Federal contractor · SEATTLE, WA

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON received $52.8M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 164 awards (−46% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $719M. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($30.9M). It also received $787.6M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$52.8M
New awards
164
Sole-source
79%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
HD1WMN6945W6
Parent company
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOARD OF REGENTS
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.

14 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $55.5M in FY2026 together.

  1. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONSEATTLE, WA · Family page
    $52.8M
  2. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONSEATTLE, WA
    $2.3M
  3. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONSEATTLE, WA
    $255.1K
  4. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONSEATTLE, WA
    $149.3K
  5. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONSEATTLE, WA
    $54.9K
  6. DEPARTMENT OF RADIOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONSEATTLE, WA
    $0
  7. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONSEATTLE, WA
    $0
  8. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONSEATTLE, WA
    $0
  9. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONSEATTLE, WA
    $0
  10. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONSEATTLE, WA
    $0
  11. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONSEATTLE, WA
    $0
  12. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONSEATTLE, WA
    $0
  13. UNIVERSITY WASHINGTONSEATTLE, WA
    $0
  14. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONSEATTLE, WA
    -$37K

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

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 47.8MFY2017
  2. 63MFY2018
  3. 50.7MFY2019
  4. 63.1MFY2020
  5. 64.6MFY2021
  6. 68.3MFY2022
  7. 97.4MFY2023
  8. 114.2MFY2024
  9. 97.1MFY2025
  10. 52.8MFY2026
  11. 0FY2027

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$30.9M59%
    93 awards
  2. National Institutes of Health$7.7M15%
    16 awards
  3. Department of Veterans Affairs$5.7M11%
    37 awards
  4. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency$3.6M6.8%
    2 awards
  5. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$1.8M3.3%
    3 awards
  6. Department of the Army$1.7M3.2%
    3 awards
  7. Indian Health Service$917.3K1.7%
    3 awards
  8. U.S. Geological Survey$334.8K0.6%
    2 awards
  9. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$92K0.2%
    2 awards
  10. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$16.8K0.0%
    2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$41.1M78%
  2. Health & medical$6M11%
  3. Professional services$5.1M9.7%
  4. Education & social services$291.5K0.6%
  5. Equipment maintenance$265.6K0.5%

Where the work was performed

  1. King County, WA$47.7M90%
  2. Montgomery County, MD$3.5M6.6%
  3. Oglala Lakota County, SD$917.3K1.7%
  4. Multnomah County, OR$382.3K0.7%
  5. Santa Cruz County, CA$265.6K0.5%
  6. Fairfax County, VA$69.2K0.1%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition79%
    US 39% · $41.7M
  • Sole-source awards79%
    US 30% · $41.7M
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · -$0.08
  • 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$31.2M
    Department of Defense · 8 awards
  2. Department of Veterans Affairs$5.8M
    Department of Veterans Affairs · 14 awards
  3. Indian Health Service$917.3K
    Department of Health and Human Services · 3 awards
  4. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$189.3K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1 awards
  5. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$16.8K
    Department of Health and Human Services · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. APL/UW FY2020 - FY2025 REQUIREMENTS$51.5M
    Department of the Navy· King County, WA· Research & development· Sep 17, 2025 – Apr 28, 2026· N0002425F8707
  2. ROBOTIC AUTONOMY IN COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTS WITH RESILIENCY (RACER) PHASE II$25.5M
    Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency· King County, WA· Research & development· Sep 29, 2023 – Mar 25, 2026· HR001123C0150
  3. FY26 RDT AND E ACOUSTIC SYSTEMS TD 5101026APL/UW FY2020 - FY2025 REQUIREMENTS IN SUPPORT OF CLIN 0001UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED RESEARCH CENTER (UARC) EFFORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION C.$17M
    Department of the Navy· King County, WA· Research & development· Sep 24, 2025 – Apr 30, 2026· N0002425F8709
  4. FY23 STAFAC AMFIP DEVELOPMENT$16.9M
    Department of the Navy· King County, WA· Research & development· Dec 16, 2022 – Jan 13, 2026· N0002423F8704
  5. TASK AREA A CORE STUDY OPERATIONS.TASK AREA A SHALL ENCOMPASS ANNUAL FOLLOW-UP OF COHORT MEMBERS, CLINICAL ENDPOINTS ASCERTAINMENT, STUDY COORDINATION ACTIVITIES, MAINTENANCE OF THE DATABASE AND BIOSPECIMEN REPOSITORY, AND DATA ANALYSIS AND MANUSCRIP$13.6M
    National Institutes of Health· King County, WA· Research & development· Dec 18, 2019 – Mar 30, 2026· 75N92020F00001
  6. BASE AWARD: NIMHD US BURDEN OF HEALTH DISPARITIES PROVIDING EPIDEMIOLOGICAL RESEARCH SUPPORT ON HOW DISEASES, INJURIES AND RISK FACTORS ARE DISTRIBUTED IN THE US BIOSTATISTICAL CONSULTATION COMPUTATIONAL APPROACHES AND PUBLIC PLATFORM THAT ALLOWS F$13.2M
    National Institutes of Health· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Mar 23, 2023 – Aug 5, 2026· 75N94023C00004
  7. CENTRALIZED OMICS RESOURCE (CORE) YEAR 5$12.8M
    National Institutes of Health· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Sep 25, 2020 – Aug 12, 2026· 75N92020F00001
  8. AERIAL DRAGNET PROGRAM.$12.6M
    Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency· King County, WA· Research & development· May 23, 2017 – Jan 14, 2026· HR001117C0076

