Federal contractor · DETROIT, MI

WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY

WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY received $265.2K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 13 awards (−6.5% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $129.9M. Its largest customer was Department of Veterans Affairs ($136.8K). It also received $131.2M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$265.2K
New awards
13
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
M6K6NTJ2MNE5
Other than small businessNonprofitEducational institution
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 18.8MFY2017
  2. 18.7MFY2018
  3. 18MFY2019
  4. 17.7MFY2020
  5. 23.6MFY2021
  6. 20.9MFY2022
  7. 11.4MFY2023
  8. 332.3KFY2024
  9. 283.6KFY2025
  10. 265.2KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of Veterans Affairs$136.8K52%
    7 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$128.4K48%
    6 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$136.8K52%
  2. Education & social services$128.4K48%

Where the work was performed

  1. Wayne County, MI$265.2K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $265.2K
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $265.2K
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.8% · $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

  1. Department of Veterans Affairs$136.8K
    Department of Veterans Affairs · 6 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$128.4K
    Department of Defense · 3 awards

Largest awards

  1. WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY DIVISION OF LABORATORY ANIMAL RESOURCES/VETERINARIAN SERVICES (RESEARCH)$84.3K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Wayne County, MI· Professional services· Jun 23, 2026 – Jun 23, 2026· 36C24E26N0066
  2. MI, WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY WTR 1301337391$49.1K
    Department of the Navy· Wayne County, MI· Education & social services· Mar 19, 2026 – May 2, 2026· N0622A26FA229
  3. TUITION AND FEES$45.5K
    Department of the Navy· Wayne County, MI· Education & social services· Apr 27, 2026 – Apr 27, 2026· N0622A26FA349
  4. TUITION AND FEES$45.5K
    Department of the Navy· Wayne County, MI· Education & social services· Oct 15, 2024 – Mar 26, 2026· N0622A25F0016
  5. TUITION AND FEES$45.5K
    Department of the Navy· Wayne County, MI· Education & social services· Oct 24, 2024 – May 1, 2026· N0622A25F0064
  6. TUITION AND FEES$44.4K
    Department of the Navy· Wayne County, MI· Education & social services· Dec 5, 2025 – Dec 5, 2025· N0622A26FA016
  7. MI, WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SPR 1301234644$36.8K
    Department of the Navy· Wayne County, MI· Education & social services· May 29, 2025 – Apr 30, 2026· N0622A25FA256
  8. WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY DLAR SERVICES (RESEARCH)$33.2K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Wayne County, MI· Professional services· Dec 5, 2024 – Feb 9, 2026· 36C24E25N0018

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.

WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY received $131.2M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 618 actions (53 new awards), −12% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program ($51.7M).

Assistance · FY2026
$131.2M
New awards
53
Actions
618
Since FY2021
$889.3M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 184.4MFY2021
  2. 122.2MFY2022
  3. 149.9MFY2023
  4. 152.7MFY2024
  5. 148.8MFY2025
  6. 131.2MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$76.8M59%
  2. Direct payments$54.4M41%

Top programs

  1. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$51.7M39%
  2. 93.113 · Environmental Health$9M6.9%
  3. 93.867 · Vision Research$8.5M6.5%
  4. 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$4.9M3.8%
  5. 93.847 · Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research$4.4M3.3%
  6. 93.866 · Aging Research$4.1M3.1%
  7. 93.853 · Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders$3.3M2.5%
  8. 93.396 · Cancer Biology Research$3.2M2.4%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Institutes of Health$64.1M49%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  2. Department of Education$57.2M44%
  3. Health Resources and Services Administration$5.6M4.3%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  4. National Science Foundation$1.8M1.4%
  5. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration$1.2M0.9%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  6. Administration for Community Living$1M0.8%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  7. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$306.8K0.2%
  8. Department of the Navy$253.1K0.2%
    Department of Defense

Largest awards

  1. CANCER CENTER SUPPORT GRANT$55M
    93.397 · Cancer Centers Support Grants· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Feb 10, 2021 – Apr 10, 2026· P30CA022453
  2. GRANT PROGRAM$52.1M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 20, 2024 – Apr 21, 2026· P063P240245
  3. GRANT PROGRAM$51.2M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 19, 2025 – Sep 15, 2026· P063P250245
  4. GRANT PROGRAM$42.7M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 22, 2023 – Feb 24, 2026· P063P230245
  5. ACHIEVE GREATER: ADDRESSING CARDIOMETABOLIC HEALTH INEQUITIES BY EARLY PREVENTION IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION - ABSTRACT BUILDING UPON THE…$21.1M
    93.307 · Minority Health and Health Disparities Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Sep 24, 2021 – Aug 26, 2026· P50MD017351
  6. DETROIT RESEARCH ON CANCER SURVIVORS (DETROIT ROCS)$15.2M
    93.393 · Cancer Cause and Prevention Research· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Jan 29, 2021 – Sep 9, 2026· U01CA199240

