Federal contractor · NEWARK, DE

UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE

UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE received $1.8M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 17 awards (+340% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $46.2M. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($849.7K). It also received $184.1M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$1.8M
New awards
17
Sole-source
7.7%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
T72NHKM259N3
Other than small businessNonprofitEducational institution
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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, $1.8M in FY2026 together.

  1. UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARENEWARK, DE · Family page
    $1.8M
  2. UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARELEWES, DE
    $0

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 2.8MFY2017
  2. 3.5MFY2018
  3. 2.9MFY2019
  4. 3.8MFY2020
  5. 7.8MFY2021
  6. 14.2MFY2022
  7. 4MFY2023
  8. 5MFY2024
  9. 398.5KFY2025
  10. 1.8MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$849.7K48%
    3 awards
  2. Department of the Army$719.2K41%
    7 awards
  3. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$107K6.1%
    3 awards
  4. U.S. Geological Survey$50K2.9%
    1 awards
  5. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$27.5K1.6%
    1 awards
  6. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$00.0%
    1 awards
  7. Federal Highway Administration$00.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$1.6M89%
  2. Professional services$107K6.1%
  3. IT & telecom$50K2.9%
  4. Education & social services$27.5K1.6%

Where the work was performed

  1. New Castle County, DE$1.6M92%
  2. Story County, IA$107K6.1%
  3. Prince George's County, MD$27.5K1.6%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition7.7%
    US 39% · $134.5K
  • Sole-source awards7.7%
    US 30% · $134.5K
  • 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.

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$107K
    Department of Agriculture · 3 awards
  2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$27.5K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. THE PROPOSED EFFORT IS A COLLABORATION WITH ARKEMA, BOEING AND ATC MANUFACTURING. KEY GOALS OF THIS EFFORT DEVELOPMENT OF 0 DEGREE ALIGNED TUFF AND PREPREG, PEKK FORMULATIONS TO MINIMIZE CRYSTALLIZATION EFFECTS, MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND PART FORMIN$9.8M
    Department of the Navy· New Castle County, DE· Research & development· Sep 13, 2022 – Apr 14, 2026· N0001422C1072
  2. THE PURPOSE OF THIS ACTION IS TO MAKE AN AWARD UNDER BAA W56KGU23RRTID FOR THE PROPOSAL ENTITLED "SCALABLE STABLE PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS FOR SOLDIER AND SMALL UNIT TACTICAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY".$2.3M
    Department of the Army· New Castle County, DE· Research & development· Sep 24, 2024 – Dec 22, 2025· W56KGU24C0029
  3. ESTCP PROJECT RC21-5028$2.1M
    Department of the Army· New Castle County, DE· Research & development· Apr 12, 2022 – Feb 2, 2026· W912HQ22C0041
  4. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT BIOTECHNOLOGY)$1.3M
    Department of the Navy· New Castle County, DE· Research & development· Feb 19, 2026 – Feb 19, 2026· N0001410C0199
  5. THIS EFFORT WILL LEVERAGE THE TAILORED UNIVERSAL FEEDSTOCK FOR FORMING (TUFF) TECHNOLOGY, A NOVEL HIGHLY-ALIGNED SHORT FIBER BASED COMPOSITE FEEDSTOCK.$850K
    Department of the Navy· New Castle County, DE· Research & development· Apr 16, 2026 – Apr 16, 2026· N0001426C1304
  6. SERDP ER21-3561 (FOLLOWON TO ER-2726)"COMPOUND-SPECIFIC OXYGEN ISOTOPE ANALYSIS FOR TRACING ENVIRONMENTAL FATE OF INSENSITIVE MUNITIONS AND 1,4-DIOXANE"$816.9K
    Department of the Army· New Castle County, DE· Research & development· Feb 6, 2023 – Apr 7, 2026· W912HQ23C0019
  7. SERDP PROJECT WP24-4296 "DESIGNING A HIGH-THROUGHPUT CELL-BASED SCREEN FOR N-OXYGENASE ENGINEERING" TO CREATE BACTERIAL STRAINS IN WHICH AROMATIC AND HETEROCYCLIC NITRO COMPOUNDS ARE STABILIZED, TO DESIGN GENETICALLY ENCODED BIOSENSORS.$708.9K
    Department of the Army· New Castle County, DE· Research & development· Jul 15, 2024 – Feb 18, 2026· W912HQ24C0068
  8. THE INTEGRATED SEA SCALLOP AND STEREO-OPTIC RESEARCH SURVEY VESSEL CHARTER$652.4K
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Sussex County, DE· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Sep 12, 2022 – Apr 20, 2026· 1305M322CNFFM0080

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 DELAWARE received $184.1M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 919 actions (137 new awards), −12% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training ($25.1M).

Assistance · FY2026
$184.1M
New awards
137
Actions
919
Since FY2021
$1.4B

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 299.4MFY2021
  2. 187MFY2022
  3. 226MFY2023
  4. 262.2MFY2024
  5. 210.4MFY2025
  6. 184.1MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$159.2M86%
  2. Direct payments$24.8M13%
  3. Other assistance$109.6K0.1%

