Federal contractor · BLACKSBURG, VA

VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY

VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY received $17.6M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 67 awards (−20% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $209.9M. Its largest customer was National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ($6.4M). It also received $169.9M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$17.6M
New awards
67
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
21%
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.

2 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $24.5M in FY2026 together.

  1. VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITYBLACKSBURG, VA · Family page
    $17.6M
  2. VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITYBLACKSBURG, VA
    $6.9M

AI-inferred: entity-match@1 · Analisa AI · 2026-09-29

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 22MFY2017
  2. 14.8MFY2018
  3. 16.7MFY2019
  4. 13.2MFY2020
  5. 14.5MFY2021
  6. 34.9MFY2022
  7. 28.8MFY2023
  8. 25.6MFY2024
  9. 21.8MFY2025
  10. 17.6MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration$6.4M36%
    23 awards
  2. Department of the Army$3.2M18%
    6 awards
  3. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration$3M17%
    12 awards
  4. Department of the Navy$2.9M17%
    3 awards
  5. Department of the Air Force$990K5.6%
    1 awards
  6. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency$555.4K3.2%
    1 awards
  7. Federal Railroad Administration$501.8K2.9%
    6 awards
  8. Federal Highway Administration$59K0.3%
    7 awards
  9. Department of Veterans Affairs$14.9K0.1%
    1 awards
  10. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$00.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$16.7M95%
  2. Professional services$857.2K4.9%
  3. Equipment maintenance$14.9K0.1%

Where the work was performed

  1. Montgomery County, VA$16.7M95%
  2. District of Columbia, DC$797K4.5%
  3. Warren County, MS$110.7K0.6%
  4. Salem city, VA$14.9K0.1%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition21%
    US 39% · $3.6M
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · -$29.9K
  • Single-offer competitions21%
    US 8.7% · $3.7M
  • 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.

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. Department of Veterans Affairs$14.9K
    Department of Veterans Affairs · 1 awards
  2. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service-$44.8K
    Department of Agriculture · 3 awards

Largest awards

  1. RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT (R&D)- BAA 20-C019 BASE YEAR AWARD TITLED "DEFENSE RESILIENCY PLATFORM AGAINST EXTREME COLD WEATHER" U437A00$17.1M
    Department of the Army· Montgomery County, VA· Research & development· Feb 1, 2022 – Jan 27, 2026· W913E522C0001
  2. BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR VIRGINIA TECH WITHIN AN EXISTING COUNTER UAS (CUAS) SOFTWARE$9.2M
    Department of the Army· Montgomery County, VA· Research & development· Apr 2, 2025 – May 29, 2026· W56KGU25C0009
  3. THIS FIRM-FIXED PRICE TASK ORDER IS ISSUED IN SUPPORT OF THE ATTACHED STATEMENT OF OBJECTIVE ENTITLED, "DEVELOPMENT OF ON-ROAD DRIVING PERFORMANCE EVALUATION METHODS FOR ADS-EQUIPPED HEAVY-DUTY VEHICLES," IN THE AMOUNT OF $7,399,475.00.$7.4M
    Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration· Montgomery County, VA· Professional services· Sep 29, 2022 – Nov 6, 2025· 693JJ422F00078N
  4. RFML FOR ANOMALOUS SIGNAL CHARACTERIZATION$7.2M
    Department of the Navy· Montgomery County, VA· Research & development· Sep 20, 2023 – Apr 9, 2026· N0001423C1061
  5. THE APPLIED RESEARCH DIVISION OF FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION (FMCSA) HAS A REQUIREMENT FOR SERVICES NECESSARY TO CONDUCT TWO PILOT PROGRAMS WHICH WILL ASSESS THE SAFETY IMPACTS OF TWO EXEMPTIONS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE DRIVERS WITH MORE F$4.5M
    Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration· Montgomery County, VA· Professional services· Sep 29, 2025 – Jul 13, 2026· 693JJ425F00043N
  6. NH25-9776 VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY NEW START$3M
    Department of the Army· Montgomery County, VA· Research & development· May 18, 2026 – May 18, 2026· W912HQ26CA049
  7. SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, AND INTEGRATION FOR C2, ISR, EW, AND CYBER EFFECTS. RF STEGANOGRAPHY TECHNIQUES. DESIGN AND INTEGRATION OF COMPACT MULTIBAND (HF THROUGH S-BAND) ANTENNA SYSTEM CO-SITE INTERFERENCE MIT$2.9M
    Department of the Navy· Montgomery County, VA· Research & development· Sep 27, 2021 – May 26, 2026· N0001421C1082
  8. THIS PR IS FOR A TASK ORDER ON THE R&T IDIQ FOR THE PROJECT ACE PROGRAM TESTING AND DEMONSTRATION 2.0. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT IS TO SUPPORT FMCSA WITH RESEARCH TO INFORM FMCSA REGULATIONS AND TO FILL KNOWLEDGE GAPS THAT FMCSA MAY HAVE ON SP$2.6M
    Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration· Montgomery County, VA· Professional services· Sep 30, 2024 – Sep 23, 2026· 693JJ424F00075N

