Federal contractor · ROCHESTER, NY

UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER

UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER received $7M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 17 awards (+41% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $85M. Its largest customer was Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response ($2.4M). It also received $379M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$7M
New awards
17
Sole-source
64%
Single offer
38%
UEI
F27KDXZMF9Y8
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.

3 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $11.3M in FY2026 together.

  1. UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTERROCHESTER, NY · Family page
    $7M
  2. UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER LABORATORY FOR LASER ENERGETICSROCHESTER, NY
    $4.3M
  3. MEADOWS AT WESTFALL, INC., THEROCHESTER, NY
    $0

AI-inferred: entity-match@1 · Analisa AI · 2026-09-29

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 12.8MFY2017
  2. 15.5MFY2018
  3. 8.8MFY2019
  4. 10.7MFY2020
  5. 788.2KFY2021
  6. 8.4MFY2022
  7. 10.3MFY2023
  8. 5.9MFY2024
  9. 5MFY2025
  10. 7MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response$2.4M34%
    1 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$2.1M31%
    2 awards
  3. Department of the Air Force$1.5M21%
    1 awards
  4. Department of Veterans Affairs$811.2K12%
    8 awards
  5. Department of the Army$261.6K3.7%
    1 awards
  6. Food and Drug Administration$00.0%
    1 awards
  7. Defense Health Agency$00.0%
    1 awards
  8. National Institutes of Health-$117.8K0.0%
    2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$4.1M58%
  2. Education & social services$2.1M31%
  3. Health & medical$780.9K11%

Where the work was performed

  1. Monroe County, NY$6.5M93%
  2. Ontario County, NY$494K7.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $7.1M
  • Sole-source awards64%
    US 30% · $4.5M
  • Single-offer competitions38%
    US 8.7% · $2.6M
  • 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 Navy$2.1M
    Department of Defense · 2 awards
  2. Department of Veterans Affairs$811.2K
    Department of Veterans Affairs · 4 awards

Largest awards

  1. NIAID CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE FOR INFLUENZA RESEARCH AND SURVEILLANCE (CEIRS)$37.2M
    National Institutes of Health· Monroe County, NY· Research & development· Mar 14, 2017 – Aug 26, 2026· HHSN272201400005C
  2. LUNG-BRAIN INFLAMMATORY NEXUS: MICROPHYSIOLOGICAL SYSTEM, UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER$6.7M
    Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response· Monroe County, NY· Research & development· Aug 28, 2024 – Aug 5, 2026· 75A50124C00040
  3. PKH: LANSBERG: SNYDER, WINGMAN CONNECT R&D STUDY$6.5M
    Department of the Air Force· Monroe County, NY· Research & development· Nov 16, 2022 – Dec 2, 2025· FA701423C0002
  4. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CONTRACT RESULTING FROM BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT. PROPOSAL TP210180 TITLED "OPTIMIZING DIGITAL BEHAVIORAL TREATMENT FOR CO-OCCURRING INSOMNIA AND DEPRESSION."$6M
    Defense Health Agency· Monroe County, NY· Research & development· Sep 13, 2022 – Jan 15, 2026· W81XWH22C0138
  5. THIS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENT IS FOR A PREDICTIVE CODING NETWORK IMAGE RECOGNITION SYSTEM USING A SCALABLE ANALOG NEURAL NETWORK (SCAN).$1.4M
    Department of the Army· Monroe County, NY· Research & development· Jun 9, 2025 – Mar 4, 2026· W912CG25CA007
  6. SPRING 2026. NROTC MIDSHIPMEN TUITION AND ALLOWABLE FEES.$1.1M
    Department of the Navy· Monroe County, NY· Education & social services· Mar 12, 2026 – Mar 12, 2026· N3560A26FB161
  7. FALL 2025 SEMESTER, NROTC MIDSHIPMEN TUITION AND ALLOWABLE FEES$1.1M
    Department of the Navy· Monroe County, NY· Education & social services· Dec 11, 2025 – Dec 22, 2025· N3560A26FB028
  8. THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVES OF THIS RESEARCH PROJECT IS TO ANALYZE THE CONSTITUENTS DERIVED FROM SYNTHETIC COOLANT IN HEATED AEROSOLS AND TO PERFORM CYTOTOXICITY AND GENOTOXICITY SCREENING ON PULMONARY CELLS TREATED WITH SYNTHETIC COOLANT AEROSOLS$846.2K
    Food and Drug Administration· Monroe County, NY· Research & development· Sep 27, 2023 – Jan 21, 2026· 75F40123C00215