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 WASHINGTON received $787.6M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 2,876 actions (412 new awards), −3.5% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research ($73.5M).

Assistance · FY2026
$787.6M
New awards
412
Actions
2,876
Since FY2021
$5.5B

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 913.8MFY2021
  2. 1BFY2022
  3. 965MFY2023
  4. 969.1MFY2024
  5. 816.2MFY2025
  6. 787.6MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$779.9M99%
  2. Direct payments$6.1M0.8%
  3. Other assistance$1.6M0.2%

Top programs

  1. 93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research$73.5M9.3%
  2. 93.837 · Cardiovascular Diseases Research$46M5.8%
  3. 93.865 · Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research$42.8M5.4%
  4. 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$39.9M5.1%
  5. 11.432 · National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Cooperative Institutes$34.5M4.4%
  6. 93.242 · Mental Health Research Grants$34M4.3%
  7. 93.279 · Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs$33.8M4.3%
  8. 93.866 · Aging Research$32.8M4.2%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Institutes of Health$505.2M64%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  2. National Science Foundation$97.6M12%
  3. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$47M6.0%
    Department of Commerce
  4. Department of Energy$18.4M2.3%
  5. Department of the Navy$18M2.3%
    Department of Defense
  6. Health Resources and Services Administration$17.4M2.2%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  7. National Institute of Standards and Technology$16.4M2.1%
    Department of Commerce
  8. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$14.5M1.8%
    Department of Health and Human Services

Largest awards

  1. WASHINGTON NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER$201.8M
    93.351 · Research Infrastructure Programs· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Apr 29, 2021 – Sep 22, 2026· P51OD010425
  2. COOPERATIVE INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE, OCEAN, AND ECOSYSTEM STUDIES (CICOES)$112M
    11.432 · National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Cooperative Institutes· National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Cooperative agreement· Jan 4, 2021 – Sep 23, 2026· NA20OAR4320271
  3. INSTITUTE OF TRANSLATIONAL HEALTH SCIENCES$100M
    93.350 · National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Mar 6, 2021 – Apr 11, 2026· UL1TR002319
  4. INTERNATIONAL AIDS EDUCATION AND TRAINING CENTER$87.6M
    93.266 · Health Systems Strengthening and HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care and Treatment Under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief· Health Resources and Services Administration· Project grant· Oct 6, 2020 – Sep 8, 2026· U9106801
  5. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON CENTER FOR AIDS RESEARCH$83.6M
    93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Nov 23, 2020 – Aug 17, 2026· P30AI027757
  6. EXPERIMENTAL NUCLEAR PHYSICS$78.3M
    81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program· Department of Energy· Project grant· Dec 7, 2020 – Feb 27, 2026· DEFG0297ER41020

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-contracts: $20.8M (22 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $112M (836 subawards)

