Federal contractor · NOTRE DAME, IN

UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC

UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC received $880.3K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 8 awards (−66% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $54.7M. Its largest customer was Department of the Army ($686.1K). It also received $95.6M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$880.3K
New awards
8
Sole-source
22%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
FPU6XGFXMBE9
Other than small businessNonprofitEducational institution
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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.

2 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $6.7M in FY2026 together.

  1. UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LACNOTRE DAME, IN · Family page
    $880.3K
  2. UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LACNOTRE DAME, IN
    $5.8M

AI-inferred: entity-match@1 · Analisa AI · 2026-10-05

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 7.4MFY2017
  2. 7.4MFY2018
  3. 5.4MFY2019
  4. 10.2MFY2020
  5. 4.8MFY2021
  6. 4.7MFY2022
  7. 5.8MFY2023
  8. 5.4MFY2024
  9. 2.6MFY2025
  10. 880.3KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Army$686.1K78%
    3 awards
  2. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$193.7K22%
    1 awards
  3. Missile Defense Agency$5000.1%
    1 awards
  4. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$00.0%
    1 awards
  5. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$00.0%
    2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$686.6K78%
  2. Professional services$193.7K22%

Where the work was performed

  1. St. Joseph County, IN$879.8K99.9%
  2. Madison County, AL$5000.1%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition22%
    US 39% · $193.7K
  • Sole-source awards22%
    US 30% · $193.7K
  • 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. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$193.7K
    Department of Commerce · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. SERDP PROJECT ER23-3696 "A COMPLETE STRATEGY FOR PAVEMENTS CONTAMINATED WITH PFASS: RAPID QUANTIFICATION, LEACHING KINETICS, IN-SITU STABILIZATION, THERMAL TREATMENT, AND REUSABILITY"$999.8K
    Department of the Army· St. Joseph County, IN· Research & development· Sep 14, 2023 – May 21, 2026· W912HQ23C0089
  2. NEW START SERDP ER24-4137 REAL-TIME ANALYSIS OF GAS-PHASE PRODUCTS OF INCOMPLETE DESTRUCTION DURING THE THERMAL TREATMENT OF PFAS$513.9K
    Department of the Army· St. Joseph County, IN· Research & development· Sep 5, 2024 – Jan 23, 2026· W912HQ24C0063
  3. SERDP R&D PROJECT ER23-4039 ENTITLED "A STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE TO QUANTIFY TOTAL PFAS IN PFAS-FREE AFFFS"$317.3K
    Department of the Army· St. Joseph County, IN· Research & development· Jun 30, 2023 – Mar 24, 2026· W912HQ23C0056
  4. AN EVIDENCE-BASED RESPONSE TO THE AN. STEPHENSI THREAT$263K
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention· DeKalb County, GA· Research & development· Sep 27, 2023 – Jun 9, 2026· 75D30123C18322
  5. A CONTRACT FOR SERVICES RELATED TO WATER LEVEL ESTIMATION IN SUPPORT OF NGS AERIAL OPERATIONS (AEROGRAVITY AND MAPPING)$193.7K
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· St. Joseph County, IN· Professional services· Sep 9, 2026 – Sep 9, 2026· 1305M226P0218
  6. UND-OR ANCF SOURCE EVALUATION TEST I (SET-I0)$141.2K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· St. Joseph County, IN· Research & development· Feb 10, 2025 – Nov 13, 2025· 80NSSC25PA438
  7. POWER UPGRADE TO ADVANCED NOISE CONTROL FAN (ANCF)$90K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· St. Joseph County, IN· Research & development· Nov 15, 2023 – Jul 6, 2026· 80NSSC24PA091
  8. SCALABLE HOMELAND INNOVATIVE ENTERPRISE LAYERED DEFENSE (SHIELD) INITIAL ORDER.$500
    Missile Defense Agency· Madison County, AL· Research & development· Dec 19, 2025 – Dec 19, 2025· HQ085926FF964

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 NOTRE DAME DU LAC received $95.6M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 402 actions (99 new awards), −11% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research ($12.3M).