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: $3.1M (28 subawards)

20 sub-recipients

  1. HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM$642.2K20%
    DETROIT, MI · 6 subawards
  2. THE ADMINISTRATORS OF TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND$483.6K15%
    NEW ORLEANS, LA · 2 subawards
  3. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$455K14%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 1 subaward
  4. CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY$241.8K7.7%
    MOUNT PLEASANT, MI · 1 subaward
  5. LUNDQUIST INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL INNOVATION AT HARBOR-UCLA MEDICAL CENTER$235.9K7.5%
    TORRANCE, CA · 2 subawards
  6. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA$220.4K7.0%
    GAINESVILLE, FL · 1 subaward
  7. MIDMICHIGAN HEALTH SERVICES$120.9K3.8%
    HOUGHTON LAKE, MI · 1 subaward
  8. UPPER GREAT LAKES FAMILY HEALTH CENTER$120.9K3.8%
    GWINN, MI · 1 subaward
  9. CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY$110.3K3.5%
    CLEVELAND, OH · 1 subaward
  10. MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY$74.1K2.4%
    EAST LANSING, MI · 2 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $18.6M (102 subawards)

41 primes

  1. MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES$6.1M33%
    LANSING, MI · 39 subawards
  2. MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY$2.3M12%
    OKEMOS, MI · 4 subawards
  3. MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION$1.8M9.9%
    LANSING, MI · 2 subawards
  4. DUKE UNIVERSITY$1.2M6.5%
    DURHAM, NC · 2 subawards
  5. BOARD OF REGENTS OF NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION$1M5.4%
    LAS VEGAS, NV · 1 subaward
  6. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN$732.4K3.9%
    ANN ARBOR, MI · 9 subawards
  7. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES$679.1K3.6%
    LOS ANGELES, CA · 1 subaward
  8. UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION$547K2.9%
    PITTSBURGH, PA · 3 subawards
  9. EMORY UNIVERSITY$482.3K2.6%
    ATLANTA, GA · 3 subawards
  10. TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY$448.4K2.4%
    COLLEGE STATION, TX · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $7.3M paid out · $27.7M received
  • FY2022: $9.7M paid out · $25.5M received
  • FY2023: $5.7M paid out · $40.8M received
  • FY2024: $5.8M paid out · $31.8M received
  • FY2025: $2.6M paid out · $19.8M received
  • FY2026: $3.1M paid out · $18.6M 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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

139 companies · $34.1M reported

  1. HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM$3M
    DETROIT, MI · 23 subawards
  2. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN$2.8M
    ANN ARBOR, MI · 18 subawards
  3. CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY$890.6K
    CLEVELAND, OH · 6 subawards

Primes that pay it

120 companies · $164M reported

  1. MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES$66.5M
    LANSING, MI · 421 subawards
  2. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN$9.9M
    ANN ARBOR, MI · 76 subawards
  3. MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY$9.4M
    LANSING, MI · 19 subawards

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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 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 7 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. FORTEC LITHO, LLC$271.8K+3% in FY2026
    HUDSON, OH · 31% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Other professional, scientific, and technical services
  2. LISA V RUBENSTEIN$323.6K−37% in FY2026
    MEDFORD, OR · 31% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Other professional, scientific, and technical services
  3. INFINITI INFORMATION SOLUTIONS LLC$333.8K−30% in FY2026
    ALEXANDRIA, VA · 31% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Other professional, scientific, and technical services

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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 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.

Matched organizations

  • Wayne State UniversityAI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2025
$200K
4 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$480K

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$30K
    8 reports
  2. 2024$150K
    7 reports
  3. 2025$200K
    4 reports
  4. 2026$100K
    2 reports

Top issues

  1. Budget and appropriations18 reports
  2. Education9 reports
  3. Health issues4 reports
  4. Labor issues, antitrust and workplace4 reports
  5. Sports and athletics4 reports
  6. Defense1 reports
  7. Economics and economic development1 reports
  8. Homeland security1 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES15 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE15 reports
  3. Education - Dept of1 reports
  4. Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)1 reports
  5. White House Office1 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. Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC$500K
    10 reports
  2. Squire Patton Boggs$120K
    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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.

Matches: Analisa AI name judgments (entity-match@1), updated Oct 5, 2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.