Federal contractor · COLLEGE PARK, MD

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK received $33.6M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 64 awards (−55% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $400.3M. Its largest customer was Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ($11.4M). It also received $302.8M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$33.6M
New awards
64
Sole-source
73%
Single offer
1.6%
UEI
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Parent company
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF MARYLAND
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.

9 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $34.1M in FY2026 together.

  1. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKCOLLEGE PARK, MD · Family page
    $33.6M
  2. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKCOLLEGE PARK, MD
    $356.6K
  3. UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF MARYLANDADELPHI, MD
    $143.2K
  4. ROBERT H. SMITH SCHOOL OF BUSINESS FOUNDATION,INC, THECOLLEGE PARK, MD
    $0
  5. STATE OF MDFROSTBURG, MD
    $0
  6. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLANDBALTIMORE, MD
    $0
  7. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTYBALTIMORE, MD
    $0
  8. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND ESPRINCESS ANNE, MD
    $0
  9. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND GLOBAL CAMPUSHYATTSVILLE, MD
    $0

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 14.3MFY2017
  2. 14.3MFY2018
  3. 26.8MFY2019
  4. 38.7MFY2020
  5. 44.7MFY2021
  6. 39.2MFY2022
  7. 84.4MFY2023
  8. 29.5MFY2024
  9. 74.8MFY2025
  10. 33.6MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency$11.4M34%
    6 awards
  2. Washington Headquarters Services$8.8M26%
    8 awards
  3. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$2.4M7.2%
    3 awards
  4. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$1.8M5.5%
    2 awards
  5. Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency$1.6M4.8%
    1 awards
  6. Federal Highway Administration$1.5M4.4%
    3 awards
  7. National Science Foundation$1M3.0%
    1 awards
  8. Food and Drug Administration$872.7K2.6%
    1 awards
  9. U.S. Special Operations Command$850.3K2.5%
    1 awards
  10. Department of the Air Force$733.9K2.2%
    6 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$28.9M86%
  2. IT & telecom$3.5M11%
  3. Professional services$1.1M3.3%
  4. Health & medical$70.6K0.2%

Where the work was performed

  1. Prince George's County, MD$30.6M91%
  2. Cook County, IL$1.4M4.2%
  3. Montgomery County, MD$1.3M3.8%
  4. Monterey County, CA$183.9K0.5%
  5. District of Columbia, DC$86.1K0.3%
  6. Baltimore city, MD$70.8K0.2%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition74%
    US 39% · $24.9M
  • Sole-source awards73%
    US 30% · $24.4M
  • Single-offer competitions1.6%
    US 8.7% · $524.1K
  • 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. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency$9.1M
    Department of Defense · 2 awards
  2. Washington Headquarters Services$8.8M
    Department of Defense · 1 awards
  3. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$1.8M
    Department of Commerce · 2 awards
  4. Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency$1.6M
    Department of Defense · 1 awards
  5. U.S. Special Operations Command$850.3K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. SECURING EXPERIMENTAL QUANTUM COMPUTING USAGE IN RESEARCH ENVIRONMENTS (SEQCURE) QUANTUM COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT QUANTUM COMPUTER AND QIST RESEARCH (PHASE 2)$27.1M
    Department of the Air Force· Prince George's County, MD· Research & development· Dec 12, 2024 – Apr 23, 2026· FA714625F0001
  2. "GLOBAL ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS INVESTIGATION LIDAR (GEDI)" PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (PI)SUPPORT FOR THE GLOBAL ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS INVESTIGATION (GEDI) LIDAR INVESTIGATION. THE GEDI LIDAR INVESTIGATION WILL REQUIRE A LASER-BASED SYSTEM DEVELOPED AT NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER (GSFC) TO OBSERVE THE STRUCTURE OF FOREST CANOPY. THE PROJECT WILL USE A LASER-BASED SYSTEM TO STUDY A RANGE OF CLIMATES, INCLUDING THE OBSERVATION OF THE FOREST CANOPY STRUCTURE OVER THE TROPICS, AND THE TUNDRA IN HIGH NORTHERN LATITUDES. THIS DATA WILL HELP SCIENTISTS BETTER UNDERSTAND THE CHANGES IN NATURAL CARBON STORAGE WITHIN THE CARBON CYCLE FROM BOTH HUMAN-INFLUENCED ACTIVITIES AND NATURAL CLIMATE VARIATIONS.$13.5M
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Prince George's County, MD· Research & development· Jun 14, 2017 – Jun 23, 2026· NNL15AA03C
  3. RESEARCH FOR INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY CHALLENGES INTERNS$11.1M
    Washington Headquarters Services· Prince George's County, MD· Research & development· Jul 31, 2024 – May 13, 2026· HQ003424F0423
  4. QUANTUM BENCHMARKING INITIATIVE (QBI) EFFORT UNDER THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND (UMD) APPLIED RESEARCH LABORATORY FOR INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY (ARLIS) UNIVERSITY AFFILIATE RESEARCH CENTER (UARC) SUPPORT SERVICES$8.7M
    Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency· Prince George's County, MD· Research & development· Oct 1, 2025 – Apr 14, 2026· HR001126FE003
  5. DHP- DEVELOPMENT OF AI/ML TOOLS$8.1M
    Defense Health Agency· Frederick County, MD· Research & development· Apr 12, 2024 – Dec 22, 2025· HT942524C0036
  6. BIOLOGICAL UNDERSEA ENERGY PROGRAM (BLUE)$8.1M
    Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency· Prince George's County, MD· Research & development· Nov 22, 2024 – Apr 10, 2026· HR001125C0004
  7. THE NATIONAL PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT RESEARCH DATA SET (NPMRDS) AND TECHNICAL AND DATA-SHARING SUPPORT.$7.1M
    Federal Highway Administration· Cook County, IL· Professional services· May 4, 2022 – Jul 24, 2026· 693JJ322C000008
  8. DEVELOP COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENTS OF POTENTIAL FORCE PROTECTION THREATS FROM EMERGING ELECTROMAGNETIC TECHNOLOGIES.$5.4M
    Washington Headquarters Services· Prince George's County, MD· Research & development· May 20, 2026 – May 20, 2026· HQ003426FE065

