Federal contractor · GAINESVILLE, FL

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA received $11.2M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 35 awards (+210% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $65.4M. Its largest customer was National Aeronautics and Space Administration ($7.8M). It also received $425.8M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$11.2M
New awards
35
Sole-source
85%
Single offer
5.9%
UEI
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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.

15 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $15.2M in FY2026 together.

  1. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDAGAINESVILLE, FL · Family page
    $11.2M
  2. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ENGINEERING, INCORPORATEDTAMPA, FL
    $3.2M
  3. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDAGAINESVILLE, FL
    $541.8K
  4. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDAGAINESVILLE, FL
    $150.1K
  5. UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDAPENSACOLA, FL
    $42.4K
  6. FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITYFORT PIERCE, FL
    $0
  7. FLORIDA CLINICAL PRACTICE ASSOCIATION, INCGAINESVILLE, FL
    $0
  8. UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA FOUNDATION, INCORPORATEDORLANDO, FL
    $0
  9. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDAGAINESVILLE, FL
    $0
  10. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDAGAINESVILLE, FL
    $0
  11. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDAGAINESVILLE, FL
    $0
  12. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDAGAINESVILLE, FL
    $0
  13. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDAGAINESVILLE, FL
    $0
  14. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDAJACKSONVILLE, FL
    $0
  15. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDAGAINESVILLE, FL
    -$3,269

AI-inferred: entity-match@1 · Analisa AI · 2026-10-05

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 3.5MFY2017
  2. 2.1MFY2018
  3. 5.6MFY2019
  4. 7.5MFY2020
  5. 8.1MFY2021
  6. 10.2MFY2022
  7. 8.2MFY2023
  8. 5.4MFY2024
  9. 3.6MFY2025
  10. 11.2MFY2026
  11. -52.9KFY2027

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$7.8M69%
    3 awards
  2. Department of the Air Force$2M18%
    5 awards
  3. Food and Drug Administration$645.5K5.7%
    1 awards
  4. Department of the Army$284.3K2.5%
    2 awards
  5. Department of Veterans Affairs$255.8K2.3%
    13 awards
  6. Department of the Navy$162.7K1.4%
    2 awards
  7. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$75.7K0.7%
    2 awards
  8. Departmental Offices$25.5K0.2%
    1 awards
  9. National Institutes of Health$17.2K0.2%
    3 awards
  10. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency$00.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$9.7M86%
  2. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$1.2M11%
  3. Professional services$159.1K1.4%
  4. IT & telecom$77.1K0.7%
  5. Facilities & utilities$73K0.6%

Where the work was performed

  1. Alachua County, FL$8.4M75%
  2. Okaloosa County, FL$2M17%
  3. Orange County, FL$645.5K5.7%
  4. Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT$162.7K1.4%
  5. Montgomery County, MD$24K0.2%
  6. Suffolk County, MA$7,8200.1%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition91%
    US 39% · $10.2M
  • Sole-source awards85%
    US 30% · $9.5M
  • Single-offer competitions5.9%
    US 8.7% · $666.1K
  • 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. Department of Veterans Affairs$255.8K
    Department of Veterans Affairs · 2 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$162.7K
    Department of Defense · 2 awards

Largest awards

  1. LASER INTERFEROMETER SPACE ANTENNA (LISA) CHARGE MANAGEMENT DEVICE (CMD). THE CONTRACTOR SHALL DESIGN, FABRICATE, ALIGN, TEST, VERIFY PER APPROVED PLAN AND DELIVER A TRL-6 TECHNOLOGY MATURATION BREADBOARD FOR THE LISA MISSION.$21.9M
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Alachua County, FL· Research & development· Dec 18, 2020 – Sep 25, 2026· 80GSFC21C0012
  2. CONTRACT ESTABLISHING SUPPORT FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA (UF) TO ASSESS WEAPON EFFICACY TO EXPAND CAPABILITIES OF MACHINE LEARNING (ML) TECHNOLOGIES ON CURRENT OPERATIONS TO RUN EXPERIMENTS AND TEST ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) SYSTEMS.$2.1M
    Department of the Air Force· Okaloosa County, FL· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Apr 10, 2025 – Jun 8, 2026· FA865825CB001
  3. GUIDANCE NAVIGATION AND CONTROL: FLIGHT LABORATORY OPERATION 2022$1.9M
    Department of the Air Force· Alachua County, FL· Research & development· Sep 13, 2022 – Dec 16, 2025· FA865122F1052
  4. EO14042. NOVEL ORBITAL AND MOON MANUFACTURING, MATERIALS, AND MASSEFFICIENT DESIGN (NOM4D)PROGRAM.$1.2M
    Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency· Alachua County, FL· Research & development· Nov 15, 2021 – May 6, 2026· HR001122C0044
  5. AIR FORCE RESEARCH LAB MUNITIONS DIRECTORATE - UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP IN ENGINEERING: A CONTRACT FOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH COLLABORATION$935.2K
    Department of the Air Force· Okaloosa County, FL· Research & development· Apr 8, 2025 – Apr 2, 2026· FA865125FB011
  6. SERDP RC22-3230 DYNAMIC AQUIFER-OCEAN MODEL FOR COASTAL DOD FACILITIES: VULNERABILITY CATEGORIZATION BASED ON GEOPHYSICAL SETTING AND CHANGES IN CLIMATE AND SEA LEVEL$854.5K
    Department of the Army· Alachua County, FL· Research & development· Jun 29, 2022 – Mar 3, 2026· W912HQ22C0043
  7. 5-YEAR FFP CONTRACT FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, BAA FY26C1AP28: MECHANISTIC EVALUATION OF ORAL PEPTIDE ABSORPTION USING ORGANOID-BASED NAMS TO SUPPORT BIOEQUIVALENCE ASSESSMENT.$645.5K
    Food and Drug Administration· Orange County, FL· Research & development· Sep 21, 2026 – Sep 21, 2026· 75F40126C00089
  8. SERDP PROJECT NO. ER23-3835 WITH UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA$480.2K
    Department of the Army· Alachua County, FL· Research & development· Apr 24, 2024 – Jan 22, 2026· W912HQ24C0034