Assistance · FY2026
$95.6M
New awards
99
Actions
402
Since FY2021
$614.8M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 74.1MFY2021
  2. 107.4MFY2022
  3. 117.1MFY2023
  4. 113.4MFY2024
  5. 107.1MFY2025
  6. 95.6MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$85.2M89%
  2. Direct payments$10.2M11%
  3. Other assistance$200K0.2%

Top programs

  1. 93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research$12.3M13%
  2. 47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences$9.8M10%
  3. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$8.5M8.8%
  4. 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$6.1M6.4%
  5. 81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program$5.1M5.3%
  6. 20.337 · Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements Program$4.6M4.8%
  7. 12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research$4.2M4.4%
  8. 84.116 · Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education$4M4.2%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Institutes of Health$31M32%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  2. National Science Foundation$22.2M23%
  3. Department of Education$14.4M15%
  4. Department of the Navy$7.5M7.8%
    Department of Defense
  5. Department of Energy$6.6M6.9%
  6. Federal Railroad Administration$4.6M4.8%
    Department of Transportation
  7. Department of the Army$3.7M3.9%
    Department of Defense
  8. Department of the Air Force$1.8M1.8%
    Department of Defense

Largest awards

  1. SII-CENTER: SPECTRUMX ? AN NSF SPECTRUM INNOVATION CENTER$28.8M
    47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences· National Science Foundation· Cooperative agreement· Sep 13, 2021 – Aug 27, 2026· 2132700
  2. NSF CENTER FOR COMPUTER-ASSISTED SYNTHESIS -THE NSF CENTER FOR COMPUTER ASSISTED SYNTHESIS (CCAS) IS A NEXUS OF COLLABORATION, INNOVATION…$19.4M
    47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences· National Science Foundation· Cooperative agreement· Aug 2, 2022 – Aug 17, 2026· 2202693
  3. HARNESSING THE POWER OF EXPERIMENTAL GENETIC CROSSES AND SYSTEMS GENETICS TO PROBE DRUG RESISTANCE IN MALARIA$16.8M
    93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Jul 11, 2023 – May 12, 2026· P01AI127338
  4. WOU-MMA: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AT THE NOTRE DAME NUCLEAR SCIENCE LABORATORY PROVIDING A WINDOW ON THE UNIVERSE -THIS AWARD CONTINUES THE RESEARCH…$11.1M
    47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences· National Science Foundation· Cooperative agreement· Jul 18, 2023 – May 19, 2026· 2310059
  5. GRANT PROGRAM$8.8M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· May 15, 2025 – Jun 4, 2026· P063P251425
  6. FATIMA: FOG AND TURBULENCE INTERACTIONS IN THE MARINE ATMOSPHERE$7.5M
    12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research· Department of the Navy· Project grant· Mar 16, 2021 – Apr 15, 2026· N000142112296

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: $50.6K (1 subaward)
  • Sub-grants: $6M (27 subawards)

26 sub-recipients

  1. MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY, INC$2.6M43%
    SOUTH BEND, IN · 1 subaward
  2. UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER$652.8K11%
    ROCHESTER, NY · 1 subaward
  3. THINKER ANALYTIX INC$317.5K5.2%
    LINCOLN, MA · 1 subaward
  4. NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY$252.1K4.1%
    RALEIGH, NC · 1 subaward
  5. PURDUE UNIVERSITY$245.8K4.0%
    WEST LAFAYETTE, IN · 2 subawards
  6. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$216.3K3.5%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 1 subaward
  7. THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY$198.2K3.3%
    STANFORD, CA · 1 subaward
  8. DUKE UNIVERSITY$189.2K3.1%
    DURHAM, NC · 2 subawards
  9. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE$140K2.3%
    BERKELEY, CA · 1 subaward
  10. UNIVERSITY OF UTAH$135.9K2.2%
    SALT LAKE CITY, UT · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $1.1M (4 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $13.6M (58 subawards)