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 POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY received $169.9M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 951 actions (207 new awards), +1.3% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research ($10.7M).

Assistance · FY2026
$169.9M
New awards
207
Actions
951
Since FY2021
$1.3B

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 263MFY2021
  2. 190.9MFY2022
  3. 338MFY2023
  4. 217.8MFY2024
  5. 167.7MFY2025
  6. 169.9MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$164.5M97%
  2. Direct payments$2.9M1.7%
  3. Other assistance$2.6M1.5%

Top programs

  1. 12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research$10.7M6.3%
  2. 81.089 · Fossil Energy Research and Development$9.8M5.7%
  3. 47.070 · Computer and Information Science and Engineering$9.7M5.7%
  4. 93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research$9.4M5.6%
  5. 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$8.8M5.2%
  6. 47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences$8.1M4.8%
  7. 10.511 · Smith-Lever Extension Funding$7.9M4.6%
  8. 47.084 · Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships$7.5M4.4%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Institutes of Health$58.7M35%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  2. National Science Foundation$41M24%
  3. Department of Energy$23.5M14%
  4. National Institute of Food and Agriculture$21M12%
    Department of Agriculture
  5. Department of the Navy$10.7M6.3%
    Department of Defense
  6. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$3.6M2.1%
  7. Department of the Air Force$1.2M0.7%
    Department of Defense
  8. Department of the Army$1.2M0.7%
    Department of Defense

Largest awards

  1. EXPANDS CLIMATE-SMART CORN, RICE, BEEF, PORK, DAIRY, OTHER CROPS AND LIVESTOCK MARKETS IN AR, MN, ND, VA AND TRIBAL AREAS AND SUPPORTS…$80M
    10.937 · Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities· Natural Resources Conservation Service· Project grant· Sep 21, 2023 – Jan 22, 2026· NR233A750004G102
  2. MIP: GLYCOMIP - AUTOMATING THE SYNTHESIS OF RATIONALLY DESIGNED GLYCOMATERIALS$25.5M
    47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences· National Science Foundation· Cooperative agreement· Aug 12, 2021 – Jun 4, 2026· 1933525
  3. PERINATAL ARTERIAL STROKE: A MULTI-SITE RCT OF INTENSIVE INFANT REHABILITATION (I-ACQUIRE)$15.2M
    93.853 · Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Feb 18, 2021 – Jun 17, 2026· U01NS106655
  4. NEW CO-OPERATIVE AGREEMENT$10.1M
    12.630 · Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering· Department of the Army· Cooperative agreement· Sep 7, 2023 – Jun 15, 2026· W911NF2320228
  5. PIPP PHASE II: COMMUNITY EMPOWERING PANDEMIC PREDICTION AND PREVENTION FROM ATOMS TO SOCIETIES (COMPASS) -THE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY…$8.4M
    47.074 · Biological Sciences· National Science Foundation· Cooperative agreement· Aug 21, 2024 – Aug 6, 2026· 2412389
  6. 22/24 HEALTHY BRAIN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT NATIONAL CONSORTIUM - THIS STUDY IS PART OF THE NIH’S HELPING TO END ADDICTION LONG-TERM (HEAL)…$8.2M
    93.279 · Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Jul 20, 2022 – Jul 17, 2026· U01DA055357

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: $397.6K (2 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $10.6M (37 subawards)

