Federal contractor · LAWRENCE, KS

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CENTER FOR RESEARCH INC

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CENTER FOR RESEARCH INC received $2.6M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 10 awards (+190% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $19.3M. Its largest customer was Department of the Army ($1.7M). It also received $85.7M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$2.6M
New awards
10
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
SSUJB3GSH8A5
Other than small businessNonprofit
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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.

4 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $2.9M in FY2026 together.

  1. UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CENTER FOR RESEARCH INCLAWRENCE, KS · Family page
    $2.6M
  2. UNIVERSITY OF KANSASLAWRENCE, KS
    $298.2K
  3. KANSAS, UNIVERSITY OFKANSAS CITY, KS
    $0
  4. UNIVERSITY OF KANSASLAWRENCE, KS
    $0

AI-inferred: entity-match@1 · Analisa AI · 2026-09-30

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 910.9KFY2017
  2. 2.3MFY2018
  3. 3.1MFY2019
  4. 805.8KFY2020
  5. 581.4KFY2021
  6. 2.3MFY2022
  7. 3.5MFY2023
  8. 2.4MFY2024
  9. 897KFY2025
  10. 2.6MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Army$1.7M66%
    1 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$853.1K33%
    4 awards
  3. Bureau of Reclamation$30K1.2%
    2 awards
  4. National Institutes of Health-$1000.0%
    1 awards
  5. Federal Highway Administration-$9,2780.0%
    2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$2.6M99%
  2. Professional services$30K1.2%

Where the work was performed

  1. Douglas County, KS$2.6M99%
  2. Jefferson County, CO$30K1.2%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition0.0%
    US 39% · -$100
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · -$100
  • 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.

Largest awards

  1. BAA 21-0029, YEAR 1 - TASK 1-3 IMPROVING THE PERFORMANCE OF CONCRETE DAM INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGH USE OF FIBER-REINFORCED POLYMERS$6M
    Department of the Army· Douglas County, KS· Research & development· Mar 18, 2022 – Jan 28, 2026· W912HZ22C0016
  2. THE PROPOSED EFFORT WILL LEVERAGE RECENT ADVANCES INVOLVING PHYSICALLY REALIZABLE WAVEFORMS AND ASSOCIATED RECEIVE PROCESSING TO FURTHER DEVELOP AND EXPERIMENTALLY DEMONSTRATE CUTTING-EDGE RADAR AND MULTIFUNCTION RF CAPABILITIES. THE WORK WILL MAKE U$2M
    Department of the Navy· Douglas County, KS· Research & development· Jun 20, 2023 – May 27, 2026· N0001423C1053
  3. NAVY APPLICATION OF PHYSICAL MIMO WAVEFORM DIVERSITY$1.7M
    Department of the Navy· Douglas County, KS· Research & development· Feb 6, 2020 – Feb 17, 2026· N0001420C1006
  4. THE EMERGENCE OF LOW-COST, SOFTWARE-DEFINED RF SYSTEMS COMBINED WITH ATTRITABLE AUTONOMOUS PLATFORMS HAS GREATLY COMPLEXIFIED USE OF THE ELECTROMAGNETIC (EM) SPECTRUM FOR DEFENSEAPPLICATIONS.$288.9K
    Department of the Navy· Douglas County, KS· Research & development· Jun 11, 2026 – Jun 11, 2026· N0001426C1116
  5. IMPROVED DETAILING IN STEEL BRIDGES TO PREVENT CONSTRAINT-INDUCED FRACTURE$251.2K
    Federal Highway Administration· Douglas County, KS· Research & development· Sep 28, 2021 – Sep 29, 2026· 693JJ321C000026
  6. THE PROPOSED WORK WILL DEVELOP A SYSTEM INVERSION SCHEME TO RETURN CORRECTED COPIES OF SOIS AND INTERFERERS.$250K
    Department of the Navy· Douglas County, KS· Research & development· May 27, 2026 – May 27, 2026· N0001426C1114
  7. IMPROVED DETAILING IN STEEL BRIDGES TO PREVENT CONSTRAINT-INDUCED FRACTURE$110.1K
    Federal Highway Administration· Douglas County, KS· Research & development· Sep 28, 2021 – Dec 19, 2025· 693JJ321C000025
  8. TSC USE OF HYDRAULIC PROFILING TOOL-HRK$90K
    Bureau of Reclamation· Jefferson County, CO· Professional services· May 7, 2024 – May 6, 2026· 140R8124P0022

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 KANSAS CENTER FOR RESEARCH INC received $85.7M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 300 actions (64 new awards), −12% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training ($11.2M).

