Federal contractor · GRAND FORKS, ND
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA received -$67.9K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 4 awards (−103% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $12.7M. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($24.7K). It also received $125.2M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.
- Obligations · FY2026
- -$67.9K
- New awards
- 4
- Sole-source
- —
- Single offer
- —
- UEI
- RSWNKK6J8CF3
- Parent company
- NORTH DAKOTA UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
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, -$67.9K in FY2026 together.
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTAGRAND FORKS, ND · Family page-$67.9K
- BISMARCK STATE COLLEGEBISMARCK, ND$0
- DAKOTA COLLEGE AT BOTTINEAUBOTTINEAU, ND$0
- NORTH DAKOTA UNIVERSITY SYSTEMBISMARCK, ND$0
- VALLEY CITY STATE UNIVERSITYVALLEY CITY, ND$0
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 2.1MFY2017
- 511.9KFY2018
- 1.2MFY2019
- 604.1KFY2020
- 3.9MFY2021
- 247.5KFY2022
- 192.8KFY2023
- 1.8MFY2024
- 2.2MFY2025
- -67.9KFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- Department of the Navy$24.7K0.0%2 awards
- 1 awards
- Federal Aviation Administration-$92.6K0.0%1 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Education & social services$24.7K100%
Where the work was performed
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts
- Department of the Navy$24.7KDepartment of Defense · 2 awards
Largest awards
- Federal Aviation Administration· Grand Forks County, ND· Research & development· Sep 9, 2021 – Sep 22, 2026· 697DCK21F01407
- Federal Railroad Administration· District of Columbia, DC· Research & development· Sep 19, 2022 – Jan 30, 2026· 693JJ622C000038
- Department of the Navy· Grand Forks County, ND· Education & social services· Dec 10, 2025 – Apr 9, 2026· N0622A26FA021
- Department of the Navy· Grand Forks County, ND· Education & social services· May 8, 2026 – May 8, 2026· N0622A26FA348
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 DAKOTA received $125.2M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 486 actions (41 new awards), +107% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 81.089 · Fossil Energy Research and Development ($72M).
- Assistance · FY2026
- $125.2M
- New awards
- 41
- Actions
- 486
- Since FY2021
- $564.6M
Assistance by fiscal year
- 94.3MFY2021
- 65.5MFY2022
- 130.7MFY2023
- 88.3MFY2024
- 60.5MFY2025
- 125.2MFY2026
By type
- Grants$111.3M89%
- Direct payments$13.4M11%
- Other assistance$446.4K0.4%
Top programs
- 81.089 · Fossil Energy Research and Development$72M58%
- 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$11.6M9.2%
- 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$7.6M6.0%
- 93.912 · Rural Healthcare Services Programs$2.9M2.3%
- 93.155 · Rural Health Research Centers$1.9M1.5%
- 93.243 · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance$1.7M1.4%
- 84.116 · Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education$1.6M1.2%
- 81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program$1.4M1.2%
Awarding agencies
- Department of Energy$74.4M59%
- Department of Education$16.2M13%
- Department of Health and Human Services
- National Institutes of Health$9.6M7.6%Department of Health and Human Services
- National Science Foundation$3.1M2.5%
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of Health and Human Services
Largest awards
- 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· May 16, 2021 – Sep 22, 2026· P20GM103442
- 81.089 · Fossil Energy Research and Development· Department of Energy· Cooperative agreement· Sep 29, 2023 – Jul 15, 2026· DEFE0032331
- 81.089 · Fossil Energy Research and Development· Department of Energy· Cooperative agreement· Aug 6, 2026 – Aug 6, 2026· DEFE0032730
- 81.089 · Fossil Energy Research and Development· Department of Energy· Cooperative agreement· Feb 26, 2021 – Dec 1, 2025· DEFE0024233
- 93.155 · Rural Health Research Centers· Health Resources and Services Administration· Project grant· Jan 6, 2021 – Sep 18, 2026· U5605539
