Federal contractor · HILO, HI

UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII

UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII received $25K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 2 awards (−89% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $276.7K. Its largest customer was U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ($25K). It also received $10.4M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$25K
New awards
2
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
KEXVZ79F9UU9
Parent company
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII
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.

Part of the UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII company family: 13 registered entities, $19.2M in FY2026 together. See the family

  1. UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIIHONOLULU, HI · Family page
    $13M
  2. UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIIHONOLULU, HI
    $4.2M
  3. UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEMSHONOLULU, HI
    $1.2M
  4. UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII - HONOLULU COMMUNITY COLLEGEHONOLULU, HI
    $648.5K
  5. RESEARCH CORPORATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIIHONOLULU, HI
    $227.5K

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 3.8KFY2017
  2. 28.5KFY2018
  3. -8KFY2019
  4. 227.4KFY2025
  5. 25KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$25K100%
    1 awards
  2. Department of the Army$00.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$25K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Honolulu County, HI$25K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $25K
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $25K
  • 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. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$25K
    Department of the Interior · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. BAA 25-0001 "A PREDICTIVE MODEL FOR INVASIVE TERRESTRIAL ARTHROPOD SPECIES IN THE INDO-PACIFIC" U435CEI$227.4K
    Department of the Army· Hawaii County, HI· Research & development· Sep 11, 2025 – Apr 24, 2026· W9132T25C0011
  2. HI-PACIFIC ISLANDS FISH-FISH ANALYSIS$25K
    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Honolulu County, HI· Professional services· Jun 4, 2026 – Jun 23, 2026· 140FS126P0100

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 HAWAII received $10.4M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 60 actions (5 new awards), −23% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 15.808 · U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection ($3.4M).

Assistance · FY2026
$10.4M
New awards
5
Actions
60
Since FY2021
$98.3M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 34.1MFY2021
  2. 12.6MFY2022
  3. 15.7MFY2023
  4. 11.9MFY2024
  5. 13.6MFY2025
  6. 10.4MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$10.4M100%

Top programs

  1. 15.808 · U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection$3.4M33%
  2. 84.047 · Trio Upward Bound$1.4M14%
  3. 84.415 · Indian Education National Activities (State Tribal Education Partnership (STEP) and Native American Language (NAL)$1.3M12%
  4. 11.617 · Congressionally-Identified Projects$995K9.6%
  5. 59.037 · Small Business Development Centers$832.2K8.0%
  6. 43.008 · Office of Stem Engagement (OSTEM)$699.6K6.7%
  7. 84.362 · Native Hawaiian Education$594.3K5.7%
  8. 15.945 · Cooperative Research and Training Programs – Resources of the National Park System$588.9K5.7%

Awarding agencies

  1. U.S. Geological Survey$3.4M33%
    Department of the Interior
  2. Department of Education$3.3M32%
  3. National Institute of Standards and Technology$995K9.6%
    Department of Commerce
  4. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$695.6K6.7%
  5. National Park Service$588.9K5.7%
    Department of the Interior
  6. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$500K4.8%
    Department of Commerce
  7. National Institutes of Health$468.4K4.5%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  8. Small Business Administration$453.1K4.4%

Largest awards

  1. CARES ACT: HIGHER EDUCATION EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND - UH HILO$7.6M
    84.425 · Education Stabilization Fund· Department of Education· Formula grant· Mar 19, 2021 – Apr 27, 2026· P425E200908
  2. AANIKOOBIJIGENG 'CONNECTING GENERATIONS'$5.3M
    84.415 · Indian Education National Activities (State Tribal Education Partnership (STEP) and Native American Language (NAL)· Department of Education· Project grant· Sep 28, 2023 – Aug 10, 2026· S415C230006
  3. PROGRAMMING SUPPORTS A COMPREHENSIVE NETWORK OF COOPERATIVE STUDY UNITS TO FACILITATE COOPERATIVE RESEARCH, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE…$2.6M
    15.945 · Cooperative Research and Training Programs – Resources of the National Park System· National Park Service· Cooperative agreement· Sep 24, 2023 – Feb 5, 2026· P23AC02423
  4. KU I KA MANA HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE SCHOOL AND FAMILY SUPPORT PROJECT (PK-18)$2.4M
    84.362 · Native Hawaiian Education· Department of Education· Project grant· Jul 12, 2024 – Sep 18, 2026· S362A240052
  5. THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII WILL USE REMOTE SENSING, ATMOSPHERIC MODELING, AND FIELD DATA COLLECTION TO FORECAST AND MONITOR THE SPREAD OF THE…$2.3M
    11.469 · Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects· National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Project grant· Mar 7, 2025 – Aug 7, 2026· NA25NESX469G0004
  6. PROJECT TITLE PREVENTING THE EXTINCTION OF HAWAIIAN FOREST BIRDSPROJECT DATES DATE OF AWARD AND 5 YEARS THEREAFTERAWARD PURPOSE NATIVE…$2.2M
    15.808 · U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection· U.S. Geological Survey· Cooperative agreement· Sep 6, 2022 – May 27, 2026· G22AC00556

