Federal contractor · CHAPEL HILL, NC
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL received $13M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 57 awards (−29% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $214.6M. Its largest customer was National Institutes of Health ($8.1M). It also received $708.1M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.
- Obligations · FY2026
- $13M
- New awards
- 57
- Sole-source
- 30%
- Single offer
- 15%
- UEI
- D3LHU66KBLD5
- Parent company
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SYSTEM OFFICE
Company family
Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.
5 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $20.6M in FY2026 together.
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILLCHAPEL HILL, NC · Family page$13M
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILLCHAPEL HILL, NC$6.6M
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILLCHAPEL HILL, NC$1.1M
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTECHARLOTTE, NC$0
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SYSTEM OFFICECHAPEL HILL, NC-$1,678
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 14.1MFY2017
- 15.3MFY2018
- 18.9MFY2019
- 27.5MFY2020
- 22.7MFY2021
- 35MFY2022
- 24MFY2023
- 25.8MFY2024
- 18.2MFY2025
- 13MFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- National Institutes of Health$8.1M62%13 awards
- Department of Veterans Affairs$2.9M22%8 awards
- Environmental Protection Agency$1.6M12%18 awards
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$480.6K3.7%5 awards
- 1 awards
- Indian Health Service$342K2.6%1 awards
- Departmental Offices$15.7K0.1%1 awards
- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement$9,5000.1%1 awards
- Defense Health Agency$00.0%1 awards
- 0 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Research & development$11.4M88%
- Facilities & utilities$798.5K6.1%
- Professional services$716K5.5%
- Health & medical$70.6K0.5%
- Education & social services$9,5000.1%
Where the work was performed
- Orange County, NC$7.5M58%
- Chatham County, NC$2.7M21%
- Durham County, NC$2.4M18%
- DeKalb County, GA$330K2.5%
- Cumberland County, NC$70.6K0.5%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition45%US 39% · $5.9M
- Sole-source awards30%US 30% · $3.9M
- Single-offer competitions15%US 8.7% · $2M
- 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
- Department of Veterans Affairs · 2 awards
- Department of Homeland Security · 1 awards
- Department of Health and Human Services · 1 awards
- Department of Health and Human Services · 1 awards
Largest awards
- National Institutes of Health· Orange County, NC· Research & development· Aug 29, 2018 – Sep 3, 2026· 75N95018C00023
- National Institutes of Health· Chatham County, NC· Research & development· Nov 12, 2021 – May 21, 2026· 75N92022F00001
- National Institutes of Health· Orange County, NC· Research & development· Nov 30, 2018 – Dec 16, 2025· 75N92019F00053
- National Institutes of Health· Orange County, NC· Research & development· Nov 9, 2016 – Jan 30, 2026· HHSN26800001
- Environmental Protection Agency· Orange County, NC· Professional services· Feb 26, 2021 – Mar 16, 2026· 68HERD21C0001
- National Institutes of Health· Orange County, NC· Research & development· Aug 30, 2023 – Aug 31, 2026· 75N95023C00021
- Defense Health Agency· Orange County, NC· Research & development· Sep 26, 2022 – Jun 5, 2026· W81XWH22C0122
- Department of Veterans Affairs· Durham County, NC· Research & development· Sep 16, 2024 – Aug 6, 2026· 36C24624P1846
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 NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL received $708.1M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 2,482 actions (317 new awards), +12% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research ($100.4M).
- Assistance · FY2026
- $708.1M
- New awards
- 317
- Actions
- 2,482
- Since FY2021
- $4.1B
Assistance by fiscal year
- 688.1MFY2021
- 706.9MFY2022
- 715.2MFY2023
- 690MFY2024
- 633.1MFY2025
- 708.1MFY2026
By type
- Grants$639.5M90%
- Direct payments$68.5M9.7%
- Other assistance$208.3K0.0%
Top programs
- 93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research$100.4M14%
- 93.837 · Cardiovascular Diseases Research$51.4M7.3%
- 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$41.4M5.9%
- 93.866 · Aging Research$40.6M5.7%
- 93.242 · Mental Health Research Grants$36.9M5.2%
- 93.384 · Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (Arpa-H)$32.9M4.6%
- 93.847 · Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research$28.3M4.0%
- 93.279 · Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs$19.8M2.8%
Awarding agencies
- National Institutes of Health$582.8M82%Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of Education$27.2M3.8%
- National Science Foundation$18.7M2.6%
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of Energy$15.9M2.2%
- Department of Health and Human Services
- National Endowment for the Humanities$10.1M1.4%
- Defense Health Agency$5.3M0.7%Department of Defense
Largest awards
- 93.242 · Mental Health Research Grants· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Nov 20, 2020 – Sep 19, 2026· UM1AI068636