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 ROCHESTER received $379M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 1,038 actions (148 new awards), +11% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 81.112 · Stewardship Science Grant Program ($111.3M).

Assistance · FY2026
$379M
New awards
148
Actions
1,038
Since FY2021
$2.1B

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 330.2MFY2021
  2. 323.4MFY2022
  3. 359.2MFY2023
  4. 365.4MFY2024
  5. 341MFY2025
  6. 379MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$363.8M96%
  2. Direct payments$14.6M3.9%
  3. Other assistance$575K0.2%

Top programs

  1. 81.112 · Stewardship Science Grant Program$111.3M29%
  2. 93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research$18.9M5.0%
  3. 93.866 · Aging Research$18.1M4.8%
  4. 93.837 · Cardiovascular Diseases Research$16M4.2%
  5. 93.846 · Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Research$15.4M4.1%
  6. 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$13M3.4%
  7. 93.853 · Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders$11.7M3.1%
  8. 93.867 · Vision Research$11.4M3.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Institutes of Health$196.3M52%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  2. Department of Energy$124.3M33%
  3. National Science Foundation$22.6M6.0%
  4. Department of Education$11.9M3.1%
  5. Health Resources and Services Administration$8.2M2.2%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  6. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$3.2M0.9%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  7. Department of the Air Force$2.6M0.7%
    Department of Defense
  8. Department of the Navy$2.4M0.6%
    Department of Defense

Largest awards

  1. THIS PROPOSAL PRESENTS THE PLANNED PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER’S LABORATORY FOR LASER ENERGETICS (LLE) FOR THE NEXT FIVE-YEAR…$305.3M
    81.112 · Stewardship Science Grant Program· Department of Energy· Cooperative agreement· Sep 29, 2023 – Sep 25, 2026· DENA0004144
  2. UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER-NCORP RESEARCH BASE$67.7M
    93.399 · Cancer Control· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Apr 27, 2021 – Sep 17, 2026· UG1CA189961
  3. COMPARATIVE GENOMES OF LONGEVITY$33.3M
    93.866 · Aging Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Apr 29, 2021 – Aug 10, 2026· P01AG047200
  4. THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER'S CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE INSTITUTE$32.6M
    93.350 · National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Oct 27, 2020 – Nov 26, 2025· UL1TR002001
  5. ENVIRONMENTAL AGENTS AS MODULATORS OF DISEASE PROCESSES$29.2M
    93.113 · Environmental Health· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Apr 22, 2021 – Jun 12, 2026· P30ES001247
  6. THE REGIONAL CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE IN SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER EDUCATION PROGRAM$29M
    93.690 · Rural Communities Opioid Response Programs· Health Resources and Services Administration· Project grant· May 20, 2021 – Aug 6, 2026· UD933632

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: $1.3M (2 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $13.2M (60 subawards)