41 primes

  1. BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA$4.6M31%
    LINCOLN, NE · 1 subaward
  2. UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CENTER FOR RESEARCH INC$1.5M9.9%
    LAWRENCE, KS · 1 subaward
  3. CORNELL UNIVERSITY$1.2M7.9%
    ITHACA, NY · 3 subawards
  4. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON$802.3K5.4%
    SEATTLE, WA · 2 subawards
  5. TRIAD NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC$779K5.3%
    COLUMBUS, OH · 2 subawards
  6. CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE OF CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY$726.9K4.9%
    CLEVELAND, OH · 1 subaward
  7. THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY$593.7K4.0%
    UNIVERSITY PARK, PA · 2 subawards
  8. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA$421.4K2.9%
    GAINESVILLE, FL · 2 subawards
  9. PURDUE UNIVERSITY$372K2.5%
    WEST LAFAYETTE, IN · 2 subawards
  10. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF$363.2K2.5%
    INDIANAPOLIS, IN · 1 subaward

Its reported sub-contracts equal 5.7% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $12.2M paid out · $25.1M received
  • FY2022: $26.8M paid out · $21.9M received
  • FY2023: $18.2M paid out · $12.9M received
  • FY2024: $18.6M paid out · $14.6M received
  • FY2025: $6.7M paid out · $12.6M received
  • FY2026: $6.1M paid out · $14.7M 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

139 companies · $88.6M reported

  1. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA$3.7M
    OAKLAND, CA · 6 subawards · Colleges, universities, and professional schools
  2. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES$3.7M
    LOS ANGELES, CA · 5 subawards
  3. UNIVERSITY OF UTAH$3.7M
    SALT LAKE CITY, UT · 4 subawards

Primes that pay it

129 companies · $105.8M reported

  1. PURDUE UNIVERSITY$11.5M
    WEST LAFAYETTE, IN · 29 subawards
  2. THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY$7.3M
    PRINCETON, NJ · 5 subawards
  3. MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY$6.4M
    EAST LANSING, MI · 6 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 9 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. WESTERN GOVERNORS UNIVERSITY$21.1M−50% in FY2026
    SALT LAKE CITY, UT · 69% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Colleges, universities, and professional schools
  2. JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY$15.8M−12% in FY2026
    JACKSONVILLE, FL · 61% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Colleges, universities, and professional schools
  3. NORWICH UNIVERSITY$21.9M+35% in FY2026
    NORTHFIELD, VT · 2 entities · 69% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Colleges, universities, and professional schoolsArmy · 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 NOTRE DAME DU LAC (2 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • University of Notre DameAI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2025
$750K
15 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$1.9M
$1.2M in its own reports

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$200K
    4 reports
  2. 2024$540K
    8 reports
  3. 2025$750K
    15 reports
  4. 2026$420K
    8 reports

Top issues

  1. Education33 reports
  2. Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code27 reports
  3. Budget and appropriations20 reports
  4. Defense20 reports
  5. Foreign relations20 reports
  6. Economics and economic development10 reports
  7. Energy and nuclear10 reports
  8. Telecommunications8 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. SENATE33 reports
  2. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES31 reports
  3. Defense - Dept of (DOD)5 reports
  4. Treasury - Dept of5 reports
  5. Executive Office of the President (EOP)4 reports
  6. Office of Management & Budget (OMB)2 reports
  7. White House Office2 reports
  8. Education - Dept of1 reports
  9. Energy - Dept of1 reports
  10. Small Business Administration (SBA)1 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. BGR Government Affairs$680K
    10 reports
  2. Cornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.$620K
    14 reports
  3. Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP$90K
    3 reports
  4. Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC$0
    2 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.