Top programs

  1. 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$25.1M14%
  2. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$23.1M13%
  3. 20.337 · Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements Program$14.5M7.9%
  4. 47.070 · Computer and Information Science and Engineering$9.1M4.9%
  5. 47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences$6.8M3.7%
  6. 81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program$6.2M3.4%
  7. 93.866 · Aging Research$5.5M3.0%
  8. 84.365 · English Language Acquisition State Grants$5.4M2.9%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Institutes of Health$46.8M25%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  2. National Science Foundation$39.9M22%
  3. Department of Education$26M14%
  4. Federal Railroad Administration$14.5M7.9%
    Department of Transportation
  5. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$8.7M4.7%
    Department of Commerce
  6. National Institute of Food and Agriculture$6.8M3.7%
    Department of Agriculture
  7. Department of Energy$6.4M3.5%
  8. National Institute of Standards and Technology$6M3.3%
    Department of Commerce

Largest awards

  1. THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INNOVATION IN MANUFACTURING BIOPHARMACEUTICALS (NIIMBL)$70M
    11.619 · Arrangements for Interdisciplinary Research Infrastructure· National Institute of Standards and Technology· Cooperative agreement· Jul 13, 2021 – Sep 18, 2026· 70NANB21H086
  2. DELAWARE INBRE$62.9M
    93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Dec 1, 2020 – Jul 24, 2026· P20GM103446
  3. DELAWARE - CTR$56.9M
    93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Feb 2, 2021 – Jul 23, 2026· U54GM104941
  4. MARACOOS (MID-ATLANTIC IOOS): POWERING UNDERSTANDING AND PREDICTION OF THE MID-ATLANTIC OCEAN, COAST, AND ESTUARIES$27.7M
    11.012 · Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS)· National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Cooperative agreement· Aug 14, 2021 – Jul 6, 2026· NA21NOS0120096
  5. DISCOVERY OF CHEMICAL PROBES AND THERAPEUTIC LEADS$26.8M
    93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Jun 13, 2021 – Jan 29, 2026· P20GM104316
  6. CENTER OF BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH EXCELLENCE IN CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH$23.2M
    93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Oct 15, 2020 – Mar 5, 2026· P20GM113125

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: $11.6M (63 subawards)

45 sub-recipients

  1. CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SERVICES INC$1.3M11%
    WILMINGTON, DE · 2 subawards
  2. THE NEMOURS FOUNDATION$1.1M9.2%
    WILMINGTON, DE · 2 subawards
  3. TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE$921.7K8.0%
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 2 subawards
  4. NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY$738.1K6.4%
    RALEIGH, NC · 1 subaward
  5. DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY$683.2K5.9%
    DOVER, DE · 2 subawards
  6. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA$554.9K4.8%
    RIVERSIDE, CA · 1 subaward
  7. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$549.7K4.7%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 2 subawards
  8. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL$456.9K3.9%
    CHAPEL HILL, NC · 2 subawards
  9. BROWN UNIVERSITY$372.1K3.2%
    PROVIDENCE, RI · 1 subaward
  10. UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION$325.8K2.8%
    PITTSBURGH, PA · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $14.6M (77 subawards)

48 primes

  1. CLEMSON UNIVERSITY$1.3M8.8%
    CLEMSON, SC · 2 subawards
  2. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$1.1M7.7%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 8 subawards
  3. THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY$1.1M7.5%
    UNIVERSITY PARK, PA · 4 subawards
  4. UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION$1.1M7.3%
    PITTSBURGH, PA · 2 subawards
  5. UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA$935.7K6.4%
    OMAHA, NE · 1 subaward
  6. AUBURN UNIVERSITY$591.6K4.1%
    AUBURN UNIVERSITY, AL · 1 subaward
  7. TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE$571.7K3.9%
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 4 subawards
  8. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION DELAWARE$560.5K3.8%
    DOVER, DE · 3 subawards
  9. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR OF DELAWARE$549K3.8%
    DOVER, DE · 2 subawards
  10. MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY$520.2K3.6%
    HOUGHTON, MI · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $78.9M paid out · $33.2M received
  • FY2022: $82.4M paid out · $16M received
  • FY2023: $77.1M paid out · $24.3M received
  • FY2024: $50M paid out · $49.8M received
  • FY2025: $49M paid out · $18.9M received
  • FY2026: $11.6M paid out · $14.6M 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

265 companies · $348.9M reported

  1. DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY$31.1M
    DOVER, DE · 39 subawards
  2. NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY$11.1M
    RALEIGH, NC · 14 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. THE NEMOURS FOUNDATION$10.9M
    WILMINGTON, DE · 25 subawards

Primes that pay it

159 companies · $156.9M reported

  1. THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY$18.5M
    UNIVERSITY PARK, PA · 18 subawards
  2. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC$16.3M
    LAUREL, MD · 25 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION$6.9M
    PITTSBURGH, PA · 18 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 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 7 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. ALTEC, INC$6.4M
    NATICK, MA · 87% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · Scientific research and development services
  2. FUCELTECH INC$7.6M−52% in FY2026
    PRINCETON JUNCTION, NJ · 93% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · Scientific research and development services
  3. WAPSI VALLEY ARCHAEOLOGY, INC.$5.7M−66% in FY2026
    ANAMOSA, IA · 79% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · 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.

Across the company family of UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE (2 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • University of DelawareAI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2025
$240K
4 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$790K
$790K in its own reports

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$200K
    4 reports
  2. 2024$240K
    4 reports
  3. 2025$240K
    4 reports
  4. 2026$110K
    2 reports

Top issues

  1. Budget and appropriations14 reports
  2. Education14 reports
  3. Manufacturing14 reports
  4. Energy and nuclear13 reports
  5. Immigration11 reports
  6. Defense3 reports
  7. Economics and economic development3 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES14 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE14 reports
  3. Office of Management & Budget (OMB)1 reports

Houses of Congress and federal agencies the reports list as contacted (a report names every one for all its issues).

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.