Federal contractor · GALVESTON, TX

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH AT GALVESTON

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH AT GALVESTON received $7.2M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 13 awards (+271% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $48M. Its largest customer was National Institutes of Health ($7.2M). It also received $75.5M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$7.2M
New awards
13
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
23%
UEI
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 3.3MFY2017
  2. 9.1MFY2018
  3. 4.7MFY2019
  4. 2.9MFY2020
  5. 6.4MFY2021
  6. 6.1MFY2022
  7. 2.4MFY2023
  8. 4MFY2024
  9. 1.9MFY2025
  10. 7.2MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. National Institutes of Health$7.2M100%
    11 awards
  2. Department of the Navy-$5,4070.0%
    1 awards
  3. Food and Drug Administration-$19.8K0.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$7.2M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Galveston County, TX$6.6M92%
  2. Montgomery County, MD$621.9K8.7%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition23%
    US 39% · $1.6M
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · -$25.2K
  • Single-offer competitions23%
    US 8.7% · $1.7M
  • 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.

Largest awards

  1. MODEL DEVELOPMENT AND MEDICAL COUNTER MEASURES (MCMS) FOR BSL-4 AGENTS IN NHPS.$3.3M
    National Institutes of Health· Galveston County, TX· Research & development· May 24, 2024 – May 18, 2026· 75N93024F00002
  2. TASK A02 - UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH (UTMB)$2.6M
    National Institutes of Health· Galveston County, TX· Research & development· Sep 20, 2024 – Aug 13, 2026· 75N93024F00006
  3. THE NNTC COLLECTS, STORE, AND PROVIDE CLINICAL DATA AND WELL CHARACTERIZED BIOLOGICAL SPECIMENS, INCLUDING POST-MORTEM TISSUE FROM STUDY VOLUNTEERS AND/OR ORGAN DONORS WITH HIV AS WELL AS HIV-NEGATIVE CONTROLS.$2.5M
    National Institutes of Health· Montgomery County, MD· Research & development· Aug 22, 2023 – Aug 7, 2026· 75N95023C00016
  4. PCMID - ESTABLISHMENT OF SMALL ANIMAL MODELS FOR SCREENING MCMS FOR THE 2019 NOVEL CORONAVIRUS (SARS-COV-2)$2.4M
    National Institutes of Health· Galveston County, TX· Research & development· Mar 23, 2020 – Sep 24, 2026· 75N93020F00002
  5. SCREENING CANDIDATE COUNTERMEASURES FOR VIRAL HEMORRHAGIC FEVER USING LIVER-BASED ORGAN-ON-A-CHIP MICROPHYSIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS (MPS) IN HIGH-LEVEL CONTAINMENT$1.4M
    National Institutes of Health· Galveston County, TX· Research & development· Jul 15, 2026 – Jul 15, 2026· 75N93026F00002
  6. TASK A28 - SYRIAN GOLDEN HAMSTER MODEL FOR TESTING MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES (MCM) AGAINST NIPAH VIRUS (NIV)$1.3M
    National Institutes of Health· Galveston County, TX· Research & development· Sep 1, 2026 – Sep 1, 2026· 75N93026F00003
  7. PRECLINICAL MODELS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES$1.2M
    National Institutes of Health· Galveston County, TX· Research & development· Apr 10, 2024 – Jan 23, 2026· 75N93024F00001
  8. MOUSE AND GUINEA PIG MODELS FOR CYTOMEGALOVIRUS AND HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUSES$1.2M
    National Institutes of Health· Galveston County, TX· Research & development· Sep 11, 2025 – Aug 25, 2026· 75N93025F00001

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 MEDICAL BRANCH AT GALVESTON received $75.5M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 426 actions (48 new awards), −22% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 93.866 · Aging Research ($17.2M).

Assistance · FY2026
$75.5M
New awards
48
Actions
426
Since FY2021
$702M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 107.1MFY2021
  2. 166.7MFY2022
  3. 124.4MFY2023
  4. 130.8MFY2024
  5. 97.4MFY2025
  6. 75.5MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$73.4M97%
  2. Direct payments$2.1M2.8%

Top programs

  1. 93.866 · Aging Research$17.2M23%
  2. 93.853 · Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders$7.5M9.9%
  3. 93.350 · National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences$6M7.9%
  4. 93.279 · Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs$4.6M6.1%
  5. 93.310 · Trans-NIH Research Support$4.5M5.9%
  6. 93.847 · Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research$4.5M5.9%
  7. 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$4.3M5.7%
  8. 93.865 · Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research$3.7M5.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Institutes of Health$67.2M89%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  2. Health Resources and Services Administration$2.5M3.3%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  3. Department of Education$2.1M2.8%
  4. Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response$1.6M2.1%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  5. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$698.5K0.9%
  6. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$599.7K0.8%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  7. Food and Drug Administration$400K0.5%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  8. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality$382.3K0.5%
    Department of Health and Human Services

