Federal contractor · HOUSTON, TX

WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY

WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY received $1.2M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 3 awards (+77% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $19.9M. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($798.4K). It also received $135.3M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$1.2M
New awards
3
Sole-source
66%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Other than small businessEducational institution
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 499.8KFY2017
  2. 687.1KFY2018
  3. 3.8MFY2019
  4. 890.5KFY2020
  5. 6.5MFY2021
  6. 3.5MFY2022
  7. 1.7MFY2023
  8. 458.2KFY2024
  9. 681.2KFY2025
  10. 1.2MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$798.4K66%
    2 awards
  2. Department of the Army$405K34%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Education & social services$798.4K66%
  2. Research & development$405K34%

Where the work was performed

  1. Harris County, TX$1.2M100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition66%
    US 39% · $798.4K
  • Sole-source awards66%
    US 30% · $798.4K
  • 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

  1. Department of the Navy$798.4K
    Department of Defense · 2 awards

Largest awards

  1. RATIFICATION OF GOVERNMENT-AT-FALUT RETROACTIVE TUITION FOR (INSERT SEMESTER/QUARTER AND YEAR OF ORIGINAL LIABILITY) 25 NROTC MIDSHIPMEN TUITION AND ALLOWABLE FEES.$409K
    Department of the Navy· Harris County, TX· Education & social services· Dec 31, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025· N3560A26FB069
  2. SERDP ER24-0824 (FOLLOW ON ER22-3258) RICE UNIVERSITY ENTITLED CHEMICAL-FREE LIGHT-DRIVEN DESTRUCTION OF PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFASS) USING NON-TOXIC BORON NITRIDE (BN)$405K
    Department of the Army· Harris County, TX· Research & development· Nov 12, 2025 – Jan 15, 2026· W912HQ26CA008
  3. RICE RATIFICATION OF GOVERNMENT-AT-FALUT RETROACTIVE TUITION FOR SPRING 2026 NROTC MIDSHIPMEN TUITION AND ALLOWABLE FEES.$389.4K
    Department of the Navy· Harris County, TX· Education & social services· Mar 17, 2026 – Mar 17, 2026· N3560A26FB167

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.

WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY received $135.3M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 492 actions (109 new awards), +6% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 93.384 · Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (Arpa-H) ($28.9M).

Assistance · FY2026
$135.3M
New awards
109
Actions
492
Since FY2021
$693.7M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 101.1MFY2021
  2. 89MFY2022
  3. 127MFY2023
  4. 113.6MFY2024
  5. 127.6MFY2025
  6. 135.3MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$118.1M87%
  2. Direct payments$16M12%
  3. Other assistance$1.3M0.9%

Top programs

  1. 93.384 · Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (Arpa-H)$28.9M21%
  2. 47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)$18.7M14%
  3. 81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program$6.6M4.8%
  4. 12.431 · Basic Scientific Research$6.5M4.8%
  5. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$6.4M4.7%
  6. 47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences$5.7M4.2%
  7. 12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research$5.3M3.9%
  8. 47.084 · Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships$5.2M3.8%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Institutes of Health$54.2M40%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  2. National Science Foundation$43.5M32%
  3. Department of Energy$6.8M5.0%
  4. Department of Education$6.8M5.0%
  5. Department of the Army$6.5M4.8%
    Department of Defense
  6. Department of the Navy$5.3M3.9%
    Department of Defense
  7. Department of the Air Force$5M3.7%
    Department of Defense
  8. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$5M3.7%

Largest awards

  1. THOR: TARGETED HYBRID ONCOTHERAPEUTIC REGULATION$48M
    93.384 · Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (Arpa-H)· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Sep 25, 2023 – Aug 24, 2026· AY1AX000003
  2. MID-SCALE RI-2: SAFEINSIGHTS: A NATIONAL RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE FOR LARGE-SCALE LEARNING SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING -RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT…$47.1M
    47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)· National Science Foundation· Cooperative agreement· Apr 23, 2024 – Aug 31, 2026· 2153481
  3. CENTER FOR THEORETICAL BIOLOGICAL PHYSICS$15.5M
    47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences· National Science Foundation· Cooperative agreement· Jul 13, 2021 – May 18, 2026· 2019745
  4. NLM TRAINING PROGRAM IN BIOMEDICAL INFORMATICS$15.4M
    93.879 · Medical Library Assistance· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Nov 18, 2020 – Jul 9, 2026· T15LM007093
  5. GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM (GRFP) -THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (NSF) GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM (GRFP) IS A HIGHLY…$14M
    47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)· National Science Foundation· Project grant· Aug 17, 2022 – Jul 28, 2026· 2236422
  6. EXPERIMENTAL RELATIVISTIC HEAVY ION PHYSICS; PI - FRANK GEURTS$8.8M
    81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program· Department of Energy· Project grant· May 12, 2021 – May 6, 2026· DESC0005131

