Federal contractor · CHICAGO, IL

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS received $2.6M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 24 awards (−51% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $49.1M. Its largest customer was National Institutes of Health ($1.6M). It also received $319.1M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$2.6M
New awards
24
Sole-source
15%
Single offer
4.2%
UEI
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Parent company
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
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 ILLINOIS company family: 4 registered entities, $9.2M in FY2026 together. See the family

  1. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISURBANA, IL · Family page
    $6.3M
  2. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISURBANA, IL
    $276.2K
  3. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISCHICAGO, IL
    $0

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 6.8MFY2017
  2. 5.6MFY2018
  3. 3.5MFY2019
  4. 7.2MFY2020
  5. 5.5MFY2021
  6. 5MFY2022
  7. 5.1MFY2023
  8. 2.7MFY2024
  9. 5.2MFY2025
  10. 2.6MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. National Institutes of Health$1.6M64%
    7 awards
  2. Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response$453.4K18%
    2 awards
  3. Department of Veterans Affairs$362.9K14%
    9 awards
  4. Health Resources and Services Administration$103.8K4.0%
    1 awards
  5. Consumer Product Safety Commission$50K1.9%
    1 awards
  6. Federal Railroad Administration$00.0%
    1 awards
  7. Department of the Army$00.0%
    1 awards
  8. Bureau of the Fiscal Service-$22.8K0.0%
    1 awards
  9. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-$24.3K0.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$2.3M90%
  2. Health & medical$200.8K7.8%
  3. Professional services$50K1.9%

Where the work was performed

  1. Cook County, IL$2.6M100%
  2. Dane County, WI$20K0.8%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition19%
    US 39% · $487.1K
  • Sole-source awards15%
    US 30% · $379.9K
  • Single-offer competitions4.2%
    US 8.7% · $107.1K
  • 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. National Institutes of Health$39.8K
    Department of Health and Human Services · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. HISPANIC STUDY OF LATINOS HCHS-SOL FIELD CENTER$7.9M
    National Institutes of Health· Cook County, IL· Research & development· Nov 28, 2018 – Jun 5, 2026· 75N92019F00044
  2. RADNUC 2201: PERFORMANCE VERIFICATION OF INSTITUTIONAL RADIATION DOSE RESPONSE FOR ACUTE RADIATION SYNDROME (ARS) ANIMAL MODELS (RODENT, RABBIT, MINIPIG, OR NON-HUMAN PRIMATE [NHP]).$6.3M
    Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response· Cook County, IL· Research & development· Sep 27, 2023 – Jul 28, 2026· 75A50123F61001
  3. IGF::OT::IGF$4.1M
    Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response· Cook County, IL· Research & development· Sep 20, 2017 – Sep 25, 2026· HHSO10033002T
  4. HISPANIC COMMUNITY HEALTH STUDY - STUDY OF LATINOS (HCHS-SOL) CHICAGO FIELD CENTER - TASK AREA A - CORE STUDY OPERATIONS$3.4M
    National Institutes of Health· Cook County, IL· Research & development· Nov 27, 2024 – Feb 12, 2026· 75N92025F00001
  5. AWARD OF TASK ORDER 3 ENTITLED "A DUAL AKT/PDPK1 INHIBITOR FOR ACTINIC KERATOSIS AND SKIN CANCER PREVENTION IN IMMUNOCOMPROMISED INDIVIDUALS"$2.3M
    National Institutes of Health· Champaign County, IL· Research & development· Sep 17, 2018 – May 29, 2026· 75N91018F00003
  6. PREVENT PRECLINICAL EFFICACY AND INTERMEDIATE BIOMARKER ENDPOINTS TASK ORDER: USE OF CARNOSIC ACID AND VIVOX40 FOR BREAST CANCER PREVENTION$1.7M
    National Institutes of Health· Cook County, IL· Research & development· Jun 30, 2020 – Jan 29, 2026· 75N91020F00001
  7. HISPANIC COMMUNITY HEALTH STUDY - STUDY OF LATINOS (HCHS-SOL) FIELD CENTER TASK AREA B YEAR 3$1.1M
    National Institutes of Health· Cook County, IL· Research & development· Aug 1, 2022 – Feb 4, 2026· 75N92022F00001
  8. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH TRACKING PROGRAM (TOPIC 4)$991.5K
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention· DeKalb County, GA· Research & development· Aug 17, 2026 – Aug 17, 2026· HHSD200201037442C

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 ILLINOIS received $319.1M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 1,208 actions (134 new awards), −4.1% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program ($83.1M).

Assistance · FY2026
$319.1M
New awards
134
Actions
1,208
Since FY2021
$2B

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 376.3MFY2021
  2. 281.3MFY2022
  3. 317.1MFY2023
  4. 384.2MFY2024
  5. 332.6MFY2025
  6. 319.1MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$232.1M73%
  2. Direct payments$87M27%
  3. Other assistance$19.7K0.0%

Top programs

  1. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$83.1M26%
  2. 93.837 · Cardiovascular Diseases Research$25.1M7.9%
  3. 93.866 · Aging Research$15.7M4.9%
  4. 93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research$14.4M4.5%
  5. 93.847 · Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research$14.2M4.4%
  6. 93.865 · Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research$11M3.4%
  7. 84.411 · Education Innovation and Research (Formerly Investing in Innovation (I3) FUND)$10M3.1%
  8. 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$9.6M3.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Institutes of Health$163.8M51%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  2. Department of Education$97.8M31%
  3. Health Resources and Services Administration$18.6M5.8%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  4. National Science Foundation$9.4M2.9%
  5. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$6.7M2.1%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  6. Department of Energy$6.3M2.0%
  7. Administration for Community Living$4.1M1.3%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  8. Employment and Training Administration$2.8M0.9%
    Department of Labor

