Federal contractor · DAYTON, OH

UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON

UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON received $164.3M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 60 awards (−33% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $1.7B. Its largest customer was Department of the Air Force ($165.3M). It also received $14.7M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$164.3M
New awards
60
Sole-source
13%
Single offer
6.4%
UEI
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Other than small businessEducational institution
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 71.6MFY2017
  2. 114.2MFY2018
  3. 150.5MFY2019
  4. 171.8MFY2020
  5. 173.3MFY2021
  6. 158.1MFY2022
  7. 223.9MFY2023
  8. 184.2MFY2024
  9. 245.4MFY2025
  10. 164.3MFY2026
  11. 0FY2027

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Air Force$165.3M100%
    49 awards
  2. Department of the Army$255K0.2%
    1 awards
  3. Environmental Protection Agency$135.9K0.1%
    1 awards
  4. Missile Defense Agency$5000.0%
    1 awards
  5. National Aeronautics and Space Administration-$28.1K0.0%
    1 awards
  6. Federal Acquisition Service-$1.4M0.0%
    7 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$164.9M99.6%
  2. Education & social services$574K0.3%
  3. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$63.3K0.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Montgomery County, OH$157.2M96%
  2. Greene County, OH$4.8M2.9%
  3. Okaloosa County, FL$1.8M1.1%
  4. Fairfax County, VA$614K0.4%
  5. Madison County, AL$5000.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition19%
    US 39% · $31.4M
  • Sole-source awards13%
    US 30% · $20.9M
  • Single-offer competitions6.4%
    US 8.7% · $10.5M
  • 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. EO14042 SOARING OTTER$112.7M
    Department of the Air Force· Montgomery County, OH· Research & development· Nov 10, 2021 – May 22, 2026· FA865022C1017
  2. PERVASIVE RESEARCH AND EVALUATION FOR COMPLEX-SOLUTIONS IN OPERATIONAL AND URGENT SYSTEMS TASK ORDER 0001$67.4M
    Department of the Air Force· Montgomery County, OH· Research & development· May 22, 2025 – Jun 8, 2026· FA239425FB014
  3. RAPID OPERATIONAL CAPABILITIES AND MANUFACTURING FOR OPTIMIZED READINESS (ROCMOR) TASK ORDER (TO) 01$59.5M
    Department of the Air Force· Montgomery County, OH· Research & development· Mar 12, 2026 – May 27, 2026· FA868426FB001
  4. EPSE IV TO30 AM ADD MANUF AND COLD SPRAY SUPPORT$56.9M
    Federal Acquisition Service· Greene County, OH· Professional services· Mar 14, 2023 – Jun 1, 2026· 47QFLA23F0053
  5. ADVANCED MATERIALS AND PROCESSES$55.5M
    Department of the Air Force· Montgomery County, OH· Research & development· Sep 30, 2020 – May 27, 2026· FA865020C5690
  6. POWER, ENERGY, THERMAL, INTEGRATION AND CONTROLS SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH$33.7M
    Department of the Air Force· Montgomery County, OH· Research & development· Oct 26, 2022 – May 7, 2026· FA865023F2603
  7. AIR LAUNCHED OFF-BOARD OPERATIONS$26.3M
    Department of the Air Force· Montgomery County, OH· Research & development· Nov 30, 2017 – Feb 9, 2026· FA865018C2808
  8. METALS PERFORMANCE AND UNCERTAINTY PREDICTION$22.7M
    Department of the Air Force· Montgomery County, OH· Research & development· Oct 15, 2019 – Dec 18, 2025· FA865020F5212

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 DAYTON received $14.7M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 129 actions (14 new awards), −9.3% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program ($7.2M).

Assistance · FY2026
$14.7M
New awards
14
Actions
129
Since FY2021
$147.6M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 35.8MFY2021
  2. 18.6MFY2022
  3. 32.8MFY2023
  4. 29.6MFY2024
  5. 16.2MFY2025
  6. 14.7MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$8.8M60%
  2. Grants$5.9M40%

Top programs

  1. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$7.2M49%
  2. 11.617 · Congressionally-Identified Projects$3.5M24%
  3. 84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program$1M6.8%
  4. 84.007 · Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants$589.1K4.0%
  5. 43.012 · Space Technology$428.6K2.9%
  6. 12.910 · Research and Technology Development$367.5K2.5%
  7. 12.800 · Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program$366.5K2.5%
  8. 81.117 · Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance$362.6K2.5%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Education$9M61%
  2. National Institute of Standards and Technology$3.5M24%
    Department of Commerce
  3. Department of the Air Force$734K5.0%
    Department of Defense
  4. National Science Foundation$592.7K4.0%
  5. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$428.6K2.9%
  6. Department of Energy$362.6K2.5%
  7. Department of the Navy$100K0.7%
    Department of Defense

