Federal contractor · MEMPHIS, TN

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE received $2.6M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 12 awards (+149% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $5.7M. Its largest customer was National Institutes of Health ($2.2M). It also received $41.5M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$2.6M
New awards
12
Sole-source
16%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Parent company
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE
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 TENNESSEETULLAHOMA, TN
    $259.1K
  3. UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEEKNOXVILLE, TN
    $0
  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. 92.3KFY2017
  2. 95KFY2018
  3. 97KFY2019
  4. 149.4KFY2020
  5. 515.6KFY2021
  6. 885.8KFY2022
  7. 110.7KFY2023
  8. 121.1KFY2024
  9. 1MFY2025
  10. 2.6MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. National Institutes of Health$2.2M84%
    2 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$294K11%
    8 awards
  3. Department of Veterans Affairs$121.1K4.6%
    2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$2.2M84%
  2. Education & social services$415.1K16%

Where the work was performed

  1. Shelby County, TN$2.6M100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition16%
    US 39% · $415.1K
  • Sole-source awards16%
    US 30% · $415.1K
  • 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$294K
    Department of Defense · 8 awards

Largest awards

  1. TO CONDUCT INVESTIGATIONAL NEW DRUG (IND)-ENABLING STUDIES OF A PRE-CLINICAL CANDIDATE FOR THE TREATMENT OF NEUROTROPIC ALPHAVIRUSES.$1.9M
    National Institutes of Health· Shelby County, TN· Research & development· Aug 3, 2026 – Aug 3, 2026· 75N93026C00013
  2. DENTAL SERVICES AND SPACE$928.3K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Shelby County, TN· Health & medical· Jul 31, 2025 – May 26, 2026· 36C24925P0557
  3. VA PRO-RATA SHARE OF GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION COSTS$363.4K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Shelby County, TN· Education & social services· May 14, 2024 – Jun 4, 2026· 36C24924C0056
  4. EO 14398 - PCMID A17 - MODEL DEVELOPMENT AND IN VIVO SCREENING OF ANTIVIRALS DIRECTED AGAINST SELECT TOGAVIRUSES$347.8K
    National Institutes of Health· Shelby County, TN· Research & development· Jun 2, 2026 – Jun 2, 2026· 75N93026F00001
  5. TUITION AND FEES$101.5K
    Department of the Navy· Shelby County, TN· Education & social services· Jan 23, 2026 – Apr 7, 2026· N0622A26FA072
  6. TUITION AND FEES$62.6K
    Department of the Navy· Shelby County, TN· Education & social services· Jan 23, 2026 – Jan 23, 2026· N0622A26FA071
  7. TUTION AND FEES$61.5K
    Department of the Navy· Shelby County, TN· Education & social services· Jan 28, 2026 – Jan 28, 2026· N0622A26FA070
  8. TUITION AND FEES$49.7K
    Department of the Navy· Shelby County, TN· Education & social services· May 7, 2026 – May 7, 2026· N0622A26FA384

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 $41.5M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 346 actions (19 new awards), −27% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research ($6.5M).

Assistance · FY2026
$41.5M
New awards
19
Actions
346
Since FY2021
$355.3M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 69.7MFY2021
  2. 68.9MFY2022
  3. 67.9MFY2023
  4. 50.4MFY2024
  5. 56.8MFY2025
  6. 41.5MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$40.8M98%
  2. Direct payments$641.2K1.5%

Top programs

  1. 93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research$6.5M16%
  2. 93.837 · Cardiovascular Diseases Research$4.4M11%
  3. 93.310 · Trans-NIH Research Support$3.1M7.4%
  4. 93.853 · Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders$2.7M6.4%
  5. 93.866 · Aging Research$2.6M6.4%
  6. 93.395 · Cancer Treatment Research$2.6M6.3%
  7. 93.279 · Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs$2.6M6.2%
  8. 93.273 · Alcohol Research Programs$2.1M5.1%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Institutes of Health$35.4M85%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  2. Health Resources and Services Administration$3.7M8.8%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$1.3M3.2%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  4. Administration for Community Living$629K1.5%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  5. Department of Education$523.8K1.3%
  6. National Science Foundation$53K0.1%