Largest awards

  1. NATIONAL BIOCONTAINMENT LABORATORIES (NBLS) OPERATIONS SUPPORT$197.3M
    93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Jan 13, 2021 – Aug 27, 2026· UC7AI094660
  2. UTMB-NOVARTIS ALLIANCE FOR PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS - OVERALL – ABSTRACT PANDEMIC PREVENTION AND PREPAREDNESS IS A MAJOR SCIENTIFIC AND…$48.7M
    93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· May 16, 2022 – Apr 15, 2026· U19AI171413
  3. CTSA SUPPLEMENT$39.9M
    93.350 · National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Dec 8, 2020 – Feb 18, 2026· UL1TR001439
  4. UTMB CLAUDE PEPPER OLDER AMERICANS INDEPENDENCE CENTER$20.9M
    93.866 · Aging Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Dec 10, 2020 – Jul 22, 2026· P30AG024832
  5. SIGNALING IN AIRWAY INFLAMMATION$20.4M
    93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Jul 14, 2021 – Dec 19, 2025· P01AI062885
  6. MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF THE DYSREGULATED IMMUNE RESPONSE TO EBOLA VIRUS - OVERALL: PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT THE CENTRAL HYPOTHESIS OF THE…$11.3M
    93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Apr 16, 2021 – Jan 26, 2026· P01AI150585

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: $2.6M (24 subawards)

21 sub-recipients

  1. TEXAS A&M ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION$355.7K14%
    COLLEGE STATION, TX · 3 subawards
  2. THE METHODIST HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE$339.2K13%
    HOUSTON, TX · 1 subaward
  3. TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY$219.2K8.5%
    HOUSTON, TX · 1 subaward
  4. CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER$204.2K8.0%
    WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA · 1 subaward
  5. THE UNIVERISTY OF TEXAS M.D. ANDERSON CANCER CENTER$193.9K7.6%
    HOUSTON, TX · 1 subaward
  6. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES$187.8K7.3%
    LOS ANGELES, CA · 1 subaward
  7. MAYO CLINIC$169.9K6.6%
    ROCHESTER, MN · 1 subaward
  8. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON$156.1K6.1%
    SEATTLE, WA · 1 subaward
  9. THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA$124.7K4.9%
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 1 subaward
  10. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON$107.4K4.2%
    HOUSTON, TX · 2 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $288.6K (2 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $43.9M (68 subawards)

36 primes

  1. TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT$21.1M48%
    DEL VALLE, TX · 15 subawards
  2. HEALTH & HUMAN SVC COMMN TX$10.5M24%
    AUSTIN, TX · 6 subawards
  3. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON$2.4M5.4%
    SEATTLE, WA · 2 subawards
  4. THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK$1.8M4.0%
    NEW YORK, NY · 2 subawards
  5. THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY$1.3M3.0%
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 1 subaward
  6. EMORY UNIVERSITY$830K1.9%
    ATLANTA, GA · 4 subawards
  7. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA$682K1.5%
    GAINESVILLE, FL · 1 subaward
  8. WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY$522.9K1.2%
    HOUSTON, TX · 3 subawards
  9. UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO$513.9K1.2%
    ALBUQUERQUE, NM · 1 subaward
  10. DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES$431.2K1.0%
    AUSTIN, TX · 2 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $17.4M paid out · $36.5M received
  • FY2022: $244.9M paid out · $113.8M received
  • FY2023: $12.1M paid out · $25.8M received
  • FY2024: $32.7M paid out · $30.3M received
  • FY2025: $7.6M paid out · $76.7M received
  • FY2026: $2.6M paid out · $44.2M 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 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

123 companies · $317.4M reported

  1. ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI$230.4M
    NEW YORK, NY · 12 subawards
  2. NOVARTIS INSTITUTES FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH, INC$24M
    CAMBRIDGE, MA · 8 subawards
  3. THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA$5.3M
    CHARLESTON, SC · 3 subawards

Primes that pay it

99 companies · $327.3M reported

  1. AMERICAN TYPE CULTURE COLLECTION$87.7M
    MANASSAS, VA · 3 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT$66.1M
    DEL VALLE, TX · 35 subawards
  3. HEALTH & HUMAN SVC COMMN TX$40.7M
    AUSTIN, TX · 26 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 2 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. HEALTH DECISIONS, INC.$13.5M−9.2% in FY2026
    DURHAM, NC · 99% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Institutes of Health · Scientific research and development services
  2. MICROBIOTIX, INC.$11.9M−33% in FY2026
    WORCESTER, MA · 91% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Institutes of Health · Scientific research and development services
  3. PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE$14.5M+4.8% in FY2026
    OAKLAND, CA · 99% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Institutes of Health · 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.

Matched organizations

  • University of Texas Medical BranchAI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2026
$90K
2 reports
Lobbying · 2025–2026
$180K

Lobbying by year

  1. 2025$90K
    2 reports
  2. 2026$90K
    2 reports

Top issues

  1. Medical and disease research, clinical labs4 reports

Who was contacted

  1. Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)4 reports
  2. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES4 reports
  3. U.S. SENATE4 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. SL STRATEGIES, LLC$180K
    4 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.