Federal contractor · CULLOWHEE, NC

WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY

No contract obligations recorded for WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY in FY2026. Since FY2017: $378.1K. It also received $25.7M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$0
New awards
0
Sole-source
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Single offer
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UEI
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Parent company
THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA
Other than small businessEducational institutionGovernment entity
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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.

Part of the EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY company family: 9 registered entities, $0 in FY2026 together. See the family

  1. EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITYGREENVILLE, NC · Family page
    $0
  2. ELIZABETH CITY STATE UNIVERSITYELIZABETH CITY, NC
    $0
  3. NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITYRALEIGH, NC
    $0
  4. THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT PEMBROKEPEMBROKE, NC
    $0
  5. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILLCHAPEL HILL, NC
    $0

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 70KFY2017
  2. 285.6KFY2018
  3. 22.5KFY2020

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

No contract obligations recorded for WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY in FY2026.

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

Where the work was performed

Integrity signals

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

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.

WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY received $25.7M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 249 actions (7 new awards), −9.4% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program ($23.4M).

Assistance · FY2026
$25.7M
New awards
7
Actions
249
Since FY2021
$161M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 46.1MFY2021
  2. 14.2MFY2022
  3. 21.9MFY2023
  4. 24.6MFY2024
  5. 28.4MFY2025
  6. 25.7MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$24.2M94%
  2. Grants$1.5M5.9%

Top programs

  1. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$23.4M91%
  2. 93.732 · Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants$600K2.3%
  3. 84.042 · Trio Student Support Services$544.7K2.1%
  4. 84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program$516.7K2.0%
  5. 45.161 · Promotion of the Humanities Research$350K1.4%
  6. 84.007 · Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants$285.8K1.1%
  7. 47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)$276.7K1.1%
  8. 84.379 · Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grants (Teach GRANTS)$51.9K0.2%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Education$24.8M96%
  2. Health Resources and Services Administration$361.3K1.4%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  3. National Endowment for the Humanities$350K1.4%
  4. National Science Foundation$276.7K1.1%

Largest awards

  1. GRANT PROGRAM$24.6M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 2, 2024 – Oct 30, 2025· P063P240328
  2. GRANT PROGRAM$22.9M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 26, 2025 – Sep 1, 2026· P063P250328
  3. BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WORKFORCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING (BHWET) PROGRAM$4.1M
    93.732 · Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants· Health Resources and Services Administration· Project grant· Mar 25, 2021 – Jun 2, 2026· M0131392
  4. NURSING WORKFORCE DIVERSITY$2M
    93.178 · Nursing Workforce Development· Health Resources and Services Administration· Project grant· May 27, 2021 – Jun 1, 2026· D1942051
  5. FOSTERING TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP THROUGH A PROJECT?BASED LEARNING COMMUNITY$1.5M
    47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)· National Science Foundation· Project grant· Jan 4, 2022 – Aug 28, 2026· 2130326
  6. SMOKY MOUNTAIN NOYCE SCHOLARS PROGRAM: RECRUITING, PREPARING, AND RETAINING SECONDARY MATHEMATICS TEACHERS FOR HIGH-NEED SCHOOLS -THE…$1.4M
    47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)· National Science Foundation· Project grant· Sep 10, 2024 – Sep 9, 2026· 2343886

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: $40.1K (1 subaward)

1 sub-recipient

  1. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE$40.1K100%
    CHARLOTTE, NC · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $52.2K (1 subaward)
  • Sub-grants: $123.8K (3 subawards)

4 primes

  1. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON$52.2K30%
    SEATTLE, WA · 1 subaward
  2. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL$51.7K29%
    CHAPEL HILL, NC · 1 subaward
  3. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES$37.1K21%
    RALEIGH, NC · 1 subaward
  4. WORLD LEARNING INC.$35K20%
    BRATTLEBORO, VT · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $60K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $114.7K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $481.9K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $940.2K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $489.4K received
  • FY2026: $40.1K paid out · $176K 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

13 companies · $32.2M reported

  1. ICF INCORPORATED, L.L.C.$21.6M
    FAIRFAX, VA · 4 subawards
  2. JOHN SNOW, INCORPORATED$5.8M
    BOSTON, MA · 3 subawards
  3. ROBESON HEALTH CARE CORPORATION$2.8M
    PEMBROKE, NC · 9 subawards

Primes that pay it

54 companies · $18.4M reported

  1. UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION$1.3M
    PITTSBURGH, PA · 3 subawards
  2. TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY$1.1M
    INDIANAPOLIS, IN · 4 subawards
  3. UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM$1M
    BIRMINGHAM, AL · 1 subaward

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

  1. INSTITUT PERTANIAN BOGOR$90K−100% in FY2026
    BOGOR REGENCY, IDN · 96% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Colleges, universities, and professional schools
  2. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA$89.7K
    DULUTH, MN · 96% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Colleges, universities, and professional schools
  3. BAY PATH UNIVERSITY$86.7K−73% in FY2026
    LONGMEADOW, MA · 92% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Colleges, universities, and professional schools

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 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.