Federal contractor · AUSTIN, TX

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN received $80M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 214 awards (−44% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $1.1B. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($78.7M). It also received $1.7M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$80M
New awards
214
Sole-source
97%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
MG1PPMPNS9G3
Parent company
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
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.

15 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $101.7M in FY2026 together.

  1. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINAUSTIN, TX · Family page
    $80M
  2. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIOSAN ANTONIO, TX
    $10.3M
  3. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINAUSTIN, TX
    $8.7M
  4. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER OF SAN ANTONIOSAN ANTONIO, TX
    $1.6M
  5. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTONHOUSTON, TX
    $606K
  6. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIOSAN ANTONIO, TX
    $469.4K
  7. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINAUSTIN, TX
    $15K
  8. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT TYLERTYLER, TX
    $9,160
  9. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINAUSTIN, TX
    $0
  10. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINAUSTIN, TX
    $0
  11. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINAUSTIN, TX
    $0
  12. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEMAUSTIN, TX
    $0
  13. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM, THEAUSTIN, TX
    $0
  14. UTMB EDUCATION LAB JENNIE SEALYGALVESTON, TX
    $0
  15. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON, THEHOUSTON, TX
    -$5,042

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

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 76.8MFY2017
  2. 88.2MFY2018
  3. 112.2MFY2019
  4. 131MFY2020
  5. 123.1MFY2021
  6. 121.6MFY2022
  7. 122.4MFY2023
  8. 142.9MFY2024
  9. 141.8MFY2025
  10. 80MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$78.7M98%
    211 awards
  2. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency$800K1.0%
    1 awards
  3. National Institute of Standards and Technology$525K0.7%
    1 awards
  4. Department of Veterans Affairs-$18.2K0.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$79.5M99%
  2. IT & telecom$524.9K0.7%

Where the work was performed

  1. Travis County, TX$80.1M100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition97%
    US 39% · $78M
  • Sole-source awards97%
    US 30% · $78M
  • 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$76.6M
    Department of Defense · 20 awards

Largest awards

  1. ARL/UT - FY2017- FY2022 REQUIREMENTS - MEDIUM UNMANNED UNDERWATER VEHICLE (UUV) CAPABILITIES PACKAGE DEVELOPMENT$15.8M
    Department of the Navy· Travis County, TX· Research & development· Mar 10, 2022 – Jun 3, 2026· N0002422F8503
  2. DARPA RESEARCH PROJECT SUPPORT SERVICES$13.1M
    Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency· Travis County, TX· Research & development· Aug 18, 2023 – May 18, 2026· HR001123C0113
  3. APB/ACB ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT FOR THE SURFACE AND SUBMARINE SONAR PROCESSING VII$9.8M
    Department of the Navy· Travis County, TX· Research & development· Apr 19, 2024 – May 19, 2026· N0002424F8502
  4. LARGE DIAMETER UUV SYSTEM CONFIGURATION$9.8M
    Department of the Navy· Travis County, TX· Research & development· Feb 26, 2025 – Apr 13, 2026· N0002425F8514
  5. FLS SYSTEMS FOR OPERATIONAL TESTING$9.8M
    Department of the Navy· Travis County, TX· Research & development· Jun 16, 2022 – Jan 8, 2026· N0002422F8545
  6. EXPEDITIONARY HARBOR SECURITY SYSTEM II$9.7M
    Department of the Navy· Travis County, TX· Research & development· Mar 23, 2022 – Apr 30, 2026· N0002422F8509
  7. WATERSIDE SECURITY TECHNOLOGY ENHANCEMENTS PACKAGE$9.5M
    Department of the Navy· Travis County, TX· Research & development· Jan 24, 2024 – May 20, 2026· N0002424F8508
  8. MANNED/UNMANNED SYSTEMS TEAMING FOR FLEET OPERATIONS$9.5M
    Department of the Navy· Travis County, TX· Research & development· Jan 15, 2025 – Jan 7, 2026· N0002425F8510

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 TEXAS AT AUSTIN received $1.7M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 20 actions (0 new awards), −13% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research ($1.4M).

