Federal contractor · KNOXVILLE, TN

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE received $1M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 11 awards (+27% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $12.7M. Its largest customer was Department of the Army ($410K). It also received $137.9M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$1M
New awards
11
Sole-source
40%
Single offer
20%
UEI
FN2YCS2YAUW3
Parent company
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE
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.

6 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $3.9M in FY2026 together.

  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
  6. 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. 2.6MFY2017
  2. 1.6MFY2018
  3. 1.2MFY2019
  4. 1.3MFY2020
  5. 1.3MFY2021
  6. 933.4KFY2022
  7. 1MFY2023
  8. 994.5KFY2024
  9. 808.8KFY2025
  10. 1MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Army$410K40%
    4 awards
  2. Department of the Air Force$385.1K38%
    2 awards
  3. Federal Railroad Administration$154.2K15%
    1 awards
  4. Department of Veterans Affairs$27.7K2.7%
    1 awards
  5. National Institute of Standards and Technology$20K2.0%
    1 awards
  6. Federal Bureau of Investigation$17.5K1.7%
    1 awards
  7. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission$10K1.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$591.8K58%
  2. Education & social services$402.6K39%
  3. Professional services$20K2.0%
  4. IT & telecom$10K1.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Knox County, TN$994.4K97%
  2. Montgomery County, MD$20K2.0%
  3. District of Columbia, DC$10K1.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition60%
    US 39% · $614.4K
  • Sole-source awards40%
    US 30% · $412.8K
  • Single-offer competitions20%
    US 8.7% · $201.7K
  • 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 Air Force$385.1K
    Department of Defense · 2 awards
  2. Department of Veterans Affairs$27.7K
    Department of Veterans Affairs · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE ER23-3601 MICROBIAL ATTENUATION OF POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES$611.4K
    Department of the Army· Knox County, TN· Research & development· Apr 16, 2024 – Feb 5, 2026· W912HQ24C0046
  2. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE THE FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION WITH ADVANCED RADIOGRAPHIC INSPECTION OF RAIL WELDS IN ACCORDANCE WITH UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE(UT) PROPOSAL DATED MAY 1, 2024.$468K
    Federal Railroad Administration· Knox County, TN· Research & development· Aug 29, 2025 – Jun 26, 2026· 693JJ625C000005
  3. SERDP WP24-4079, NEW START DESIGN LIGNIN-BASED AND FLUOROCARBON-FREE OMNIPHOBIC TEXTILE COATINGS$310K
    Department of the Army· Knox County, TN· Research & development· Feb 14, 2024 – Mar 6, 2026· W912HQ24P0010
  4. UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE MB / INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS$210.7K
    Department of the Air Force· Knox County, TN· Education & social services· Apr 6, 2026 – Apr 6, 2026· FA857126F0043
  5. ESTCP NH25-8650 ENTITLED, EVAPORATIVE COOLING INFRASTRUCTURE: LEVERAGING STORMWATER RUNOFF FOR URBAN HEAT ISLAND MITIGATION$200K
    Department of the Army· Knox County, TN· Research & development· Nov 13, 2025 – Nov 14, 2025· W912HQ26CA007
  6. UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE MB / INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS$174.4K
    Department of the Air Force· Knox County, TN· Education & social services· Jan 16, 2026 – Mar 24, 2026· FA857126F0022
  7. ABSTRACTION AND EVALUATION OF THERMOCHEMICAL DATA FOR GAS PHASE ANIONS AND ANION CLUSTERS SERVICES AND 4 OPTION YEARS$60K
    National Institute of Standards and Technology· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Sep 18, 2024 – Jul 28, 2026· 1333ND24PNB640623
  8. ESTABLISH A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE FOR THE RECOVERY OF HUMAN REMAINS COURSE. ONE TO TWO COURSES HELD EACH OY. BASE+ 4OY$35K
    Federal Bureau of Investigation· Knox County, TN· Education & social services· Mar 31, 2025 – Jul 14, 2026· 15F06725C0000232

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 $137.9M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 615 actions (83 new awards), −12% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program ($40.3M).