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, COLLEGE PARK received $302.8M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 1,208 actions (211 new awards), −29% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 43.001 · Science ($43.3M).

Assistance · FY2026
$302.8M
New awards
211
Actions
1,208
Since FY2021
$2.4B

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 438.1MFY2021
  2. 370.7MFY2022
  3. 435.3MFY2023
  4. 403.1MFY2024
  5. 429.2MFY2025
  6. 302.8MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$300.9M99%
  2. Other assistance$1.9M0.6%

Top programs

  1. 43.001 · Science$43.3M14%
  2. 11.432 · National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Cooperative Institutes$29.9M9.9%
  3. 43.003 · Exploration$23.6M7.8%
  4. 93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research$15.1M5.0%
  5. 11.609 · Measurement and Engineering Research and Standards$13.5M4.5%
  6. 47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences$13.2M4.4%
  7. 11.620 · Science, Technology, Business and/or Education Outreach$9.4M3.1%
  8. 47.041 · Engineering$9.1M3.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$67.8M22%
  2. National Institutes of Health$61.7M20%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  3. National Science Foundation$49.1M16%
  4. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$31.7M10%
    Department of Commerce
  5. National Institute of Standards and Technology$26.1M8.6%
    Department of Commerce
  6. National Institute of Food and Agriculture$15.9M5.3%
    Department of Agriculture
  7. Department of the Army$11.3M3.7%
    Department of Defense
  8. Department of Energy$8.5M2.8%

Largest awards

  1. THE GODDARD CENTER FOR RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION IN SPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (CRESSTII) WILL CARRY OUT OBSERVATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL AND…$78.3M
    43.003 · Exploration· National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Cooperative agreement· Sep 20, 2024 – Sep 8, 2026· 80GSFC24M0006
  2. THIS PROPOSAL IS FOR THE FIVE-YEAR RENEWAL OF THE COOPERATIVE INSTITUTE FOR SATELLITE EARTH SYSTEM STUDIES (CISESS). THE COOPERATIVE…$75.7M
    11.432 · National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Cooperative Institutes· National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Cooperative agreement· Jun 12, 2024 – Sep 23, 2026· NA24NESX432C0001
  3. SOLE SOURCE COLLABORATIVE EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE RESEARCH BETWEEN NASA/GSFC AND UMD/ESSIC$59.6M
    43.001 · Science· National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Cooperative agreement· Dec 23, 2022 – Aug 20, 2026· 80NSSC23M0011
  4. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT TO SUPPORT JIFSAN$52.3M
    93.103 · Food and Drug Administration Research· Food and Drug Administration· Cooperative agreement· Jun 16, 2021 – Sep 24, 2026· U01FD001418
  5. NEW COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT TITLED: DATA DRIVEN ENGINEERING RESEARCH (DATADRIVER)$48.9M
    12.431 · Basic Scientific Research· Department of the Army· Cooperative agreement· Feb 17, 2023 – Apr 24, 2026· W911NF2320040
  6. APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO FUND THE PURCHASE OF 35 ELECTRIC BUSSES TO IMPLEMENT THE ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE…$39.9M
    20.526 · Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs· Federal Transit Administration· Project grant· Mar 26, 2025 – Jul 14, 2026· MD-2025-007

