Federal contractor · LEXINGTON, KY

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, THE

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, THE received $3.6M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 13 awards (−12% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $49.7M. Its largest customer was National Institutes of Health ($3.1M). It also received $282.2M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$3.6M
New awards
13
Sole-source
10%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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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.

Part of the UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY company family: 4 registered entities, $34.7M in FY2026 together. See the family

  1. UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKYLEXINGTON, KY · Family page
    $11.8M
  2. UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKYLEXINGTON, KY
    $19.3M
  3. UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKYLEXINGTON, KY
    $0

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

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 4MFY2017
  2. 11MFY2018
  3. 5.6MFY2019
  4. 5MFY2020
  5. 3MFY2021
  6. 3.2MFY2022
  7. 3.8MFY2023
  8. 6.5MFY2024
  9. 4.1MFY2025
  10. 3.6MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. National Institutes of Health$3.1M87%
    1 awards
  2. Department of the Army$227.3K6.4%
    1 awards
  3. Federal Highway Administration$75K2.1%
    2 awards
  4. Food and Drug Administration$67.2K1.9%
    1 awards
  5. Department of Veterans Affairs$43.2K1.2%
    1 awards
  6. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$32.5K0.9%
    6 awards
  7. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$00.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$3.2M90%
  2. Education & social services$227.3K6.4%
  3. Professional services$142.9K4.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Fayette County, KY$3.3M93%
  2. Bexar County, TX$227.3K6.4%
  3. Story County, IA$28.5K0.8%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition10%
    US 39% · $370.2K
  • Sole-source awards10%
    US 30% · $370.2K
  • 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. Department of the Army$227.3K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards
  2. Food and Drug Administration$67.2K
    Department of Health and Human Services · 1 awards
  3. Department of Veterans Affairs$43.2K
    Department of Veterans Affairs · 1 awards
  4. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$32.5K
    Department of Agriculture · 5 awards

Largest awards

  1. CORE INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT FOR SURVEILLANCE, EPIDEMIOLOGY, AND END RESULTS (SEER)$25.5M
    National Institutes of Health· Fayette County, KY· Research & development· May 1, 2018 – Aug 27, 2026· 75N91018F00001
  2. R&D SERVICES$1.5M
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention· Fayette County, KY· Research & development· Sep 29, 2024 – Jun 9, 2026· 75D30124C20318
  3. THIS IS A FIRM FIXED PRICE CONTRACT AWARD FOR RESEARCH TOPIC HRDI-ADC-07 OF 693JJ3-23-BAA-0002 ENTITLED, "BRIDGING THE DATA GAP IN PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT AND QUALITY ASSURANCE". ALL WORK SHALL BE PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT O$614.8K
    Federal Highway Administration· Fayette County, KY· Research & development· Sep 29, 2025 – Jul 2, 2026· 693JJ325C000014
  4. PRACTICAL FRAMEWORK FOR A BRIDGE AND TUNNEL CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION CERTIFICATION PROGRAM$285K
    Federal Highway Administration· Fayette County, KY· Research & development· Sep 23, 2024 – Jul 2, 2026· 693JJ324C000020
  5. NON-PERSONAL SERVICES, MATERIALS, AND QUALIFIED PERSONNEL NECESSARY TO AWARD A MASTER OF SOCIAL WORK IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEPWS, SPECIFICALLY PARA 1.2 AND PARA 5.$227.3K
    Department of the Army· Bexar County, TX· Education & social services· Jan 29, 2026 – Jan 29, 2026· W81K0426FA026
  6. KENTUCKY ANIMAL FOOD INSPECTION CONTRACT$67.2K
    Food and Drug Administration· Fayette County, KY· Professional services· Jul 7, 2026 – Jul 7, 2026· 75F40126C00041
  7. VETERINARIAN SERVICES R&D$43.2K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Fayette County, KY· Professional services· Oct 1, 2025 – Oct 1, 2025· 36C24926N0120
  8. MORATORIUM EXCEPTION: HPAI NATIONAL ANIMAL HEALTH LABORATORY NETWORK DIAGNOSTIC TESTING SERVICES HPAI CATTLE EMERGING EVENT TESTING$20K
    Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service· Story County, IA· Professional services· Jan 23, 2026 – Jan 23, 2026· 12639526F0179

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 KENTUCKY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, THE received $282.2M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 929 actions (163 new awards), +8.8% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 11.071 · 2026 Congressionally Identified Construction Grants ($34.7M).

