Federal contractor · LOUISVILLE, KY

UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE

UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE received $8.9M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 15 awards (+12% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $88.3M. Its largest customer was Department of Veterans Affairs ($8.9M). It also received $198.2M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$8.9M
New awards
15
Sole-source
100%
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.

3 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $8.9M in FY2026 together.

  1. UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLELOUISVILLE, KY · Family page
    $8.9M
  2. UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLELOUISVILLE, KY
    $0
  3. UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLELOUISVILLE, 0
    -$563

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

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 6.8MFY2017
  2. 8.4MFY2018
  3. 6.6MFY2019
  4. 8.2MFY2020
  5. 16.1MFY2021
  6. 7.9MFY2022
  7. 6.9MFY2023
  8. 8.4MFY2024
  9. 7.9MFY2025
  10. 8.9MFY2026
  11. 2.2MFY2027

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of Veterans Affairs$8.9M100%
    15 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Health & medical$8.8M99%
  2. Education & social services$82.3K0.9%

Where the work was performed

  1. Jefferson County, KY$8.9M100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $8.9M
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $8.9M
  • 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 Veterans Affairs$8.9M
    Department of Veterans Affairs · 7 awards

Largest awards

  1. RADIOLOGY WRVU SERVICES$4.4M
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Jefferson County, KY· Health & medical· Oct 1, 2025 – Jun 12, 2026· 36C24926N0138
  2. ANESTHESIOLOGY SERVICES$2.2M
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Jefferson County, KY· Health & medical· Oct 1, 2025 – Oct 1, 2025· 36C24926N0115
  3. BASE ORDERING PERIOD FOR RADIOLOGY WRVU SERVICES$2.1M
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Jefferson County, KY· Health & medical· Mar 4, 2025 – May 15, 2026· 36C24925N0346
  4. ANESTHESIOLOGY SERVICES$2M
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Jefferson County, KY· Health & medical· Oct 1, 2024 – Feb 6, 2026· 36C24925N0082
  5. ON-CALL CARDIOLOGY PHYSICIAN SERVICES$1.2M
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Jefferson County, KY· Health & medical· Nov 29, 2023 – Jun 4, 2026· 36C24924C0025
  6. GENERAL SURGERY SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED ON-SITE AT THE VAMC$1M
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Jefferson County, KY· Health & medical· Jan 30, 2026 – May 27, 2026· 36C24926C0011
  7. THORACIC SURGERY SERVICES POP 1/1/2025 THROUGH 12/31/2025$591.9K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Jefferson County, KY· Health & medical· Dec 18, 2024 – Apr 10, 2026· 36C24925N0264
  8. GYNECOLOGY PHYSICIAN SERVICES$393.8K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Jefferson County, KY· Health & medical· Oct 1, 2025 – Oct 1, 2025· 36C24926N0037

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 LOUISVILLE received $198.2M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 333 actions (65 new awards), +111% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 11.071 · 2026 Congressionally Identified Construction Grants ($69.3M).

Assistance · FY2026
$198.2M
New awards
65
Actions
333
Since FY2021
$721.7M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 143MFY2021
  2. 85.4MFY2022
  3. 106.9MFY2023
  4. 94.4MFY2024
  5. 93.8MFY2025
  6. 198.2MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$198.2M100%

Top programs

  1. 11.071 · 2026 Congressionally Identified Construction Grants$69.3M35%
  2. 93.493 · Congressional Directives$29.8M15%
  3. 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$17.1M8.6%
  4. 93.352 · Construction Support$8M4.0%
  5. 93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research$7.8M3.9%
  6. 93.113 · Environmental Health$6.9M3.5%
  7. 93.680 · Medical Student Education$5.4M2.7%
  8. 93.242 · Mental Health Research Grants$4.4M2.2%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Institutes of Health$74.4M38%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  2. National Institute of Standards and Technology$70.6M36%
    Department of Commerce
  3. Health Resources and Services Administration$42.6M21%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  4. National Science Foundation$5.9M3.0%
  5. Department of Energy$1.6M0.8%
  6. Department of Education$1.1M0.5%
  7. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration$760.3K0.4%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  8. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$432.8K0.2%

Largest awards

  1. PURPOSE: CONSTRUCTION OF AN APPROXIMATELY 66,000 GROSS SQUARE FOOT RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND INNOVATION FACILITY - THE CENTER FOR…$69.3M
    11.071 · 2026 Congressionally Identified Construction Grants· National Institute of Standards and Technology· Project grant· Aug 24, 2026 – Aug 24, 2026· 60NANB26D181
  2. KY IDEA NETWORKS OF BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH EXCELLENCE$56.1M
    93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Mar 9, 2021 – Jul 9, 2026· P20GM103436
  3. HEPATOBIOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY COBRE$24.1M
    93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Mar 11, 2021 – Mar 3, 2026· P20GM113226
  4. FUNCTIONAL MICROBIOMICS, INFLAMMATION AND PATHOGENICITY$22.1M
    93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Feb 11, 2021 – May 4, 2026· P20GM125504
  5. CENTER FOR CANCER IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOTHERAPY (CCII)$18.7M
    93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Jan 25, 2021 – Jul 27, 2026· P20GM135004
  6. ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE AND CARDIOMETABOLIC DISEASE$18.1M
    93.143 · Niehs Superfund Hazardous Substances_basic Research and Education· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Dec 9, 2020 – Mar 3, 2026· P42ES023716

