Federal contractor · KNOXVILLE, TN

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE

No contract obligations recorded for UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE in FY2026. Since FY2017: $11.5M. It also received $18.5M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$0
New awards
0
Sole-source
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Single offer
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UEI
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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.

Part of the UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE company family: 6 registered entities, $3.9M in FY2026 together. See the family

  1. UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEEKNOXVILLE, TN · Family page
    $1M
  2. UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEEMEMPHIS, TN
    $2.6M
  3. UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEETULLAHOMA, TN
    $259.1K
  4. UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEEKNOXVILLE, TN
    $0
  5. UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEEKNOXVILLE, TN
    $0

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

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 228KFY2017
  2. 112KFY2018
  3. 0FY2019
  4. -6.6KFY2020
  5. 2.6MFY2021
  6. 4.2MFY2022
  7. 3.5MFY2023
  8. 600KFY2024
  9. 148KFY2025

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

No contract obligations recorded for UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE in FY2026.

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

Where the work was performed

Integrity signals

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

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 TENNESSEE received $18.5M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 95 actions (31 new awards), +39% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 10.203 · Payments to Agricultural Experiment Stations Under the Hatch Act ($6.4M).

Assistance · FY2026
$18.5M
New awards
31
Actions
95
Since FY2021
$122.5M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 19.3MFY2021
  2. 24.8MFY2022
  3. 24.3MFY2023
  4. 22.5MFY2024
  5. 13.3MFY2025
  6. 18.5MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$16.7M90%
  2. Other assistance$1.8M9.6%

Top programs

  1. 10.203 · Payments to Agricultural Experiment Stations Under the Hatch Act$6.4M35%
  2. 10.310 · Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI)$3.9M21%
  3. 81.135 · Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy$2.5M14%
  4. 10.307 · Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative$2M11%
  5. 10.699 · Partnership Agreements$800K4.3%
  6. 10.202 · Cooperative Forestry Research$784.5K4.3%
  7. 10.219 · Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research$644.1K3.5%
  8. 10.709 · Cost Reimbursable Agreements$529.6K2.9%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Institute of Food and Agriculture$13.8M75%
    Department of Agriculture
  2. Department of Energy$2.5M14%
  3. Forest Service$1.8M9.5%
    Department of Agriculture
  4. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$294.8K1.6%
    Department of Agriculture
  5. U.S. Geological Survey$118.2K0.6%
    Department of the Interior

Largest awards

  1. CLEAR CLEANING AND REPORTING - CERES DARPA BTO$5.2M
    12.910 · Research and Technology Development· Departmental Offices· Cooperative agreement· Nov 29, 2023 – Jul 29, 2026· D24AC00001
  2. TENNESSEE'S TWO LAND-GRANT INSTITUTIONS COMPRISE THE TENNESSEE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND EXTENSION SYSTEM. THEY WORK INDEPENDENTLY AND…$5.2M
    10.203 · Payments to Agricultural Experiment Stations Under the Hatch Act· National Institute of Food and Agriculture· Formula grant· Feb 22, 2024 – Jun 18, 2026· NI24HFPXXXXXG040
  3. SINCE 1882, THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AGRESEARCH (FORMERLY THE TENNESSEE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION) HAS SERVED AS THE BACKBONE OF…$5.1M
    10.203 · Payments to Agricultural Experiment Stations Under the Hatch Act· National Institute of Food and Agriculture· Formula grant· Jan 26, 2026 – Jul 13, 2026· NI26HFPXXXXXG049
  4. BIOCHAR ENHANCED ECOSYSTEM SERVICES (BESS) FOR ENERGY CROP SYSTEMS IN THE SOUTHEAST (SE)$3.9M
    81.087 · Renewable Energy Research and Development· Department of Energy· Cooperative agreement· Sep 22, 2023 – May 18, 2026· DEEE0011054
  5. SOCIOECONOMIC AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DRIVERS OF PATHOGEN DYNAMICS IN WILDLIFE TRADE NETWORKS -THE WILDLIFE TRADE INDUSTRY INVOLVES AN…$2.8M
    47.074 · Biological Sciences· National Science Foundation· Project grant· Jul 19, 2022 – Jan 20, 2026· 2207922
  6. UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE: KNOXVILLE. NEW AWARD CONTROL NUMBER: 3405-1543 FOA NUMBER: DE-FOA-0003405 (TEOSYNTE) PROJECT TITLE: ''SYN-FIX…$2.5M
    81.135 · Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy· Department of Energy· Cooperative agreement· Mar 11, 2026 – Jun 22, 2026· DEAR0002023