Assistance · FY2026
$282.2M
New awards
163
Actions
929
Since FY2021
$1.6B

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 278.5MFY2021
  2. 251.7MFY2022
  3. 239.9MFY2023
  4. 255.7MFY2024
  5. 259.4MFY2025
  6. 282.2MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$279.9M99%
  2. Other assistance$1.2M0.4%
  3. Direct payments$988.7K0.4%

Top programs

  1. 11.071 · 2026 Congressionally Identified Construction Grants$34.7M12%
  2. 93.493 · Congressional Directives$30M11%
  3. 93.866 · Aging Research$22.3M7.9%
  4. 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$16.2M5.8%
  5. 93.279 · Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs$15.7M5.6%
  6. 12.431 · Basic Scientific Research$14.3M5.1%
  7. 93.837 · Cardiovascular Diseases Research$13.2M4.7%
  8. 10.310 · Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI)$6.9M2.4%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Institutes of Health$128.3M45%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  2. Health Resources and Services Administration$40.8M14%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  3. National Institute of Standards and Technology$36.7M13%
    Department of Commerce
  4. National Science Foundation$21.3M7.5%
  5. Department of the Army$14.4M5.1%
    Department of Defense
  6. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$13.2M4.7%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  7. National Institute of Food and Agriculture$6.8M2.4%
    Department of Agriculture
  8. Department of Education$4.4M1.6%

Largest awards

  1. UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MARKEY CANCER CENTER - CANCER CENTER SUPPORT GRANT$35.5M
    93.397 · Cancer Centers Support Grants· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Dec 7, 2020 – Sep 11, 2026· P30CA177558
  2. PURPOSE: CONSTRUCTION OF HEALTHY KENTUCKY RESEARCH BUILDING 2 - PHASE I TO SUPPORT CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH BUILDING AT…$34.7M
    11.071 · 2026 Congressionally Identified Construction Grants· National Institute of Standards and Technology· Project grant· Aug 19, 2026 – Aug 19, 2026· 60NANB26D284
  3. KENTUCKY CENTER FOR CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE$34.2M
    93.350 · National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Jul 30, 2021 – Sep 22, 2026· UL1TR001998
  4. NUTRITION AND SUPERFUND CHEMICAL TOXICITY$33.4M
    93.143 · Niehs Superfund Hazardous Substances_basic Research and Education· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Jan 28, 2021 – Jan 28, 2026· P42ES007380
  5. NEXT GENERATION MATERIALS AND PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES (NEXTGENMATPROTECH)$24.7M
    12.431 · Basic Scientific Research· Department of the Army· Cooperative agreement· Apr 19, 2021 – Mar 11, 2026· W911NF2120075
  6. SOUTHEAST CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL HEALTH AND INJURY PREVENTION-RENEWAL$22.8M
    93.262 · Occupational Safety and Health Program· Centers for Disease Control and Prevention· Cooperative agreement· Jun 3, 2021 – Sep 14, 2026· U54OH007547

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: $212.4K (3 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $19.2M (196 subawards)