53 sub-recipients

  1. THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY$1.9M13%
    PRINCETON, NJ · 2 subawards
  2. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE$1.5M10%
    BERKELEY, CA · 3 subawards
  3. SAFESIDE PREVENTION, LLC$1.1M7.8%
    ROCHESTER, NY · 1 subaward
  4. FRONTIER SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.$1.1M7.5%
    BROOKLINE, MA · 1 subaward
  5. BROWN UNIVERSITY$1M7.1%
    PROVIDENCE, RI · 2 subawards
  6. THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK$801.5K5.6%
    NEW YORK, NY · 1 subaward
  7. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$756.8K5.3%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 1 subaward
  8. PLYMOUTH GRATING LABORATORY, INC.$489.7K3.4%
    CARVER, MA · 1 subaward
  9. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO$371.3K2.6%
    AURORA, CO · 1 subaward
  10. CORNELL UNIVERSITY$359.3K2.5%
    ITHACA, NY · 3 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $1.8M (4 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $33.6M (135 subawards)

67 primes

  1. HEALTH RESEARCH, INC.$10.2M29%
    MENANDS, NY · 3 subawards
  2. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$3.8M11%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 4 subawards
  3. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA$2.4M6.6%
    GAINESVILLE, FL · 12 subawards
  4. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY$1.9M5.4%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 1 subaward
  5. UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM$1.5M4.1%
    BIRMINGHAM, AL · 3 subawards
  6. BROWN UNIVERSITY$1.2M3.4%
    PROVIDENCE, RI · 8 subawards
  7. NEW YORK UNIVERSITY$1.1M3.1%
    NEW YORK, NY · 4 subawards
  8. UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION$1M3.0%
    PITTSBURGH, PA · 4 subawards
  9. CORNELL UNIVERSITY$816.2K2.3%
    ITHACA, NY · 6 subawards
  10. CLEMSON UNIVERSITY$770K2.2%
    CLEMSON, SC · 1 subaward

Its reported sub-contracts equal 18% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $34.9M paid out · $21.6M received
  • FY2022: $56.9M paid out · $24.7M received
  • FY2023: $79.1M paid out · $28.2M received
  • FY2024: $72.2M paid out · $38.9M received
  • FY2025: $42.1M paid out · $116.4M received
  • FY2026: $14.4M paid out · $35.4M received
  • FY2027: $259K paid out · $0 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

247 companies · $299.2M reported

  1. CORNELL UNIVERSITY$11.3M
    ITHACA, NY · 18 subawards
  2. THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK$9.7M
    STONY BROOK, NY · 29 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$9M
    ROCHESTER, NY · 37 subawards

Primes that pay it

156 companies · $264.9M reported

  1. HEALTH RESEARCH, INC.$108.7M
    MENANDS, NY · 16 subawards
  2. HEALTH RESEARCH, INC.$8M
    BUFFALO, NY · 11 subawards
  3. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC$7.8M
    LAUREL, MD · 16 subawards · Scientific research and development services

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. WYZKYDS CONSULTING LLC$20M−100% in FY2026
    TUCSON, AZ · 51% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveMissile Defense Agency · Scientific research and development servicesArmy · Scientific research and development services
  2. ELBIT SYSTEMS BMD AND LAND EW - ELISRA LTD$15.3M−4.7% in FY2026
    HOLON, ISR · 45% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveMissile Defense Agency · Scientific research and development services
  3. VALT ENTERPRIZES, INC.$20.3M−100% in FY2026
    PRESQUE ISLE, ME · 48% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveMissile Defense Agency · 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 ROCHESTER (3 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTERAI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2025
$452.9K
8 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$1.5M
$1.5M in its own reports

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$350K
    7 reports
  2. 2024$360K
    8 reports
  3. 2025$452.9K
    8 reports
  4. 2026$350K
    4 reports

Top issues

  1. Budget and appropriations27 reports
  2. Defense27 reports
  3. Medicare and Medicaid27 reports
  4. Science and technology27 reports
  5. Health issues17 reports
  6. Arts and entertainment14 reports
  7. Education14 reports
  8. Energy and nuclear14 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES27 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE27 reports
  3. Food & Drug Administration (FDA)3 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. Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC$650K
    13 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 Oct 5, 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.