Federal contractor · WORCESTER, MA

WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE

WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE received -$51.9K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 3 awards (−113% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $5.8M. Its largest customer was Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement ($0). It also received $30M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
-$51.9K
New awards
3
Sole-source
—
Single offer
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UEI
HJNQME41NBU4
Other than small businessNonprofitEducational institution
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 88.4KFY2017
  2. 773.1KFY2018
  3. 725KFY2019
  4. 608.6KFY2020
  5. 859.4KFY2021
  6. 1MFY2022
  7. 991.9KFY2023
  8. 363.2KFY2024
  9. 412.9KFY2025
  10. -51.9KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement$00.0%
    1 awards
  2. Department of the Army-$51.9K0.0%
    2 awards

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.

Largest awards

  1. SERDP RC20-1362$1.8M
    Department of the Army· Worcester County, MA· Research & development· Dec 15, 2020 – Oct 23, 2025· W912HQ21C0005
  2. PROJECT, WP18-1176$935.5K
    Department of the Army· Worcester County, MA· Research & development· Jun 4, 2018 – Nov 24, 2025· W912HQ18C0032
  3. CRITICAL ENERGY MEASUREMENT$412.9K
    Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement· Worcester County, MA· Research & development· Sep 17, 2025 – Jul 6, 2026· 140E0125C0005

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.

WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE received $30M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 212 actions (33 new awards), −9.8% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program ($4.9M).

Assistance · FY2026
$30M
New awards
33
Actions
212
Since FY2021
$200.9M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 36.8MFY2021
  2. 27.2MFY2022
  3. 33.2MFY2023
  4. 40.5MFY2024
  5. 33.3MFY2025
  6. 30MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$23.7M79%
  2. Direct payments$6.3M21%

Top programs

  1. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$4.9M16%
  2. 47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)$3.1M10%
  3. 47.041 · Engineering$1.9M6.2%
  4. 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$1.6M5.3%
  5. 93.837 · Cardiovascular Diseases Research$1.6M5.2%
  6. 11.617 · Congressionally-Identified Projects$1.5M5.0%
  7. 47.075 · Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences$1.5M5.0%
  8. 47.070 · Computer and Information Science and Engineering$1.4M4.7%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Science Foundation$8.8M29%
  2. Department of Education$7.6M25%
  3. National Institutes of Health$6.4M21%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  4. Department of Energy$3.3M11%
  5. National Institute of Standards and Technology$1.5M5.0%
    Department of Commerce
  6. Department of the Army$1.3M4.4%
    Department of Defense
  7. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$478K1.6%
  8. Department of the Navy$340K1.1%
    Department of Defense

Largest awards

  1. MATERIALS RECOVERY TECHNOLOGIES FOR DEFENSE SUPPLY RESILIENCY$15.1M
    12.431 · Basic Scientific Research· Department of the Army· Cooperative agreement· Jun 8, 2022 – May 12, 2026· W911NF2220040
  2. MR-GUIDED PRECISION CONFORMAL ABLATION THERAPY FOR BRAIN TUMORS$6.5M
    93.394 · Cancer Detection and Diagnosis Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Aug 3, 2021 – Jan 12, 2026· R01CA166379
  3. GRANT PROGRAM$4.8M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Sep 9, 2025 – Sep 16, 2026· P063P251619
  4. TALKING MATH: IMPROVING MATH PERFORMANCE AND ENGAGEMENT THROUGH AI-ENABLED CONVERSATIONAL TUTORING$3.7M
    84.305 · Education Research, Development and Dissemination· Department of Education· Project grant· Jan 26, 2024 – Jun 3, 2026· R305T240029
  5. CHARGE-BASED BRAIN MODELING ENGINE WITH BOUNDARY ELEMENT FAST MULTIPOLE METHOD - ABSTRACT ALL MAJOR OPEN-SOURCE BRAIN MODELING PACKAGES…$3.3M
    93.242 · Mental Health Research Grants· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Jul 19, 2023 – Jun 30, 2026· R01MH130490
  6. NOVEL ENERGY-EFFICIENT DRYING TECHNOLOGIES FOR FOOD, PULP AND PAPER, AND OTHER ENERGY INTENSIVE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES$3.2M
    81.086 · Conservation Research and Development· Department of Energy· Cooperative agreement· Aug 24, 2021 – Aug 12, 2026· DEEE0009125