128 sub-recipients

  1. OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY$854.9K4.4%
    PORTLAND, OR · 3 subawards
  2. WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION$645.1K3.3%
    MORGANTOWN, WV · 1 subaward
  3. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER$644.3K3.3%
    DALLAS, TX · 5 subawards
  4. TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY$619.8K3.2%
    BLOOMINGTON, IN · 3 subawards
  5. IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY$555.4K2.9%
    AMES, IA · 2 subawards
  6. UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE$518K2.7%
    NEWARK, DE · 1 subaward
  7. THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA$510.2K2.6%
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 1 subaward
  8. DUKE UNIVERSITY$509.5K2.6%
    DURHAM, NC · 4 subawards
  9. UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM$460.4K2.4%
    MADISON, WI · 4 subawards
  10. UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH$457.2K2.4%
    BOULDER, CO · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $37.3M (122 subawards)

76 primes

  1. HEALTH SERVICES KENTUCKY CABINET FOR$17.5M47%
    FRANKFORT, KY · 6 subawards
  2. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$2.6M7.0%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 6 subawards
  3. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS$1.2M3.1%
    DAVIS, CA · 2 subawards
  4. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$1.1M3.0%
    LOS ANGELES, CA · 4 subawards
  5. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO$1M2.8%
    BOULDER, CO · 3 subawards
  6. UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE$772.7K2.1%
    LOUISVILLE, KY · 4 subawards
  7. NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES$600K1.6%
    WASHINGTON, DC · 1 subaward
  8. VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER$585K1.6%
    NASHVILLE, TN · 2 subawards
  9. UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM$568.3K1.5%
    MADISON, WI · 1 subaward
  10. EMORY UNIVERSITY$518.5K1.4%
    ATLANTA, GA · 2 subawards

Its reported sub-contracts equal 6.0% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $27.7M paid out · $58.4M received
  • FY2022: $20.3M paid out · $52.4M received
  • FY2023: $27.1M paid out · $58M received
  • FY2024: $22.9M paid out · $73.3M received
  • FY2025: $23.9M paid out · $53.6M received
  • FY2026: $19.4M paid out · $37.3M received
  • FY2027: $0 paid out · $48.9K 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

321 companies · $142M reported

  1. UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE$11.7M
    LOUISVILLE, KY · 80 subawards
  2. VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER$6.6M
    NASHVILLE, TN · 38 subawards
  3. OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY$3.7M
    PORTLAND, OR · 14 subawards

Primes that pay it

173 companies · $349.1M reported

  1. HEALTH SERVICES KENTUCKY CABINET FOR$188.1M
    FRANKFORT, KY · 162 subawards
  2. MILITARY AFFAIRS KENTUCKY DEPARTMEN$13.2M
    FRANKFORT, KY · 16 subawards
  3. UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE$6.8M
    LOUISVILLE, KY · 27 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 19 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH$92.8M+4.2% in FY2026
    FORT WORTH, TX · 2 entities · 84% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · General medical and surgical hospitalsNational Institutes of Health · Scientific research and development services
  2. MAYO CLINIC$98.5M+17% in FY2026
    ROCHESTER, MN · 7 entities · 77% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · General medical and surgical hospitals
  3. INTEGRATED MEDICAL SOLUTIONS, LLC$110.7M+56% in FY2026
    MANSFIELD, TX · 81% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · General medical and surgical hospitals

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 KENTUCKY (4 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • University of KentuckyAI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2025
$567.6K
8 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$1.9M
$1.9M in its own reports

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$564.6K
    8 reports
  2. 2024$668.5K
    8 reports
  3. 2025$567.6K
    8 reports
  4. 2026$140K
    4 reports

Top issues

  1. Education26 reports
  2. Agriculture14 reports
  3. Budget and appropriations14 reports
  4. Defense14 reports
  5. Medical and disease research, clinical labs14 reports
  6. Medicare and Medicaid14 reports
  7. Science and technology14 reports
  8. Alcohol and drug abuse8 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES28 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE18 reports
  3. Defense - Dept of (DOD)17 reports
  4. Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)11 reports
  5. Natl Institutes of Health (NIH)11 reports
  6. Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)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. Cornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.$700K
    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 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.