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-grants: $23.6M (109 subawards)

63 sub-recipients

  1. DURACYTE INC.$3.7M16%
    HOUSTON, TX · 2 subawards
  2. ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY$1.8M7.5%
    TEMPE, AZ · 2 subawards
  3. THE UNIVERISTY OF TEXAS M.D. ANDERSON CANCER CENTER$1.8M7.4%
    HOUSTON, TX · 10 subawards
  4. CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY$1.4M5.8%
    PITTSBURGH, PA · 5 subawards
  5. BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE$1.1M4.8%
    HOUSTON, TX · 7 subawards
  6. RAMONA OPTICS INC$945.9K4.0%
    DURHAM, NC · 1 subaward
  7. UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM$830.6K3.5%
    HOUSTON, TX · 5 subawards
  8. THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY$742.3K3.1%
    STANFORD, CA · 3 subawards
  9. CELLTRANS INC$718.9K3.0%
    CHICAGO, IL · 3 subawards
  10. NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY$680K2.9%
    EVANSTON, IL · 3 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $50K (1 subaward)
  • Sub-grants: $14.4M (82 subawards)

40 primes

  1. BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE$5.6M39%
    HOUSTON, TX · 22 subawards
  2. TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT$1.5M10%
    DEL VALLE, TX · 1 subaward
  3. TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE$885.2K6.1%
    HANOVER, NH · 2 subawards
  4. TEXAS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE$718.8K5.0%
    SAN ANTONIO, TX · 1 subaward
  5. THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA$401.7K2.8%
    IOWA CITY, IA · 8 subawards
  6. SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, THE$373.3K2.6%
    LA JOLLA, CA · 1 subaward
  7. NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY$354.4K2.4%
    EVANSTON, IL · 2 subawards
  8. UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO$350K2.4%
    ALBUQUERQUE, NM · 1 subaward
  9. THE METHODIST HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE$341.2K2.4%
    HOUSTON, TX · 2 subawards
  10. CORNELL UNIVERSITY$311.5K2.2%
    ITHACA, NY · 3 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $14M paid out · $13M received
  • FY2022: $12.5M paid out · $18.8M received
  • FY2023: $15.5M paid out · $37.3M received
  • FY2024: $30.5M paid out · $16.7M received
  • FY2025: $21.6M paid out · $29.9M received
  • FY2026: $23.6M paid out · $14.5M 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

137 companies · $117.2M reported

  1. BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE$13.1M
    HOUSTON, TX · 82 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. THE UNIVERISTY OF TEXAS M.D. ANDERSON CANCER CENTER$7.1M
    HOUSTON, TX · 49 subawards
  3. DURACYTE INC.$7.1M
    HOUSTON, TX · 3 subawards

Primes that pay it

108 companies · $129.6M reported

  1. TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT$29.3M
    DEL VALLE, TX · 8 subawards
  2. BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE$23.9M
    HOUSTON, TX · 75 subawards
  3. NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY$8M
    EVANSTON, IL · 17 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 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 3 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. REGENT UNIVERSITY$1.6M+12% in FY2026
    VIRGINIA BEACH, VA · 67% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Colleges, universities, and professional schools
  2. NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY$1.7M−66% in FY2026
    ROOTSTOWN, OH · 67% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Colleges, universities, and professional schools
  3. KANSAS CITY UNIVERSITY$1.5M−77% in FY2026
    KANSAS CITY, MO · 64% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Colleges, universities, and professional schools

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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.

Matched organizations

  • William Marsh Rice UniversityAI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2025
$100K
4 reports

Lobbying by year

  1. 2025$100K
    4 reports

Top issues

  1. Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code4 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES4 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE3 reports
  3. Treasury - Dept of2 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. ATLAS CROSSING LLC$100K
    4 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 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.