Federal contractor · MADISON, WI

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM received $4.4M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 60 awards (−28% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $82M. Its largest customer was Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service ($2.5M). It also received $789.2M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$4.4M
New awards
60
Sole-source
57%
Single offer
14%
UEI
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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.

11 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $8.2M in FY2026 together.

  1. UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMMADISON, WI · Family page
    $4.4M
  2. UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMMADISON, WI
    $2.7M
  3. UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMMADISON, WI
    $891.5K
  4. UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMMADISON, WI
    $277.4K
  5. UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMMADISON, WI
    $0
  6. UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMSUPERIOR, WI
    $0
  7. UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMMADISON, WI
    $0
  8. UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMOSHKOSH, WI
    $0
  9. UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMMADISON, WI
    $0
  10. UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMLA CROSSE, WI
    $0
  11. UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMMADISON, WI
    -$61.3K

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

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 5.1MFY2017
  2. 8.5MFY2018
  3. 7.8MFY2019
  4. 7.4MFY2020
  5. 15.7MFY2021
  6. 10.9MFY2022
  7. 6.9MFY2023
  8. 9.3MFY2024
  9. 6.1MFY2025
  10. 4.4MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$2.5M56%
    10 awards
  2. National Institutes of Health$1.1M25%
    5 awards
  3. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$722.1K16%
    4 awards
  4. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$279K6.4%
    3 awards
  5. Department of the Air Force$78.9K1.8%
    1 awards
  6. Environmental Protection Agency$40K0.9%
    1 awards
  7. Agricultural Research Service$18.9K0.4%
    1 awards
  8. Departmental Offices$15.8K0.4%
    1 awards
  9. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$00.0%
    1 awards
  10. Forest Service-$112.4K0.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$2.8M65%
  2. Research & development$814.4K19%
  3. IT & telecom$722.1K16%
  4. Education & social services$19K0.4%

Where the work was performed

  1. Dane County, WI$3.5M80%
  2. Story County, IA$743.9K17%
  3. Montgomery County, MD$89.1K2.0%
  4. Prince George's County, MD$61.8K1.4%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition72%
    US 39% · $3.2M
  • Sole-source awards57%
    US 30% · $2.5M
  • Single-offer competitions14%
    US 8.7% · $629.7K
  • 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. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$2.5M
    Department of Agriculture · 10 awards
  2. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$210.9K
    Department of Commerce · 2 awards
  3. National Institutes of Health$19K
    Department of Health and Human Services · 1 awards
  4. Department of Veterans Affairs-$225.1K
    Department of Veterans Affairs · 2 awards

Largest awards

  1. MHC, KIR AND FCR DEVELOPMENT$6.4M
    National Institutes of Health· Dane County, WI· Research & development· Mar 8, 2021 – Aug 7, 2026· 75N93021C00006
  2. SHEPHERD DOM 1 - NCIRD SEROLOGICAL ASSESSMENT$4M
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention· Dane County, WI· Research & development· Sep 24, 2024 – Jun 9, 2026· 75D30124F00001
  3. CHARACTERIZING AND IMPROVING HUMANIZED IMMUNE SYSTEM MOUSE MODELS (IMM-HIS)$2.5M
    National Institutes of Health· Dane County, WI· Research & development· Feb 2, 2021 – Aug 25, 2026· 75N93021C00004
  4. SUPPORT FOR NWS POLAR-SATELLITE ANTENNA SYSTEMS$2.4M
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Dane County, WI· IT & telecom· Sep 16, 2022 – Apr 9, 2026· 1305M222PNWWG0241
  5. NATIONAL ANIMAL HEALTH LABORATORY NETWORK ORDER FOR HPAI - CATTLE EMERGING EVENT TESTING SERVICES.$1.5M
    Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service· Dane County, WI· Professional services· Jan 15, 2026 – Jan 15, 2026· 12639526F0167
  6. PILOT STUDY OF DAILY EXEMESTANE IN WOMEN WITH COMPLEX ATYPICAL HYPERPLASIA OF THE ENDOMETRIUM/ENDOMETRIAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA OR GRADE 1 ENDOMETRIAL CANCER$1.2M
    National Institutes of Health· Dane County, WI· Research & development· Sep 6, 2017 – Sep 21, 2026· HHSN26100011
  7. IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ANTIGENICALLY ADVANCED INFLUENZA VIRUSES$720K
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention· Dane County, WI· Research & development· Aug 29, 2024 – Jun 9, 2026· 75D30124C19796
  8. DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A NON-HUMAN PRIMATE TISSUE BANK$661.4K
    National Institutes of Health· Dane County, WI· Research & development· Sep 28, 2023 – Aug 27, 2026· 75N95023C00037

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 WISCONSIN SYSTEM received $789.2M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 2,386 actions (407 new awards), +4.1% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 93.866 · Aging Research ($110.7M).