- 93.397 · Cancer Centers Support Grants· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Dec 21, 2020 – Jul 15, 2026· P30CA016086
- 93.307 · Minority Health and Health Disparities Research· National Institutes of Health· Direct payment for specified use· Jul 2, 2021 – Sep 18, 2026· OT3HL147154
- 93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Nov 17, 2020 – Aug 19, 2026· UM1AI069423
- 93.847 · Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· May 11, 2021 – Jul 22, 2026· P30AI050410
- 93.865 · Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Jul 21, 2021 – Sep 1, 2026· R01HD055741
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-grants: $26.1M (157 subawards)
113 sub-recipients
- ONAI INC.$1.7M6.6%CUPERTINO, CA · 1 subaward
- PITTSBURGH, PA · 4 subawards
- KONGWA TRACHOMA PROJECT$1.3M4.9%KONGWA, TZA · 1 subaward
- UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON$1.2M4.6%SEATTLE, WA · 5 subawards
- DUKE UNIVERSITY$1.2M4.5%DURHAM, NC · 10 subawards
- MAX PLANCK FLORIDA CORP$810.6K3.1%JUPITER, FL · 1 subaward
- ATHENS, GA · 2 subawards
- UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM$637.6K2.4%MADISON, WI · 2 subawards
- REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN$577.5K2.2%ANN ARBOR, MI · 3 subawards
- HOUSTON, TX · 3 subawards
As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026
- Sub-contracts: $8.1M (10 subawards)
- Sub-grants: $95.3M (384 subawards)
130 primes
- DUKE UNIVERSITY$23.7M23%DURHAM, NC · 46 subawards
- RALEIGH, NC · 22 subawards
- THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$8.6M8.3%BALTIMORE, MD · 16 subawards
- SAN FRANCISCO, CA · 2 subawards
- NEW YORK UNIVERSITY$3.6M3.5%NEW YORK, NY · 2 subawards
- DALLAS, TX · 7 subawards
- EMORY UNIVERSITY$2.5M2.4%ATLANTA, GA · 11 subawards
- VOLUNTEERISM & COMMUNITY SERVICES NC COM$2.5M2.4%RALEIGH, NC · 2 subawards
- LEIDOS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH, INC.$2.5M2.4%FREDERICK, MD · 1 subaward
- THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY$2.4M2.4%UNIVERSITY PARK, PA · 5 subawards
By fiscal year
- FY2021: $109.6M paid out · $111.8M received
- FY2022: $105.4M paid out · $108M received
- FY2023: $88.4M paid out · $97.9M received
- FY2024: $115.6M paid out · $86.5M received
- FY2025: $61M paid out · $124.8M received
- FY2026: $26.1M paid out · $103.5M received
- FY2027: $0 paid out · $692.7K 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
477 companies · $564.8M reported
- RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC · 29 subawards
- DUKE UNIVERSITY$35.3MDURHAM, NC · 100 subawards · Scientific research and development services
- WASHINGTON, DC · 12 subawards
Primes that pay it
295 companies · $743M reported
- RALEIGH, NC · 180 subawards
- DUKE UNIVERSITY$67.3MDURHAM, NC · 120 subawards · Scientific research and development services
- GOVERNORS OFFICE$50.7MRALEIGH, NC · 9 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 38 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- REVAGENIX INC$32.8M+2,021% in FY2026SAN MATEO, CA · 41% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Institutes of Health · Scientific research and development services
- PSYCHOGENICS INC.$36M+56% in FY2026PARAMUS, NJ · 42% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Institutes of Health · Scientific research and development services
- PRECISION FOR MEDICINE, INC.$41.6M−3.5% in FY2026FREDERICK, MD · 43% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Institutes of Health · Scientific research and development servicesNational Institutes of Health · 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.
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 NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL (5 recipients).
Matched organizations
- The University of North Carolina SystemAI match · 100%
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILLAI match · 100%
- University of North Carolina at CharlotteAI match · 100%
- Lobbying · 2025
- $1.1M
- 20 reports
- Lobbying · 2023–2026
- $2.7M
- $2.7M in its own reports
Lobbying by year
- 2023$620K8 reports
- 2024$690K11 reports
- 2025$1.1M20 reports
- 2026$268K12 reports
Top issues
- Education43 reports
- Budget and appropriations30 reports
- Science and technology28 reports
- Defense21 reports
- Immigration20 reports
- Medical and disease research, clinical labs15 reports
- Transportation15 reports
- Agriculture14 reports
Who was contacted
- U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES45 reports
- U.S. SENATE45 reports
- Education - Dept of24 reports
- Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)19 reports
- Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)14 reports
- Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA)14 reports
- Office of Management & Budget (OMB)4 reports
- White House Office4 reports
Houses of Congress and federal agencies the reports list as contacted (a report names every one for all its issues).
Lobbying firms hired
- DLA Piper LLP (US)$610K9 reports
- CHECKMATE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS$430K6 reports
- ACG Advocacy$170K6 reports
- Thorn Run Partners$70K2 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.