Federal contractor · LOWELL, MA

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL received $1.4M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 5 awards (+141% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $16.3M. Its largest customer was Department of Veterans Affairs ($600.4K). It also received $29.2M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$1.4M
New awards
5
Sole-source
44%
Single offer
0.0%
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 5.1MFY2017
  2. 5.7MFY2018
  3. 531.9KFY2019
  4. 1MFY2020
  5. 745.7KFY2021
  6. 335.2KFY2022
  7. 420KFY2023
  8. 520KFY2024
  9. 566.9KFY2025
  10. 1.4MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of Veterans Affairs$600.4K44%
    2 awards
  2. Department of the Army$433.3K32%
    2 awards
  3. Defense Logistics Agency$330K24%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$1.4M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Middlesex County, MA$1.4M100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition44%
    US 39% · $600.4K
  • Sole-source awards44%
    US 30% · $600.4K
  • 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$600.4K
    Department of Veterans Affairs · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. RQMT UNDER SUBNET BAA 0004-21 DETERMINING PERFORMANCE RQMT FOR THE THERMOFORMED MEAL BAG FOR MILITARY RATIONS & INVESTIGATING COMPOSTABLE SOLUTIONS$730K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· Aug 28, 2025 – Apr 21, 2026· SP470125C0085
  2. CHOIR RESEARCH$604.2K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· May 21, 2026 – Sep 4, 2026· 36C24126C0013
  3. SERDP ER23-4574 LABORATORY AND FIELD VALIDATION OF AN ACETYLENE SAMPLER FOR QUANTIFYING ABIOTIC TRANSFORMATION OF CHLORINATED SOLVENTS$494.5K
    Department of the Army· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· May 8, 2024 – May 29, 2026· W912HQ24C0055
  4. SERDP NEW START WP24-4264 UNIV OF MASS "PFAS-FREE, SUSTAINABLE, SUPERHYDROPHOBIC/OMNIPHOBIC COATINGS FOR TEXTILE APPLICATIONS"$408.3K
    Department of the Army· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· Jun 3, 2024 – May 13, 2026· W912HQ24C0057
  5. RESEARCH SERVICES$253.6K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Allegheny County, PA· Research & development· May 30, 2019 – Nov 25, 2025· 36C24E19C0020

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 MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL received $29.2M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 163 actions (26 new awards), +27% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 93.866 · Aging Research ($3.6M).

Assistance · FY2026
$29.2M
New awards
26
Actions
163
Since FY2021
$244.4M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 64.2MFY2021
  2. 38.6MFY2022
  3. 46.8MFY2023
  4. 42.7MFY2024
  5. 23MFY2025
  6. 29.2MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$29.2M100%

Top programs

  1. 93.866 · Aging Research$3.6M12%
  2. 43.001 · Science$3.3M11%
  3. 47.070 · Computer and Information Science and Engineering$2.5M8.7%
  4. 93.899 · Minority HIV/AIDS Fund (MHAF)$2.3M7.9%
  5. 93.279 · Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs$2.1M7.2%
  6. 11.015 · Broad Agency Announcement$1.9M6.5%
  7. 93.142 · Niehs Hazardous Waste Worker Health and Safety Training$1.5M5.2%
  8. 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$1.4M4.8%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Institutes of Health$12.5M43%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  2. National Science Foundation$5.9M20%
  3. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$3.4M12%
  4. Health Resources and Services Administration$3.3M11%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  5. Department of the Army$2.4M8.3%
    Department of Defense
  6. Department of the Navy$658.5K2.3%
    Department of Defense
  7. National Institute of Standards and Technology$546.7K1.9%
    Department of Commerce
  8. National Park Service$322K1.1%
    Department of the Interior

Largest awards

  1. WORKER HEALTH AND SAFETY TRAINING COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT$27.2M
    93.142 · Niehs Hazardous Waste Worker Health and Safety Training· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Oct 27, 2020 – Sep 15, 2026· U45ES006172
  2. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT - SLIMMER3$22.9M
    12.360 · Research on Chemical and Biological Defense· Department of the Army· Cooperative agreement· Jul 16, 2021 – Jul 30, 2026· W911QY2020005
  3. SWIFT CA - SUPPORTING WARFIGHTERS THROUGH INNOVATIVE FOOTWEAR TECHNOLOGIES$7.4M
    12.431 · Basic Scientific Research· Department of the Army· Cooperative agreement· Aug 10, 2023 – Mar 5, 2026· W911QY2320006
  4. SHARPS INJURIES AND BLOOD EXPOSURE IN HOMES HEALTH CARE$7.2M
    93.262 · Occupational Safety and Health Program· Centers for Disease Control and Prevention· Grant· May 25, 2021 – Jan 28, 2026· R01OH008229
  5. 21-APRA21-0055 PICTURE-D: PLANETARY IMAGING CORONAGRAPH TESTBED USING A REUSABLE EXPERIMENT FOR DEBRIS DISKS.$6.4M
    43.001 · Science· National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Project grant· Sep 26, 2022 – May 21, 2026· 80NSSC22K1648
  6. SINGLE-PARTICLE AND COLLECTIVE PHENOMENA IN NUCLEI$6.2M
    81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program· Department of Energy· Project grant· Mar 9, 2021 – Aug 3, 2026· DEFG0294ER40848