Assistance · FY2026
$789.2M
New awards
407
Actions
2,386
Since FY2021
$4.9B

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 791MFY2021
  2. 753.7MFY2022
  3. 918.9MFY2023
  4. 880.9MFY2024
  5. 758MFY2025
  6. 789.2MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$719.9M91%
  2. Direct payments$65.3M8.3%
  3. Other assistance$4M0.5%

Top programs

  1. 93.866 · Aging Research$110.7M14%
  2. 81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program$60.1M7.6%
  3. 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$50.6M6.4%
  4. 93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research$48.9M6.2%
  5. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$45.1M5.7%
  6. 47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences$25.5M3.2%
  7. 93.310 · Trans-NIH Research Support$21.4M2.7%
  8. 93.837 · Cardiovascular Diseases Research$20.2M2.6%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Institutes of Health$457M58%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  2. Department of Energy$80.2M10%
  3. National Science Foundation$57.7M7.3%
  4. Department of Education$50.6M6.4%
  5. National Institute of Food and Agriculture$29.3M3.7%
    Department of Agriculture
  6. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$18.4M2.3%
    Department of Commerce
  7. Immediate Office of the Secretary of Transportation$15M1.9%
    Department of Transportation
  8. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$14.2M1.8%

Largest awards

  1. GREAT LAKES BIOENERGY RESEARCH CENTER$241M
    81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program· Department of Energy· Cooperative agreement· Nov 5, 2020 – May 21, 2026· DESC0018409
  2. WISCONSIN NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER SUPPORT$150.2M
    93.351 · Research Infrastructure Programs· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· May 12, 2021 – Aug 17, 2026· P51OD011106
  3. UW COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER SUPPORT$96.5M
    93.397 · Cancer Centers Support Grants· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Mar 10, 2021 – Sep 17, 2026· P30CA014520
  4. ADRC CONSORTIUM FOR CLARITY IN ADRD RESEARCH THROUGH IMAGING - PROJECT SUMMARY ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE (AD) PATHOPHYSIOLOGY SELDOM OCCURS IN…$90M
    93.866 · Aging Research· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Sep 15, 2023 – Aug 13, 2026· U01AG082350
  5. INSTITUTIONAL CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE AWARD$75.9M
    93.350 · National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Dec 14, 2020 – Jul 10, 2026· UL1TR002373
  6. CHILDREN'S RESPIRATORY AND ENVIRONMENTAL WORKGROUP (CREW)$68.8M
    93.310 · Trans-NIH Research Support· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· May 23, 2021 – Jul 2, 2026· UH3OD023282

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: $68.7M (287 subawards)

147 sub-recipients

  1. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON$3.8M5.5%
    SEATTLE, WA · 9 subawards
  2. TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY$3.2M4.7%
    BLOOMINGTON, IN · 5 subawards
  3. WISCONSIN CHEESE-MAKERS' ASSOCIATION$2.9M4.3%
    MADISON, WI · 2 subawards
  4. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, THE$2.7M3.9%
    SAN FRANCISCO, CA · 8 subawards
  5. FRONTIER SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.$2.1M3.0%
    BROOKLINE, MA · 2 subawards
  6. ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI$1.8M2.6%
    NEW YORK, NY · 2 subawards
  7. MARSHFIELD CLINIC, INC.$1.8M2.6%
    MARSHFIELD, WI · 4 subawards
  8. UNIVERSITY OF UTAH$1.7M2.4%
    SALT LAKE CITY, UT · 5 subawards
  9. TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE$1.6M2.3%
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 5 subawards
  10. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA$1.3M2.0%
    GAINESVILLE, FL · 5 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $600K (1 subaward)
  • Sub-grants: $65.8M (285 subawards)

120 primes

  1. STATE OF WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES$5.1M7.7%
    MADISON, WI · 29 subawards
  2. DUKE UNIVERSITY$4.9M7.4%
    DURHAM, NC · 9 subawards
  3. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$2.8M4.3%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 3 subawards
  4. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS$2.8M4.2%
    URBANA, IL · 8 subawards
  5. THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY$2.7M4.0%
    STANFORD, CA · 11 subawards
  6. BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA$2.5M3.7%
    LINCOLN, NE · 2 subawards
  7. THE MORGRIDGE INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH, INC.$2.5M3.7%
    MADISON, WI · 1 subaward
  8. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER$2.1M3.2%
    DALLAS, TX · 3 subawards
  9. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA$2M3.0%
    GAINESVILLE, FL · 3 subawards
  10. GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORP$1.6M2.3%
    ATLANTA, GA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $127.4M paid out · $105.7M received
  • FY2022: $110.3M paid out · $86.2M received
  • FY2023: $150M paid out · $111.4M received
  • FY2024: $104.7M paid out · $86.8M received
  • FY2025: $106.2M paid out · $80.1M received
  • FY2026: $68.7M paid out · $66.4M 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

540 companies · $668.6M reported

  1. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON$31.1M
    SEATTLE, WA · 61 subawards
  2. WISCONSIN CHEESE-MAKERS' ASSOCIATION$28.4M
    MADISON, WI · 7 subawards
  3. TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY$14.1M
    INDIANAPOLIS, IN · 33 subawards

Primes that pay it

290 companies · $559.6M reported

  1. STATE OF WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES$45M
    MADISON, WI · 180 subawards
  2. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA$34.7M
    MINNEAPOLIS, MN · 68 subawards
  3. THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY$21M
    PRINCETON, NJ · 17 subawards

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

  1. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES$55.2M−20% in FY2026
    LOS ANGELES, CA · 64% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development servicesCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · Scientific research and development servicesNational Institutes of Health · Scientific research and development services+4 more
  2. MAGNIX USA INC$11.3M
    EVERETT, WA · 31% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development services
  3. VISTA PHOTONICS, INC$12.7M−90% in FY2026
    LAS CRUCES, NM · 31% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development services

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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.

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.