SOCIETY IS CURRENTLY…$12.2M
    47.074 · Biological Sciences· National Science Foundation· Cooperative agreement· Aug 3, 2022 – Aug 4, 2026· 2214038
  4. ** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF…$10M
    10.310 · Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI)· National Institute of Food and Agriculture· Project grant· Sep 9, 2021 – Apr 8, 2026· 20216901235916
  5. MOVING ELECTRONS THROUGH SPACE AND TIME: ENABLING THE QUANTUM DYNAMICS OF CHIRALITY-INDUCED SPIN SELECTION THROUGH NOVEL AND SCALABLE…$6M
    81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program· Department of Energy· Project grant· Sep 29, 2025 – Jul 20, 2026· DESC0026088
  6. UOC MERCED SBDC$3.6M
    59.037 · Small Business Development Centers· Small Business Administration· Grant· Dec 17, 2024 – Aug 30, 2026· SBAHQ25B0067

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. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN$628.2K53%
    ANN ARBOR, MI · 1 subaward
  2. THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK$266K23%
    NEW YORK, NY · 1 subaward
  3. RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY$235.6K20%
    NEWARK, NJ · 1 subaward
  4. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS$47.4K4.0%
    DAVIS, CA · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $2M (15 subawards)

10 primes

  1. TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE$939.1K47%
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 3 subawards
  2. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO$200K10%
    EL PASO, TX · 1 subaward
  3. MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY$186K9.4%
    EAST LANSING, MI · 1 subaward
  4. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$145.5K7.3%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 1 subaward
  5. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN$134.9K6.8%
    ANN ARBOR, MI · 1 subaward
  6. APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY$109.9K5.5%
    BOONE, NC · 1 subaward
  7. UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII$90.3K4.5%
    HONOLULU, HI · 3 subawards
  8. CORNELL UNIVERSITY$80K4.0%
    ITHACA, NY · 1 subaward
  9. THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY$57.1K2.9%
    STANFORD, CA · 2 subawards
  10. UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SYSTEM$45K2.3%
    COLUMBIA, MO · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $2.1M paid out · $2.7M received
  • FY2022: $7M paid out · $4M received
  • FY2023: $7.8M paid out · $8.8M received
  • FY2024: $1.9M paid out · $3.9M received
  • FY2025: $4.8M paid out · $3.4M received
  • FY2026: $1.2M paid out · $2M 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

50 companies · $24.8M reported

  1. CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO FOUNDATION$5.9M
    FRESNO, CA · 2 subawards
  2. F3 INNOVATE$2.3M
    FRESNO, CA · 1 subaward
  3. UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY SPACE DYNAMICS LABORATORY$1.8M
    NORTH LOGAN, UT · 1 subaward

Primes that pay it

44 companies · $24.8M reported

  1. TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE$5.8M
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 15 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS$3.1M
    FAYETTEVILLE, AR · 1 subaward
  3. WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY$1.7M
    PULLMAN, WA · 2 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.