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 FLORIDA received $425.8M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 1,964 actions (365 new awards), −11% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research ($34.4M).

Assistance · FY2026
$425.8M
New awards
365
Actions
1,964
Since FY2021
$2.9B

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 527.4MFY2021
  2. 485.2MFY2022
  3. 517.3MFY2023
  4. 487.1MFY2024
  5. 477.6MFY2025
  6. 425.8MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$421.1M99%
  2. Other assistance$2.8M0.6%
  3. Direct payments$2M0.5%

Top programs

  1. 93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research$34.4M8.1%
  2. 93.866 · Aging Research$32.6M7.7%
  3. 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$26.2M6.1%
  4. 93.853 · Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders$24.1M5.6%
  5. 93.847 · Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research$20.9M4.9%
  6. 93.837 · Cardiovascular Diseases Research$20.8M4.9%
  7. 93.242 · Mental Health Research Grants$13.1M3.1%
  8. 10.310 · Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI)$12.2M2.9%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Institutes of Health$271.7M64%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  2. National Institute of Food and Agriculture$40.1M9.4%
    Department of Agriculture
  3. National Science Foundation$38.1M8.9%
  4. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$10.6M2.5%
    Department of Commerce
  5. Department of Energy$10.3M2.4%
  6. Department of Education$6.3M1.5%
  7. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$5.8M1.4%
  8. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$5.5M1.3%
    Department of Health and Human Services

Largest awards

  1. COVID-19: HIGHER EDUCATION EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND-INSTITUTIONAL PORTION$92.7M
    84.425 · Education Stabilization Fund· Department of Education· Formula grant· Feb 16, 2021 – May 1, 2026· P425F200445
  2. TOGETHER: TRANSFORMING AND TRANSLATING DISCOVERY TO IMPROVE HEALTH$36.8M
    93.350 · National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Feb 1, 2021 – Nov 26, 2025· UL1TR001427
  3. COMPARISON OF ANTI-COAGULATION AND ANTI-PLATELET THERAPIES FOR INTRACRANIAL VASCULAR ATHEROSTENOSIS - SYMPTOMATIC INTRACRANIAL…$29.6M
    93.853 · Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Aug 31, 2021 – Jul 9, 2026· U01NS117450
  4. UFL TO ESTABLISH THE CONSORTIUM FOR NUCLEAR FORENSICS (CNF), CONSISTING OF 16 UNIVERSITIES (INCLUDING 4 MSIS) AND 7 NATIONAL LABORATORIES…$25M
    81.113 · Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Research· Department of Energy· Cooperative agreement· Aug 14, 2023 – Aug 10, 2026· DENA0004142
  5. IMMUNE FUNCTION AND THE PROGRESSION TO TYPE 1 DIABETES$24M
    93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· May 27, 2021 – May 28, 2026· P01AI042288
  6. CYTOSKELETAL REGULATION OF LUNG ENDOTHELIAL PATHOBIOLOGY$22.3M
    93.837 · Cardiovascular Diseases Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Feb 8, 2021 – Sep 8, 2026· P01HL126609

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: $258.1K (2 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $108.9M (459 subawards)