36 sub-recipients

  1. GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (THE)$2.8M26%
    WASHINGTON, DC · 1 subaward
  2. GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY$1.3M11%
    WASHINGTON, DC · 1 subaward
  3. EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY$945.2K8.6%
    JOHNSON CITY, TN · 1 subaward
  4. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL$632.7K5.7%
    CHAPEL HILL, NC · 1 subaward
  5. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO$591.3K5.4%
    LA JOLLA, CA · 1 subaward
  6. MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$434.8K3.9%
    CAMBRIDGE, MA · 1 subaward
  7. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE$424.9K3.9%
    BERKELEY, CA · 1 subaward
  8. SCOPELITIS TRANSPORTATION CONSULTING LLC$343.4K3.1%
    ARLINGTON, VA · 1 subaward
  9. UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION$334.7K3.0%
    PITTSBURGH, PA · 1 subaward
  10. UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS$262.8K2.4%
    MEMPHIS, TN · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $1.2M (10 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $27.6M (116 subawards)

80 primes

  1. VA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION$4.7M16%
    RICHMOND, VA · 7 subawards
  2. THE NATURE CONSERVANCY$1.8M6.3%
    ARLINGTON, VA · 1 subaward
  3. CLEMSON UNIVERSITY$1.6M5.4%
    CLEMSON, SC · 4 subawards
  4. GYPSY MOTH SLOW THE SPREAD FOUNDATION INC$1.2M4.3%
    RALEIGH, NC · 3 subawards
  5. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY$1M3.6%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 1 subaward
  6. NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION$954K3.3%
    WASHINGTON, DC · 3 subawards
  7. ALBEMARLE U.S., INC.$907.9K3.2%
    CHARLOTTE, NC · 1 subaward
  8. UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE$825K2.9%
    BURLINGTON, VT · 3 subawards
  9. WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION$814.6K2.8%
    MORGANTOWN, WV · 2 subawards
  10. VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY$800K2.8%
    RICHMOND, VA · 1 subaward

Its reported sub-contracts equal 2.3% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $27.3M paid out · $57.1M received
  • FY2022: $35.1M paid out · $46.8M received
  • FY2023: $34.3M paid out · $62.1M received
  • FY2024: $41.3M paid out · $65M received
  • FY2025: $26.6M paid out · $52.4M received
  • FY2026: $11M paid out · $28.8M received
  • FY2027: $0 paid out · $386.3K 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

304 companies · $175.6M reported

  1. UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.$8.8M
    ATHENS, GA · 9 subawards
  2. THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY$6.5M
    UNIVERSITY PARK, PA · 9 subawards
  3. RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA$5.8M
    CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA · 22 subawards

Primes that pay it

247 companies · $316.6M reported

  1. THE TRUSTEES OF THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$32.6M
    HOBOKEN, NJ · 53 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY$20M
    UNIVERSITY PARK, PA · 21 subawards
  3. HUNTINGTON INGALLS INCORPORATED$16.2M
    PASCAGOULA, MS · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services

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

  1. VECTOR ATOMIC INC$34.4M−57% in FY2026
    PLEASANTON, CA · 29% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · Scientific research and development servicesAir Force · Scientific research and development services+1 more
  2. NORWICH UNIVERSITY$21.9M+35% in FY2026
    NORTHFIELD, VT · 2 entities · 25% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Colleges, universities, and professional schoolsArmy · Scientific research and development services
  3. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$88.3M−1.5% in FY2026
    LOS ANGELES, CA · 3 entities · 40% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Colleges, universities, and professional schoolsArmy · Scientific research and development servicesDefense Advanced Research Projects Agency · Scientific research and development services+1 more

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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 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 VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY (2 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY (VIRGINIA TECH)AI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2025
$140K
4 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$710K
$710K in its own reports

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$180K
    4 reports
  2. 2024$260K
    4 reports
  3. 2025$140K
    4 reports
  4. 2026$130K
    2 reports

Top issues

  1. Budget and appropriations14 reports
  2. Defense13 reports
  3. Education7 reports
  4. Transportation3 reports
  5. Agriculture2 reports
  6. Economics and economic development2 reports
  7. Sports and athletics1 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES14 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE14 reports

Houses of Congress and federal agencies the reports list as contacted (a report names every one for all its issues).

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.