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-grants: $552.5K (5 subawards)

4 sub-recipients

  1. `AHA PUNANA LEO, INC.$227.6K41%
    HILO, HI · 1 subaward
  2. THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION$212.9K39%
    BOSTON, MA · 2 subawards
  3. UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA SOUTHEAST$66.6K12%
    JUNEAU, AK · 1 subaward
  4. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION HAWAII$45.4K8.2%
    KEAAU, HI · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $363.6K (2 subawards)

2 primes

  1. THE ALLEN INSTITUTE FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE$322.3K89%
    SEATTLE, WA · 1 subaward
  2. OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY$41.3K11%
    CORVALLIS, OR · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $157.8K received
  • FY2022: $167.8K paid out · $567.3K received
  • FY2023: $78.5K paid out · $449.7K received
  • FY2024: $1.3M paid out · $1.5M received
  • FY2025: $571.9K paid out · $230.7K received
  • FY2026: $552.5K paid out · $363.6K 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

310 companies · $187.8M reported

  1. MAKAI OCEAN ENGINEERING INC$14.9M
    WAIMANALO, HI · 17 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$9M
    LOS ANGELES, CA · 26 subawards
  3. CHAMINADE UNIVERSITY OF HONOLULU$6.2M
    HONOLULU, HI · 29 subawards

Primes that pay it

169 companies · $221.9M reported

  1. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII$58.8M
    HONOLULU, HI · 8 subawards
  2. HEALTH, HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF$15.3M
    KAPOLEI, HI · 14 subawards · Administration of human resource programs
  3. STATE OF HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF LAND & NATURAL RESOURCES$13.4M
    HONOLULU, HI · 48 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 28 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. CHARLES RIVER ANALYTICS, INC.$93.6M−68% in FY2026
    CAMBRIDGE, MA · 77% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Scientific research and development servicesAir Force · Scientific research and development servicesDefense Advanced Research Projects Agency · Scientific research and development services+2 more
  2. LYNNTECH INC.$50M−46% in FY2026
    COLLEGE STATION, TX · 50% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Scientific research and development servicesAir Force · Scientific research and development servicesArmy · Scientific research and development services+2 more
  3. BASCOM HUNTER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$46.8M−42% in FY2026
    BATON ROUGE, LA · 47% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Scientific research and development servicesArmy · Scientific research and development servicesAir Force · 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 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 HAWAII (13 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • Research Corporation of the University of HawaiiAI match · 100%
  • the University of HawaiiAI match · 100%
  • University of Hawai'i Community CollegesAI match · 91%
Lobbying · 2025
$360K
10 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$865K

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$80K
    8 reports
  2. 2024$190K
    8 reports
  3. 2025$360K
    10 reports
  4. 2026$235K
    10 reports

Top issues

  1. Budget and appropriations21 reports
  2. Education14 reports
  3. Science and technology5 reports
  4. Health issues1 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES21 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE21 reports
  3. Natl Science Foundation (NSF)1 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. Strategies 360$590K
    12 reports
  2. THE WAYFINDER GROUP$140K
    4 reports
  3. Red Maple Consulting, LLC$135K
    6 reports
  4. Downs Government Affairs$0
    14 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.