Federal contractor · WINSTON SALEM, NC

WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES

WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES received $15.1M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 30 awards (−22% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $146.7M. Its largest customer was National Institutes of Health ($7.4M). It also received $166.2M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$15.1M
New awards
30
Sole-source
5.3%
Single offer
30%
UEI
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Other than small businessNonprofitEducational institution
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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, $15.1M in FY2026 together.

  1. WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCESWINSTON SALEM, NC · Family page
    $15.1M
  2. WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITYWINSTON SALEM, NC
    $0

AI-inferred: entity-match@1 · Analisa AI · 2026-09-30

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 10.1MFY2017
  2. 9.1MFY2018
  3. 20.3MFY2019
  4. 6MFY2020
  5. 4.6MFY2021
  6. 12.6MFY2022
  7. 15MFY2023
  8. 34.4MFY2024
  9. 19.4MFY2025
  10. 15.1MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. National Institutes of Health$7.4M49%
    7 awards
  2. Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response$3.5M23%
    2 awards
  3. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration$1.3M8.5%
    3 awards
  4. Department of Veterans Affairs$886.1K5.9%
    5 awards
  5. Drug Enforcement Administration$692.6K4.6%
    2 awards
  6. Defense Threat Reduction Agency$690.4K4.6%
    1 awards
  7. Department of the Air Force$590.6K3.9%
    4 awards
  8. U.S. Special Operations Command$166.5K1.1%
    1 awards
  9. Department of the Navy$32.5K0.2%
    2 awards
  10. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$00.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$11.5M76%
  2. Health & medical$1.6M10%
  3. Professional services$1.4M9.0%
  4. Education & social services$528.6K3.5%
  5. Other equipment & supplies$196.5K1.3%

Where the work was performed

  1. Forsyth County, NC$14.4M95%
  2. Rowan County, NC$886.1K5.9%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition36%
    US 39% · $5.4M
  • Sole-source awards5.3%
    US 30% · $800.4K
  • Single-offer competitions30%
    US 8.7% · $4.6M
  • 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$886.1K
    Department of Veterans Affairs · 2 awards
  2. Department of the Air Force$246.8K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards
  3. Department of the Navy$32.5K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. MODELING PULMONARY CHLORINE GAS TOXICITY$31.3M
    Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response· Forsyth County, NC· Research & development· Sep 25, 2019 – Jul 28, 2026· 75A50119C00058
  2. WAKE FOREST - ORGAN TISSUE EQUIVALENT (OTE) PLATFORM FOR VACCINE TESTING$12.5M
    Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response· Forsyth County, NC· Research & development· Sep 30, 2024 – Aug 20, 2026· 75A50124C00060
  3. JACKSON HEART STUDY (JHS) COORDINATING CENTER: TASK AREA A - CORE STUDY OPERATIONS$7.2M
    National Institutes of Health· Forsyth County, NC· Research & development· Sep 15, 2025 – Sep 2, 2026· 75N92025F00001
  4. THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO PERFORM PROSPECTIVE FOLLOW-UPS, INCLUDING ADJUDICATED DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENTS AND COGNITIVE EVALUATIONS, OF OLDER WOMEN IN THE WHIMS STUDIES, TO PROVIDE THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY WITH BIOSTATISTICAL SUPPORT AND INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ANALYSIS OF EXISTING AND NEW WHIMS COGNITIVE AND MRI OUTCOMES, AND TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR RETRIEVAL OF WHIMS BIOSPECIMENS FOR INVESTIGATIONS OF FACTORS RELATED TO COGNITIVE AND BRAIN AGING.$4.9M
    National Institutes of Health· Forsyth County, NC· Research & development· Nov 3, 2016 – Aug 10, 2026· HHSN271201700002C
  5. THE ATHEROSCLEROSIS RISK IN COMMUNITIES (ARIC) STUDY - FIELD CENTER - TASK ORDER 01, TASK AREA A$4.7M
    National Institutes of Health· Forsyth County, NC· Research & development· Nov 12, 2021 – Feb 4, 2026· 75N92022F00001
  6. WOMEN'S HEALTH INITIATIVE (WHI) REGIONAL CENTER (RC)$4.1M
    National Institutes of Health· Forsyth County, NC· Research & development· Oct 15, 2020 – Apr 6, 2026· 75N92021F00001
  7. WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY CIREN OPEN ENROLLMENT$3.6M
    National Highway Traffic Safety Administration· Forsyth County, NC· Professional services· Sep 28, 2022 – Sep 1, 2026· 693JJ922F00202N
  8. VASCULAR SURGEON SERVICES$2.2M
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Rowan County, NC· Health & medical· Oct 26, 2022 – Jun 29, 2026· 36C24623C0004

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.

WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES received $166.2M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 553 actions (62 new awards), −5.3% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 93.866 · Aging Research ($38.7M).

Assistance · FY2026
$166.2M
New awards
62
Actions
553
Since FY2021
$939M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 125.3MFY2021
  2. 143.4MFY2022
  3. 161.5MFY2023
  4. 167MFY2024
  5. 175.6MFY2025
  6. 166.2MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$166.2M100%

Top programs

  1. 93.866 · Aging Research$38.7M23%
  2. 93.279 · Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs$15.2M9.1%
  3. 47.084 · Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships$15.2M9.1%
  4. 93.837 · Cardiovascular Diseases Research$12.8M7.7%
  5. 93.310 · Trans-NIH Research Support$8.1M4.8%
  6. 93.393 · Cancer Cause and Prevention Research$7.1M4.3%
  7. 93.847 · Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research$6.6M4.0%
  8. 93.350 · National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences$5.6M3.4%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Institutes of Health$142.1M85%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  2. National Science Foundation$15.4M9.2%
  3. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$2.8M1.7%
  4. Defense Health Agency$2.4M1.4%
    Department of Defense
  5. Health Resources and Services Administration$2.2M1.3%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  6. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration$839.5K0.5%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  7. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$461.9K0.3%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  8. Defense Threat Reduction Agency$92.6K0.1%
    Department of Defense