Largest awards

  1. GRANT PROGRAM$80.5M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 18, 2025 – Sep 2, 2026· P063P250119
  2. GRANT PROGRAM$75.8M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 19, 2024 – Apr 16, 2026· P063P240119
  3. GRANT PROGRAM$58.2M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 17, 2022 – Jan 28, 2026· P063P220119
  4. GRANT PROGRAM$39.7M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 17, 2026 – Sep 16, 2026· P063P260119
  5. HEALTH CENTER CLUSTER$34.5M
    93.224 · Health Center Program· Health Resources and Services Administration· Project grant· Dec 17, 2020 – Sep 17, 2026· H8000324
  6. CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE AWARD$32.7M
    93.350 · National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· May 18, 2021 – Mar 2, 2026· UL1TR002003

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: $10.9M (60 subawards)

52 sub-recipients

  1. HOWARD UNIVERSITY$3.4M31%
    WASHINGTON, DC · 2 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE$1.2M11%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 1 subaward
  3. TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY$402.7K3.7%
    BOSTON, MA · 2 subawards
  4. MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY$383.4K3.5%
    EAST LANSING, MI · 1 subaward
  5. UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA$316.8K2.9%
    TUCSON, AZ · 2 subawards
  6. HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL$308.6K2.8%
    PRETORIA, ZAF · 1 subaward
  7. UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP DE DAKAR$281.2K2.6%
    DAKAR, SEN · 1 subaward
  8. THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK$279.8K2.6%
    AMHERST, NY · 2 subawards
  9. SOVATO HEALTH, INC$268.5K2.5%
    GOLETA, CA · 1 subaward
  10. NORTHWESTERN MEDICAL FACULTY FOUNDATION$257.8K2.4%
    CHICAGO, IL · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $48.3K (2 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $83.9M (179 subawards)

65 primes

  1. IL DEPT. OF HUMAN SERVICES$26.7M32%
    SPRINGFIELD, IL · 23 subawards
  2. ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTHCARE & FAMILY SERVICES$21.5M26%
    SPRINGFIELD, IL · 3 subawards
  3. THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO$13.2M16%
    CHICAGO, IL · 15 subawards
  4. THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY$2.2M2.7%
    UNIVERSITY PARK, PA · 8 subawards
  5. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH ILLINOIS$2M2.4%
    SPRINGFIELD, IL · 4 subawards
  6. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$1.6M1.9%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 3 subawards
  7. THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY$1.6M1.9%
    STANFORD, CA · 3 subawards
  8. NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY$981.9K1.2%
    EVANSTON, IL · 20 subawards
  9. OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE$847.1K1.0%
    COLUMBUS, OH · 4 subawards
  10. MAYO CLINIC$840K1.0%
    ROCHESTER, MN · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $27.6M paid out · $30.9M received
  • FY2022: $34.3M paid out · $97.3M received
  • FY2023: $32.9M paid out · $105.4M received
  • FY2024: $28.1M paid out · $179.8M received
  • FY2025: $34M paid out · $42.5M received
  • FY2026: $10.9M paid out · $83.9M received
  • FY2027: $0 paid out · $11.3K 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

601 companies · $691.2M reported

  1. LINDE INC.$40.5M
    DANBURY, CT · 5 subawards
  2. UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC$25.9M
    CHICAGO, IL · 113 subawards
  3. UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM$20.7M
    MADISON, WI · 84 subawards

Primes that pay it

282 companies · $997.4M reported

  1. ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICE$264.2M
    SPRINGFIELD, IL · 208 subawards
  2. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ILLINOIS$62.9M
    SPRINGFIELD, IL · 147 subawards
  3. WEILL MEDICAL COLLEGE OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY$58.4M
    NEW YORK, NY · 8 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 39 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. KITWARE INC$47.1M−22% in FY2026
    CLIFTON PARK, NY · 55% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Scientific research and development servicesDefense Advanced Research Projects Agency · Scientific research and development servicesNational Institutes of Health · Scientific research and development services+2 more
  2. EXPEDITION TECHNOLOGY, LLC$35.7M−21% in FY2026
    HERNDON, VA · 43% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Scientific research and development servicesDefense Advanced Research Projects Agency · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · Scientific research and development services
  3. PRECISION COMBUSTION, INC.$19.4M−77% in FY2026
    NORTH HAVEN, CT · 32% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Scientific research and development servicesNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · 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 ILLINOIS (4 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISAI match · 99%
Lobbying · 2025
$440K
8 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$2M
$2M in its own reports

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$610K
    9 reports
  2. 2024$710K
    12 reports
  3. 2025$440K
    8 reports
  4. 2026$190K
    5 reports

Top issues

  1. Budget and appropriations28 reports
  2. Medicare and Medicaid28 reports
  3. Science and technology27 reports
  4. Education22 reports
  5. Agriculture20 reports
  6. Defense17 reports
  7. Health issues16 reports
  8. Sports and athletics14 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES29 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE29 reports
  3. Commerce - Dept of (DOC)9 reports
  4. White House Office6 reports
  5. Education - Dept of4 reports
  6. Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)4 reports
  7. Defense - Dept of (DOD)3 reports
  8. Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)2 reports
  9. Energy - Dept of2 reports
  10. Interior - Dept of (DOI)2 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. Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC$1.2M
    14 reports
  2. Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP$70K
    1 reports
  3. TUSK STRATEGIES, LLC$45K
    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 Sep 30, 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.