Largest awards

  1. CENTER OF EXCELLENCE FOR ENCEPHALITIC ALPHAVIRUS THERAPEUTICS$21.8M
    93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Feb 25, 2021 – Jul 2, 2026· U19AI142762
  2. ANGIOTENSINS, PROSTAGLANDINS-ADRENERGIC INTERACTIONS$11.3M
    93.837 · Cardiovascular Diseases Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· May 31, 2021 – Mar 27, 2026· R01HL019134
  3. ENHANCEMENT OF RESILIENCE OF THE UTHSC RBL FACILITY, BIOSAFETY AND COUNTERMEASURE DISCOVERY - PROJECT ABSTRACT THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE…$9.5M
    93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Aug 18, 2023 – Aug 13, 2026· UC7AI180313
  4. IMAGING GENETICS OF BRAIN STRUCTURE AND COGNITIVE AGING IN MURINE MODELS OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE - AGE-RELATED COGNITIVE DECLINE (ARCD)…$6.1M
    93.866 · Aging Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Jan 22, 2021 – Jan 29, 2026· R01AG070913
  5. EFFECTS OF NPY ON HIPPOCAMPAL CIRCUIT FUNCTION$5.4M
    93.242 · Mental Health Research Grants· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Apr 26, 2021 – Aug 27, 2026· R01MH108342
  6. BOLING CENTER FOR DD-UAP$5.4M
    93.877 · Autism Collaboration, Accountability, Research, Education, and Support· Health Resources and Services Administration· Project grant· Oct 22, 2020 – Sep 23, 2026· T7300038

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: $3.8M (41 subawards)

29 sub-recipients

  1. OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE$378K9.9%
    COLUMBUS, OH · 1 subaward
  2. UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM$364.7K9.5%
    BIRMINGHAM, AL · 2 subawards
  3. UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS$347.4K9.1%
    MEMPHIS, TN · 4 subawards
  4. VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER$288K7.5%
    NASHVILLE, TN · 1 subaward
  5. TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM$279.5K7.3%
    COLLEGE STATION, TX · 1 subaward
  6. WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES$253.7K6.6%
    WINSTON SALEM, NC · 3 subawards
  7. LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY$249.9K6.5%
    SHREVEPORT, LA · 1 subaward
  8. UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM$238.7K6.2%
    MADISON, WI · 4 subawards
  9. THE ADMINISTRATORS OF TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND$228.1K5.9%
    NEW ORLEANS, LA · 1 subaward
  10. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, THE$197.7K5.2%
    SAN FRANCISCO, CA · 2 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $805K (1 subaward)
  • Sub-grants: $8.2M (36 subawards)

18 primes

  1. STATE OF TENNESSEE$3.8M43%
    NASHVILLE, TN · 3 subawards
  2. ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC$904.6K10%
    MEMPHIS, TN · 5 subawards
  3. UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION$805K8.9%
    PITTSBURGH, PA · 1 subaward
  4. TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH$638.4K7.1%
    NASHVILLE, TN · 7 subawards
  5. UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO$552.9K6.1%
    SAN JUAN, PR · 1 subaward
  6. CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY$484.2K5.4%
    CLEVELAND, OH · 2 subawards
  7. LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY$320.4K3.5%
    BATON ROUGE, LA · 1 subaward
  8. UNIVERSITY OF UTAH$274.4K3.0%
    SALT LAKE CITY, UT · 3 subawards
  9. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$207.3K2.3%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 1 subaward
  10. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA$193.7K2.1%
    GAINESVILLE, FL · 3 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $9.1M paid out · $9.2M received
  • FY2022: $6.5M paid out · $8.8M received
  • FY2023: $5.6M paid out · $12.1M received
  • FY2024: $5.8M paid out · $8.5M received
  • FY2025: $5.4M paid out · $7.9M received
  • FY2026: $3.8M paid out · $9M 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.