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-grants: $1.4M (10 subawards)

10 sub-recipients

  1. THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY$644.9K47%
    STANFORD, CA · 1 subaward
  2. ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY$250.7K18%
    TEMPE, AZ · 1 subaward
  3. UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS$90K6.5%
    MEMPHIS, TN · 1 subaward
  4. UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH$81.6K5.9%
    GUELPH, ON · 1 subaward
  5. BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA$70.2K5.1%
    LINCOLN, NE · 1 subaward
  6. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA$70K5.1%
    MINNEAPOLIS, MN · 1 subaward
  7. AUBURN UNIVERSITY$60K4.4%
    AUBURN UNIVERSITY, AL · 1 subaward
  8. VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY$50.4K3.7%
    BLACKSBURG, VA · 1 subaward
  9. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO$30K2.2%
    MOSCOW, ID · 1 subaward
  10. MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY$30K2.2%
    EAST LANSING, MI · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $2.2M (7 subawards)

5 primes

  1. HUDSONALPHA INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY$1.7M80%
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 1 subaward
  2. VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY$239.8K11%
    BLACKSBURG, VA · 3 subawards
  3. TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCH$101.6K4.7%
    COLLEGE STATION, TX · 1 subaward
  4. MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY$49.9K2.3%
    MISSISSIPPI STATE, MS · 1 subaward
  5. OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY$32.8K1.5%
    CORVALLIS, OR · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $3.1M paid out · $1.9M received
  • FY2022: $925.1K paid out · $1.1M received
  • FY2023: $3.5M paid out · $4.4M received
  • FY2024: $3.3M paid out · $981.2K received
  • FY2025: $1.9M paid out · $4.6M received
  • FY2026: $1.4M paid out · $2.2M 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

428 companies · $174.6M reported

  1. NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY$6M
    RALEIGH, NC · 17 subawards
  2. WOMEN'S BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME, INC.$5.1M
    KNOXVILLE, TN · 5 subawards
  3. UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM$4.8M
    MADISON, WI · 25 subawards

Primes that pay it

192 companies · $218.2M reported

  1. TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH$33.2M
    NASHVILLE, TN · 121 subawards
  2. CONSOLIDATED NUCLEAR SECURITY, LLC$19.3M
    FREDERICK, MD · 104 subawards · Facilities support services
  3. STATE OF TENNESSEE$6.6M
    NASHVILLE, TN · 5 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 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 14 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY$3.8M−90% in FY2026
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 4 entities · 37% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Institutes of Health · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · Colleges, universities, and professional schoolsVeterans Affairs · Colleges, universities, and professional schools
  2. JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY$3.3M
    JACKSON, MS · 35% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Institutes of Health · Scientific research and development servicesArmy · Scientific research and development servicesFederal Railroad Administration · Scientific research and development services
  3. SILICON AUDIO RF CIRCULATOR, LLC$2.8M+0.2% in FY2026
    AUSTIN, TX · 29% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development servicesArmy · 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 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.

Across the company family of UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE (6 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEEAI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2025
$520K
8 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$1.7M
$1.7M in its own reports

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$320K
    8 reports
  2. 2024$490K
    8 reports
  3. 2025$520K
    8 reports
  4. 2026$370K
    6 reports

Top issues

  1. Defense28 reports
  2. Agriculture14 reports
  3. Budget and appropriations14 reports
  4. Energy and nuclear14 reports
  5. Sports and athletics14 reports
  6. Education8 reports
  7. Transportation6 reports
  8. Health issues5 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES28 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE28 reports
  3. Defense - Dept of (DOD)15 reports
  4. Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)6 reports
  5. Education - Dept of5 reports
  6. Energy - Dept of4 reports
  7. Natl Science Foundation (NSF)3 reports
  8. Executive Office of the President (EOP)2 reports
  9. Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)1 reports
  10. Transportation - Dept of (DOT)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. Strategic Marketing Innovations$430K
    14 reports
  2. TheGROUP DC, LLC$100K
    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 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 Oct 5, 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.