- 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· May 10, 2021 – Jan 14, 2026· P20GM104360
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: $6.1M (103 subawards)
65 sub-recipients
- NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER$805K13%CHICAGO, IL · 3 subawards
- SINGULARITY ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES, LLC$752K12%GRAND FORKS, ND · 1 subaward
- UNIVERSITY OF MARY$625.1K10%BISMARCK, ND · 14 subawards
- NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY$619.9K10%FARGO, ND · 5 subawards
- MAYVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY$507.3K8.3%MAYVILLE, ND · 4 subawards
- MINOT STATE UNIVERSITY$409.2K6.7%MINOT, ND · 5 subawards
- SANFORD RESEARCH$286.7K4.7%FARGO, ND · 2 subawards
- UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA$275.4K4.5%OKLAHOMA CITY, OK · 1 subaward
- TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY$253.3K4.1%COOKEVILLE, TN · 1 subaward
- TURTLE MOUNTAIN COLLEGE$211.2K3.4%BELCOURT, ND · 2 subawards
As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026
- Sub-contracts: $850.1K (3 subawards)
- Sub-grants: $4.5M (51 subawards)
21 primes
- NORTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES$1.7M32%BISMARCK, ND · 7 subawards
- THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY$655.1K12%UNIVERSITY PARK, PA · 2 subawards
- NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY$627.8K12%FARGO, ND · 2 subawards
- THE MITRE CORPORATION$566K11%MC LEAN, VA · 1 subaward
- ANALYTICAL MECHANICS ASSOCIATES, INC.$226.6K4.2%HAMPTON, VA · 1 subaward
- BISMARCK, ND · 25 subawards
- UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM$159.4K3.0%ORONO, ME · 1 subaward
- LEXINGTON, KY · 1 subaward
- USAGING$144K2.7%WASHINGTON, DC · 1 subaward
- PITTSBURGH, PA · 1 subaward
By fiscal year
- FY2021: $33.7M paid out · $16.5M received
- FY2022: $8M paid out · $18.8M received
- FY2023: $12.1M paid out · $5.8M received
- FY2024: $7.3M paid out · $14.8M received
- FY2025: $9.8M paid out · $17.4M received
- FY2026: $6.1M paid out · $5.4M 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
132 companies · $76.4M reported
- NORWELL, MA · 3 subawards
- MINNKOTA POWER COOPERATIVE, INC.$6.6MGRAND FORKS, ND · 2 subawards
- BARR ENGINEERING CO.$5.1MMINNEAPOLIS, MN · 3 subawards · Scientific research and development services
Primes that pay it
66 companies · $87.1M reported
- ALBUQUERQUE, NM · 3 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services
- HEARTLAND HYDROGEN HUB, LLC$9.4MGRAND FORKS, ND · 1 subaward
- BISMARCK, ND · 47 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 8 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- LUNEWAVE INC.$3.9MTUCSON, AZ · 93% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Scientific research and development services
- TOP GRAIN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$3.6M−100% in FY2026HOUSTON, TX · 90% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Scientific research and development services
- DSG TEC USA INC$3.6MWESTMINSTER, MD · 88% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · 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.
Across the company family of UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA (5 recipients).
Matched organizations
- University of North DakotaAI match · 100%
- Lobbying · 2025
- $220K
- 8 reports
- Lobbying · 2023–2026
- $780K
Lobbying by year
- 2023$220K8 reports
- 2024$230K8 reports
- 2025$220K8 reports
- 2026$110K4 reports
Top issues
- Budget and appropriations28 reports
- Education18 reports
- Indian and Native American affairs14 reports
Who was contacted
- U.S. SENATE27 reports
- U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES23 reports
Houses of Congress and federal agencies the reports list as contacted (a report names every one for all its issues).
Lobbying firms hired
- Van Scoyoc Associates$500K14 reports
- Greystone Group LLC$280K14 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.