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 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: $8.6M (65 subawards)

44 sub-recipients

  1. MASONIC MEDICAL RESEARCH LAB$920.4K11%
    UTICA, NY · 1 subaward
  2. UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, THE$772.7K9.0%
    LEXINGTON, KY · 4 subawards
  3. AUBURN UNIVERSITY$530.1K6.2%
    AUBURN UNIVERSITY, AL · 2 subawards
  4. YALE UNIV$516.9K6.0%
    NEW HAVEN, CT · 1 subaward
  5. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA$490.3K5.7%
    GAINESVILLE, FL · 2 subawards
  6. BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER, INC.$405.9K4.7%
    BOSTON, MA · 2 subawards
  7. MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY$399.3K4.7%
    MURRAY, KY · 2 subawards
  8. BAPTIST HEALTH DEACONESS MADISONVILLE, INC.$399.3K4.7%
    MADISONVILLE, KY · 2 subawards
  9. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO$374.2K4.4%
    LA JOLLA, CA · 1 subaward
  10. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER$314.1K3.7%
    DALLAS, TX · 2 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $272.9K (1 subaward)
  • Sub-grants: $16.5M (52 subawards)

30 primes

  1. HEALTH SERVICES KENTUCKY CABINET FOR$8.1M49%
    FRANKFORT, KY · 6 subawards
  2. APPLIED RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC$1.2M7.1%
    BLOOMINGTON, IN · 1 subaward
  3. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$1.2M6.9%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 2 subawards
  4. WEILL MEDICAL COLLEGE OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY$810.4K4.8%
    NEW YORK, NY · 1 subaward
  5. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$766.8K4.6%
    LOS ANGELES, CA · 1 subaward
  6. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA$558.8K3.3%
    GAINESVILLE, FL · 3 subawards
  7. THE CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI$429K2.6%
    COLUMBIA, MO · 1 subaward
  8. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON$405K2.4%
    SEATTLE, WA · 2 subawards
  9. VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY$371.9K2.2%
    NASHVILLE, TN · 3 subawards
  10. UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.$322.5K1.9%
    KANSAS CITY, KS · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $8.5M paid out · $18.3M received
  • FY2022: $6.1M paid out · $17.5M received
  • FY2023: $7.7M paid out · $17.3M received
  • FY2024: $11.8M paid out · $11.2M received
  • FY2025: $7.3M paid out · $10.7M received
  • FY2026: $8.6M paid out · $16.8M 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

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

Companies it pays

107 companies · $49.9M reported

  1. UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY$6.8M
    LEXINGTON, KY · 27 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI$3.3M
    CORAL GABLES, FL · 5 subawards
  3. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO$2.5M
    LA JOLLA, CA · 9 subawards

Primes that pay it

93 companies · $91.9M reported

  1. HEALTH SERVICES KENTUCKY CABINET FOR$21.1M
    FRANKFORT, KY · 55 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY$11.7M
    LEXINGTON, KY · 80 subawards
  3. APPLIED RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC$5.5M
    BLOOMINGTON, IN · 2 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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 4 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. MEDSTAR-GEORGETOWN MEDICAL CENTER, INC.$26.7M+19% in FY2026
    WASHINGTON, DC · 93% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Colleges, universities, and professional schools
  2. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EMERGENCY MEDICINE ASSOCIATES, P.A.$23.2M−2.9% in FY2026
    BALTIMORE, MD · 86% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Colleges, universities, and professional schools
  3. MEDICAL FACULTY ASSOCIATES, INC.$32.5M+47% in FY2026
    WASHINGTON, DC · 93% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Colleges, universities, and professional schools

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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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 LOUISVILLE (3 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLEAI match · 100%
  • University of Louisville HealthAI match · 99%
Lobbying · 2025
$240K
12 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$818.3K
$740K in its own reports

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$260K
    8 reports
  2. 2024$180K
    8 reports
  3. 2025$240K
    12 reports
  4. 2026$138.3K
    9 reports

Top issues

  1. Budget and appropriations31 reports
  2. Health issues22 reports
  3. Defense19 reports
  4. Education19 reports
  5. Agriculture8 reports
  6. Sports and athletics4 reports
  7. Disaster planning and emergencies3 reports
  8. Environment and Superfund2 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. SENATE31 reports
  2. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES28 reports
  3. Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)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. AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD$700K
    14 reports
  2. Raab Government Strategies, LLC$50K
    2 reports
  3. LMH STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS$20K
    1 reports
  4. RELATION STRATEGY, LLC$8,300
    7 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.