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: $1.3M (8 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $22.6M (124 subawards)

89 sub-recipients

  1. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE$2.7M11%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 11 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM$1.3M5.3%
    MADISON, WI · 3 subawards
  3. GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY$902K3.8%
    FAIRFAX, VA · 4 subawards
  4. THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY$891.1K3.7%
    UNIVERSITY PARK, PA · 4 subawards
  5. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE$780.4K3.3%
    BERKELEY, CA · 4 subawards
  6. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA$712.9K3.0%
    GAINESVILLE, FL · 2 subawards
  7. MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY$702.5K2.9%
    EAST LANSING, MI · 2 subawards
  8. SILVEC BIOLOGICS, INC$601.6K2.5%
    GAITHERSBURG, MD · 1 subaward
  9. UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS$578.7K2.4%
    FAIRBANKS, AK · 1 subaward
  10. WH-POWER INC$568K2.4%
    COLLEGE PARK, MD · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $1.4M (6 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $32.4M (144 subawards)

75 primes

  1. CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA (THE)$7.5M22%
    WASHINGTON, DC · 1 subaward
  2. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$2.4M7.0%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 8 subawards
  3. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE$1.4M4.2%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 12 subawards
  4. DUKE UNIVERSITY$1.3M3.7%
    DURHAM, NC · 2 subawards
  5. UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE$1.2M3.6%
    BURLINGTON, VT · 7 subawards
  6. UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CENTER FOR RESEARCH INC$1.1M3.1%
    LAWRENCE, KS · 1 subaward
  7. MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION$1M3.0%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 3 subawards
  8. UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM$989.8K2.9%
    MADISON, WI · 1 subaward
  9. THE TRUSTEES OF THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$924.2K2.7%
    HOBOKEN, NJ · 2 subawards
  10. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON$772.9K2.3%
    ARLINGTON, TX · 2 subawards

Its reported sub-contracts equal 3.8% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $57.2M paid out · $91.9M received
  • FY2022: $100.3M paid out · $51.4M received
  • FY2023: $72M paid out · $44.5M received
  • FY2024: $124.7M paid out · $56.2M received
  • FY2025: $140.8M paid out · $51.6M received
  • FY2026: $23.9M paid out · $33.8M received
  • FY2027: $100K paid out · $496.6K 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

370 companies · $530.7M reported

  1. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY$78.9M
    BALTIMORE, MD · 11 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY$41.3M
    RALEIGH, NC · 16 subawards
  3. CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA (THE)$33.4M
    WASHINGTON, DC · 8 subawards

Primes that pay it

230 companies · $353.9M reported

  1. CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA (THE)$42.4M
    WASHINGTON, DC · 14 subawards
  2. ALCYON TECHNICAL SERVICES (ATS) JV, LLC$40.6M
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 16 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION$17.1M
    BALTIMORE, MD · 39 subawards

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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 53 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. KUDU DYNAMICS LLC$59.5M−57% in FY2026
    CHANTILLY, VA · 33% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development servicesDefense Advanced Research Projects Agency · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · Scientific research and development services+1 more
  2. RIVERSIDE RESEARCH INSTITUTE$118.4M+151% in FY2026
    NEW YORK, NY · 2 entities · 38% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveWashington Headquarters Services · Scientific research and development servicesAir Force · Scientific research and development services
  3. CFD RESEARCH CORPORATION$61.1M−50% in FY2026
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 28% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development servicesDefense Health Agency · Scientific research and development servicesNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development services+3 more

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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.