Federal contractor · MISSOULA, MT

UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA

UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA received $10.6M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 16 awards (−18% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $136.9M. Its largest customer was Department of the Army ($3.8M). It also received $64.7M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$10.6M
New awards
16
Sole-source
55%
Single offer
0.1%
UEI
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 3.1MFY2017
  2. 12MFY2018
  3. 10.1MFY2019
  4. 23.7MFY2020
  5. 10.4MFY2021
  6. 23.9MFY2022
  7. 18.4MFY2023
  8. 11.8MFY2024
  9. 12.9MFY2025
  10. 10.6MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Army$3.8M36%
    4 awards
  2. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources$2.6M24%
    1 awards
  3. National Institutes of Health$2.2M21%
    3 awards
  4. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$1.9M18%
    1 awards
  5. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$21.4K0.2%
    1 awards
  6. Department of the Air Force$00.0%
    1 awards
  7. Bureau of Land Management$00.0%
    4 awards
  8. Departmental Offices-$1,6170.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$3.6M34%
  2. Professional services$2.8M26%
  3. Research & development$2.2M21%
  4. IT & telecom$1.9M18%

Where the work was performed

  1. Missoula County, MT$10.6M100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition55%
    US 39% · $5.8M
  • Sole-source awards55%
    US 30% · $5.8M
  • Single-offer competitions0.1%
    US 8.7% · $15.1K
  • 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. Department of the Army$3.8M
    Department of Defense · 2 awards

Largest awards

  1. TO DEVELOP INNOVATIVE AND SAFE MULTIVALENT ANTI-OPIOID VACCINES THAT PROTECT AGAINST HEROIN AND FENTANYL.$25.9M
    National Institutes of Health· Missoula County, MT· Research & development· Aug 27, 2020 – Jul 27, 2026· 75N93020C00039
  2. TO IDENTIFY NOVEL ADJUVANT CANDIDATES THAT CAN BE USED TO AUGMENT THE EFFICACY OF HUMAN VACCINES.$18.5M
    National Institutes of Health· Missoula County, MT· Research & development· Sep 6, 2019 – Jul 27, 2026· 75N93019C00045
  3. ADVANCED WARFIGHTER PHYSIOLOGY: APPLICATION OF BIOMETRICS AND BODY WORN SENSORS TO REDUCE INJURY RISK AND OPTIMIZE PERFOR$8.2M
    Department of the Air Force· Missoula County, MT· Research & development· Sep 16, 2019 – Mar 12, 2026· FA865019C6124
  4. THE IL T&TA CENTER WILL PROVIDE EXPERT TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (T/TA) ON INDEPENDENT LIVING SERVICES FOR IL NETWORK GRANTEES FUNDED BY AOD, ACL, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS).$6.8M
    Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources· Missoula County, MT· Professional services· Feb 6, 2025 – Aug 14, 2026· 75P00125C00005
  5. UMRB PROJECT - MONTANA$5.5M
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Missoula County, MT· IT & telecom· Sep 15, 2023 – Sep 2, 2026· 1305M223PNWWG0302
  6. VACCINE ADJUVANT DISCOVERY PROGRAM$5.4M
    National Institutes of Health· Missoula County, MT· Research & development· Sep 19, 2024 – Aug 10, 2026· 75N93024C00024
  7. UMRB SNOWPACK AND SOIL MOISTURE MONITORING NETWORK OF THE MONTANA SATOC FOR INSTALLATION OF MONITORING SITES.$3.6M
    Department of the Army· Missoula County, MT· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 2, 2026 – Mar 2, 2026· W9128F26FA041
  8. ASSIST IN THE EXPANSION OF THE UMRB NETWORK BY SERVING AS A LIAISON BETWEEN THE STATE MESONET OFFICES, USACE, AND OTHER STATE AND FEDERAL STAKEHOLDERS.$949.9K
    Department of the Army· Missoula County, MT· Professional services· Sep 28, 2020 – Nov 4, 2025· W9128F20C0055

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 MONTANA received $64.7M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 556 actions (50 new awards), −12% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program ($14.2M).

Assistance · FY2026
$64.7M
New awards
50
Actions
556
Since FY2021
$468M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 84.7MFY2021
  2. 67.6MFY2022
  3. 71.8MFY2023
  4. 105.5MFY2024
  5. 73.7MFY2025
  6. 64.7MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$47.2M73%
  2. Direct payments$15.3M24%
  3. Other assistance$2.3M3.5%

Top programs

  1. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$14.2M22%
  2. 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$7.6M12%
  3. 84.184 · School Safely National Activities$6M9.2%
  4. 19.009 · Academic Exchange Programs - Undergraduate Programs$5.7M8.7%
  5. 10.652 · Forestry Research$2.7M4.2%
  6. 19.401 · Academic Exchange Programs - Scholars$2.7M4.2%
  7. 93.359 · Nurse Education, Practice Quality and Retention Grants$1.7M2.6%
  8. 10.707 · Research Joint Venture Agreement$1.6M2.5%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Education$22M34%
  2. National Institutes of Health$14.6M23%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  3. Department of State$8.1M13%
  4. Forest Service$4.9M7.6%
    Department of Agriculture
  5. Health Resources and Services Administration$4.1M6.4%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  6. National Science Foundation$2.8M4.3%
  7. Administration for Community Living$2.2M3.5%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  8. Environmental Protection Agency$1.5M2.4%

