Federal contractor · CAMBRIDGE, MD

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE received $15.1K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 2 awards (+114% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $770.7K. Its largest customer was U.S. Geological Survey ($15.1K). It also received $12.2M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$15.1K
New awards
2
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 93.4KFY2017
  2. 104.1KFY2018
  3. -23.6KFY2019
  4. 33.8KFY2020
  5. 45.7KFY2021
  6. 406.7KFY2022
  7. 94KFY2023
  8. -5.6KFY2024
  9. 7.1KFY2025
  10. 15.1KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. U.S. Geological Survey$15.1K100%
    2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$15.1K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Calvert County, MD$15.1K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $15.1K
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $15.1K
  • 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. Geological Survey$15.1K
    Department of the Interior · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. SOLE SOURCE SURFACE WATER ANALYSIS$24.6K
    U.S. Geological Survey· Calvert County, MD· Professional services· Sep 10, 2024 – Dec 23, 2025· 140G0124P0278
  2. SUISUN STRAT WATER SAMPLE ANALYSIS$6,546
    U.S. Geological Survey· Calvert County, MD· Professional services· Jan 29, 2026 – Jan 29, 2026· 140G0326P0022

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 MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE received $12.2M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 64 actions (11 new awards), −28% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 11.417 · Sea Grant Support ($3.8M).

Assistance · FY2026
$12.2M
New awards
11
Actions
64
Since FY2021
$99.8M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 13.6MFY2021
  2. 12MFY2022
  3. 28.7MFY2023
  4. 16.2MFY2024
  5. 17MFY2025
  6. 12.2MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$12.2M100%

Top programs

  1. 11.417 · Sea Grant Support$3.8M31%
  2. 66.466 · Geographic Programs - Chesapeake Bay Program General, Technical Assistance, and Small Watershed Grants$2.5M20%
  3. 47.084 · Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships$2M16%
  4. 11.478 · Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research Coastal Ocean Program$1.8M15%
  5. 10.310 · Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI)$650K5.3%
  6. 47.074 · Biological Sciences$503.7K4.1%
  7. 43.001 · Science$441.4K3.6%
  8. 47.050 · Geosciences$203.9K1.7%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$5.7M46%
    Department of Commerce
  2. National Science Foundation$2.8M23%
  3. Environmental Protection Agency$2.5M20%
  4. National Institute of Food and Agriculture$650K5.3%
    Department of Agriculture
  5. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$441.4K3.6%
  6. Maritime Administration$105K0.9%
    Department of Transportation
  7. National Park Service$81.5K0.7%
    Department of the Interior

Largest awards

  1. AS DESCRIBED IN THE NOFO REPORT FOR THIS FUNDING WE PROPOSE A UNIQUE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN TWO PLAYERS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THIS PROBLEM…$7.5M
    11.478 · Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research Coastal Ocean Program· National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Cooperative agreement· Aug 8, 2022 – Jul 9, 2026· NA22NOS4780172
  2. OMB NUMBER: 4040-0019 EXPIRATION DATE: 02/28/2025 PROJECT ABSTRACT SUMMARY THIS PROJECT ABSTRACT SUMMARY FORM MUST BE SUBMITTED OR THE…$5.8M
    11.417 · Sea Grant Support· National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Cooperative agreement· Jun 13, 2024 – Sep 16, 2026· NA24OARX417C0034
  3. COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: IMPLEMENTATION GRANT: ACTIVE SOCIETAL PARTICIPATION IN RESEARCH AND EDUCATION -THE ACTIVE SOCIETAL PARTICIPATION IN…$5.7M
    47.050 · Geosciences· National Science Foundation· Project grant· Apr 11, 2024 – Aug 17, 2026· 2326774
  4. THIS ACTION AWARDS FEDERAL FUNDS OF $1,000,940 ($56,400 OF WHICH REPRESENTS EPA IN-KIND FUNDING). FEDERAL FUNDS OF $5,484,544 ($282,000 OF…$4.3M
    66.466 · Geographic Programs - Chesapeake Bay Program General, Technical Assistance, and Small Watershed Grants· Environmental Protection Agency· Grant· Jan 4, 2022 – Jun 6, 2026· 96391601
  5. CONVERGENCE ACCELERATOR BIO-INSPIRED DESIGN INNOVATIONS: SEQUESTSTAR: CAPTURING CARBON AND REUSING WASTE STREAMS -THE SEQUESTSTAR VISION IS…$4M
    47.084 · Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships· National Science Foundation· Cooperative agreement· Jun 20, 2025 – Jun 30, 2026· 2452590
  6. DESCRIPTION:THIS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT PROVIDES UMCES FEDERAL FUNDS TO PROVIDE THE CHESAPEAKE BAY PROGRAM'S (CBP'S) NON-FEDERAL PARTNERS…$2.6M
    66.466 · Geographic Programs - Chesapeake Bay Program General, Technical Assistance, and Small Watershed Grants· Environmental Protection Agency· Project grant· Feb 22, 2024 – Apr 7, 2026· 95335801

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

No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $2.2M (6 subawards)

6 primes

  1. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY$1.2M55%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 1 subaward
  2. ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY$442.5K21%
    TEMPE, AZ · 1 subaward
  3. MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY$235.9K11%
    HOUGHTON, MI · 1 subaward
  4. NATURAL RESOURCES, MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF$120K5.6%
    ANNAPOLIS, MD · 1 subaward
  5. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA$118.2K5.5%
    GAINESVILLE, FL · 1 subaward
  6. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK$44.8K2.1%
    COLLEGE PARK, MD · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $1.7M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $1.7M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $2.8M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $2.2M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $3.1M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $2.2M 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

No subawards reported to other companies.

Primes that pay it

26 companies · $13.7M reported

  1. STATE OF MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES$2.6M
    ANNAPOLIS, MD · 12 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK$1.8M
    COLLEGE PARK, MD · 7 subawards
  3. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY$1.2M
    BALTIMORE, MD · 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 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 3 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. LUKE GEZOVICH$51.5K
    FRISCO, TX · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveU.S. Geological Survey · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. NATALIE GRACE KONGABLE$51.5K
    LITTLETON, CO · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveU.S. Geological Survey · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  3. AQUATIC BIOLOGY ASSOCIATES, INC.$58.3K
    CORVALLIS, OR · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveU.S. Geological Survey · Architectural, engineering, and related 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.

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.