Assistance · FY2026
$137.9M
New awards
83
Actions
615
Since FY2021
$822.9M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 159.3MFY2021
  2. 112.2MFY2022
  3. 125.6MFY2023
  4. 130.5MFY2024
  5. 157.5MFY2025
  6. 137.9MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$96M70%
  2. Direct payments$41.7M30%
  3. Other assistance$191.6K0.1%

Top programs

  1. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$40.3M29%
  2. 12.431 · Basic Scientific Research$18.1M13%
  3. 12.330 · Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) Education, Outreach and Workforce Program$10.8M7.8%
  4. 47.070 · Computer and Information Science and Engineering$10.3M7.5%
  5. 81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program$8.5M6.2%
  6. 47.084 · Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships$5.1M3.7%
  7. 81.113 · Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Research$4.9M3.6%
  8. 11.617 · Congressionally-Identified Projects$4.2M3.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Education$43.5M32%
  2. National Science Foundation$21.8M16%
  3. Department of Energy$18.6M13%
  4. Department of the Army$18.1M13%
    Department of Defense
  5. Department of the Navy$11.6M8.4%
    Department of Defense
  6. National Institutes of Health$10.3M7.5%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  7. National Institute of Standards and Technology$4.4M3.2%
    Department of Commerce
  8. National Endowment for the Humanities$3M2.2%

Largest awards

  1. GRANT PROGRAM$41.9M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 13, 2024 – Oct 6, 2025· P063P242250
  2. GRANT PROGRAM$40.4M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 8, 2025 – Sep 17, 2026· P063P252250
  3. NEW AWARD TO THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE ENTITLED THE OAK RIDGE INSTITUTE: A PARTNERSHIP OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AND OAK RIDGE…$20M
    81.087 · Renewable Energy Research and Development· Department of Energy· Cooperative agreement· Aug 3, 2021 – Dec 17, 2025· DEEE0009177
  4. NEW COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT DESIGN OF NEXT GENERATION EVTOL SYSTEMS$18.8M
    12.431 · Basic Scientific Research· Department of the Army· Cooperative agreement· Feb 14, 2022 – Apr 16, 2026· W911NF2220007
  5. GRANT PROGRAM$18.2M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 11, 2026 – Sep 18, 2026· P063P262250
  6. THE FUSION INNOVATION RESEARCH ENGINE INTEGRATED MATERIALS PROGRAM TO ACCELERATE CHAMBER TECHNOLOGIES (FIRE IMPACT)$15M
    81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program· Department of Energy· Cooperative agreement· Aug 19, 2025 – Aug 19, 2026· DESC0025887

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-grants: $14.1M (34 subawards)

31 sub-recipients

  1. MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY$2.6M18%
    MISSISSIPPI STATE, MS · 1 subaward
  2. UNIVERSITY OF UTAH$2.1M15%
    SALT LAKE CITY, UT · 1 subaward
  3. THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK$1.7M12%
    STONY BROOK, NY · 2 subawards
  4. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN$1.5M11%
    AUSTIN, TX · 1 subaward
  5. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA$682.4K4.8%
    GAINESVILLE, FL · 2 subawards
  6. CLEMSON UNIVERSITY$600K4.2%
    CLEMSON, SC · 1 subaward
  7. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA$550K3.9%
    SANTA BARBARA, CA · 1 subaward
  8. PURDUE UNIVERSITY$441.1K3.1%
    WEST LAFAYETTE, IN · 1 subaward
  9. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN$407.7K2.9%
    ANN ARBOR, MI · 2 subawards
  10. ADVANCE INSTRUMENT INC.$351.7K2.5%
    NEW TAIPEI, TWN · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $5.8M (5 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $9.5M (65 subawards)

47 primes

  1. APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC.$4.8M31%
    ALBUQUERQUE, NM · 1 subaward
  2. TRIAD NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC$870K5.7%
    COLUMBUS, OH · 2 subawards
  3. THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY$810.4K5.3%
    UNIVERSITY PARK, PA · 2 subawards
  4. TENNESSEE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY$800.6K5.2%
    NASHVILLE, TN · 4 subawards
  5. ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY$638.1K4.2%
    TEMPE, AZ · 1 subaward
  6. EMORY UNIVERSITY$479.1K3.1%
    ATLANTA, GA · 4 subawards
  7. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$460K3.0%
    LOS ANGELES, CA · 1 subaward
  8. MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY$451.3K2.9%
    EAST LANSING, MI · 2 subawards
  9. VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY$421K2.7%
    NASHVILLE, TN · 6 subawards
  10. BOARD OF REGENTS OF NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION$370.3K2.4%
    RENO, NV · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $6.4M paid out · $21.5M received
  • FY2022: $11.4M paid out · $22.2M received
  • FY2023: $15.9M paid out · $19.8M received
  • FY2024: $15.3M paid out · $18.8M received
  • FY2025: $20.1M paid out · $22M received
  • FY2026: $14.1M paid out · $15.3M 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

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 · $218.3M 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 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 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 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 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 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.