211 sub-recipients

  1. FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY$5.8M5.3%
    TALLAHASSEE, FL · 10 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI$4.7M4.3%
    CINCINNATI, OH · 5 subawards
  3. THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA$3.8M3.5%
    CHARLESTON, SC · 8 subawards
  4. ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC$3.3M3.1%
    MEMPHIS, TN · 6 subawards
  5. THE ADMINISTRATORS OF TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND$2.5M2.2%
    NEW ORLEANS, LA · 2 subawards
  6. UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER$2.4M2.2%
    ROCHESTER, NY · 12 subawards
  7. STONE AEROSPACE, INC.$2.2M2.0%
    DEL VALLE, TX · 1 subaward
  8. H. LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE HOSPITAL, INC.$2.1M1.9%
    TAMPA, FL · 4 subawards
  9. UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM$2M1.8%
    MADISON, WI · 3 subawards
  10. UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION$2M1.8%
    PITTSBURGH, PA · 9 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $1.1M (5 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $69.1M (275 subawards)

120 primes

  1. THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY$8.3M12%
    UNIVERSITY PARK, PA · 4 subawards
  2. BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA$4.9M7.0%
    LINCOLN, NE · 2 subawards
  3. NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY$3.1M4.5%
    RALEIGH, NC · 4 subawards
  4. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS$2.8M4.0%
    URBANA, IL · 3 subawards
  5. TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE$2.7M3.9%
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 9 subawards
  6. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$2.6M3.8%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 5 subawards
  7. UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION$2.1M3.0%
    PITTSBURGH, PA · 7 subawards
  8. NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY$2M2.9%
    EVANSTON, IL · 7 subawards
  9. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION$2M2.9%
    TALLAHASSEE, FL · 5 subawards
  10. THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY$2M2.9%
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 1 subaward

Its reported sub-contracts equal 2.3% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $55.4M paid out · $84.2M received
  • FY2022: $50.8M paid out · $103.7M received
  • FY2023: $86.8M paid out · $139.2M received
  • FY2024: $111.9M paid out · $87.6M received
  • FY2025: $78.7M paid out · $81.9M received
  • FY2026: $109.2M paid out · $70.2M 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 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

460 companies · $494.8M reported

  1. CINCINNATI UNIV OF$16.5M
    CINCINNATI, OH · 18 subawards
  2. FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY$16.1M
    TALLAHASSEE, FL · 56 subawards
  3. UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI$14.3M
    CORAL GABLES, FL · 59 subawards

Primes that pay it

293 companies · $607.7M reported

  1. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES$47.7M
    TALLAHASSEE, FL · 25 subawards
  2. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION$36.4M
    TALLAHASSEE, FL · 48 subawards
  3. THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY$21.8M
    UNIVERSITY PARK, PA · 16 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 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 31 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. YURTS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$12.1M−61% in FY2026
    SAN RAFAEL, CA · 24% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveU.S. Special Operations Command · Scientific research and development servicesAir Force · Scientific research and development services
  2. BLUE CANYON TECHNOLOGIES LLC$27.7M−75% in FY2026
    LAFAYETTE, CO · 30% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Aerospace product and parts manufacturingAir Force · Scientific research and development servicesDefense Advanced Research Projects Agency · Scientific research and development services
  3. TYVAK NANO-SATELLITE SYSTEMS, INC.$14.4M−96% in FY2026
    IRVINE, CA · 23% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing

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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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 FLORIDA (15 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • University of FloridaAI match · 100%
  • University of Florida Health CorporationAI match · 98%
  • The University of Florida Board of TrusteesAI match · 95%
  • University of West Florida FoundationAI match · 94%
Lobbying · 2025
$1.3M
14 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$2.9M
$2.9M in its own reports

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$351.4K
    4 reports
  2. 2024$669K
    4 reports
  3. 2025$1.3M
    14 reports
  4. 2026$520K
    8 reports

Top issues

  1. Health issues21 reports
  2. Medical and disease research, clinical labs21 reports
  3. Education18 reports
  4. Budget and appropriations15 reports
  5. Defense15 reports
  6. Immigration15 reports
  7. Science and technology15 reports
  8. Small business15 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES29 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE27 reports
  3. Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)18 reports
  4. Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)15 reports
  5. Commerce - Dept of (DOC)15 reports
  6. Education - Dept of15 reports
  7. Natl Institutes of Health (NIH)15 reports
  8. Natl Science Foundation (NSF)15 reports
  9. Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)15 reports
  10. Defense - Dept of (DOD)14 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. BALLARD PARTNERS$300K
    6 reports
  2. CORCORAN & ASSOCIATES, INC. DBA CORCORAN PARTNERS$70K
    4 reports
  3. MERIDIAN 535 STRATEGIES$0
    5 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.

Matches: Analisa AI name judgments (entity-match@1), updated Oct 5, 2026.

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.