Largest awards

  1. WAKE FOREST NCORP RESEARCH BASE$57.7M
    93.399 · Cancer Control· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Jul 30, 2021 – Sep 17, 2026· UG1CA189824
  2. COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER OF WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY$42.1M
    93.397 · Cancer Centers Support Grants· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Dec 23, 2020 – Feb 27, 2026· P30CA012197
  3. SUBCLINICAL VASCULAR CONTRIBUTIONS TO ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE: THE MULTI ETHNIC STUDY OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS (MESA) MULTISITE STUDYOF AD$33.4M
    93.866 · Aging Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Jun 8, 2021 – Jun 12, 2026· R01AG058969
  4. NSF ENGINES: PIEDMONT TRIAD REGENERATIVE MEDICINE ENGINE -THE PIEDMONT TRIAD REGENERATIVE MEDICINE ENGINE (THE PIEDMONT TRIAD ENGINE) IS…$30.2M
    47.084 · Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships· National Science Foundation· Cooperative agreement· Jan 29, 2024 – Jul 14, 2026· 2315654
  5. MOTRPAC CONSORTIUM COORDINATING CENTER$28.8M
    93.310 · Trans-NIH Research Support· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Dec 28, 2020 – Jul 22, 2026· U24AR071113
  6. CLAUDE D. PEPPER OLDER AMERICANS INDEPENDENCE CENTER AND COORDINATING CENTER$27.1M
    93.866 · Aging Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Apr 30, 2021 – Jun 23, 2026· P30AG021332

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-contracts: $720.7K (4 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $16.6M (137 subawards)

74 sub-recipients

  1. DUKE UNIVERSITY$1.2M6.9%
    DURHAM, NC · 9 subawards
  2. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$1.2M6.7%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 5 subawards
  3. REGENMED DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION$1.1M6.6%
    WINSTON SALEM, NC · 1 subaward
  4. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL$685.4K4.0%
    CHAPEL HILL, NC · 7 subawards
  5. THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK$672.8K3.9%
    NEW YORK, NY · 1 subaward
  6. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA$639.6K3.7%
    MINNEAPOLIS, MN · 3 subawards
  7. UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE$625.9K3.6%
    BURLINGTON, VT · 2 subawards
  8. EMORY UNIVERSITY$612.8K3.5%
    ATLANTA, GA · 7 subawards
  9. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON$550.7K3.2%
    HOUSTON, TX · 2 subawards
  10. UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM$504.9K2.9%
    BIRMINGHAM, AL · 3 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $327.5K (4 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $49.8M (169 subawards)

71 primes

  1. DUKE UNIVERSITY$24.7M49%
    DURHAM, NC · 18 subawards
  2. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$4.8M9.5%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 7 subawards
  3. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES$1.8M3.5%
    RALEIGH, NC · 4 subawards
  4. THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK$1.7M3.4%
    NEW YORK, NY · 13 subawards
  5. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO$981.1K2.0%
    SAN ANTONIO, TX · 6 subawards
  6. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON$928.5K1.9%
    SEATTLE, WA · 5 subawards
  7. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$745K1.5%
    LOS ANGELES, CA · 4 subawards
  8. FATHER FLANAGAN'S BOYS' HOME$713.7K1.4%
    BOYS TOWN, NE · 1 subaward
  9. UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM$699.1K1.4%
    MADISON, WI · 1 subaward
  10. EMORY UNIVERSITY$649K1.3%
    ATLANTA, GA · 2 subawards

Its reported sub-contracts equal 4.8% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $26.5M paid out · $23.2M received
  • FY2022: $4.8M paid out · $38.2M received
  • FY2023: $7M paid out · $37.3M received
  • FY2024: $10.4M paid out · $32.9M received
  • FY2025: $18.7M paid out · $22.4M received
  • FY2026: $17.3M paid out · $50.1M 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

156 companies · $92.8M reported

  1. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL$6.7M
    CHAPEL HILL, NC · 40 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE$5.6M
    BURLINGTON, VT · 12 subawards
  3. DUKE UNIVERSITY$5.5M
    DURHAM, NC · 34 subawards

Primes that pay it

152 companies · $214.3M reported

  1. DUKE UNIVERSITY$26.5M
    DURHAM, NC · 29 subawards
  2. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC$12M
    LAUREL, MD · 22 subawards
  3. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL$10M
    CHAPEL HILL, NC · 47 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 15 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. LOCUS BIOSCIENCES INC$56.7M−84% in FY2026
    MORRISVILLE, NC · 62% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveOffice of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response · Scientific research and development servicesNational Institutes of Health · Scientific research and development services
  2. VERICEL CORPORATION$36.2M+9,997% in FY2026
    CAMBRIDGE, MA · 50% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveOffice of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response · Scientific research and development services
  3. SPECTRAL MD, INC.$32.2M
    DALLAS, TX · 47% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveOffice of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response · Scientific research and development servicesDefense Health Agency · 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.

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 WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES (2 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITYAI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2025
$115K
8 reports
Lobbying · 2024–2026
$245K
$195K in its own reports

Lobbying by year

  1. 2024$30K
    3 reports
  2. 2025$115K
    8 reports
  3. 2026$100K
    4 reports

Top issues

  1. Education15 reports
  2. Sports and athletics7 reports
  3. Defense3 reports
  4. Health issues3 reports
  5. Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code3 reports
  6. Budget and appropriations2 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 firms hired

  1. DLA Piper LLP (US)$270K
    6 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.