Federal contractor · GLOUCESTER POINT, VA

VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE

VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE received $330K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 1 awards. Since FY2018: $843.2K. Its largest customer was National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ($330K). It also received $8.4M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026: $330K
New awards: 1
Sole-source: 100%
Single offer: 0.0%

UEI: XGE9T6KCMSR4
Parent company: VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE

Other than small businessEducational institutionGovernment entity

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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

14.7KFY2018
277.4FY2019
259.9KFY2020
0FY2021
89.9KFY2022
148.4KFY2023
330KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$330K100%
1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

Professional services$330K100%

Where the work was performed

Gloucester County, VA$330K100%

Integrity signals

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

Low competition100%
US 39% · $330K
Sole-source awards100%
US 30% · $330K
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

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$330K
Department of Commerce · 1 awards

Largest awards

DEVELOPMENT OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL COASTAL OCEAN FOUNDATIONAL MODEL AT CONTINENTAL SCALE$330K
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Gloucester County, VA· Professional services· Aug 31, 2026 – Aug 31, 2026· 1305M226P0232

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.

VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE received $8.4M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 69 actions (18 new awards), −16% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 11.417 · Sea Grant Support ($3.2M).

Assistance · FY2026: $8.4M
New awards: 18
Actions: 69
Since FY2021: $75M

Assistance by fiscal year

9.4MFY2021
13.3MFY2022
22.7MFY2023
11.2MFY2024
10MFY2025
8.4MFY2026

By type

Grants$8.4M100%

Top programs

11.417 · Sea Grant Support$3.2M38%
11.617 · Congressionally-Identified Projects$1.6M19%
11.420 · Coastal Zone Management Estuarine Research Reserves$931K11%
66.466 · Geographic Programs - Chesapeake Bay Program General, Technical Assistance, and Small Watershed Grants$627.7K7.5%
11.017 · Ocean Acidification Program (OAP)$598.8K7.1%
47.050 · Geosciences$510.4K6.1%
15.945 · Cooperative Research and Training Programs – Resources of the National Park System$238.9K2.8%
12.630 · Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering$218.1K2.6%

Awarding agencies

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$4.8M58%
Department of Commerce
National Institute of Standards and Technology$1.6M19%
Department of Commerce
Environmental Protection Agency$746K8.9%
National Science Foundation$560.4K6.7%
National Park Service$238.9K2.8%
Department of the Interior
Department of the Army$218.1K2.6%
Department of Defense
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$152.7K1.8%
U.S. Geological Survey$52.4K0.6%
Department of the Interior

Largest awards

OMB NUMBER: 4040-0019 EXPIRATION DATE: 02/28/2025 PROJECT ABSTRACT SUMMARY THIS PROJECT ABSTRACT SUMMARY FORM MUST BE SUBMITTED OR THE…$6.7M
11.417 · Sea Grant Support· National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Cooperative agreement· Jun 20, 2024 – Sep 23, 2026· NA24OARX417C0153
PURPOSE: THE NATIONAL SEA GRANT COLLEGE PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE U.S. CONGRESS IN 1966 (AMENDED IN 2008, PUBLIC LAW 110-394) TO BE A…$4.3M
11.417 · Sea Grant Support· National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Cooperative agreement· Feb 8, 2022 – May 26, 2026· NA22OAR4170113
BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC DRIVERS OF PATHOGEN TRANSMISSION IN MARINE SYSTEM UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE -THE EMERGENCE OF PATHOGENS IN…$3M
47.050 · Geosciences· National Science Foundation· Project grant· Jul 19, 2022 – Aug 13, 2026· 2207343
DESCRIPTION:THIS ACTION AWARDS FEDERAL FUNDS OF $350,000. FEDERAL FUNDS OF $1,397,703 ARE CONTINGENT UPON AVAILABILITY. THE PURPOSE OF THIS…$1.7M
66.466 · Geographic Programs - Chesapeake Bay Program General, Technical Assistance, and Small Watershed Grants· Environmental Protection Agency· Project grant· Jun 30, 2022 – Mar 4, 2026· 96395901
PURPOSE: THE REQUESTED FUNDING IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE EQUIPMENT AND RESOURCES NECESSARY TO KICKSTART AND AMPLIFY THE IMPACT OF A NEW CENTER…$1.6M
11.617 · Congressionally-Identified Projects· National Institute of Standards and Technology· Project grant· Sep 18, 2026 – Sep 18, 2026· 60NANB26D230
THIS PROJECT AIMS TO IDENTIFY MEANINGFUL ADAPTIVE ACTIONS AND NEEDS OF THE SHELLFISH AQUACULTURE INDUSTRY IN CHESAPEAKE BAY TO INCREASE…$1.2M
11.017 · Ocean Acidification Program (OAP)· National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Project grant· Sep 25, 2025 – Apr 24, 2026· NA25OARX017G0008

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

No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

Sub-contracts: $154.3K (1 subaward)
Sub-grants: $7.4M (16 subawards)

9 primes

NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION$5.2M69%
WASHINGTON, DC · 1 subaward
VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY$1.1M14%
RICHMOND, VA · 9 subawards
ATLANTIC STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION$360K4.8%
ARLINGTON, VA · 1 subaward
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN$250K3.3%
ANN ARBOR, MI · 1 subaward
OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY$205.9K2.7%
NORFOLK, VA · 1 subaward
RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA$154.3K2.0%
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA · 1 subaward
RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY$136K1.8%
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ · 1 subaward
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORP$115.1K1.5%
ATLANTA, GA · 1 subaward
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY-CORPUS CHRISTI$78.4K1.0%
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

FY2021: $1.3M paid out · $4.3M received
FY2022: $1.8M paid out · $10.4M received
FY2023: $1.2M paid out · $4.3M received
FY2024: $958.9K paid out · $2.3M received
FY2025: $2.3M paid out · $2.2M received
FY2026: $0 paid out · $7.6M 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

36 companies · $7.6M reported

VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY$1M
BLACKSBURG, VA · 12 subawards
COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY$1M
WILLIAMSBURG, VA · 7 subawards
OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY$505K
NORFOLK, VA · 9 subawards

Primes that pay it

36 companies · $31.1M reported

NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION$7.3M
WASHINGTON, DC · 7 subawards
ATLANTIC STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION$6.8M
ARLINGTON, VA · 2 subawards
VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY$6M
RICHMOND, VA · 35 subawards

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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 1 market (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL$334.9K+18% in FY2026
BRISTOL, GBR · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Scientific research and development services
SILURIAN AI INC.$324.4K−92% in FY2026
KIRKLAND, WA · 91% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Scientific research and development services
THE EAGLE EYE II CORP$272.6K
MARSHFIELD, MA · 83% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Oceanic and Atmospheric 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.