Assistance · FY2026
$85.7M
New awards
64
Actions
300
Since FY2021
$571.8M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 85.5MFY2021
  2. 95.5MFY2022
  3. 114.9MFY2023
  4. 93.2MFY2024
  5. 96.9MFY2025
  6. 85.7MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$85.5M99.8%
  2. Other assistance$150K0.2%

Top programs

  1. 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$11.2M13%
  2. 47.083 · Integrative Activities$10.7M12%
  3. 47.041 · Engineering$8.6M10%
  4. 47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences$3.9M4.6%
  5. 84.365 · English Language Acquisition State Grants$3.9M4.5%
  6. 84.215 · Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects$3.7M4.4%
  7. 84.334 · Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs$3.2M3.7%
  8. 47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)$2.8M3.2%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Science Foundation$29.6M35%
  2. National Institutes of Health$22.4M26%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  3. Department of Education$13.4M16%
  4. Employment and Training Administration$7.8M9.1%
    Department of Labor
  5. Administration for Community Living$2.5M2.9%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  6. Administration for Children and Families$2.4M2.8%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  7. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration$1.5M1.8%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  8. Department of Energy$1.3M1.5%

Largest awards

  1. CHEMICAL BIOLOGY OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE$23.9M
    93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Mar 23, 2021 – Sep 9, 2026· P20GM113117
  2. RII TRACK-1: ADAPTIVE AND RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURES DRIVEN BY SOCIAL EQUITY (ARISE) -CONSIDERATIONS OF EQUITY AND UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS…$20M
    47.083 · Integrative Activities· National Science Foundation· Cooperative agreement· May 16, 2022 – Aug 7, 2026· 2148878
  3. COLLABORATIVE TO IMPROVE CLASSROOM ENGAGEMENT AND OUTCOMES FOR NATIVE AMERICAN AND RURAL STUDENTS$15M
    84.411 · Education Innovation and Research (Formerly Investing in Innovation (I3) FUND)· Department of Education· Project grant· Dec 23, 2024 – Dec 15, 2025· S411A240010
  4. CENTER: NSF ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTALLY APPLIED REFRIGERANT TECHNOLOGY HUB (EARTH) -HEATING, VENTILATION, AIR…$14.3M
    47.041 · Engineering· National Science Foundation· Cooperative agreement· Aug 20, 2024 – Jul 24, 2026· 2330175
  5. BIOTECHNOLOGY RESOURCE CENTER OF BIOMODULAR MULTI SCALE SYSTEMS CBM2 FOR PRECISION MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS$13.6M
    93.286 · Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Sep 23, 2021 – Jul 27, 2026· P41EB020594
  6. NATIONAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER FOR INCLUSIVE PRACTICES AND POLICIES$10M
    84.326 · Special Education Technical Assistance and Dissemination to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities· Department of Education· Project grant· Aug 5, 2022 – Aug 20, 2026· H326Y220003

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: $39.2K (1 subaward)
  • Sub-grants: $16.9M (120 subawards)