Largest awards

  1. GRANT PROGRAM$7.4M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 20, 2025 – Aug 3, 2026· P063P252018
  2. THIS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT SHALL BE PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF WORK ENTITLED, "APPLICATION OF NEXT GENERATION LEARNING…$6.6M
    12.910 · Research and Technology Development· Department of the Air Force· Cooperative agreement· May 9, 2023 – Aug 21, 2026· FA86502321089
  3. GENETIC BASIS OF DORSO-VENTRAL PATTERNING IN THE DROSOPHILA EYE - IN MULTI-CELLULAR ORGANISMS, AXIAL PATTERNING IS REQUIRED FOR TRANSITION…$2.2M
    93.867 · Vision Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Jul 30, 2021 – Apr 6, 2026· R01EY032959
  4. PURPOSETHE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO ESTABLISH A SYSTEM INTEGRATION LABORATORY (SIL) AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON TO ADVANCE OPEN…$2M
    11.617 · Congressionally-Identified Projects· National Institute of Standards and Technology· Project grant· Sep 1, 2026 – Sep 1, 2026· 60NANB26D124
  5. BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WORKFORCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM- AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN$1.9M
    93.732 · Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants· Health Resources and Services Administration· Project grant· May 26, 2021 – May 29, 2026· MC142110
  6. UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON INDUSTRIAL ASSESSMENT CENTER (UD-IAC)$1.9M
    81.117 · Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance· Department of Energy· Cooperative agreement· Sep 21, 2021 – Feb 5, 2026· DEEE0009721

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: $4.5M (38 subawards)

34 sub-recipients

  1. RENISHAW, INC.$792.1K18%
    WEST DUNDEE, IL · 1 subaward
  2. CARL ZEISS MICROSCOPY, LLC$395.8K8.8%
    WHITE PLAINS, NY · 1 subaward
  3. EDISON WELDING INSTITUTE INC$296.1K6.5%
    COLUMBUS, OH · 3 subawards
  4. KBR WYLE SERVICES, LLC$274K6.1%
    LEXINGTON PARK, MD · 1 subaward
  5. LINDE ADVANCED MATERIAL TECHNOLOGIES INC.$222.3K4.9%
    INDIANAPOLIS, IN · 1 subaward
  6. ACCELINT DATA FUSION, LLC$215K4.8%
    SAN DIEGO, CA · 1 subaward
  7. INSIGHT GLOBAL, LLC$192.9K4.3%
    ATLANTA, GA · 1 subaward
  8. STRATASYS, INC$189.8K4.2%
    MINNETONKA, MN · 1 subaward
  9. ELEMENT MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY CINCINNATI INC.$185.4K4.1%
    FAIRFIELD, OH · 2 subawards
  10. LYME COMPUTER SYSTEMS, INC.$165K3.6%
    LEBANON, NH · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $190.3K (1 subaward)
  • Sub-grants: $1.9M (6 subawards)

6 primes

  1. OHIO DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT$900K43%
    COLUMBUS, OH · 1 subaward
  2. OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY$765.2K37%
    CORVALLIS, OR · 1 subaward
  3. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON$190.3K9.1%
    ARLINGTON, TX · 1 subaward
  4. NATIONAL CENTER FOR DEFENSE MANUFACTURING AND MACHINING$185K8.9%
    BLAIRSVILLE, PA · 1 subaward
  5. OHIO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION$27.9K1.3%
    COLUMBUS, OH · 2 subawards
  6. GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC$16K0.8%
    ATLANTA, GA · 1 subaward

Its reported sub-contracts equal 2.8% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $54.4M paid out · $8M received
  • FY2022: $107.8M paid out · $6.5M received
  • FY2023: $75.4M paid out · $6.9M received
  • FY2024: $33.9M paid out · $11.8M received
  • FY2025: $17.9M paid out · $8.1M received
  • FY2026: $4.5M paid out · $2.1M 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

387 companies · $293.9M reported

  1. INSIGHT GLOBAL, LLC$43.8M
    ATLANTA, GA · 54 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. TITAN ROBOTICS INC$28M
    CORAOPOLIS, PA · 12 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  3. PENTECOM, INC.$19.8M
    PALESTINE, TX · 2 subawards

Primes that pay it

55 companies · $43.3M reported

  1. OHIO DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT$10.4M
    COLUMBUS, OH · 22 subawards
  2. OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY$4.8M
    CORVALLIS, OR · 5 subawards
  3. COLLABORATIVE COMPOSITE SOLUTIONS CORPORATION$4.3M
    KNOXVILLE, TN · 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 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 11 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. APPLIED RESEARCH SOLUTIONS, INC.$712.7M−12% in FY2026
    BEAVERCREEK, OH · 89% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development servicesFederal Acquisition Service · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY$432.8M−36% in FY2026
    PITTSBURGH, PA · 3 entities · 65% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development services
  3. OASIS SYSTEMS, LLC$579.7M−28% in FY2026
    BURLINGTON, MA · 4 entities · 72% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development services

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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.

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.