Largest awards

  1. EMERGENCY CASH GRANTS FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS IMPACTED BY CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK$18.4M
    84.425 · Education Stabilization Fund· Department of Education· Formula grant· Feb 17, 2021 – Apr 27, 2026· P425E200626
  2. CENTER FOR POPULATION HEALTH RESEARCH$15.7M
    93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Mar 1, 2021 – Sep 16, 2026· P20GM130418
  3. GRANT PROGRAM$15.4M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 22, 2024 – Apr 22, 2026· P063P241770
  4. GRANT PROGRAM$14.4M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 11, 2025 – Sep 18, 2026· P063P251770
  5. GRANT PROGRAM$11.4M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 9, 2023 – Jan 11, 2026· P063P231770
  6. NSF INCLUDES ALLIANCE: CULTIVATING INDIGENOUS RESEARCH COMMUNITIES FOR LEADERSHIP IN EDUCATION AND STEM (CIRCLES) ALLIANCE -THE CULTIVATING…$10M
    47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)· National Science Foundation· Cooperative agreement· Aug 2, 2022 – Apr 13, 2026· 2217344

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-contracts: $9M (10 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $17.2M (43 subawards)

37 sub-recipients

  1. RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR MENTAL HYGIENE, INC.$4.9M19%
    NEW YORK, NY · 1 subaward
  2. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA$2.4M9.0%
    MINNEAPOLIS, MN · 1 subaward
  3. CAL POLY CORPORATION$2.4M9.0%
    SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA · 1 subaward
  4. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO$2.2M8.4%
    MOSCOW, ID · 2 subawards
  5. BLACK HILLS STATE UNIVERSITY$1.7M6.3%
    SPEARFISH, SD · 1 subaward
  6. UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING$1.3M4.8%
    LARAMIE, WY · 3 subawards
  7. MINOT STATE UNIVERSITY$1.2M4.5%
    MINOT, ND · 1 subaward
  8. INIMMUNE CORP$1.1M4.2%
    MISSOULA, MT · 3 subawards
  9. MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY$1M4.0%
    BOZEMAN, MT · 6 subawards
  10. OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY$903.8K3.4%
    CORVALLIS, OR · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $155.1K (3 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $6.5M (30 subawards)

21 primes

  1. IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY$2.1M31%
    POCATELLO, ID · 2 subawards
  2. MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY$957K14%
    BOZEMAN, MT · 7 subawards
  3. BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA$674.8K10%
    LINCOLN, NE · 1 subaward
  4. NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION$604.6K9.1%
    WASHINGTON, DC · 1 subaward
  5. UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM$476.6K7.2%
    PORTLAND, ME · 1 subaward
  6. THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY$276.4K4.2%
    UNIVERSITY PARK, PA · 1 subaward
  7. COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY$163.8K2.5%
    FORT COLLINS, CO · 2 subawards
  8. TRIBAL LAW AND POLICY INSTITUTE$159.8K2.4%
    LOS ANGELES, CA · 1 subaward
  9. UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA$158K2.4%
    NORMAN, OK · 1 subaward
  10. CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY$150.4K2.3%
    PITTSBURGH, PA · 2 subawards

Its reported sub-contracts equal 86% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $10.3M paid out · $18.2M received
  • FY2022: $6.3M paid out · $25.1M received
  • FY2023: $8.3M paid out · $36M received
  • FY2024: $9.6M paid out · $22.3M received
  • FY2025: $35.2M paid out · $11.9M received
  • FY2026: $26.3M paid out · $6.6M 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 · $96M reported

  1. INIMMUNE CORP$12.8M
    MISSOULA, MT · 11 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY$8.5M
    BOZEMAN, MT · 17 subawards · Computer systems design and related services
  3. RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR MENTAL HYGIENE, INC.$4.9M
    NEW YORK, NY · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services

Primes that pay it

85 companies · $120M reported

  1. INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION INC$31.8M
    NEW YORK, NY · 8 subawards · Educational support services
  2. MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY$13.1M
    BOZEMAN, MT · 54 subawards
  3. STATE OF MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES$9.8M
    HELENA, MT · 61 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 12 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY$11.1M+6.4% in FY2026
    BROOKINGS, SD · 27% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Administration of environmental quality programsNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Data processing, hosting, and related services
  2. INSTITUT DE FORMULATION DES VACCINS (CH) SA$7.1M−100% in FY2026
    PLAN-LES-OUATES, CHE · 20% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Institutes of Health · Computer systems design and related servicesNational Institutes of Health · Scientific research and development services
  3. C&T TECHNOLOGIES LLC$9.1M−66% in FY2026
    WASHINGTON, DC · 20% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Institutes of Health · Computer systems design and related services

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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 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.

Matched organizations

  • UNIVERSITY OF MONTANAAI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2025
$110K
4 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$390K

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$80K
    4 reports
  2. 2024$120K
    4 reports
  3. 2025$110K
    4 reports
  4. 2026$80K
    2 reports

Top issues

  1. Agriculture14 reports
  2. Defense14 reports
  3. Environment and Superfund14 reports
  4. Science and technology14 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$390K
    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 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.