71 sub-recipients

  1. UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC$1.5M8.6%
    NOTRE DAME, IN · 1 subaward
  2. THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK$1.4M8.5%
    NEW YORK, NY · 1 subaward
  3. KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY$1.2M7.1%
    MANHATTAN, KS · 12 subawards
  4. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK$1.1M6.2%
    COLLEGE PARK, MD · 1 subaward
  5. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL$749.8K4.4%
    CHAPEL HILL, NC · 5 subawards
  6. THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA$666.5K3.9%
    VERMILLION, SD · 1 subaward
  7. UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII$609K3.6%
    HONOLULU, HI · 2 subawards
  8. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA$593.1K3.5%
    MINNEAPOLIS, MN · 2 subawards
  9. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN$572.2K3.4%
    AUSTIN, TX · 2 subawards
  10. LEHIGH UNIVERSITY$532.3K3.1%
    BETHLEHEM, PA · 2 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $736.6K (4 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $13M (58 subawards)

39 primes

  1. KANSAS STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION$3.9M28%
    TOPEKA, KS · 3 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA$1.1M7.7%
    CEDAR FALLS, IA · 1 subaward
  3. KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES$911.9K6.6%
    TOPEKA, KS · 2 subawards
  4. WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY$829.8K6.0%
    WICHITA, KS · 2 subawards
  5. THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO$788.3K5.7%
    CHICAGO, IL · 1 subaward
  6. KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$677.9K4.9%
    TOPEKA, KS · 9 subawards
  7. SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$669.2K4.9%
    SEATTLE, WA · 1 subaward
  8. COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY$581.9K4.2%
    FORT COLLINS, CO · 1 subaward
  9. BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA$518.7K3.8%
    LINCOLN, NE · 2 subawards
  10. THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES$515K3.7%
    ORLANDO, FL · 1 subaward

Its reported sub-contracts equal 1.5% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $11.9M paid out · $20.7M received
  • FY2022: $11.6M paid out · $20.5M received
  • FY2023: $27.1M paid out · $30.3M received
  • FY2024: $28.1M paid out · $22.3M received
  • FY2025: $14.2M paid out · $21.2M received
  • FY2026: $17M paid out · $13.8M received
  • FY2027: $0 paid out · $274.5K 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 11, 2026, loaded Oct 11, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

183 companies · $112.3M reported

  1. KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY$9.8M
    MANHATTAN, KS · 41 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL$5.6M
    CHAPEL HILL, NC · 23 subawards
  3. UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.$3.9M
    KANSAS CITY, KS · 27 subawards

Primes that pay it

140 companies · $134.8M reported

  1. KANSAS STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION$19.8M
    TOPEKA, KS · 14 subawards
  2. KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & ENVIRONMENT$13.6M
    TOPEKA, KS · 113 subawards
  3. UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.$8.8M
    KANSAS CITY, KS · 125 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 11, 2026, loaded Oct 11, 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 12 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. AKITA INNOVATIONS LLC$5.9M+0.1% in FY2026
    NORTH BILLERICA, MA · 73% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · Scientific research and development services
  2. BLUERISC INC$6.5M−73% in FY2026
    AMHERST, MA · 73% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · Scientific research and development services
  3. BANC 3, INC.$5M−100% in FY2026
    PRINCETON, NJ · 64% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · 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 11, 2026, loaded Oct 11, 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 KANSAS CENTER FOR RESEARCH INC (4 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • University of KansasAI match · 100%
  • University of Kansas Hospital AuthorityAI match · 95%
Lobbying · 2025
$240K
12 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$900K
$900K in its own reports

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$240K
    10 reports
  2. 2024$240K
    8 reports
  3. 2025$240K
    12 reports
  4. 2026$180K
    7 reports

Top issues

  1. Budget and appropriations35 reports
  2. Health issues20 reports
  3. Sports and athletics15 reports
  4. Education10 reports
  5. Energy and nuclear9 reports
  6. Medicare and Medicaid6 reports
  7. Science and technology5 reports
  8. Defense2 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES35 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE35 reports
  3. Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)6 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. Polsinelli PC$420K
    14 reports
  2. Strategic Health Care$225K
    6 reports
  3. LEWIS-BURKE ASSOCIATES, LLC$0
    2 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 11, 2026, loaded Oct 11, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 11, 2026, loaded Oct 11, 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 11, 2026, loaded Oct 11, 2026.