324 sub-recipients

  1. LEIDOS, INC.$9M6.8%
    RESTON, VA · 2 subawards
  2. FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER CENTER$7.9M6.0%
    SEATTLE, WA · 43 subawards
  3. OVERLAND AI INC$4.9M3.7%
    SEATTLE, WA · 4 subawards
  4. OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY$4.5M3.4%
    CORVALLIS, OR · 15 subawards
  5. SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$3.8M2.8%
    SEATTLE, WA · 40 subawards
  6. METRON INCORPORATED$3M2.3%
    RESTON, VA · 3 subawards
  7. EMORY UNIVERSITY$2.5M1.8%
    ATLANTA, GA · 14 subawards
  8. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH AT GALVESTON$2.4M1.8%
    GALVESTON, TX · 2 subawards
  9. SEATTLE INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL AND CLINICAL RESEARCH$2.3M1.7%
    SEATTLE, WA · 8 subawards
  10. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA$2.2M1.7%
    MINNEAPOLIS, MN · 15 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $5.5M (12 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $92.1M (412 subawards)

145 primes

  1. SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$11.3M12%
    SEATTLE, WA · 28 subawards
  2. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$6.8M6.9%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 12 subawards
  3. OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY$4.7M4.9%
    CORVALLIS, OR · 15 subawards
  4. WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THE$4.5M4.6%
    SAINT LOUIS, MO · 7 subawards
  5. FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER CENTER$4.1M4.2%
    SEATTLE, WA · 37 subawards
  6. UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM$3.8M3.9%
    MADISON, WI · 9 subawards
  7. UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS$3.1M3.2%
    AMHERST, MA · 1 subaward
  8. PUGET SOUND PARTNERSHIP$2.6M2.6%
    OLYMPIA, WA · 1 subaward
  9. THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK$2.3M2.4%
    NEW YORK, NY · 19 subawards
  10. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER$2M2.1%
    DALLAS, TX · 4 subawards

Its reported sub-contracts equal 39% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $156.1M paid out · $160.5M received
  • FY2022: $187.1M paid out · $151M received
  • FY2023: $143.5M paid out · $176.7M received
  • FY2024: $148M paid out · $178.1M received
  • FY2025: $232.6M paid out · $1.2B received
  • FY2026: $132.7M paid out · $97.6M received
  • FY2027: $0 paid out · $412.5K 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

689 companies · $1B reported

  1. ZIM - TTECH$67.2M
    HARARE, ZW · 17 subawards
  2. FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER CENTER$57.4M
    SEATTLE, WA · 294 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$32.9M
    SEATTLE, WA · 229 subawards

Primes that pay it

325 companies · $2.3B reported

  1. UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION$988M
    PITTSBURGH, PA · 27 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. MILITARY DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON STA$375.6M
    CAMP MURRAY, WA · 37 subawards
  3. SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$86.7M
    SEATTLE, WA · 234 subawards · Scientific research and development services

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 38 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. CASTELION CORPORATION$257.1M+201% in FY2026
    TORRANCE, CA · 66% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Scientific research and development servicesArmy · Scientific research and development services
  2. ASSURANCE TECHNOLOGY CORP$247.6M−73% in FY2026
    CARLISLE, MA · 64% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Scientific research and development services
  3. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN$416.3M−35% in FY2026
    AUSTIN, TX · 15 entities · 79% 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 WASHINGTON (14 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • University of WashingtonAI match · 100%
  • University of Washington MedicineAI match · 99%
Lobbying · 2025
$1.3M
15 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$3.7M
$3.7M in its own reports

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$820K
    12 reports
  2. 2024$880K
    12 reports
  3. 2025$1.3M
    15 reports
  4. 2026$630K
    9 reports

Top issues

  1. Education33 reports
  2. Budget and appropriations28 reports
  3. Defense14 reports
  4. Environment and Superfund14 reports
  5. Health issues14 reports
  6. Immigration14 reports
  7. Science and technology14 reports
  8. Labor issues, antitrust and workplace12 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES29 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE29 reports
  3. Education - Dept of14 reports
  4. Natl Science Foundation (NSF)14 reports
  5. Commerce - Dept of (DOC)12 reports
  6. Interior - Dept of (DOI)11 reports
  7. Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)9 reports
  8. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)7 reports
  9. Defense - Dept of (DOD)6 reports
  10. Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS)4 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. WASHINGTON2 ADVOCATES$420K
    14 reports
  2. BALLARD PARTNERS$420K
    5 reports
  3. McDermott+ LLC$0
    15 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 Sep 30, 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.