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: $30K (1 subaward)
  • Sub-grants: $8.3M (39 subawards)

36 sub-recipients

  1. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO$903K11%
    SAN ANTONIO, TX · 1 subaward
  2. BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER, INC.$860.5K10%
    BOSTON, MA · 1 subaward
  3. ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE$764.6K9.2%
    BRONX, NY · 1 subaward
  4. LASELL UNIVERSITY$527.9K6.3%
    AUBURNDALE, MA · 2 subawards
  5. UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL$465K5.6%
    WORCESTER, MA · 2 subawards
  6. BRIGHAM & WOMENS HOSPITAL INC$451.6K5.4%
    BOSTON, MA · 1 subaward
  7. CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY, INC., THE$400K4.8%
    CAMBRIDGE, MA · 1 subaward
  8. JSI RESEARCH & TRAINING INSTITUTE INC$377K4.5%
    BOSTON, MA · 1 subaward
  9. BECKMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE CITY OF HOPE$249.9K3.0%
    DUARTE, CA · 1 subaward
  10. THE CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, INC.$248.9K3.0%
    ALBANY, NY · 2 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $1.1M (2 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $6.7M (32 subawards)

23 primes

  1. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$2.3M30%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 7 subawards
  2. THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK$1.3M16%
    STONY BROOK, NY · 1 subaward
  3. BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC.$850K11%
    MCLEAN, VA · 1 subaward
  4. UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER$758.4K9.8%
    FARMINGTON, CT · 2 subawards
  5. SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS INTERNATIONAL$476.6K6.2%
    SAN JOSE, CA · 1 subaward
  6. UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA$295.5K3.8%
    TUCSON, AZ · 2 subawards
  7. UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE$293.7K3.8%
    NEWARK, DE · 2 subawards
  8. CLEMSON UNIVERSITY$214.6K2.8%
    CLEMSON, SC · 1 subaward
  9. HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.$200K2.6%
    KANSAS CITY, MO · 1 subaward
  10. ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI$189.8K2.5%
    NEW YORK, NY · 1 subaward

Its reported sub-contracts equal 2.2% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $3.1M paid out · $12.9M received
  • FY2022: $4.9M paid out · $9.7M received
  • FY2023: $6.7M paid out · $15.1M received
  • FY2024: $5.9M paid out · $8M received
  • FY2025: $7.9M paid out · $7M received
  • FY2026: $8.4M paid out · $7.7M 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

122 companies · $37M reported

  1. UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL$1.8M
    WORCESTER, MA · 9 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT$1.6M
    STORRS, CT · 10 subawards
  3. BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER, INC.$1.5M
    BOSTON, MA · 2 subawards

Primes that pay it

84 companies · $61.2M reported

  1. THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK$13.2M
    STONY BROOK, NY · 13 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL$7M
    WORCESTER, MA · 27 subawards
  3. UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM$4.8M
    ORONO, ME · 5 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. NALAS ENGINEERING SERVICES, LLC$3.2M+197% in FY2026
    CENTERBROOK, CT · 76% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Scientific research and development servicesArmy · Scientific research and development services
  2. TYFAST ENERGY CORP.$3.8M+1,046% in FY2026
    SAN DIEGO, CA · 76% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Scientific research and development servicesArmy · Scientific research and development services
  3. ULTIMATE BATTERY, LLC, THE$995.9K
    BETHESDA, MD · 39% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · 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 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.

Matched organizations

  • UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELLAI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2025
$250K
4 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$710K

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$130K
    4 reports
  2. 2024$210K
    4 reports
  3. 2025$250K
    4 reports
  4. 2026$120K
    2 reports

Top issues

  1. Defense14 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES14 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE14 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. Strategic Marketing Innovations$710K
    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.