Federal contractor · KINGSTON, RI

UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND received $35K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 2 awards (−37% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $1.4M. Its largest customer was Smithsonian Institution ($35K). It also received $14.8M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$35K
New awards
2
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
NFS9RNJVPMC7
Parent company
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
Other than small businessEducational institutionGovernment entity
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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, $35K in FY2026 together.

  1. UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLANDKINGSTON, RI · Family page
    $35K
  2. UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND FACILITY SECURITY OFFICEKINGSTON, RI
    $0

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 246.8KFY2017
  2. 249.2KFY2018
  3. 208.9KFY2019
  4. 113.8KFY2020
  5. 114.3KFY2021
  6. 105KFY2022
  7. 175.2KFY2023
  8. 109KFY2024
  9. 55.8KFY2025
  10. 35KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Smithsonian Institution$35K100%
    1 awards
  2. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$00.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Education & social services$35K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Washington County, RI$35K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $35K
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $35K
  • 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.

Largest awards

  1. MAINTAIN THE NORTH ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALE SIGHTINGS DATABASE FOR NOAAFISHERIES, NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER$541.4K
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· King County, WA· Professional services· Aug 5, 2020 – Aug 26, 2026· 1305M220PNFFM0415
  2. SERVICES FOR DEPARTMENT OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY$84.7K
    Smithsonian Institution· Washington County, RI· Education & social services· Jul 31, 2025 – Sep 28, 2026· 33315225P00525190

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 RHODE ISLAND received $14.8M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 214 actions (6 new awards), −44% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program ($12.3M).

Assistance · FY2026
$14.8M
New awards
6
Actions
214
Since FY2021
$93.8M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 462.3KFY2021
  2. 9.2MFY2022
  3. 20.5MFY2023
  4. 22.3MFY2024
  5. 26.5MFY2025
  6. 14.8MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$14.3M96%
  2. Grants$517.4K3.5%

Top programs

  1. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$12.3M83%
  2. 84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program$979.1K6.6%
  3. 84.007 · Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants$941K6.4%
  4. 93.630 · Developmental Disabilities Basic Support and Advocacy Grants$517.4K3.5%
  5. 84.379 · Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grants (Teach GRANTS)$17.9K0.1%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Education$14.3M96%
  2. Administration for Community Living$517.4K3.5%
    Department of Health and Human Services

Largest awards

  1. GRANT PROGRAM$21.6M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 28, 2025 – Sep 18, 2026· P063P250374
  2. CAMPUS BASED-FWS$979.1K
    84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Apr 1, 2026 – Apr 1, 2026· P033A263757
  3. CAMPUS BASED-FSEOG$941K
    84.007 · Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Apr 1, 2026 – Apr 1, 2026· P007A263757
  4. FY2026 (SCDD) DD ACT STATE COUNCILS ON DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES - DD ACT STATE COUNCILS ON DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES$527.6K
    93.630 · Developmental Disabilities Basic Support and Advocacy Grants· Administration for Community Living· Grant· Dec 11, 2025 – Sep 21, 2026· 2611RISCDD
  5. SCDD-2023$527.6K
    93.630 · Developmental Disabilities Basic Support and Advocacy Grants· Administration for Community Living· Grant· Nov 1, 2022 – Sep 21, 2026· 2301RISCDD
  6. FY2024 (SCDD) DD ACT STATE COUNCILS ON DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES$527.3K
    93.630 · Developmental Disabilities Basic Support and Advocacy Grants· Administration for Community Living· Grant· Oct 27, 2023 – Sep 29, 2026· 2401RISCDD

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

No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $347.9K (2 subawards)

2 primes

  1. PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC.$195K56%
    ANDOVER, MA · 1 subaward
  2. HDR ENVIRONMENTAL, OPERATIONS AND CONSTRUCTION, INC.$152.9K44%
    ENGLEWOOD, CO · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $1.6M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $205.3K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $5.8M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $1.3M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $116.4K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $347.9K 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

No subawards reported to other companies.

Primes that pay it

6 companies · $9.5M reported

  1. SERVICE MEMBERS ASSISTANCE FUND$7.4M
    CRANSTON, RI · 7 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT$1.3M
    STORRS, CT · 1 subaward
  3. STATE OF RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH$336.8K
    PROVIDENCE, RI · 4 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. ADVENTURE ENVIRONMENTAL, INC.$115.7K−22% in FY2026
    TAVERNIER, FL · 53% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Scientific research and development services
  2. JUAN DE FUCA EXPRESS$99.5K+306% in FY2026
    VICTORIA, CAN · 50% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Scientific research and development services
  3. H & L AXELSSON INC$92.1K−100% in FY2026
    CAPE MAY, NJ · 46% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · 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 RHODE ISLAND (2 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLANDAI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2025
$240K
4 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$900K
$900K in its own reports

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$240K
    4 reports
  2. 2024$240K
    4 reports
  3. 2025$240K
    4 reports
  4. 2026$180K
    3 reports

Top issues

  1. Budget and appropriations15 reports
  2. Defense15 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES15 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE15 reports

Houses of Congress and federal agencies the reports list as contacted (a report names every one for all its issues).

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.