Federal contractor · MOBILE, AL

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA received $35.9K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 3 awards (−53% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $14.2M. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($35.9K). It also received $51.9M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$35.9K
New awards
3
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Other than small businessEducational institutionGovernment entity
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 556.2KFY2017
  2. 280.7KFY2018
  3. 238.7KFY2019
  4. 165.2KFY2020
  5. 134KFY2021
  6. 4.9MFY2022
  7. 644.4KFY2023
  8. 7.2MFY2024
  9. 76.1KFY2025
  10. 35.9KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$35.9K100%
    2 awards
  2. Department of the Army$00.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Education & social services$35.9K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Mobile County, AL$35.9K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $35.9K
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $35.9K
  • 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. Department of the Navy$35.9K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. DEVELOPMENT OF NEXT GENERATION CO2 CAPTURE PROCESSES FOR NAVAL APPLICATIONS$4.8M
    Department of the Navy· Mobile County, AL· Research & development· Sep 16, 2022 – Dec 17, 2025· N0001422C2030
  2. BAA 24-0022 NEARSHORE COASTAL RESEARCH IN SUPPORT OF U.S. COASTAL RESEARCH PROGRAM$285.2K
    Department of the Army· Mobile County, AL· Research & development· Aug 14, 2024 – May 13, 2026· W912HZ24C0060
  3. AL, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA SPR1301337000$35.9K
    Department of the Navy· Mobile County, AL· Education & social services· Mar 19, 2026 – Apr 23, 2026· N0622A26FA231

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 SOUTH ALABAMA received $51.9M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 243 actions (20 new awards), −24% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program ($27.4M).

Assistance · FY2026
$51.9M
New awards
20
Actions
243
Since FY2021
$434.7M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 91.9MFY2021
  2. 47.4MFY2022
  3. 111.2MFY2023
  4. 63.9MFY2024
  5. 68.5MFY2025
  6. 51.9MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$28M54%
  2. Grants$23.9M46%

Top programs

  1. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$27.4M53%
  2. 93.837 · Cardiovascular Diseases Research$6.7M13%
  3. 93.680 · Medical Student Education$5.4M10%
  4. 93.255 · Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program$4.1M7.9%
  5. 11.469 · Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects$2M3.9%
  6. 93.359 · Nurse Education, Practice Quality and Retention Grants$1.8M3.5%
  7. 93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research$1.6M3.1%
  8. 47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)$1.4M2.7%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Education$28.3M55%
  2. Health Resources and Services Administration$13.9M27%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  3. National Institutes of Health$8.3M16%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  4. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$3.1M6.0%
    Department of Commerce
  5. Environmental Protection Agency$999.2K1.9%
  6. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$199.7K0.4%
  7. Department of the Army$100K0.2%
    Department of Defense

Largest awards

  1. CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PAYMENT PROGRAM$29.5M
    93.255 · Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program· Health Resources and Services Administration· Project grant· Dec 8, 2020 – Sep 17, 2026· T2331582
  2. GRANT PROGRAM$28.3M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 29, 2024 – May 21, 2026· P063P241057
  3. GRANT PROGRAM$27.6M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 27, 2025 – Aug 25, 2026· P063P251057
  4. VALUE-BASED MEDICAL STUDENT EDUCATION TRAINING PROGRAM$17.4M
    93.680 · Medical Student Education· Health Resources and Services Administration· Project grant· Sep 15, 2023 – May 29, 2026· T9952112
  5. VALUE-BASED MEDICAL STUDENT EDUCATION TRAINING PROGRAM$15.2M
    93.680 · Medical Student Education· Health Resources and Services Administration· Project grant· May 18, 2021 – Mar 25, 2026· T9933560
  6. PIRE: ADVANCING GLOBAL STRATEGIES AND UNDERSTANDING ON THE ORIGIN OF CIGUATERA FISH POISONING IN TROPICAL OCEANS$5M
    47.079 · International Science and Engineering· National Science Foundation· Project grant· Aug 9, 2021 – Jun 26, 2026· 1743802