Assistance · FY2026
$1.7M
New awards
0
Actions
20
Since FY2021
$17.1M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 4.4MFY2021
  2. 3.7MFY2022
  3. 2.4MFY2023
  4. 2.9MFY2024
  5. 1.9MFY2025
  6. 1.7MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$1.7M100%

Top programs

  1. 12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research$1.4M81%
  2. 43.001 · Science$320.4K19%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of the Navy$1.4M81%
    Department of Defense
  2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$320.4K19%

Largest awards

  1. MURI TOWARDS AN INTEGRATIVE UNDERSTANDING OF NEAR-SURFACE SEABED STRUCTURE AND STABILITY IN THE DEEP SEA$1.2M
    12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research· Department of the Navy· Project grant· Jul 3, 2024 – Apr 30, 2026· N000142412472
  2. MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS OF THE TEMPORAL VARIATIONS IN ACOUSTIC PROPAGATIONS IN THE NORTHERN OCEAN RAPID SURFACE EVOLUTION (NORSE)…$1.2M
    12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research· Department of the Navy· Project grant· Sep 9, 2021 – Aug 26, 2026· N000142112919
  3. CLASSICAL EMULATION OF PHOTONIC QUANTUM COMPUTING$989.8K
    12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research· Department of the Navy· Project grant· Feb 27, 2023 – Mar 2, 2026· N000142312115
  4. SEABED CHARACTERIZATION 2021+$894.6K
    12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research· Department of the Navy· Project grant· Oct 25, 2022 – Jan 16, 2026· N000142012781
  5. STUDENT RESEARCH IN SUPPORT OF INFORMED ENVIRONMENTAL ESTIMATION$800K
    12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research· Department of the Navy· Project grant· Dec 6, 2022 – Mar 11, 2026· N000142312038
  6. MEASUREMENT OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL PROPAGATION EFFECTS AT THE ATLANTIS II SEAMOUNT COMPLEX DURING THE TFO PILOT EXPERIMENT$763.5K
    12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research· Department of the Navy· Project grant· May 10, 2021 – Jan 20, 2026· N000142112554

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

No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $150K (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES$150K100%
    AUSTIN, TX · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $411.1K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $1.4M received
  • FY2023: $214.5K paid out · $201.6K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $10.3K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $860K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $150K 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

654 companies · $1.1B reported

  1. NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER$28.6M
    CHICAGO, IL · 1 subaward
  2. BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE$24.9M
    HOUSTON, TX · 87 subawards
  3. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO$22M
    LA JOLLA, CA · 45 subawards

Primes that pay it

338 companies · $1.1B reported

  1. HEALTH & HUMAN SVC COMMN TX$340.2M
    AUSTIN, TX · 178 subawards
  2. BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE$70.1M
    HOUSTON, TX · 106 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  3. TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION$47.3M
    AUSTIN, TX · 29 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 46 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. AMERICAN ELECTRONIC WARFARE ASSOCIATES, INCORPORATED$346.3M−28% in FY2026
    CALIFORNIA, MD · 68% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Scientific research and development servicesArmy · Scientific research and development services
  2. INNOVATIVE DEFENSE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC$343.9M−5.9% in FY2026
    ARLINGTON, VA · 64% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Scientific research and development services
  3. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON$272M−44% in FY2026
    SEATTLE, WA · 14 entities · 51% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Scientific research and development servicesNational Institutes of Health · Scientific research and development servicesDefense Advanced Research Projects Agency · Scientific research and development services+3 more

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 TEXAS AT AUSTIN (15 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • The University of Texas at AustinAI match · 100%
  • The University of Texas at San AntonioAI match · 100%
  • The University of Texas SystemAI match · 100%
  • University of Texas AustinAI match · 100%
  • University of Texas Health Science CenterAI match · 97%
Lobbying · 2025
$950K
24 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$3.1M
$3M in its own reports

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$826K
    19 reports
  2. 2024$1M
    21 reports
  3. 2025$950K
    24 reports
  4. 2026$310K
    12 reports

Top issues

  1. Science and technology51 reports
  2. Budget and appropriations46 reports
  3. Defense42 reports
  4. Education38 reports
  5. Medical and disease research, clinical labs23 reports
  6. Health issues19 reports
  7. Sports and athletics17 reports
  8. Real estate, land use and conservation11 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES72 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE72 reports
  3. Defense - Dept of (DOD)4 reports
  4. Commerce - Dept of (DOC)1 reports
  5. Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)1 reports
  6. Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)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. Cornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.$2.1M
    35 reports
  2. WASHINGTON NAVIGATORS$660K
    14 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.