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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: $7.9M (34 subawards)

28 sub-recipients

  1. ASSISTMENTS FOUNDATION INC$1.5M19%
    SHREWSBURY, MA · 3 subawards
  2. THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION$941.6K12%
    BOSTON, MA · 1 subaward
  3. UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL$749.8K9.5%
    WORCESTER, MA · 2 subawards
  4. BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION$555.6K7.1%
    BOSTON, MA · 1 subaward
  5. MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY$473.9K6.0%
    EAST LANSING, MI · 2 subawards
  6. TEXAS A&M ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION$467.8K5.9%
    COLLEGE STATION, TX · 1 subaward
  7. WESTED$416.7K5.3%
    SAN FRANCISCO, CA · 1 subaward
  8. MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY$381K4.8%
    HOUGHTON, MI · 1 subaward
  9. SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION$320.2K4.1%
    SAN JOSE, CA · 1 subaward
  10. ORBIA FLUOR & ENERGY MATERIALS USA, INC.$300K3.8%
    MADISON, WI · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $2.1M (15 subawards)

15 primes

  1. UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, THE$257.6K12%
    LEXINGTON, KY · 1 subaward
  2. WEILL MEDICAL COLLEGE OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY$248K12%
    NEW YORK, NY · 1 subaward
  3. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$218.3K11%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 1 subaward
  4. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, THE$216.4K10%
    DENVER, CO · 1 subaward
  5. WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY$200K9.7%
    HOUSTON, TX · 1 subaward
  6. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER$162.8K7.9%
    DALLAS, TX · 1 subaward
  7. UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CENTER FOR RESEARCH INC$159.6K7.7%
    LAWRENCE, KS · 1 subaward
  8. FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY$150K7.3%
    MIAMI, FL · 1 subaward
  9. ASSISTMENTS FOUNDATION INC$140.7K6.8%
    SHREWSBURY, MA · 1 subaward
  10. MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY$103K5.0%
    BOSTON, MA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $4.7M paid out · $6.2M received
  • FY2022: $6.3M paid out · $13.3M received
  • FY2023: $10.1M paid out · $6M received
  • FY2024: $7.9M paid out · $11.7M received
  • FY2025: $4.6M paid out · $13.4M received
  • FY2026: $7.9M paid out · $2.1M 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

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

Companies it pays

92 companies · $42.3M reported

  1. ASSISTMENTS FOUNDATION INC$5.9M
    SHREWSBURY, MA · 17 subawards
  2. WESTED$3.5M
    SAN FRANCISCO, CA · 8 subawards
  3. UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL$1.7M
    WORCESTER, MA · 9 subawards

Primes that pay it

71 companies · $52.8M reported

  1. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY MASSACHUSETTS$19.5M
    FRAMINGHAM, MA · 4 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL$2.4M
    WORCESTER, MA · 19 subawards
  3. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN$1.9M
    ANN ARBOR, MI · 12 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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. ALANKOK LLC$491K
    MOORESTOWN, NJ · 57% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveBureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  2. NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$1.4M−39% in FY2026
    NEWARK, NJ · 81% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveBureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement · Management, scientific, and technical consulting servicesArmy · Scientific research and development services
  3. WATER MAPPING LLC$783.4K+97% in FY2026
    GULF BREEZE, FL · 57% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveBureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement · Management, scientific, and technical consulting 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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

  • Worcester Polytechnic InstituteAI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2025
$200K
4 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$700K

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$200K
    4 reports
  2. 2024$200K
    4 reports
  3. 2025$200K
    4 reports
  4. 2026$100K
    2 reports

Top issues

  1. Defense14 reports
  2. Energy and nuclear14 reports

Who was contacted

  1. Defense - Dept of (DOD)14 reports
  2. Energy - Dept of14 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. Strategic Marketing Innovations$700K
    14 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 5, 2026, loaded Oct 5, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 5, 2026, loaded Oct 5, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.

Matches: AI name judgments (entity-match@1, jev-1.13.0), updated Sep 30, 2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.