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 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: $400K (1 subaward)
  • Sub-grants: $3M (40 subawards)

33 sub-recipients

  1. TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY$400K12%
    COOKEVILLE, TN · 1 subaward
  2. AUBURN UNIVERSITY$343.8K10%
    AUBURN UNIVERSITY, AL · 3 subawards
  3. CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY$338.6K10%
    ORANGE, CA · 2 subawards
  4. THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY$195K5.8%
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 1 subaward
  5. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL$191.1K5.7%
    CHAPEL HILL, NC · 1 subaward
  6. FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY$161.4K4.8%
    TALLAHASSEE, FL · 1 subaward
  7. THE PENINSULA OF MOBILE$149.9K4.4%
    MOBILE, AL · 1 subaward
  8. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO$149.8K4.4%
    SAN ANTONIO, TX · 1 subaward
  9. TROY UNIVERSITY$103.8K3.1%
    TROY, AL · 1 subaward
  10. KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY$99.1K2.9%
    MANHATTAN, KS · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $5.2M (24 subawards)

13 primes

  1. ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH$1.9M37%
    MONTGOMERY, AL · 4 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA$1.3M24%
    TUSCALOOSA, AL · 3 subawards
  3. AUBURN UNIVERSITY$659.3K13%
    AUBURN UNIVERSITY, AL · 3 subawards
  4. UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM$299.7K5.8%
    BIRMINGHAM, AL · 2 subawards
  5. ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION & NATURAL RESOURCES$272K5.2%
    MONTGOMERY, AL · 2 subawards
  6. TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE$202.9K3.9%
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 2 subawards
  7. UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE, THE$142.3K2.7%
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 2 subawards
  8. RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL$121.9K2.3%
    PROVIDENCE, RI · 1 subaward
  9. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA$107.8K2.1%
    GAINESVILLE, FL · 1 subaward
  10. MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$92.4K1.8%
    CAMBRIDGE, MA · 1 subaward

Its reported sub-contracts equal 1,114% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $3.2M paid out · $7.1M received
  • FY2022: $3.3M paid out · $14.8M received
  • FY2023: $4M paid out · $8.1M received
  • FY2024: $8.2M paid out · $10.6M received
  • FY2025: $5.7M paid out · $6M received
  • FY2026: $3.4M paid out · $5.2M 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

72 companies · $27.7M reported

  1. CEPEDA ASSOCIATES, INC.$6.2M
    LOUISVILLE, KY · 3 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CONSORTIUM$2.1M
    DAUPHIN ISLAND, AL · 13 subawards
  3. FRANKLIN PRIMARY HEALTH CENTER, INC.$1.9M
    MOBILE, AL · 10 subawards

Primes that pay it

51 companies · $51.9M reported

  1. THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI$10.8M
    HATTIESBURG, MS · 5 subawards
  2. ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH$9.8M
    MONTGOMERY, AL · 19 subawards
  3. UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM$9.2M
    BIRMINGHAM, AL · 61 subawards · Scientific research and development services

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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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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. FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY$6.9M−100% in FY2026
    BOCA RATON, FL · 94% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Scientific research and development servicesArmy · Scientific research and development services
  2. VIDROVR INC.$6.9M−100% in FY2026
    NEW YORK, NY · 94% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Scientific research and development services
  3. SAFE INC$6.7M−60% in FY2026
    MONUMENT, CO · 92% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Scientific research and development services

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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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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.

Matched organizations

  • The University of South AlabamaAI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2025
$120K
4 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$450K

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$120K
    4 reports
  2. 2024$120K
    4 reports
  3. 2025$120K
    4 reports
  4. 2026$90K
    3 reports

Top issues

  1. Budget and appropriations15 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES15 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE11 reports
  3. Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)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. MAYNARD NEXSEN PC$420K
    14 reports
  2. THE D.C. STRATEGY GROUP$30K
    1 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.